Ensime Controller JS

NPM module that controls the ENSIME server. ENSIME is a cross editor platform for the scala programming language.

API

Constructor

• new Controller(dotEnsime, ensimeInstallDir, options);

The following methods are available:

• update(output, callback): (Re)download the newest version of ensime.
• connect(output, callback): Start ENSIME and connect to it. It will cleanup already running but unmanaged instances of ensime.
• attach(callback): Try to attach to a currently running ENSIME.
• status(callback): Request the current status. Fails if not running, else returns a ConnectionInfo.
• send(req, callback): Send an rpc request to ENSIME.
• stop(callback): Disconnect and stop ensime.

Parameters:

• req: Request to ensime (an RpcRequestEnvelope)
• output: {out: Stream, err: Stream} => Streams that capture the sysout/syserr of the started process (ensime resp. the installer).
• callback: function(err, result)