CustomFactory

easily add the factory ability to your class which can singleton, name, register/unregister and aliases your object items.

The factory could be hierarchical or flat. defaults to hierarchical. The flat factory means register only on the Root Factory.

Usage

factory developer:

for coffee-script:

factory = require 'custom-factory'

class Codec
  # make the Codec factory-able:
  factory Codec
  # if you wanna a flat factory:
  #factory Codec, flatOnly: true

  constructor: (aName, aOptions)->return super
  # the constructor's aOptions will be passed through
  initialize: (aOptions)->
    @bufferSize = aOptions.bufSize if aOptions
  # your factory methods:
  encode: (aValue)->

register = Codec.register
aliases  = Codec.aliases

class TextCodec
  register TextCodec
  aliases TextCodec, 'utf8', 'utf-8'
  constructor: Codec
  encode: (aValue)->

class JsonCodec
  register JsonCodec, TextCodec
  constructor: -> return super
  encode: (aValue)->

class TestCodec
  # register with a specified name:
  register TestCodec, 'MyTest'
  # or like this:
  # register TestCodec, name: 'MyTest'

for javascript:

var factory = require('custom-factory')

// Class Codec
function Codec(){
  return Codec.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
}

// make the Codec factory-able:
factory(Codec)
// if you wanna a flat factory:
// factory(Codec, {flatOnly: true})

// the constructor's aOptions will be passed through
Codec.prototype.initialize = function(aOptions){
  if (aOptions)
    this.bufferSize = aOptions.bufSize
}

// your factory methods:
Codec.prototype.encode = function(aValue){}

var register = Codec.register
var aliases  = Codec.aliases

// Class TextCodec
function TextCodec() {
  Codec.apply(this, arguments)
}
register(TextCodec)
aliases(TextCodec, 'utf8', 'utf-8')
TextCodec.prototype.encode = function(aValue){}

// class JsonCodec
function JsonCodec() {
  TextCodec.apply(this, arguments)
}
register(JsonCodec)
JsonCodec.prototype.encode = function(aValue){}

// class TestCodec
function TestCodec() {
  Codec.apply(this, arguments)
}
// register with a specified name:
register(TestCodec, 'MyTest')
// or like this:
// register(TestCodec, {name: 'MyTest'})

user

var TextCodec = Codec['Text']     # get the JsonCodec Class
var JsonCodec = Codec['Json']     # note: name is case-sensitive!
var JsonCodec = TextCodec['Json'] # or like this

var json = Codec('Json', bufSize: 12) # get the singleton instance from the Codec
var json = JsonCodec()                # or like this
var text = Codec('Text')              # or Codec('utf8')

JsonCodec().should.be.equal Codec('Json')

var json2 = new JsonCodec(bufSize: 123) # create a new JsonCodec instance, do not use singleton.
var json2.should.not.be.equal(json)

API

• CustomFactory(these class/static methods will be added to your factory class)
  • register(aClass[, aParentClass=factory[, aOptions]]): (class method) register the aClass to your Factory Class.
    • aOptions (object|string): It will use the aOptions as default options to create instance.
      • it is the registered name if aOptions is string.
      • name: use the name instead of class name to register if any. or it will use the class name(remove the last factory name if exists) to register.
      • createOnDemand (boolean): create the factory item instance on demand or create it immediately. defaults to true.
      • baseNameOnly (number): extract basename from class name to register it if no specified name. defaults to 1. the baseNameOnly number can be used on hierarchical factory, means max level to extract basename. 0 means use the whole class name to register it, no extract.
        • eg, the Codec is a Root Factory, we add the TextCodec to "Codec", add the JsonTextCodec to "TextCodec"
          • baseNameOnly = 1: TextCodec name is 'Text', JsonTextCodec name is 'JsonText'
          • baseNameOnly = 2: TextCodec name is 'Text', JsonTextCodec name is 'Json'
    • aParentClass: it is not allowed if it's a flatOnly factory.
  • unregister(aName|aClass): (class method) unregister the class or name from the Factory
  • alias/aliases(aClass, aliases...): (class method) create aliases to the aClass.
  • constructor(aName, aOptions): get a singleton instance or create a new instance item.
  • constructor(aOptions): get a singleton instance or create a new instance item.
    • aOptions: (object)
      • name: the factory item name. defaults to the constructor name
      • fnGet: (function) replace the default 'get' method.
  • constructor(aInstance, aOptions): apply(re-initialize) the aOptions to the aInstance .
  • create(aName, aOptions): create a new object instance
  • get(aName, aOptions): get the singleton object instance
  • formatName(aName): format the registered name and return, defaults to same as aName. you can override this method to implement case insensitive.
  • Factory[aName]: get the registered class from your Factory class.
  • getClassList(aClass): get the hierarchical class path list array of this aClass.
  • path(aClass, aRootName = Factory.name): get the path string of this aClass factory item.
  • pathArray(aClass, aRootName = Factory.name): get the path array of this aClass factory item.
  • registeredClass(aName): get the registered class via name.

These instance methods added if it is not flatOnly factory:

• register(aClass[, aOptions]): register a class to itself.
• unregister(aName|aClass): same as the unregister class method.
• registered(aName): get a singleton instance which is registered to itself.
• registeredClass[aName]: get the registered class.
• path(aRootName = Factory.name): get the path string of this factory item
• pathArray(aRootName = Factory.name): get the path array of this factory item

Note: the name is case sensitive.

Changes

v1.4

These attributes could be visited via instance:

• add baseNameOnly option to extract basename from class name when register it.

• broken Factory._objects: mark deprecated. use the Factory::_objects instead
• broken Factory._aliases: mark deprecated. use the Factory::_aliases instead

• It will be treated as customized path name if the registered name is beginning with path delimiter('/')
  • affects to path() and pathArray()