Metarhia Common Library

Namespace: api.common in Impress Application Server

Installation

$ npm install metasync

Splits array into two parts

common.splitAt(index, array)

• index:number - index defining end of first part and start of second
• array:array - to be splitted

Returns: tuple with two parts of the array

Check is value scalar

common.isScalar(value)

• value - scalar value or Object

Returns: boolean

Copy dataset (copy objects to new array)

common.copy(ds)

• ds:array of objects - source dataset

Returns: array of objects

Clone Object

common.clone(obj)

• obj:object or array

Returns: object or array

Duplicate object ot array

common.duplucate(obj)

• obj:object or array

Returns: object or array

Read property by dot-separated path

common.getByPath(data, dataPath)

• data:hash
• dataPath:string - dot-separated path

Returns: value

Set property by dot-separated path

common.setByPath(data, dataPath, value)

• data:hash
• dataPath:string - dot-separated path
• value - new value

Delete property by dot-separated path

common.deleteByPath(data, dataPath)

• data:object
• dataPath:string - dot-separated path

Returns: boolean

Distinct merge multiple arrays

common.merge(...args)

• args:array of array

Returns: array

Substitute variables

common.subst(tpl, data, dataPath, escapeHtml)

• tpl:string - template body
• data:hash - data structure to visualize
• dataPath:string - current position in data structure
• escapeHtml:boolean - escape html special characters if true

Returns: string

Escape html characters

common.htmlEscape(content)

• content:string - to escape

Returns: string

Example: htmlEscape('5>=5') = '5<=5'

Extract file extension in lower case with no dot

common.fileExt(fileName, Result)

• fileName:string - file name

Returns: string

Example: fileExt('/dir/file.txt')

Result: 'txt'

Remove file extension from file name

common.removeExt(fileName, Result)

• fileName:string - file name

Returns: string

Example: fileExt('file.txt')

Result: 'file'

Convert spinal case to camel case

common.spinalToCamel(name)

• name:string

Returns: string

Escape regular expression control characters

common.escapeRegExp(s)

• s:string

Returns: string

Example: escapeRegExp('/path/to/res?search=this.that')`

Generate escaped regular expression

common.newEscapedRegExp(s)

• s:string

Returns: RegExp, instance

Add trailing slash at the end if it has no

common.addTrailingSlash(s)

• s:string

Returns: string

Remove trailing slash from string

common.stripTrailingSlash(s)

• s:string

Returns: string

Get directory name with trailing slash from path

common.dirname(filePath)

• filePath:string

Returns: string

Capitalize string

common.capitalize(s)

• s:string

Extract substring between prefix and suffix

common.between(s, prefix, suffix)

• s:string - source
• prefix:string - before needed fragment
• suffix:string - after needed fragment

Returns: string

Remove UTF-8 BOM

common.removeBOM(s)

• s:string - possibly starts with BOM

Returns: string

Generate RegExp from array with '*' wildcards

common.arrayRegExp(items)

• items:array of string

Returns: RegExp, instance

Example: ['/css/*', '/index.html']

Compare time1 and time2

common.isTimeEqual(time1, time2)

• time1:string - time or milliseconds
• time2:string - time or milliseconds

Returns: boolean

Example: isTimeEqual(sinceTime, buffer.stats.mtime);

Current date in YYYY-MM-DD format

common.nowDate(now)

• now:Date (optional)

Returns: string

Current date in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm format

common.nowDateTime(now)

• now:Date (optional)

Returns: string

Function for mapping object fields

common.omap(mapFn, obj)

• mapFn:funtion - to appy to every field value
• obj:object - which fields used for mapping

Returns: object, with same reference but with transformed fields

Compose multiple functions into one

common.compose(...fns)

• fns:array of function

Returns: function, composed

Apply given function to value or default value

common.maybe(fn, defVal, value)

• fn:function
• defVal - default value
• value (optional)

Returns: result of fn or defVal

Zipping several arrays into one

common.zip(...arrays)

• arrays - array of array

Returns: array, length is minimal of input arrays length

Hint: Element with index i of resulting array is array with elements with index i from input arrays

Create array of replicated value

common.replicate(count, elem)

• count:number - new array length
• elem - value to replicate

Returns: array, replicated

Zipping arrays using specific function

common.zipWith(fn, ...arrays)

