now writes smartfile arrays to disk

dist/smartfile.memory.d.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-/// <reference types="node" />
 import 'typings-global';
-export interface IVinylFile {
+import { Smartfile } from './smartfile.classes.smartfile';
-    contents: Buffer;
-    base: string;
-    path: string;
-}
 /**
  * converts file to Object
  * @param fileStringArg
@@ -12,35 +7,20 @@ export interface IVinylFile {
  * @returns {any|any}
  */
 export declare let toObject: (fileStringArg: string, fileTypeArg: string) => any;
-/**
+export interface IToFsOptions {
- * takes a string and converts it to vinyl file
+    respectRelative?: boolean;
- * @param fileArg
+}
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-export declare let toVinylFileSync: (fileArg: string, optionsArg?: {
-    filename?: string;
-    base?: string;
-    relPath?: string;
-}) => any;
-/**
- * takes a string array and some options and returns a vinylfile array
- * @param arrayArg
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-export declare let toVinylArraySync: (arrayArg: string[], optionsArg?: {
-    filename?: string;
-    base?: string;
-    relPath?: string;
-}) => any[];
-/**
- * takes a vinylFile object and converts it to String
- */
-export declare let vinylToStringSync: (fileArg: IVinylFile) => string;
 /**
  * writes string or vinyl file to disk.
  * @param fileArg
  * @param fileNameArg
  * @param fileBaseArg
  */
-export declare let toFs: (fileContentArg: string | IVinylFile, filePathArg: any) => Promise<{}>;
+export declare let toFs: (fileContentArg: string | Smartfile, filePathArg: any, optionsArg?: IToFsOptions) => Promise<{}>;
-export declare let toFsSync: (fileArg: any, filePathArg: string) => void;
+/**
+ * writes a string or a Smartfile to disk synchronously, only supports string
+ * @param fileArg
+ * @param filePathArg
+ */
+export declare let toFsSync: (fileArg: string, filePathArg: string) => void;
+export declare let smartfileArrayToFs: (smartfileArrayArg: Smartfile[], dirArg: string) => Promise<void>;

