Module.js

Define namespaces as constructor functions (or any object).

Usage

Create a new module.

Module("Todo.Application", function(Application){
  Application.fn.initialize = function() {
    // execute something when initializing the object.
  };
});

var app = new Todo.Application();
    app = Todo.Application(); // the new keyword is optional.

Define namespace with custom objects.

Module("Todo.config", function(config){
  config.assets = "/assets";
}, {});

Define namespace without a callback.

Module("Todo.config", {});

You can fetch a namespace using Module.fetch, which returns the module or null.

var action = Module.fetch("MyApp.SignupController.New");

If you want to execute a module you can use the Module.run function, which will execute the module (when defined) and return the instance.

var actionInstance = Module.run("MyApp.SignupController.New");

You may want to provide your own wrapper, with default initialization. You can use Module.wrapper for this.

Module.wrapper("Model", function(namespace, callback){
  Module(namespace, function(Model){
    Model.fn.initialize = function(attributes) {
      this.assign(attributes);
    };

    Model.fn.assign = function(attributes) {
      for (var name in attributes) {
        this[name] = attributes[name];
      }
    };

    callback(Model);
  });
});

Now you can just call Model and brand new model function will be defined.

Model("Todo.Task", function(Task){
  Task.fn.isPending = function() {
    return this.status === "pending";
  };
});

var task = Todo.Task({status: "pending"});
console.log(task.isPending()); // true

Maintainer

Nando Vieira - http://nandovieira.com.br

Contributing

Once you've made your great commits:

Fork Module.js
Create a topic branch - git checkout -b my_branch
Push to your branch - git push origin my_branch
Create an Issue with a link to your branch
That's it!

Please respect the indentation rules and code style. And use 2 spaces, not tabs. And don't touch the versioning thing.

Running tests

Just open the file test/tests.html in your target browser.

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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