fancy-proxy

Interface Around a Proxied Object: npm i fancy-proxy.

• Access to Nested Values
• Middleware with Stringified Path
• Handles (Custom Methods Before Accessing Values)
• Deep Merge of Target Objects including Arrays
• ES5 Object Fallback for IE11 Support
  • Except Handles & Middleware for read access

Usage

fancy(target, options): proxy

import fancy from 'fancy-proxy'
 
const target = {
  products: [
    'apple',
    'banana',
    'citron'
  ]
}
const options = {
  middleware: path => console.log(path.toString())
}
const proxy = fancy(target, options)
 
proxy.products.length === 3     // logs: products[length]
proxy.products[1] === 'banana'  // logs: products[1]

Features

Middleware

Middleware is a function that will receive the following arguments:

middleware: (path, value, type) => console.log(\${path}: ${value}`)`

path: A stringified representation of the path being accessed. The call shop.nested[0].count returns nested[0].count.

value: The value being accessed, or the value returned by a method. For read access the middleware will be called before the value is returned, while for call the middleware can only be called once the return value is available.

type: Either read or call for functions.

Handles

A handle consists of a target object and a handle function that will be wrapped around every call to a function found on the target. The handle receives the following arguments:

handle(inputs, target, value, path, type) => result

inputs: []: Array of arguments received when the function on the target is called.

target: {}: The whole proxy target (target + all handle targets).

value: func/any: The function or the value (if proxy available) being accessed.

path: string: The current path being accessed.

type: string: Type of the call, either 'call' or 'read' (only when proxies available).

Handles should call the value for calls or return the value for get access.

const proxy = fancy({
    count: 5
  }, {
  handles: [
    {
      target: {
        add: (inputs, target) => {
          // Add the sum of inputs to the count.
          const add = (a, b) => (a + b)
          const total = inputs.reduce(add, 0)
          target.count += total
          return total
        }
      },
      handler: (inputs, target, value, path, type) => {
        if (type === 'read') {
          return value
        }
 
        return value.apply(null, [inputs, target])
      }
    }
  ]
})
 
proxy.count     → 5
proxy.add()     → 0
proxy.count     → 5
proxy.add(4)    → 4
proxy.count     → 9
proxy.add(5, 6) → 11
proxy.count     → 20

Options

fancy(target, options): proxy

The second object can be used to further configure the proxy, with the following options:

fallback: boolean If true the object fallback will be used even if Proxy is available.

immutable: {} An optional object that will be exported by the proxy, but doesn't affect the target supplied to the handles.

Considerations

Merging Targets

When a path is accessed the target will be searched for a match first, if the path cannot be found there, then the handles are checked, first to last.

Access Order: target → first handle → ... → last handle

Upcoming Features

• Types (TypeScript)
• Setters when Proxy support assumed