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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/s-a/ntcc
• Owner: s-a
• License: other
• Created: 2016-04-14T00:16:29.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-04-20T07:44:37.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-09T02:38:55.141Z (8 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
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• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Namespaced Terminal Client Commands

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This module aims to provide an easy and structured way to create modular commands for Node commandline clients and load them only on demand.  

It extends a client object with an ```execute``` function which can execute modules created with a declared namespaced convention. Each namespaced module must contain a method called ```invoke```. This method runs always in context of the client object.

## Usage

### Create a command with arguments 

"test-client-commands/***clientcommand.***testcommand.open-with-arguments.js"   

```javascript

"use strict";

var Cmd = function() {

	return this;

};

Cmd.prototype.invoke = function(name1,name2,name3) {

	// runs in context of client.

	return "This testcommand is using open called from " + this.id + " (" + name1 + "," + name2 + "," + name3 + ")";

};

module.exports = Cmd;

```

### Extend a terminal client

```javascript

var NTCC = require("ntcc");

var ntcc = new NTCC();

var TestClient = function() {

	this.id = "A Testing Client";

	return this;

};

var testClient = new TestClient();

ntcc.extend({

	client: testClient,

	dir: path.join(__dirname, "..", "test-client-commands"),

	namespacePrefix: "clientcommand."

});

```

```console.log(testClient.__)``` yields:  

- execute() | Method to exec a command.

- listCommands() | Usefull to provide a commandline help.

- getCommandFilename() | returns a filename for a given command namespace.

### Invoke the test command

```javascript

it("should execute testcommand.open-with-arguments to pass custom arguments", function() {

	var args = ["arg1", "arg2", "argN"];

	var string = testClient.__.execute(["testcommand", "open-with-arguments"], args);

	string.should.equal("This testcommand is using open called from " + testClient.id + " (" + args.join(",") + ")");

});

```

For more examples see [the test-client-commands](/test-client-commands) and [the tests](test).

## A more realistic usecase

Human readable:

```javascript

testClient.__.execute(["open", 		"db", "connection"], ["connection-1"]);

testClient.__.execute(["close", 	"db", "connection"], ["connection-1"]);

testClient.__.execute(["new", 		"db", "connection"]);

testClient.__.execute(["remove", 	"db", "connection"], ["connection-1"]);

```

Or straight namespaced:

```javascript

testClient.__.execute(["connection", "db", "open"], ["connection-1"]);

testClient.__.execute(["connection", "db", "close"], ["connection-1"]);

testClient.__.execute(["connection", "db", "new"]);

testClient.__.execute(["connection", "db", "remove"], ["connection-1"]);

```

I prefer to use this module in association with [minimist](https://github.com/substack/minimist).