hi-mixin

0.8.2 • Public • Published

Mixin

Make it easy to define mixins that can be added to your classes

Installation

npm install hi-mixin

Usage

How to add a mixin called ORM to class Animal and then use it:

class Animal
  ORM.mixinTo @

lion = new Animal('cat')
lion.setName('meowie')
lion.save()

Development

When defining a mixin (like ORM), you can:

  1. Define static methods and attributes to add to the class itself (like find())
  2. Define instance methods and attributes (like save())
  3. Build off of another mixin by including it

For example:

global.Mixin = require 'hi-mixin'

class ModelBase extends Mixin
  @addTheseToInstance:
    atts: {}
    get: (field)-> @atts[field]
    set: (field, val)-> @atts[field] = val

class ORM extends Mixin
  @include ModelBase    

  @addTheseToClass: # @ refers to the class
    storage: {}
    count: ()-> @findAll().length
    find: (id)-> @storage[id]
    findAll: ()-> val for own key, val of @storage    

  @addTheseToInstance:  # @ refers to the instance
    id: null
    save: ()-> global[@constructor.name].storage[@id] = @
    destroy:()-> delete global[@constructor.name].storage[@id]

Working Example Code

To run example-1.coffee:

coffee  ./examples/example-1.coffee

Inspiration

This package enhances the example from The Little Book on CoffeeScript to be more usable:

  1. A class that uses a mixin doesn't need to extend anything
  2. A mixin can compose other mixins to make it easier and cleaner to add functionality to class
  3. A mixin can be configured when adding it to a class

Get Inspired and Contribute!

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Update the specs and source files (./spec and ./coffee)
  4. Build the project (coffee --compile -o ./lib ./coffee)
  5. Run the tests (npm test)
  6. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  7. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  8. Create new Pull Request

Test

npm test

Build

coffee --compile  -o ./lib ./coffee

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