@dustjs/skylink

A common implementation of the Skylink object model, protocol, and extensions in JavaScript. This module is used by all other modules utilizing Skylink in order to reuse important constructs.

A set of Skylink client implementations are included as well. These let you talk to an arbitrary Skylink server. However, in order to serve Skylink, you'd want to use an additional module such as \@dustjs/server-koa.

Note that 'Skylink' is a domain-specific protocol used for the forever-in-development Stardust project.

Usage

npm i --save @dustjs/skylink

Often times, the first thing a Skylink-using program does is set up an operating Environment. It can then mount remote processes into the tree, or expose a subsection of the tree as a service. For example:

const {Environment, TempDevice} = require('@dustjs/skylink');

// create application's namespace
const env = new Environment();
env.bind('/tmp', new TempDevice);
env.bind('/source', new FilesystemDevice('./source/'));

// read a source file
const sourceEntry = await env.getEntry('/source/app.js');
const sourceBlob = await sourceEntry.get();
myCompileFunc(sourceBlob.Data);