dist/smartfile.memory.js

@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 "use strict";
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(result.value); }).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 require("typings-global");
 const plugins = require("./smartfile.plugins");
+const smartfile_classes_smartfile_1 = require("./smartfile.classes.smartfile");
+const smartfileFs = require("./smartfile.fs");
 const SmartfileInterpreter = require("./smartfile.interpreter");
-let vinyl = require('vinyl');
 /**
  * converts file to Object
  * @param fileStringArg
@@ -13,67 +22,42 @@ let vinyl = require('vinyl');
 exports.toObject = function (fileStringArg, fileTypeArg) {
     return SmartfileInterpreter.objectFile(fileStringArg, fileTypeArg);
 };
-/**
- * takes a string and converts it to vinyl file
- * @param fileArg
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-exports.toVinylFileSync = function (fileArg, optionsArg) {
-    optionsArg ? void (0) : optionsArg = { filename: 'vinylfile', base: '/' };
-    optionsArg.filename ? void (0) : optionsArg.filename = 'vinylfile';
-    optionsArg.base ? void (0) : optionsArg.base = '/';
-    optionsArg.relPath ? void ('0') : optionsArg.relPath = '';
-    let vinylFile = new vinyl({
-        base: optionsArg.base,
-        path: plugins.path.join(optionsArg.base, optionsArg.relPath, optionsArg.filename),
-        contents: new Buffer(fileArg)
-    });
-    return vinylFile;
-};
-/**
- * takes a string array and some options and returns a vinylfile array
- * @param arrayArg
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-exports.toVinylArraySync = function (arrayArg, optionsArg) {
-    let vinylArray = [];
-    for (let stringIndexArg in arrayArg) {
-        let myString = arrayArg[stringIndexArg];
-        vinylArray.push(exports.toVinylFileSync(myString, optionsArg));
-    }
-    return vinylArray;
-};
-/**
- * takes a vinylFile object and converts it to String
- */
-exports.vinylToStringSync = function (fileArg) {
-    return fileArg.contents.toString('utf8');
-};
 /**
  * writes string or vinyl file to disk.
  * @param fileArg
  * @param fileNameArg
  * @param fileBaseArg
  */
-exports.toFs = function (fileContentArg, filePathArg) {
+exports.toFs = (fileContentArg, filePathArg, optionsArg = {}) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
     let done = plugins.q.defer();
-    // function checks to abort if needed
+    // check args
     if (!fileContentArg || !filePathArg) {
         throw new Error('expected valid arguments');
     }
     // prepare actual write action
     let fileString;
     let filePath = filePathArg;
-    if (vinyl.isVinyl(fileContentArg)) {
+    // handle Smartfile
+    if (fileContentArg instanceof smartfile_classes_smartfile_1.Smartfile) {
         let fileContentArg2 = fileContentArg;
-        fileString = exports.vinylToStringSync(fileContentArg2);
+        fileString = fileContentArg.contentBuffer.toString();
+        // handle options
+        optionsArg.respectRelative ? filePath = plugins.path.join(filePath, fileContentArg.path) : null;
     }
     else if (typeof fileContentArg === 'string') {
         fileString = fileContentArg;
     }
+    else {
+        throw new Error('fileContent is neither string nor Smartfile');
+    }
     plugins.fsExtra.writeFile(filePath, fileString, 'utf8', done.resolve);
-    return done.promise;
+    return yield done.promise;
-};
+});
+/**
+ * writes a string or a Smartfile to disk synchronously, only supports string
+ * @param fileArg
+ * @param filePathArg
+ */
 exports.toFsSync = function (fileArg, filePathArg) {
     // function checks to abort if needed
     if (!fileArg || !filePathArg) {
@@ -83,11 +67,19 @@ exports.toFsSync = function (fileArg, filePathArg) {
     let fileString;
     let filePath = filePathArg;
     if (typeof fileArg !== 'string') {
-        fileString = exports.vinylToStringSync(fileArg);
+        throw new Error('fileArg is not of type String.');
     }
     else if (typeof fileArg === 'string') {
         fileString = fileArg;
     }
     plugins.fsExtra.writeFileSync(filePath, fileString, 'utf8');
 };
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+exports.smartfileArrayToFs = (smartfileArrayArg, dirArg) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+    yield smartfileFs.ensureDir(dirArg);
+    for (let smartfile of smartfileArrayArg) {
+        yield exports.toFs(smartfile, dirArg, {
+            respectRelative: true
+        });
+    }
+});
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test/test.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import path = require('path')
 
 import { expect, tap } from 'tapbundle'
 
-import * as vinyl from 'vinyl'
-
 // ---------------------------
 // smartfile.fs
 // ---------------------------
@@ -53,8 +51,8 @@ tap.test('.fs.listFileTree() -> should get a file tree', async () => {
 
 tap.test('.fs.fileTreeToObject -> should read a file tree into an Object', async () => {
   let fileArrayArg = await smartfile.fs.fileTreeToObject(path.resolve('./test/'), '**/*.txt')
-  expect(fileArrayArg[0]).to.be.instanceof(smartfile.Smartfile)
+  expect(fileArrayArg[ 0 ]).to.be.instanceof(smartfile.Smartfile)
-  expect(fileArrayArg[0].contents.toString()).to.equal(fileArrayArg[0].contentBuffer.toString())
+  expect(fileArrayArg[ 0 ].contents.toString()).to.equal(fileArrayArg[ 0 ].contentBuffer.toString())
 })
 
 tap.test('.fs.copy() -> should copy a directory', async () => {
@@ -117,11 +115,6 @@ tap.test('.fs.toStringSync() -> should read a file to a string', async () => {
     .to.equal('Some TestString &&%$')
 })
 
