async-resolve

This module a fastest async and configurable requre.resolve() implementation.

Installation

$ npm install async-resolve

Usage

Resolve absolute path for given [file|directory|module] in given basedir in asynchronous manner.

var Resolver = require('async-resolve');
var resolver_obj = new Resolver();
resolver_obj.resolve('module', __dirname, function(err, filename) {
  return console.log(filename);
});

Methods

var Resolver = require('async-resolve');

new Resolver(opts)

The resolver object may be configured on creation time:

options = {
  // default: ['.js', '.json', '.node'] - specify allowed filetypes, note that the
  // order matters. in this example index.js is prioritized over index.coffee
  extensions: ['.js', '.coffee', '.eco'],
  // default : false - make searching verbose for debug and tests
  log: true
  // default : 'node_modules' - its 'node_modules' directory names, may be changed
  modules : 'other_modules'
};
resolver_obj = new Resolver(options);

resolve(pkg, basedir, cb)

Resolve pkg in basedir on node.js-based algorithm

resolver_obj.resolve('module', __dirname, function(err, filename) {
  return console.log(filename);
});

addExtensions(exts)

also resolver object may be configured after creation:

resolver_obj.addExtensions('.jade');

getState()

All options may be inspected (for testing and debug):

resolver_obj.getState();
/*
{
  log: true,
  modules : 'other_modules',
  extensions: [ '.js', '.coffee', '.eco', '.jade' ],
  dir_load_steps: [
   'package.json',
   'index.js',
   'index.coffee',
   'index.eco',
   'index.jade' 
   ] 
}
*/

isCoreModule()

Return true if filename is node.js core module or false otherwise.

resolver_obj.isCoreModule('util'); // -> true

This method use internal module names table for fast lookup, not IO.

Similar modules

• resolve
• resolveIt
• enhanced-resolve
• localizer

Test

$ cake test

Benchmark

In short async-resolve 2.4 times as fast as enhanced-resolve.

My benchmark results.

Build you own in 2 steps:

1. do $ npm install at root module folder
2. run $ coffee ./bench/async-resolve_vs_other.coffee from root module folder

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Dmitrii Karpich

MIT (https://raw.github.com/Meettya/async-resolve/master/LICENSE)