base-option

Adds a few options methods to base, like option, enable and disable. See the readme for the full API.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install base-option --save

Usage

Use as a plugin with with your base application:

var Base = require('base');
var options = require('base-option');

var base = new Base();
base.use(options()); // plugin

// set an option
app.option('a', 'b');

// set a nested property
app.option('x.y', 'z');

// get an option
console.log(app.option('x'));
//=> {y: 'z'}

API

.option

Set or get an option.

Params

• key {String}: The option name.
• value {any}: The value to set.
• returns {any}: Returns a value when only key is defined.

Example

app.option('a', true);
app.option('a');
//=> true

.hasOption

Return true if options.hasOwnProperty(key)

Params

• prop {String}
• returns {Boolean}: True if prop exists.

Example

app.hasOption('a');
//=> false
app.option('a', 'b');
app.hasOption('a');
//=> true

.enable

Enable key.

Params

• key {String}
• returns {Object} Options: to enable chaining

Example

app.enable('a');

.disable

Disable key.

Params

• key {String}: The option to disable.
• returns {Object} Options: to enable chaining

Example

app.disable('a');

.enabled

Check if prop is enabled (truthy).

Params

• prop {String}
• returns {Boolean}

Example

app.enabled('a');
//=> false

app.enable('a');
app.enabled('a');
//=> true

.disabled

Check if prop is disabled (falsey).

Params

• prop {String}
• returns {Boolean}: Returns true if prop is disabled.

Example

app.disabled('a');
//=> true

app.enable('a');
app.disabled('a');
//=> false

.isTrue

Returns true if the value of prop is strictly true.

Params

• prop {String}
• returns {Boolean}: Uses strict equality for comparison.

Example

app.option('a', 'b');
app.isTrue('a');
//=> false

app.option('c', true);
app.isTrue('c');
//=> true

app.option({a: {b: {c: true}}});
app.isTrue('a.b.c');
//=> true

.isFalse

Returns true if the value of key is strictly false.

Params

• prop {String}
• returns {Boolean}: Uses strict equality for comparison.

Example

app.option('a', null);
app.isFalse('a');
//=> false

app.option('c', false);
app.isFalse('c');
//=> true

app.option({a: {b: {c: false}}});
app.isFalse('a.b.c');
//=> true

.isBoolean

Return true if the value of key is either true or false.

Params

• key {String}
• returns {Boolean}: True if true or false.

Example

app.option('a', 'b');
app.isBoolean('a');
//=> false

app.option('c', true);
app.isBoolean('c');
//=> true

.option.set

Set option key on app.options with the given value

Params

• key {String}: Option key, dot-notation may be used.
• value {any}

Example

app.option.set('a', 'b');
console.log(app.option.get('a'));
//=> 'b'

.option.get

Get option key from app.options

Params

• key {String}: Option key, dot-notation may be used.
• returns {any}

Example

app.option({a: 'b'});
console.log(app.option.get('a'));
//=> 'b'

.option.create

Returns a shallow clone of app.options with all of the options methods, as well as a .merge method for merging options onto the cloned object.

Params

• options {Options}: Object to merge onto the returned options object.
• returns {Object}

Example

var opts = app.option.create();
opts.merge({foo: 'bar'});

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• base-data: adds a data method to base-methods. | homepage
• base: base is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting… more | homepage
• class-utils: Utils for working with JavaScript classes and prototype methods. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

Generate readme and API documentation with verb:

$ npm install verb && npm run docs

Or, if verb is installed globally:

$ verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb, v0.9.0, on May 24, 2016.