• fn:function - for zipping elements with index i
• arrays:array of array

Returns: array

Hint: Element with index i of resulting array is result of fn called with arguments from arrays

Curries function until the condition

common.curryUntil(condition, fn, ...args)

• condition:function - (argsI, argsParts) returns boolean
• fn:function - which will be curried
• args:array - arguments for fn

Returns: function, curried

Curry fn count times, first curry uses args for first currying

common.curryN(fn, count, ...args)

• fn:function - curried
• count:number - of times function should be curried
• args:array - arguments for first currying

Returns: function, curried given times count

Curry function curry with fn

common.curryTwice(fn)

• fn:function - to be curried

Returns: function, to pass arguments that returns curried fn

Curry function with given arguments

common.curry(fn, ...args)

• fn:function
• args:array - arguments

Returns: function, curried

Apply arguments

common.applyArgs(...args)

• args:array - arguments to save in closure

Returns: function, to pass (fn) arguments will be applied

Get first not errored result of fn

common.either(fn)

• fn:function - to be called

Returns: result of fn

Empy function

common.falseness()

Returns: boolean, always false

Empy function

common.trueness()

Returns: boolean, always true

Empy function

common.emptiness()

Returns: always undefined

Empy asynchronous callback-last single-argument function

common.nop(callback)

• callback:function - callback to be called with (null)

Empy asynchronous callback-last double-argument function

common.noop(empty, callback)

• empty - incoming value to be ignored
• callback:function - callback to be called with (null, null)

Wrap function: call once, not null

common.once(fn)

• fn:function (optional)

Returns: function, wrapped callback

Hint: previous name: common.cb (deprecated)

Extract callback function

It's unsafe: may return null, allow multiple calls common.unsafeCallback(args)

• args:array - arguments

Returns: function, callback or null

Hint: previous name: common.cbUnsafe (deprecated)

Hint: another alias: common.extractCallback (deprecated)

Exctracts callback and make it safe

Wrap collback with once and return common.emptiness if no callback common.safeCallback(args)

• args:array - arguments

Returns: function, wrapped callback

Hint: previous name: cbExtract (deprecated)

Exctracts callback and throw if no callback

common.requiredCallback(args)

• args:array - arguments

Returns: function

Exctracts callback and make it safe

common.onceCallback(args) Wrap collback with once() and return common.emptiness if no callback

• args:array - arguments

Returns: function

Override method: save old to fn.inherited

common.override(obj, fn, Hint)

• obj:object - containing method to override
• fn:function - name will be used to find method

Hint: Previous function will be accessible by obj.fnName.inherited

Generate int array from given range

common.range(from, to)

• from:naumber - range start
• to:naumber - range end

Returns: array

Example: range(1, 5) = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Generate int array from sequence syntax

common.sequence(seq, max, list, range from..to, range from..count, range from..max-to)

• seq:array
• max:number - optional max

Returns: array

Example:

• list: sequence([81, 82, 83]) = [81, 82, 83]
• range from..to: sequence([81,,83]) = [81, 82, 83]
• range from..count: sequence([81, [3]]) = [81, 82, 83]
• range from..max-to: sequence([81, [-2]], 5) = [81, 82, 83]

Last array element

common.last(arr)

• arr:array

Returns: element

Make function raise-safe

common.safe(fn)

• fn:function

Returns: function, wrapped with try/catch interception

Generate random int in given range

common.random(min, max)

• min:number - range start
• max:number - range end

Returns: number

Shuffle an array

common.shuffle(arr)

• arr:array

Returns: array

Enhanced EventEmitter with wildcard

common.emitter()

Returns: EventEmitter, instance

Rest left, transfor function

common.restLeft(fn)

• fn:function - (args, arg1..argN, callback)

Returns: function, (arg1..argN, ...args, callback)

Parse duration to seconds

common.duration(s)

• s:string - duration syntax

Returns: number, milliseconds

Example: duration('1d 10h 7m 13s')

Convert int to string size Kb, Mb, Gb and Tb

common.bytesToSize(bytes)

• bytes:number - size

Returns: string

Convert string with units to int

common.sizeToBytes(size)

• size:string - size

Returns: number

Convert IP string to number

common.ip2int(ip)

