Name
Task.Joose.NodeJS - Joose, packaged with NodeJS flavour.
SYNOPSIS
require('task-joose-nodejs')
Class('Animal', {
...
})
Role('Winged', {
has : {
leftWing : { is : 'rw' },
rightWing : { is : 'rw' }
},
methods : {
flight : function () {
this.leftWing.flutter()
this.rightWing.flutter()
},
land : function () {
this.leftWing.hold()
this.rightWing.hold()
}
}
})
Class('Bird', {
isa : 'Animal',
does : 'Winged'
})
Class('Gryphon', {
isa : 'Lion',
does : 'Winged'
})
INSTALLATION
With npm:
> [sudo] npm install task-joose-nodejs
DESCRIPTION
Task.Joose.NodeJS is a distribution, which just loads a Joose core along with with several essential extensions. Its purposed to be used on NodeJS platform.
It includes:
Joose core, provides definitions for
Class/Role/Modulehelpers
Additional features for attributes
Dependencies handling extension
Trait, allowing to add the asynchronous (aka non-blocking) methods to your classes
Approach to modules
Joose was initially created to run in browser environment. Browser platform is less tolerant to synchronous resource loading than SSJS, as in older browsers it blocks the UI. Thus, Joose wasn't able to adapt the CommonJS modules system (which is synchronous) and behave differently. However, when using Joose on server-side, you can freely mix the Joose and CommonJS modules.
Below is the quick introduction to Joose modules. Please refer to Joose manual for details.
Basic Joose module
The module in Joose is just a special kind of class, which is declared with Module helper. The 1st argument to helper is the name of the module and the 2nd - a module's "body".
"Body" is a function, which will be called with the module namespace as the single argument and in the same scope:
Module('Some.Module', function (m) {
// this == m
// this == Some.Module
this.exportedFunction1 = function () { ... }
this.exportedFunction2 = function () { ... }
})
Some.Module.exportedFunction1()
Some.Module.exportedFunction2()
The module doesn't export anything. Instead, the module namespace (Some.Module) is exported to the calling scope. If you need to export some function - define it
as the property of the module's namespace (when declaring Classes you may prefer to use static methods)
Joose module with dependencies
If the module depends on other modules, the dependencies should be listed with use builder:
Module('Some.Another.Module', {
VERSION : 0.01,
use : {
'Some.Module' : 0.01,
'Yet.Another.Module' : 0.02
},
body : function (m) {
// this == m
// this == Some.Another.Module
// setup aliases for methods being "imported"
var exportedFunction1 = Some.Module.exportedFunction1
var exportedFunction2 = Some.Module.exportedFunction2
}})
Before running the "body" all dependencies will be asynchronously pre-loaded (only once). This code will work unmodified in both browser and server-side environments.
This functionality is provided by the JooseX.Namespace.Depended extension, please refer to its documentation for details (like how the files should be laid out in filesystem).
USAGE
require('task-joose-nodejs')
This will export Class/Role/Module as standard CommonJS module. Also, it will create the same helpers in the global scope.
Scenario 1. Using Joose in CommonJS modules
In this scenario you'll probably want to create anonymous classes (just omit the name):
var Class = require('task-joose-nodejs').Class
var someFunc = require('some/module').someFunc
exports.Circle = Class({
has : {
radius : {
is : 'rw',
init : 10
}
},
methods : {
getSquare : function () {
...
}
}
})
This scenario is available only server-side.
Scenario 2. Using CommonJS modules in Joose - basic
In this scenario we first declare the module (to get the "body" function with own scope) , and then "promote" it to class. Note, how we use the leading dot in the name of class.
Without it, the created class would've been put in the module's namespace, like: Graphic.Circle.Graphic.Circle
This scenario is available only server-side.
Module('Graphic.Circle', function (module) {
var puts = require('sys').puts
var someFunc = require('some/module').someFunc
// promotes module to class, leading dot means place it in global namespace
Class('.Graphic.Circle', {
has : {
radius : {
is : 'rw',
init : 10
}
},
methods : {
draw : function () {
puts("using imported function")
someFunc(this)
}
}
})
})
Scenario 3. Using CommonJS modules in Joose - with dependencies
In this scenario we declare additional dependencies for out Joose class. We can specify the dependencies either with use - they'll be loaded via Joose
modules system or with require - they'll be handled by standard require.
This scenario is available only server-side.
Module('Graphic.Circle', {
require : [ './some/commonjs/module1.js', './some/commonjs/module2.js' ],
use : {
'Some.Joose.Role' : 0.01,
'Some.Another.Class' : 0.02
},
body : function (module) {
// will be already loaded, so the call will be synchronous
var someFunc = require('./some/commonjs/module1.js').someFunc
Class('.Graphic.Circle', {
does : Some.Joose.Role,
has : {
radius : {
is : 'rw',
init : 10
}
},
methods : {
draw : function () {
someFunc("using imported function")
}
}
})
}})
Scenario 4. Using Joose classes, depending on Joose classes only
When using Joose classes, depending on Joose classes only, we can declare the Class from start, without wrapping Module.
This scenario is available both in browser and server-side enviroments.
Class('Graphic.Circle', {
VERSION : 0.01,
does : {
'Some.Joose.Role' : 0.01,
},
use : {
'Some.Another.Class' : 0.02
},
has : {
radius : {
is : 'rw',
init : 10
}
},
methods : {
draw : function () {
Some.Another.Class.someFunc("using imported function as class method")
}
},
// static part of the class
my : {
methods : {
exportedFunction1 : function () { ... },
exportedFunction2 : function () { ... }
}
}
})
GETTING HELP
This extension is supported via github issues tracker: http://github.com/SamuraiJack/Task-Joose-NodeJS/issues
You can also ask questions at IRC channel : #joose
Or the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/joose-js
SEE ALSO
Web page of this module: http://github.com/SamuraiJack/Task-Joose-NodeJS/
General documentation for Joose: http://joose.github.com/Joose/
BUGS
All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception.
Please report any bugs through the web interface at http://github.com/SamuraiJack/Task-Joose-NodeJS/issues
AUTHORS
Nickolay Platonov nplatonov@cpan.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2009, Nickolay Platonov
All rights reserved.
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