smartscaf/ts/smartscaf.helpers.ts
2017-05-27 03:21:55 +02:00

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TypeScript

import * as plugins from './smartscaf.plugins'
/**
* adds a variable in string dot notation to an already more or less expanded object
*/
export let deepAddToObject = async (objectArg, varStringArg: string, valueArg: string) => {
let varNamesArray = varStringArg.split('.')
let referencePointer = objectArg
for (let i = 0; i !== varNamesArray.length; i++) {
let varName = varNamesArray[i]
// is there a next variable ?
let varNameNext: string = (() => {
if (varNamesArray[i + 1]) {
return varNamesArray[i + 1]
}
return null
})()
// build the tree in suppliedVariables
console.log(referencePointer)
console.log(varName)
if (!referencePointer[varName] && !varNameNext) {
referencePointer[varName] = valueArg
referencePointer = null
} else if (!referencePointer[varName] && varNameNext) {
referencePointer[varName] = {}
referencePointer = referencePointer[varName]
} else if (referencePointer[varName] && varNameNext) {
referencePointer = referencePointer[varName]
} else {
throw new Error('Something is strange!')
}
}
}