@alt-javascript/boot-hono

Hono adapter for the @alt-javascript framework. Bridges CDI-managed controllers to Hono's Web Standards routing with a CDI middleware pipeline for cross-cutting concerns.

Hono supports Node.js, Bun, Deno, and Cloudflare Workers via the same codebase.

Part of the @alt-javascript monorepo.

Install

npm install @alt-javascript/boot-hono hono
# For Node.js:
npm install @hono/node-server

Usage

import { Boot } from '@alt-javascript/boot';
import { Context, Singleton } from '@alt-javascript/cdi';
import { honoStarter } from '@alt-javascript/boot-hono';

class TodoController {
  static __routes = [
    { method: 'GET',  path: '/todos',     handler: 'list'   },
    { method: 'POST', path: '/todos',     handler: 'create' },
    { method: 'GET',  path: '/todos/:id', handler: 'get'    },
  ];

  constructor() { this.todoService = null; } // autowired

  async list(request)   { return this.todoService.findAll(); }
  async create(request) { return this.todoService.create(request.body); }
  async get(request)    { return this.todoService.findById(request.params.id); }
}

const context = new Context([
  ...honoStarter(),
  new Singleton(TodoService),
  new Singleton(TodoController),
]);

await Boot.boot({ contexts: [context] });

Controllers receive a normalised request object { params, query, headers, body, ctx, honoCtx }. Return a plain object for a 200 JSON response, or { statusCode, body } for explicit status control.

Middleware Pipeline

honoStarter() registers three built-in middleware components automatically:

| Component | Order | Behaviour | |---|---|---| | RequestLoggerMiddleware | 10 | Logs [METHOD] /path → status (Xms) | | ErrorHandlerMiddleware | 20 | Converts thrown errors to JSON error responses | | NotFoundMiddleware | 30 | Returns 404 for unmatched routes |

Add custom middleware by declaring static __middleware = { order: N }:

class AuthMiddleware {
  static __middleware = { order: 5 };

  async handle(request, next) {
    const token = request.headers.authorization?.replace('Bearer ', '');
    if (!token) return { statusCode: 401, body: { error: 'Unauthorized' } };
    return next({ ...request, user: { token } });
  }
}

Configuration

| Key | Default | Description | |---|---|---| | server.port | 3000 | Port to listen on | | server.host | 0.0.0.0 | Host to bind | | middleware.requestLogger.enabled | true | Enable request logging | | middleware.errorHandler.enabled | true | Enable error handler | | middleware.notFound.enabled | true | Enable 404 handler |

Testing

Use app.request() for testing without a network:

const app = appCtx.get('honoAdapter').app;
const response = await app.request('/todos');
assert.equal(response.status, 200);

License

MIT