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Scopy is a lightweight quick and dirty property scoping library for JavaScript that utilizes ECMAScript 2015's Symbol where possible and falls back on good old trailing underscore naming conventions.

It doesn't really offer true privacy as symbols can still be looked up using Object.getOwnPropertySymbols and prefixing property names with underscores is obviously just a convention, offering no real hiding. However, the main purpose of Scopy is to provide a simple API that attempts to make it easier for you to make cleaner APIs by hiding properties intended only for intended use to promote your public API.

While closures can arguably offer better scoping, they are not always best for classes as it requires methods to be created and bound for each instance of that class within their constructor rather than building a reusable prototype. This results in uglier code and performs less.

When using Scopy, it is recommended not to attempt to use other scoping conventions in the same area of the code to get the most out of its API.

• Install
• API
• Bugs
• Contributors
• License

Install

Install using the package manager for your desired environment(s):

$ npm install --save scopy
# OR:
$ bower install --save scopy

You'll need to have at least Node.js and you'll only need Bower if you want to install that way instead of using npm. While equals should be compatible with all versions of Node.js, it is only tested against version 4 and above.

If you want to simply download the file to be used in the browser you can find them below:

• Development Version (22kb - Source Map)
• Production Version (1.6kb - Source Map)

API

All API methods accept the same optional options parameter:

When specifying options for any API method call, it is recommended to pass the same options to all other API method calls within your application/library to ensure that the same type of scoped keys are returned. Alternatively, the Scopy.using method can be used to create wrapped version of the Scopy API that will always use the specified options for all methods called on the wrapped API, avoiding the need for duplicating the options throughout your code base.

Scopy(name[, options])

Returns a scoped key based on the specified name and using the options provided.

If the symbol option is enabled (which it is by default), an ES2015 Symbol will be returned (where supported), otherwise this method will simply return name prefixed with an underscore.

Symbols returned by this method will always be unique when called multiple times with the same name, however, string keys will always be exactly the same.

This method is ideal when defining a key for a privately scoped property.

// user.js
var Scopy = require('scopy');

var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[_name] = name;
}

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

module.exports = User;

Scopy.all(names[, options])

Returns scoped keys based on the specified names and using the options provided.

If the symbol option is enabled (which it is by default), this method will return names mapped to ES2015 Symbols (where supported), otherwisenames` will simply be mapped to themselves prefixed with an underscore.

Symbols included in the mapping returned by this method will always be unique when called multiple times with the same name, however, string keys will always be exactly the same.

This method is ideal when defining keys for privately scoped properties.

// user.js
var Scopy = require('scopy');

var keys = Scopy.all([ 'email', 'name' ]);

function User(email, name) {
  this[keys.email] = email;
  this[keys.name] = name;
}

User.prototype.getEmail = function() {
  return this[keys.email];
};

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[keys.name];
};

module.exports = User;

Scopy.for(name[, options])

Returns a "global" key based on the specified name and using the options provided.

If the symbol option is enabled (which it is by default), an ES2015 Symbol will be returned from the runtime-wide symbol registry (where supported), otherwise this method will simply return name prefixed with an underscore.

Unlike Scopy, Symbols returned by this method will always be the same when called multiple times with the same name, just like string keys.

It is recommended that name be prefixed in order to avoid conflicts with other libraries that may also have a "global" key of the same name.

This method is ideal when defining a key for a protected/internally scoped property.

// user.js
var Scopy = require('scopy');
var uuid = require('uuid/v4');

var _id = Scopy.for('example_user_id');
var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[_id] = uuid();
  this[_name] = name;
}

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

module.exports = User;

// user-logger.js
var EOL = require('os').EOL;
var Scopy = require('scopy');

var _id = Scopy.for('example_user_id');

exports.login = function(output, user) {
  var id = user[_id];

  output.write('User[' + id + '] has logged in!' + EOL);
};

Scopy.for.all(names[, options])

Alias: Scopy.forAll

Returns "global" keys based on the specified names and using the options provided.

If the symbol option is enabled (which it is by default), this method will return names mapped to ES2015 Symbols from the runtime-wide symbol registry (where supported), otherwise names will simply be mapped to themselves prefixed with an underscore.

