ee-arguments

1.0.4 • Public • Published

ee-arguments

parses the arguments array passed to a function by variable type and their position in the array, returns the requested type & position

installation

npm install ee-arguments

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API

Constructor

Creates an instance of the Arguments class bound to the current arguments object.

var Arguments = require('ee-arguments');

var myFunction(){
	var args = new Arguments(arguments);
};

myFunction();

get

Get the first occurence of a specific type from the arguments object, return an optional defined default if the type is not found.

var myFunction(){
	var args = new Arguments(arguments);

    args.get('string', 'defaultValue'); // do not use strings this way!
    args.get('boolean', true); // true
};

myFunction(1, new String('do not use strings this way!'), 'second string');

getByIndex

Returns the item of the defined type and the defined index from the arguments object. return an optional defined default if the type is not found.

var myFunction(){
	var args = new Arguments(arguments);

    args.getByIndex('string', 1, function default(){}); // second string
    args.getByIndex('string', 5); // undefined
};

myFunction(1, new String('do not use strings this way!'), 'second string');

Type specif methods

For the types defined below there are specific methods available

  • string

  • number

  • boolean

  • array

  • object

  • function

  • date

  • regexp

  • error

  • undefined

  • buffer

  • null

    var myFunction(){ var args = new Arguments(arguments);

      args.getString(); // do not use strings this way!
      args.getNumberByIndex(1, 'defaultValue'); // second string
    

    };

    myFunction(1, new String('do not use strings this way!'), 'second string');

Verions History

  • 1.0.0: complete rewrite, made it easier to user, made it faster. Chnaged the API
  • 1.0.1: Added travis.yml

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1.0.4

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