ES Extensions API

Provides an extension API for es5+ applications based on Jenkins JEP-204

Installation

npm i -S @imeredith/es-extensions-api

Usage example

Extensions are just functions that take some context as a parameter, and do something. It is totally up to the application that wants to use extensions implemented by plugins to define the contract for the plugins to implement.

Example extension

• Extension Point identifier - 'example.ext'
• Extension Context
  • container - Html Div element to render into.
  • name - Name to render

Example Extesnion Impl

import { ExtensionStore } from '@imeredith/es-extensions-api';
 
ExtensionStore.register('example.ext', function (context) {
    context.container.innerHTML = '<h1> Hello ' + context.name '</h1>';
})

Example Extension Usage

import { ExtensionStore } from '@imeredith/es-extensions-api';
 
const container = document.getElementbyId('ext_container');
 
const extension = ExtensionStore.getExtensions('example.ext')[0]
if(extension) {
    extension({container, name: 'World!'})
}

Development setup

npm i

Release History

• 0.0.3
  • Work in progress

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Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more information.