constantly

Constantly

Take flat constants files and turn their properties into a read-only object.

Usage

Given an example.json structure like this:

[{
    "feature": "ACCOUNT",
    "category": "TYPE",
    "property": "USER",
    "comment": "A regular user that can login and do normal things",
    "value": 100,
    "sequence": 0
},
{
    "feature": "ACCOUNT",
    "category": "TYPE",
    "property": "ADMIN",
    "comment": "User which is an administrator",
    "value": 200,
    "sequence": 0
}]

We can get the value of those constants like so:

var constantly = require('constantly');
var path = require('path');

var $C = constantly(require(path.resolve('example.json'))); //pass it real JSON

var admin = $C.ACCOUNT.TYPE.ADMIN.value; //200
var user = $C.ACCOUNT.TYPE.USER.value; //100

JSON Format

You are required to define a feature, category, and property to “namespace” each constant.

Comment

Comments are useful for authors of the source JSON, but are ignored upon converting into an object.

Sequence

Sequence is used for ordering properties in UI.

Example

node example/demo.js

TODO

• validate JSON to match the prescribed pattern upon injestion