docvy-utils

installation:

⇒ npm install docvy-utils

the utilities:

var utils = require("docvy-utils");

The exported module object has all the properties from the built-in util module i.e. require("util") is cloned to the above export module object.

utils.defineCallback([callback])

Always returns a function that can be used in place of a callback, if none has been passed in your function. This is a convenience function that avoids the need to keep checking if a callback was passed before calling it, in program logic.

• callback (Function):
  • you would normally pass the parameter suspected to be the callback.
  • if it is not a function, a new function will returned instead.

utils.defineError(code, message)

Generates a new Error class that can be used to instantiate a new error.

• code (String): error code e.g. "ECODE"
• message (String): error message e.g. "error message due to null argument"

utils.errors

This holds a reference to the common-errors module.

utils.getPath(pathname)

Returns application-specific paths. These paths are absolute.

• pathname (String):
  • can be any of:
    • app.home: application user/home directory
    • app.cache: directory for all application caches
    • app.cache.plugins: directory for plugin handler's cache
    • app.logs: directory for logs
    • app.plugins: directory for user-installed plugins
  • if it does not match any of the above, null is returned.

Note: The target path is created if not yet existent.

utils.loadConfig(abspath)

Loads a configuration file at the absolute path abspath. Note: an error is thrown if the path is broken or if the file pointed by the path does not have valid JSON.

An immutable object is returned.

license:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Forfuture [e-mail]
Copyright (c) 2015 GochoMugo [e-mail]