• ip:string - IP address

Returns: number

Get local network interfaces

common.localIPs()

Returns: srray of strings

Parse host string

common.parseHost(host)

• host:string - host or empty string, may contain :port

Returns: string, host without port but not empty

Divide a long big endian encoded unsigned integer by a small one

(i.e., not longer than a machine word) in-place and return the remainder common.longDivModBE(buffer, divisor)

• buffer:Buffer - containing a divident
• divisor:a divisor as a Number

Returns: number, the remainder

Generate random key

common.generateKey(length, possible)

• length:number - key length
• possible:string - with possible characters

Returns: string, key

Generate an RFC4122-compliant GUID (UUID v4)

common.generateGUID()

Returns: string, GUID

Generate random SID

common.generateSID(config)

• config:record - { length, characters, secret }

Returns: string, SID

Calculate SID CRC

common.crcSID(config, key)

• config:record - { length, characters, secret }
• key:string - SID key

Returns: string, CRC

Validate SID

common.validateSID(config, sid)

• config:record - { length, characters, secret }
• sid:string - session id

Returns: boolean

Calculate hash with salt

common.hash(password, salt)

• password:string
• salt:string

Returns: string, hash

Validate hash

common.validateHash(hash, password, salt)

• hash:string
• password:string
• salt:string

Returns: boolean

Compare for array.sort with priority

common.sortComparePriority(priority, s1, s2)

• priority:array of strings with priority
• s1, s2:string - to compare

Returns: number

Example: files.sort(common.sortComparePriority)

Compare for array.sort, directories first

common.sortCompareDirectories(a, b)

• a, b:string - to compare

Returns: number

Example: files.sort(sortCompareDirectories);

Compare for array.sort

common.sortCompareByName(a, b)

• a, b:object - { name } to compare

Returns: number

Example: files.sort(sortCompareByName)

Extend Map interface with:

common.cache()

Returns: object, cache instance

• cache.allocated - total allocated size
• cache.add(key, val) - add record
• cache.del(key) - delete record
• cache.clr(prefix, fn) - delete all if key.startsWith(prefix)

Splits string by the first occurrence of separator

common.section(s, separator)

• s:string
• separator:string - or char

Returns: ['All you need ', ' JavaScript']

Example: rsection('All you need is JavaScript', 'is')

Splits string by the last occurrence of separator

common.rsection(s, separator)

• s:string
• separator:string - or char

Returns: ['All you need is Jav', 'Script']

Example: rsection('All you need is JavaScript', 'a')

Splits string by multiple occurrence of separator

common.split(s, separator, limit)

• s:string
• separator:string (optional) - default: ','
• limit:number (optional) - max length of result array

Example: split('a,b,c,d')
Result: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

Example: split('a,b,c,d', ',', 2)
Result: ['a', 'b']

Splits string by multiple occurrence of separator

common.rsplit(s, separator, limit)

• s:string
• separator:string (optional) - default: ','
• limit:number (optional) - max length of result array

Example: split('a,b,c,d', ',', 2)
Result: ['c', 'd']

Splits string by multiple occurrence of separator

common.rsplit(s, separator, limit)

• s:string
• separator:string (optional) - default: ','
• limit:number (optional) - max length of result array

Example: split('a,b,c,d', ',', 2)
Result: ['c', 'd']

Mixin for ES6 classes without overriding existing methods

common.mixin(target, source)

• target - mixin to target
• source - source methods

Forward events from one EventEmitter to another

common.forwardEvents(from, to, events)

• from:EventEmitter - to listen for event
• to:EventEmitter - to emit event on
• events:array of string - event names

Example: common.forwardEvent(from, to);

Example: common.forwardEvent(from, to, 'eventName');

Example: common.forwardEvent(from, to, { eventName: 'newEventName' });

Example: common.forwardEvent(from, to, ['eventName1', 'eventName2']);

List method names

common.methods(iface)

• iface:object - to be introspected

Returns: array of string, method names

List property names

common.properties(iface)

• iface:object - to be introspected

Returns: array of string, property names

Contributors

• Timur Shemsedinov (marcusaurelius) timur.shemsedinov@gmail.com
• Vlad Dziuba (DzyubSpirit) dzyubavlad@gmail.com
• See github for full contributors list