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Stimulus controller to alias other Stimulus controllers
import { Controller } from "stimulus";
export default class extends Controller {
initialize() {
this.registerAliasedControllers()
}
registerAliasedControllers() {
for (let [alias, original] of this.controllerIdentifiersByAlias) {
if (!this.moduleForIdentifier(alias)) {
this.application.register(alias, this.constructorForIdentifier(original))
}
}
}
constructorForIdentifier(identifier) {
return this.moduleForIdentifier(identifier).definition.controllerConstructor;
}
moduleForIdentifier(identifier) {
return this.application.router.modulesByIdentifier.get(identifier)
}
get aliasDescriptors() {
return this.element.dataset.alias.split(/\s/);
}
get controllerIdentifiersByAlias() {
return new Map(this.aliasDescriptors.map(descriptor => descriptor.split(/->/)))
}
}
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