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dist/index.js

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-var SmartpathAbsolute = require("./smartpath.absolute");
+var SmartpathTransform = require("./smartpath.transform");
+var SmartpathGet = require("./smartpath.get");
 /**
  *
  * @type {{getPath: (function(any): undefined)}}
  */
 var smartpath = {
-    absolute: SmartpathAbsolute
+    transform: SmartpathTransform,
+    get: SmartpathGet
 };
 module.exports = smartpath;
 
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dist/smartpath.get.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+exports.type = function (pathStringArg) {
+    var urlRegex = /http[s|\s]:\/\/.*/i;
+    if (urlRegex.exec(pathStringArg)) {
+        return "url";
+    }
+    else {
+        return "local";
+    }
+    ;
+};
+
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dist/smartpath.transform.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
+var plugins = require("./smartpath.plugins");
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------------ helpers --------------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+var makeAbsolute = function (localPathArg, baseArg) {
+    var absolutePath;
+    if (baseArg) {
+        absolutePath = plugins.path.join(baseArg, localPathArg);
+    }
+    else {
+        absolutePath = plugins.path.resolve(localPathArg);
+    }
+    return absolutePath;
+};
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------- export functions ----------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+exports.toAbsolute = function (relativeArg, baseArg) {
+    if (typeof relativeArg === "string") {
+        return makeAbsolute(relativeArg, baseArg);
+    }
+    else if (Array.isArray(relativeArg)) {
+        var relativeArray = relativeArg;
+        var absoluteArray = [];
+        for (var key in relativeArray) {
+            absoluteArray.push(makeAbsolute(relativeArray[key], baseArg));
+        }
+        ;
+        return absoluteArray;
+    }
+    else {
+        plugins.beautylog.error("smartpath.absolute() could not make sense of the input. " +
+            "Input is neither String nor Array");
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
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test/test.js.map

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test/test.ts

@@ -3,24 +3,38 @@ let should = require("should");
 let smartpath = require("../dist/index.js");
 
 describe("smartpath",function(){
-    describe("absolute()",function(){
-        let baseString = "/basedir"
+    describe(".transform",function(){
+        describe("toAbsolute()",function(){
+            let baseString = "/basedir";
             let relativeString = "somedir/somefile.txt";
             let relativeString2 = "anotherdir/anotherfile.txt";
             let relativeArray = [relativeString,relativeString,relativeString2];
             it("should make a string absolute",function(){
-            smartpath.absolute(relativeString).should.startWith("/");
-            smartpath.absolute(relativeString).should.endWith(relativeString);
-            smartpath.absolute(relativeString,baseString).should.equal("/basedir/somedir/somefile.txt");
+                smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(relativeString).should.startWith("/");
+                smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(relativeString).should.endWith(relativeString);
+                smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(relativeString,baseString).should.equal("/basedir/somedir/somefile.txt");
             });
             it("should make an array of relative Strings an Array of absolute Strings",function(){
-            let absoluteArray = smartpath.absolute(relativeArray);
+                let absoluteArray = smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(relativeArray);
                 absoluteArray[2].should.startWith("/");
                 absoluteArray[2].should.endWith(relativeString2);
 
             })
             it("should return false if neither String nor Array",function(){
-            smartpath.absolute(3).should.be.false();
+                smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(3).should.be.false();
+            });
+        });
+    });
+    describe(".get",function(){
+        describe(".type()",function(){
+            it("should return 'url' for an URL",function(){
+                smartpath.get.type("https://push.rocks/some/url").should.equal("url");
+                smartpath.get.type("https://push.rocks/some/url").should.not.equal("local");
+            });
+            it("should return 'path' for a Path",function(){
+                smartpath.get.type("/some/absolute/path/").should.equal("local");
+                smartpath.get.type("./some/relative/path/").should.not.equal("url");
+            });
+        });
     });
-    })
 });

ts/index.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 import plugins = require("./smartpath.plugins");
-import SmartpathAbsolute = require("./smartpath.absolute");
-
+import SmartpathTransform = require("./smartpath.transform");
+import SmartpathGet = require("./smartpath.get");
 
 /**
  *
  * @type {{getPath: (function(any): undefined)}}
  */
 let smartpath = {
-    absolute: SmartpathAbsolute
+    transform: SmartpathTransform,
+    get: SmartpathGet
+
 };
 
 

ts/smartpath.get.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
+import plugins = require("./smartpath.plugins");
+
+export let type = function(pathStringArg:string):string {
+    let urlRegex = /http[s|\s]:\/\/.*/i
+    if(urlRegex.exec(pathStringArg)){
+        return "url";
+    } else {
+        return "local";
+    };
+};

ts/smartpath.transform.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 import plugins = require("./smartpath.plugins");
 
-var makeAbsolute = function(localPathArg:string, baseArg?:string):string {
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------------ helpers --------------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+let makeAbsolute = function(localPathArg:string, baseArg?:string):string {
     let absolutePath:string;
     if(baseArg){
         absolutePath = plugins.path.join(baseArg,localPathArg);
@@ -11,7 +14,10 @@ var makeAbsolute = function(localPathArg:string, baseArg?:string):string {
     return absolutePath;
 };
 
-var absolute = function(relativeArg:any, baseArg?:string):any {
+/* ------------------------------------------ *
+ * ------- export functions ----------------- *
+ * ------------------------------------------ */
+export let toAbsolute = function(relativeArg:any, baseArg?:string):any {
     if(typeof relativeArg === "string"){
         return makeAbsolute(relativeArg,baseArg);
     } else if(Array.isArray(relativeArg)){
@@ -27,5 +33,3 @@ var absolute = function(relativeArg:any, baseArg?:string):any {
         return false;
     }
 };
-
-export = absolute;