codejs

JavaScript Code class for NodeJS and Browsers

Codejs provides a robust class factory for compound codes with character separator(s) or delimiter(s).

Create new code objects or re-build existing ones using data in one of the supported formats (array, string, or object).

Features include code segment type checking, default segment values, and regex code validation.

Requirements

NodeJS

• NodeJS v0.12.x or higher
• NPM

See ./package.json

Browser

• Any modern browser with JavaScript enabled

Installation

Source available on GitHub or install module via NPM:

$ npm install codejs

See project root for browser compatible script.

Usage

After requiring Codejs create a Code class using supported options. Create instances from resulting Code class.

var Codejs = require('codejs');
 
// Code class options (see `Options`)
var options = {
  "separator": "-",
  "parts": [
    {
      "name": "alpha",
      "type": "string",
      "default": "a",
      "separator": "-"
    },
    {
      "name": "beta",
      "type": "string",
      "default": "b"
    }
  ],
  "regex": "^([a-z]+)\-([a-z]+)$"
};
 
// create Code class
var Code = new Codejs(options);
 
// create code class instance
var code = new Code("a-b");
 
// cast code instance in various formats
var codeArray = code.toArray();
var codeString = code.toString();
var codeObject = code.toObject();
 
// get code parts by name
var alpha = code.get('alpha');
var beta = code.get('beta');
 
var valueUndefined = code.get('undefined');

The above first creates a new Code class and then creates a instance of that class.

That's it!

Options

The following are the supported options for creating a Code class.

• separator character that separates or delimits compound code segments
• parts array of objects used to define each segment in a compound code
  • parts.name name used to distinguish code segment
  • parts.type segment value type string or number
  • parts.default default segment value (optional)
  • parts.separator character that separates or delimits the following segment (optional: defaults to main separator)
• regex regular expression to test code instance against (optional)

License

MIT