eval-serialize-date

Date Serialization

Serializes a Date object for dynamic code evaluation.

Installation

$ npm install eval-serialize-date

Usage

var serialize = require( 'eval-serialize-date' );

serialize( value )

Serializes a Date object for dynamic code evaluation.

var date = new Date();

var str = serialize( date );
// returns 'new Date(<timestamp>)'

var d = eval( str );
// returns <Date>

var bool = ( date.getTime() === d.getTime() );
// returns true

serialize.raw( date )

Serializes a Date object without performing type checking.

try {
	// throws during input argument validation...
	serialize( null );
} catch ( err ) {
	console.error( err );
}

// To bypass validation...
var str = serialize.raw( new Date() );
// returns 'new Date(<timestamp>)';

Examples

var serialize = require( 'eval-serialize-date' );

/**
* Returns a function to create a Date filled array.
*/
function create( date ) {
	var f = '';

	f += 'return function fill( len ) {';
	f += 'var arr = new Array( len );';
	f += 'for ( var i = 0; i < len; i++ ) {';
	f += 'arr[ i ] = ' + serialize( date ) + ';';
	f += '}';
	f += 'return arr;';
	f += '}';
	return ( new Function( f ) )();
}

var fill = create( new Date() );

console.log( fill( 10 ) );

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.