improve options handling between classes

dist/taskbuffer.classes.task.d.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export declare class Task {
         afterTask?: Task;
         buffered?: boolean;
         bufferMax?: number;
+        name?: string;
     });
     trigger(): any;
     triggerUnBuffered(): any;

dist/taskbuffer.classes.taskchain.d.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ import { Task } from "./taskbuffer.classes";
 export declare class Taskchain extends Task {
     taskArray: Task[];
     private _oraObject;
-    constructor(taskArrayArg: Task[] | Task);
+    constructor(optionsArg: {
+        taskArray: Task[];
+        name?: string;
+    });
     addTask(taskArg: Task): void;
     removeTask(taskArg: Task): void;
     shiftTask(): void;
+    trigger(): void;
 }

dist/taskbuffer.classes.taskchain.js

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ var plugins = require("./taskbuffer.plugins");
 var taskbuffer_classes_1 = require("./taskbuffer.classes");
 var Taskchain = (function (_super) {
     __extends(Taskchain, _super);
-    function Taskchain(taskArrayArg) {
+    function Taskchain(optionsArg) {
         var _this = this;
-        _super.call(this, {
+        var options = plugins.lodash.assign(optionsArg, {
             taskFunction: function () {
                 if (_this.taskArray.length = 0)
                     return; //make sure there is actually a Task available to execute
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ var Taskchain = (function (_super) {
                 startDeferred.resolve();
             }
         });
+        _super.call(this, options);
+        this.taskArray = optionsArg.taskArray;
         this._oraObject = plugins.beautylog.ora("Taskchain idle", "blue");
     }
     Taskchain.prototype.addTask = function (taskArg) {
@@ -43,12 +45,19 @@ var Taskchain = (function (_super) {
     Taskchain.prototype.shiftTask = function () {
     };
     ;
+    Taskchain.prototype.trigger = function () {
+        this._oraObject.start(this.name + "running");
+    };
     return Taskchain;
 }(taskbuffer_classes_1.Task));
 exports.Taskchain = Taskchain;
 ;
-var myTask = new Taskchain(new taskbuffer_classes_1.Task({
-    taskFunction: function () { }
-}));
+var myTask = new Taskchain({
+    taskArray: [
+        new taskbuffer_classes_1.Task({
+            taskFunction: function () { }
+        })
+    ]
+});
 
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dist/taskbuffer.plugins.d.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
 export declare let Q: any;
+export declare let lodash: any;

dist/taskbuffer.plugins.js

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 /// <reference path="./typings/main.d.ts" />
 exports.beautylog = require("beautylog");
 exports.Q = require("q");
+exports.lodash = require("lodash");
 
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package.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pushrocks/taskbuffer#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "beautylog": "^4.2.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.12.0",
     "projectinfo": "1.0.1",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
     "rx": "^4.1.0"

ts/taskbuffer.classes.task.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import * as plugins from "./taskbuffer.plugins"
 import * as helpers from "./taskbuffer.classes.helpers"
 
-
 export class Task {
     name:string;
     task:any;
@@ -16,7 +15,14 @@ export class Task {
     preTask:Task;
     afterTask:Task;
 
-    constructor(optionsArg:{taskFunction:any,preTask?:Task,afterTask?:Task, buffered?:boolean, bufferMax?:number}){
+    constructor(optionsArg:{
+        taskFunction:any,
+        preTask?:Task,
+        afterTask?:Task,
+        buffered?:boolean,
+        bufferMax?:number,
+        name?:string
+    }){
         if (!optionsArg){optionsArg = {taskFunction:function(){}}}
         var options = optionsArg;
         this.task = optionsArg.taskFunction;
@@ -26,6 +32,7 @@ export class Task {
         this.idle = true;
         this.buffered = options.buffered;
         this.bufferMax = options.bufferMax;
+        this.name = options.name;
     }
     
     trigger(){

ts/taskbuffer.classes.taskchain.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ import helpers = require("./taskbuffer.classes.helpers");
 export class Taskchain extends Task {
     taskArray:Task[];
     private _oraObject;
-    constructor(taskArrayArg:Task[]|Task){
-        super({
+    constructor(optionsArg:{
+        taskArray:Task[]
+        name?:string
+    }){
+        let options = plugins.lodash.assign(optionsArg,{
             taskFunction: () => { // this is the function that gets executed when TaskChain is triggered
                 if(this.taskArray.length = 0) return; //make sure there is actually a Task available to execute
                 let startDeferred = plugins.Q.defer(); // this is the starting Deferred object 
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ export class Taskchain extends Task {
                 startDeferred.resolve();
             }
         });
+        super(options);
+        this.taskArray = optionsArg.taskArray;
         this._oraObject = plugins.beautylog.ora("Taskchain idle","blue");
     }
     addTask(taskArg:Task){
@@ -32,10 +37,17 @@ export class Taskchain extends Task {
     shiftTask(){
         
     };
+    trigger(){
+        this._oraObject.start(this.name + "running");
+    }
 };
 
 let myTask = new Taskchain(
-    new Task({
-        taskFunction:function(){}
-    })
+    {
+        taskArray: [
+            new Task({
+                taskFunction:function(){}
+            })
+        ]
+    }
 );

ts/taskbuffer.plugins.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /// <reference path="./typings/main.d.ts" />
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
 export let Q = require("q");
+export let lodash= require("lodash");