require-reloader

reload required modules without restart the NodeJS program.

require-reloader does not watch file changes of Node project, actually it is used by calling reload() in code to reload the required modules.

require-reloader is a simple and non-dependecies module to reload required modules in runtime way.

Install

npm install --save require-reloader

Usage

const Wrapper = require('require-reloader');

Wrapper.load(moduleName, moduleFile)
    moduleName: module name will be used;
    moduleFile: module file to the module, mostly need absolute path of module;

Wrapper.reload(moduleName)
    moduleName: module name will be used;

Wrapper.moduleName
    access the module by moduleName;    

Examples

'use strict'

// init module MyModule
const Wrapper = require('require-reloader').load('MyModule', path.join(__dirname, './my-module.js'));

console.log('aTag = ', Wrapper.MyModule.aTag);

// after my-module.js is re-written 
Wrapper.reload('MyModule');
console.log('aTag = ', Wrapper.MyModule.aTag);

Or

const Loader = require('require-reloader');

Loader.load('moduleA', path.join(__dirname, './module-a.js'));
Loader.load('moduleB', path.join(__dirname, './module-b.js'));

Loader.reload('moduleB');

Test

> ./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test/test.js

Or

> npm test

License

No License