vigour-base

Extendable object constructors, build for speed, low memory consumption and simplicity

• set method

• easy extendable property defintions

• deep, memory efficient prototypes

• parent and key fields

• types (easy inheritance)

• inject pattern

###Properties The properties field is used to add property definitions for certain keys within set objects.

There are 4 types of property definitions:

• true clears any special base behaviour for the key
• function calls the function when the key is set instead of the normal behaviour
• null removes property definition and any existing instances
• anything else uses the set function

basic

var base = new Base({
  properties: {
    normal: true,
    special (val, stamp) {
      this.special = val * 10
    },
    base: { nested: true }
  }
})

base.set({
  normal: 'hello', // → 'hello'
  special: 10, // → 100
  base: 'a base' // → Base { val: 'a base', nested: true }
})

base.set({
  properties: {
    normal: null
    // removes property defintion and removes "normal"
  }
})

set

var special = new Base({
  type: 'special'
})

var base = new Base({
  properties: {
    // uses "noReference" for a base
    special: special
  }
})

base.set({
  special: 10 // → Special 10
})

// add something to the "special" property
base.set({
  properties: {
    special: {
      aField: true
    }
  }
})
// → base.special.aField.val === true, inherits from the property

define

Allows for extra customisation of property definitions.

It has 3 options:

• :key when a property is set uses this key to store its value
• :reset resets a previously defined property
• :val property value

var base = new Base({
  properties: {
    define: {
      x: { key: 'y' },
      something: {
        key: 'else',
        val: {
          a: true,
          b: true
        }
      },
      hello: {
        key: 'bye',
        val: 100
      }
    }
  },
  x: 10 // → y: 10
  something: { c: true }, // → else: Base { a: true, b: true, c: true }
  hello: { field: true } // → bye: Base { val: 100, field: true }
})

base.set({
  properties: {
    define: {
      something: {
        // removes the "else" field on base
        // creates a new property definition for "something"
        reset: true,
        val: 'hello'
      },
      x: {
        key: 'z',
        reset: false // will not move "y"
      },
      hello: {
        // moves "bye" → "hello"
        key: null
      }
    }
  }
})

###Context Context enables deep memory efficient prototypes. Stores information on fields about first non-shared ancestors.

basic

Notice that base.a.b.c === instance.a.b.c is true but the paths are different

const base = new Base({
  key: 'base'
  a: { b: { c: 'its c' } }
})
const instance = new base.Constructor({
  key: 'instance'
})
console.log(base.a.b.c === instance.a.b.c) // → true
console.log(instance.a.b.c.path()) // → [ 'instance', 'a', 'b', 'c' ]
console.log(base.a.b.c.path()) // → [ 'base', 'a', 'b', 'c' ]

store and apply context

Allows storage and restoration of context. Usefull for edge cases where you need to make a handle to a nested field in a certain context

Consists of 2 methods

• applyContext(context)
• storeContext()

const base = new Base({
  key: 'base'
  a: { b: { c: 'its c' } }
})
const instance = new base.Constructor({
  key: 'instance'
})
const b = instance.a.b
const context = b.storeContext()
console.log(base.a.b.c) // this will remove the context "instance", and replace it with base
b.applyContext(context) // will reset the context of b to instance

Apply context can return 3 different types

• undefined Context is restored without any differences
• Base A set has happened in the path leading to the target of apply context
• null A remove has happened in the path leading to the target of apply co ntext