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General purpose node utilities

Introduction
Object
- clone
- merge
- applyToDefaults
- unique
- mapToObject
- intersect
- matchKeys
- flatten
- removeKeys
- reach
- inheritAsync
- rename
Timer
Binary Encoding/Decoding
- base64urlEncode
- base64urlDecode
Escaping Characters
Errors
- assert
- abort
- displayStack
- callStack

Introduction

The Hoek general purpose node utilities library is used to aid in a variety of manners. It comes with useful methods for Ararys (clone, merge, applyToDefaults), Objects (removeKeys, copy), Asserting and more.

For example, to use Hoek to set configuration with default options:

var Hoek = require('hoek');

var default = {url : "www.github.com", port : "8000", debug : true}

var config = Hoek.applyToDefaults(default, {port : "3000", admin : true});

// In this case, config would be { url: 'www.github.com', port: '3000', debug: true, admin: true }

Under each of the sections (such as Array), there are subsections which correspond to Hoek methods. Each subsection will explain how to use the corresponding method. In each js excerpt below, the var Hoek = require('hoek') is omitted for brevity.

Object

Hoek provides several helpful methods for objects and arrays.

clone(obj)

This method is used to clone an object or an array. A deep copy is made (duplicates everything, including values that are objects).

var nestedObj = {
        w: /^something$/ig,
        x: {
            a: [1, 2, 3],
            b: 123456,
            c: new Date()
        },
        y: 'y',
        z: new Date()
    };

var copy = Hoek.clone(nestedObj);

copy.x.b = 100;

console.log(copy.y)        // results in 'y'
console.log(nestedObj.x.b) // results in 123456
console.log(copy.x.b)      // results in 100

merge(target, source, isNullOverride, isMergeArrays)

isNullOverride, isMergeArrays default to true

Merge all the properties of source into target, source wins in conflic, and by default null and undefined from source are applied

var target = {a: 1, b : 2}
var source = {a: 0, c: 5}
var source2 = {a: null, c: 5}

var targetArray = [1, 2, 3];
var sourceArray = [4, 5];

var newTarget = Hoek.merge(target, source);     // results in {a: 0, b: 2, c: 5}
newTarget = Hoek.merge(target, source2);        // results in {a: null, b: 2, c: 5}
newTarget = Hoek.merge(target, source2, false); // results in {a: 1, b:2, c: 5}

newTarget = Hoek.merge(target, source)              // results in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
newTarget = Hoek.merge(target, source, true, false) // results in [4, 5]

applyToDefaults(defaults, options)

Apply options to a copy of the defaults

var defaults = {host: "localhost", port: 8000};
var options = {port: 8080};

var config = Hoek.applyToDefaults(defaults, options); // results in {host: "localhost", port: 8080};

unique(array, key)

Remove duplicate items from Array

var array = [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6];

var newArray = Hoek.unique(array); // results in [1,2,3,4,5,6];

array = [{id: 1}, {id: 1}, {id: 2}];

newArray = Hoek.unique(array, "id") // results in [{id: 1}, {id: 2}]

mapToObject(array, key)

Convert an Array into an Object

var array = [1,2,3];
var newObject = Hoek.mapToObject(array); // results in [{"1": true}, {"2": true}, {"3": true}]

array = [{id: 1}, {id: 2}];
newObject = Hoek.mapToObject(array, "id") // results in [{"id": 1}, {"id": 2}]

intersect(array1, array2)

Find the common unique items in two arrays

var array1 = [1, 2, 3];
var array2 = [1, 4, 5];

var newArray = Hoek.intersect(array1, array2) // results in [1]

matchKeys(obj, keys)

Find which keys are present

var obj = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3};
var keys = ["a", "e"];

Hoek.matchKeys(obj, keys) // returns ["a"]

flatten(array, target)

Flatten an array

var array = [1, 2, 3];
var target = [4, 5]; 

var flattenedArray = Hoek.flatten(array, target) // results in [4, 5, 1, 2, 3];

removeKeys(object, keys)

Remove keys

var object = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4};

var keys = ["a", "b"];

Hoek.removeKeys(object, keys) // object is now {c: 3, d: 4}

reach(obj, chain)

Converts an object key chain string to reference

var chain = 'a.b.c';
var obj = {a : {b : { c : 1}}};

Hoek.reach(obj, chain) // returns 1

inheritAsync(self, obj, keys)

Inherits a selected set of methods from an object, wrapping functions in asynchronous syntax and catching errors

var targetFunc = function () { };

var proto = {
                a: function () {
                    return 'a!';
                },
                b: function () {
                    return 'b!';
                },
                c: function () {
                    throw new Error('c!');
                }
            };

var keys = ['a', 'c'];

Hoek.inheritAsync(targetFunc, proto, ['a', 'c']);

var target = new targetFunc();

target.a()                         // returns 'a!'                         
target.c()                         // returns 'c!'
target.b()                         // returns undefined

rename(obj, from, to)

Rename a key of an object

var obj = {a : 1, b : 2};

Hoek.rename(obj, "a", "c");     // obj is now {c : 1, b : 2}

Timer

A Timer object


example : 


var timerObj = new Hoek.Timer();
console.log("Time is now: " + timerObj.ts)
console.log("Elapsed time from initialization: " + timerObj.elapsed)

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