External module "src/loader"

Note

• Default values are assumed for unspecified or empty values.
• Extension means recursive loading of data into variable, as if loading a new file into the current variable as new system.

• Relative path is relative to the directory location of current file.

  Default filename - null

# Variable settings to be populated with data from "system_root_dir/settings.yml"
settings: # Defaults to "settings"

Default filename - empty string

# Variable settings to be populated with data from "system_root_dir/settings.yml"
settings: "" # Defaults to "settings"

Specified filename

# Variable settings to be populated with data from "system_root_dir/xxx.yml"
settings: "xxx"

Default values

# Variable settings to be populated with data from "system_root_dir/settings.yml"
settings:
  folder: # Defaults to "./"
  file: # Defaults to "settings"
  path: # Defaults to "absolute"
  extend: # Defaults to "false"

Specified values

# Variable settings to be populated with data from "current_dir/hello/xxx.yml"
settings:
  folder: "hello"
  file: xxx
  path: relative
  extend: false

Extension

# Variable settings to be populated **recursively** with data from "current_dir/hello/xxx.yml"
settings:
  folder: "hello"
  file: xxx
  path: relative
  extend: true

Usage

// Input - ./settings/init.yml
// settings:
//   path: relative

// Input - ./settings/settings.yml
// apples: red
// bananas: yellow

// Target object to fill
var targetObject = {};

initRecursion("./", "settings", "init.yml", targetObject, true));

throws

Error Will throw an error if the directive is not an allowed one (folder, file, path, extend).

Usage

var settings = await initSettings("./", "settings", "settings");