update

test/test.ts

@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ tap.test('should create new Smartscaf instance', async () => {
   testScafTemplate = new smartscaf.ScafTemplate()
   expect(testScafTemplate).to.be.instanceof(smartscaf.ScafTemplate)
 })
+
+tap.test('Smartscaf instance -> should read a template directory', async () => {
+  testScafTemplate.readTemplateFromDir('./test/test_template')
+})
+
+tap.start()

ts/smartscaf.classes.smartscaf.ts

@@ -12,18 +12,23 @@ export interface ScafTemplateContructorOptions {
 export class ScafTemplate {
   name: string
   description: string
-  templateObject: Smartfile[]
-  requiredVariables: any[]
-  constructor() {}
+  templateSmartfileArray: Smartfile[]
+  requiredVariables: string[]
+  suppliedVariables: any
 
   /**
    * read a template from a directory
    */
   async readTemplateFromDir (dirArg: string) {
-    this.templateObject = await plugins.smartfile.fs.fileTreeToObject(dirArg, '**/*')
+    this.templateSmartfileArray = await plugins.smartfile.fs.fileTreeToObject(dirArg, '**/*')
+    this._findVariablesInTemplate()
   }
 
-  async writeWithVariables (variablesArg) {
+  /**
+   * supply the variables to render the teplate with
+   * @param variablesArg
+   */
+  async supplyVariables (variablesArg) {
     await this._checkSuppliedVariables(variablesArg)
   }
 
@@ -31,13 +36,15 @@ export class ScafTemplate {
    * finds all variables in a Template
    */
   private async _findVariablesInTemplate () {
-
+    for (let localSmartfile of this.templateSmartfileArray) {
+      
+    }
   }
 
   /**
    * checks if supplied Variables satisfy the template
    */
   private async _checkSuppliedVariables (variablesArg) {
-
+    
   }
 }

yarn.lock

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     "@types/chai" "*"
 
 "@types/chai@*", "@types/chai@^3.4.35":
-  version "3.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/chai/-/chai-3.5.1.tgz#9bd77fe12503ae00648b0945b38eab666adffe2e"
+  version "3.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/chai/-/chai-3.5.2.tgz#c11cd2817d3a401b7ba0f5a420f35c56139b1c1e"
 
 "@types/fs-extra@2.x.x":
   version "2.1.0"
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.11.tgz#0e8bdfe4d1ddb8854d64e04ea7c00e2a026e5658"
 
 handlebars@^4.0.6:
-  version "4.0.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.0.6.tgz#2ce4484850537f9c97a8026d5399b935c4ed4ed7"
+  version "4.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.0.7.tgz#e97325aeb8ea0b9e12b9c4dd73c4c312ad0ede59"
   dependencies:
     async "^1.4.0"
     optimist "^0.6.1"
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ smartdelay@^1.0.1:
     typings-global "^1.0.14"
 
 smartfile@^4.1.10, smartfile@^4.1.8:
-  version "4.1.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/smartfile/-/smartfile-4.1.10.tgz#b06cfcd26301c5d235ed331fb8145fa38714765d"
+  version "4.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/smartfile/-/smartfile-4.2.1.tgz#2ec85f803f771a1ddff377a438ae87aab25f3e6e"
   dependencies:
     "@types/fs-extra" "2.x.x"
     "@types/vinyl" "^2.0.0"