ControllerManager

ControllerManager.js

/**
 * File: index (.js)
 * Description: Manages extern controllers bound together using events
 * Dependencies: E3 (https://gist.github.com/813449af4a6c05b2cede.git)
 * Author: y4ng0 @ yangodev
 * Licence: MIT
 */

var E3 = require('E3'),
	util = require('util'),
	fs = require('fs'),
	path = require('path'),
	out = module.exports = {};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------//


var ControllerManager = {
	emitter: null,
	controllers: null,
	_initialized: false,

	receive: function () {
		this.emitter.receive.apply(this.emitter, arguments)
		return this
	},
	send: function () {
		this.emitter.send.apply(this.emitter, arguments)
		return this
	},
	init: function (options) {
		options = options || {}
		options.reInit = options.reInit || false
		options.CONTROLLER_DIR_NAME = options.CONTROLLER_DIR_NAME || 'controller'
		options.ABSOLUTE_PATH = options.ABSOLUTE_PATH || false

		// return if already initialized
		if (this._initialized && !options.reInit) return this

		var self = this
		var p = path.join(path.dirname(process.argv[1]),
						  options.CONTROLLER_DIR_NAME)




		// setup new E3 (ExtendedEventEmitter)
		this.emitter = Object.create(E3.prototype)
		this.emitter.init()


		// set _initialzed to prevent endless recusion through intern methods
		this._initialized = true


		//load controllers
		self.controllers = []
		try {
			self.controllers
			= fs.readdirSync(p)
			.map(function(item){
				return addController( require(path.join(p, item)), self.emitter)	
			})
		} catch (err) {
			console.error( err )
			self._initialized = 'failed'
		} finally {	return self	}
	}
}

function addController(contr, emitter) {
	var instance = null

	if ('function' === typeof contr) {
		instance = new contr()
	} else if ('object' === typeof contr) {
		instance = Object.create(contr)
	} else {
		return
	}

	return instance.init(emitter)
}




module.exports = {
	manager: ControllerManager
}

package.json

{
  "name": "ControllerManager",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "Manages extern controllers bound together using events.",
  "main": "ControllerManager",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "node ./test/test.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "E3": "git://gist.github.com/813449af4a6c05b2cede.git"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "manager",
    "controller",
    "events"
  ],
  "author": "y4ng0 @ yangodev",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "E3": "^0.1.1"
  }
}

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