-tap.test('.fs.toVinylSync -> should read an ' + '.json OR .yaml' + ' file to an ' + 'vinyl file object', async () => {
-  let testData = smartfile.fs.toVinylSync('./test/mytest.json')
-  expect(vinyl.isVinyl(testData)).to.be.true
-})
-
 // ---------------------------
 // smartfile.interpreter
 // ---------------------------
@@ -134,32 +127,6 @@ tap.test('.interpreter.filetype() -> should get the file type from a string', as
 // smartfile.memory
 // ---------------------------
 
-tap.test('.memory.toVinylFileSync() -> should produce a vinylFile', async () => {
-  let localString = 'myString'
-  let localOptions = { filename: 'vinylfile2', base: '/someDir' }
-  expect(smartfile.memory.toVinylFileSync(localString, localOptions) instanceof vinyl).to.be.true
-})
-
-tap.test('.memory.toVinylArraySync() -> should produce a an array of vinylfiles', async () => {
-  let localStringArray = [ 'string1', 'string2', 'string3' ]
-  let localOptions = { filename: 'vinylfile2', base: '/someDir' }
-  let testResult = smartfile.memory.toVinylArraySync(localStringArray, localOptions)
-  expect(testResult).to.be.a('array')
-  expect(testResult.length === 3).to.be.true
-  for (let myKey in testResult) {
-    expect(testResult[ myKey ] instanceof vinyl).to.be.true
-  }
-})
-
-tap.test('.memory.vinylToStringSync() -> should produce a String from vinyl file', async () => {
-  let localString = smartfile.memory.vinylToStringSync(new vinyl({
-    base: '/',
-    path: '/test.txt',
-    contents: new Buffer('myString')
-  }))
-  expect(localString).equal('myString')
-})
-
 tap.test('.memory.toFs() -> should write a file to disk and return a promise', async () => {
   let localString = 'myString'
   await smartfile.memory.toFs(
@@ -194,7 +161,7 @@ tap.test('.remote.toString() -> should reject a Promise when the link is false',
 
 tap.test('.Smartfile -> should produce vinyl compatible files', async () => {
   let smartfileArray = await smartfile.fs.fileTreeToObject(process.cwd(), './test/testfolder/**/*')
-  let localSmartfile = smartfileArray[0]
+  let localSmartfile = smartfileArray[ 0 ]
   expect(localSmartfile).to.be.instanceof(smartfile.Smartfile)
   expect(localSmartfile.contents).to.be.instanceof(Buffer)
   expect(localSmartfile.isBuffer()).to.be.true
@@ -202,4 +169,15 @@ tap.test('.Smartfile -> should produce vinyl compatible files', async () => {
   expect(localSmartfile.isNull()).to.be.false
 })
 
+tap.test('should output a smartfile array to disk', async () => {
+  let smartfileArray = await smartfile.fs.fileTreeToObject('./test/testfolder/', '*')
+  for (let smartfile of smartfileArray) {
+    // console.log(smartfile.relative)
+    // console.log(smartfile.path)
+    // console.log(smartfile.base)
+    // console.log(smartfile.parsedPath)
+  }
+  await smartfile.memory.smartfileArrayToFs(smartfileArray, path.resolve('./test/temp/testoutput/'))
+})
+
 tap.start()

ts/smartfile.memory.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import 'typings-global'
 
 import plugins = require('./smartfile.plugins')
-import SmartfileInterpreter = require('./smartfile.interpreter')
+import { Smartfile } from './smartfile.classes.smartfile'
-let vinyl = require('vinyl')
+import * as smartfileFs from './smartfile.fs'
 
-export interface IVinylFile {
+
-  contents: Buffer
+import SmartfileInterpreter = require('./smartfile.interpreter')
-  base: string
-  path: string,
-}
 
 /**
  * converts file to Object
@@ -20,62 +17,20 @@ export let toObject = function (fileStringArg: string, fileTypeArg: string) {
   return SmartfileInterpreter.objectFile(fileStringArg, fileTypeArg)
 }
 
