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ES6 module loader API polyfill experiment
(function (global) {
// TODO: Delegate to parent loader in various places
// TODO: Canonicalization
// TODO: Can we do better for 'eval'?
/// Module loader constructor
function Loader(parent, options) {
// Initialization of loader state from options
this._global = options.global || Object.create(null);
this._baseURL = options.baseURL || this.global && this.global.baseURL;
if (options.intrinsics === null || options.intrinsics) {
throw new Error("Setting 'intrinsics' not yet supported.");
}
this._strict = options.string === undefined ? false : !!options.string;
this._resolve = options.resolve || parent.resolve;
this._fetch = options.fetch || parent.fetch;
this._translate = options.translate || parent.translate;
// The internal table of module instance objects
this._mios = {}
}
Object.defineProperty(Loader.prototype, "global", { configurable: true, enumerable: true, get: function () {
return this._global;
}});
Object.defineProperty(Loader.prototype, "baseURL", { configurable: true, enumerable: true, get: function () {
return this._baseURL;
}});
Loader.prototype.load = function (url, callback, errback) {
var key = this._resolve(url, this._baseURL);
if (this._mios[key]) {
callback(this._mios[key]);
} else {
var self = this;
this._fetch(url, this._baseURL, {
fulfill: function (src) {
var actualSrc = self._translate(src, url, self._baseURL, key);
if (self._strict) {
actualSrc = "'use strict';\n" + actualSrc;
}
eval(actualSrc);
callback(self._mios[key]);
},
redirect: function (url, baseURL) {
throw new Error("'redirect' not yet implemented");
},
reject: function (msg) {
errback(msg);
}
}, key);
}
}
Loader.prototype.eval = function (sourceText) {
with (this._global) {
eval(sourceText);
}
}
Loader.prototype.evalAsync = function () {
throw new Error("'evalAsync' not yet implemented. Not needed until module syntax is available.");
}
Loader.prototype.get = function (url) {
var key = this._resolve(url, this._baseURL);
return this._mios[key];
}
Loader.prototype.set = function (url, mio) {
var key = this._resolve(url, this._baseURL);
if (typeof url == "string") {
this._mios[key] = Module(mio);
} else {
for (var p in key) {
this._mios[p] = Module(key[p]);
}
}
}
Loader.prototype.defineBuiltins = function (o) {
if (typeof o != "object") throw new Error("Expected object");
for (var globalProp in global) {
o[globalProp] = global;
}
return o;
}
function Module(o) {
if (o == null) throw new TypeError("Expected object");
var obj = Object(o);
if (obj instanceof Module) {
return obj;
} else {
var mio = Object.create(null);
for (var key in obj) {
(function(key) {
Object.defineProperty(mio, key, { configurable: false, enumerable: true, get: function () {
return obj[key];
}});
})(key);
}
return mio;
}
}
var defaultSystemLoader = new Loader(null, {
global: window,
baseURL: document.URL.substring(0, document.URL.lastIndexOf('\/') + 1),
strict: false,
resolve: function (relURL, baseURL) {
var url = baseURL + relURL;
return url;
},
fetch: function (relURL, baseURL, request, resolved) {
var url = baseURL + relURL;
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
if (xhr.status === 200) {
request.fulfill(xhr.responseText);
} else {
request.reject(xhr.statusText);
}
}
};
xhr.open("GET", url, true);
xhr.send(null);
},
translate: function (src, relURL, baseURL, resolved) {
return src;
}
});
// Export the Loader class
global.Loader = Loader;
// Export the Module class
global.Module = Module;
// Export the System object
global.System = defaultSystemLoader;
})(this);
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Awesome, I really like this polyfill approach. Any plans to take it further?

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