-/**
+export interface IToFsOptions {
- * takes a string and converts it to vinyl file
+  respectRelative?: boolean
- * @param fileArg
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-export let toVinylFileSync = function (fileArg: string, optionsArg?: { filename?: string, base?: string, relPath?: string }) {
-  optionsArg ? void (0) : optionsArg = { filename: 'vinylfile', base: '/' }
-  optionsArg.filename ? void (0) : optionsArg.filename = 'vinylfile'
-  optionsArg.base ? void (0) : optionsArg.base = '/'
-  optionsArg.relPath ? void ('0') : optionsArg.relPath = ''
-  let vinylFile = new vinyl({
-    base: optionsArg.base,
-    path: plugins.path.join(optionsArg.base, optionsArg.relPath, optionsArg.filename),
-    contents: new Buffer(fileArg)
-  })
-  return vinylFile
-}
-
-/**
- * takes a string array and some options and returns a vinylfile array
- * @param arrayArg
- * @param optionsArg
- */
-export let toVinylArraySync = function (
-  arrayArg: string[],
-  optionsArg?: {
-    filename?: string,
-    base?: string,
-    relPath?: string
-  }
-) {
-  let vinylArray = []
-  for (let stringIndexArg in arrayArg) {
-    let myString = arrayArg[ stringIndexArg ]
-    vinylArray.push(toVinylFileSync(myString, optionsArg))
-  }
-  return vinylArray
-}
-
-/**
- * takes a vinylFile object and converts it to String
- */
-export let vinylToStringSync = function (fileArg: IVinylFile): string {
-  return fileArg.contents.toString('utf8')
 }
 
 /**
  * writes string or vinyl file to disk.
- * @param fileArg
+ * @param fileArg 
  * @param fileNameArg
  * @param fileBaseArg
  */
-export let toFs = function (fileContentArg: string | IVinylFile, filePathArg) {
+export let toFs = async (fileContentArg: string | Smartfile, filePathArg, optionsArg: IToFsOptions = {} ) => {
   let done = plugins.q.defer()
 
-  // function checks to abort if needed
+  // check args
   if (!fileContentArg || !filePathArg) {
     throw new Error('expected valid arguments')
   }
@@ -83,17 +38,29 @@ export let toFs = function (fileContentArg: string | IVinylFile, filePathArg) {
   // prepare actual write action
   let fileString: string
   let filePath: string = filePathArg
-  if (vinyl.isVinyl(fileContentArg)) {
+
+  // handle Smartfile
+  if (fileContentArg instanceof Smartfile) {
     let fileContentArg2: any = fileContentArg
-    fileString = vinylToStringSync(fileContentArg2)
+    fileString = fileContentArg.contentBuffer.toString()
+    
+    // handle options
+    optionsArg.respectRelative ? filePath = plugins.path.join(filePath, fileContentArg.path) : null
   } else if (typeof fileContentArg === 'string') {
     fileString = fileContentArg
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('fileContent is neither string nor Smartfile')
   }
   plugins.fsExtra.writeFile(filePath, fileString, 'utf8', done.resolve)
-  return done.promise
+  return await done.promise
 }
 
-export let toFsSync = function (fileArg, filePathArg: string) {
+/**
+ * writes a string or a Smartfile to disk synchronously, only supports string
+ * @param fileArg 
+ * @param filePathArg 
+ */
+export let toFsSync = function (fileArg: string, filePathArg: string) {
   // function checks to abort if needed
   if (!fileArg || !filePathArg) {
     throw new Error('expected a valid arguments')
@@ -104,9 +71,18 @@ export let toFsSync = function (fileArg, filePathArg: string) {
   let filePath: string = filePathArg
 
   if (typeof fileArg !== 'string') {
-    fileString = vinylToStringSync(fileArg)
+    throw new Error('fileArg is not of type String.')
   } else if (typeof fileArg === 'string') {
     fileString = fileArg
   }
   plugins.fsExtra.writeFileSync(filePath, fileString, 'utf8')
 }
+
+export let smartfileArrayToFs = async (smartfileArrayArg: Smartfile[], dirArg: string) => {
+  await smartfileFs.ensureDir(dirArg)
+  for(let smartfile of smartfileArrayArg) {
+    await toFs(smartfile, dirArg, {
+      respectRelative: true
+    })
+  }
+}