Unlike Scopy.all, Symbols included in the mapping returned by this method will always be the same when called multiple times with the same name, just like string keys.

It is recommended that each name within names be prefixed in order to avoid conflicts with other libraries that may also have a "global" key of the same name.

This method is ideal when defining keys for protected/internally scoped properties.

// user.js
var Scopy = require('scopy');
var uuid = require('uuid/v4');

var keys = Scopy.for.all([ 'example_user_id', 'example_user_lastUpdatedBy' ]);
var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[keys['example.user.id']] = uuid();
  this[keys['example.user.lastUpdatedBy']] = null;
  this[_name] = name;
}

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

module.exports = User;

// user-logger.js
var EOL = require('os').EOL;
var Scopy = require('scopy');

var keys = Scopy.for.all([ 'example_user_id', 'example_user_lastUpdatedBy' ]);

exports.update = function(output, user) {
  var id = user[keys['example.user.id']];
  var lastUpdatedBy = user[keys['example.user.lastUpdatedBy']];

  output.write('User[' + id + '] has been updated by ' + lastUpdatedBy + EOL);
};

Scopy.is(obj[, options])

Returns whether the specified obj represents a scoped or "global" key based on the options provided.

If the symbol option is enabled (which it is by default), this method will return true if obj is an ES2015 Symbol (where supported), otherwise it will only return true if and only if obj is a string that starts with at least one underscore.

var Scopy = require('scopy');

Scopy.is(Scopy('foo'));
//=> true
Scopy.is(Scopy('foo', { symbol: false }));
//=> true
Scopy.is('foo');
//=> false

Scopy.entries(obj[, options])

Returns the key/value pairs for all of the specified object's own enumerable properties that are not scoped, in the same order as that provided by a for-in loop.

This method returns a multi-dimensional array where each item is an array containing the name and value ([name, value]) of a non-scoped enumerable property.

Properties mapped to a Symbol are never included in this method but those mapped to properties whose name is prefixed with an underscore, created when the symbol option has been explicitly disabled, will be included unless the symbol option is explicitly disabled when calling this method.

This method is intended to be used just like ES2015's Object.entries method while also supporting cases where Symbols have not been used to scope properties.

var Scopy = require('scopy');
var uuid = require('uuid/v4');

var _generateId = Scopy('generateId');
var _id = Scopy('id');
var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[_id] = this[_generateId]();
  this[_name] = name;
  this.length = name.length;
}

User.prototype[_generateId] = function() {
  return uuid();
};

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

Scopy.entries(new User('foo'));
//=> [ [ "length", 3 ] ]
Scopy.entries(User.prototype);
//=> [ [ "getName", function() { return this[_name] } ] ]

Scopy.keys(obj[, options])

Returns the names of all of the specified object's own enumerable properties that are not scoped, in the same order as that provided by a for-in loop.

Properties mapped to a Symbol are never included in this method but those mapped to properties whose name is prefixed with an underscore, created when the symbol option has been explicitly disabled, will be included unless the symbol option is explicitly disabled when calling this method.

This method is intended to be used just like ES2015's Object.keys method while also supporting cases where Symbols have not been used to scope properties.

var Scopy = require('scopy');
var uuid = require('uuid/v4');

var _generateId = Scopy('generateId');
var _id = Scopy('id');
var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[_id] = this[_generateId]();
  this[_name] = name;
  this.length = name.length;
}

User.prototype[_generateId] = function() {
  return uuid();
};

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

Scopy.keys(new User('foo'));
//=> [ "length" ]
Scopy.keys(User.prototype);
//=> [ "getName" ]

Scopy.values(obj[, options])

Returns the values of all of the specified object's own enumerable properties that are not scoped, in the same order as that provided by a for-in loop.

Properties mapped to a Symbol are never included in this method but those mapped to properties whose name is prefixed with an underscore, created when thesymbol option has been explicitly disabled, will be included unless the symbol option is explicitly disabled when calling this method.

This method is intended to be used just like ES2015'sObject.values method while also supporting cases where Symbols have not been used to scope properties.

var Scopy = require('scopy');
var uuid = require('uuid/v4');

var _generateId = Scopy('generateId');
var _id = Scopy('id');
var _name = Scopy('name');

function User(name) {
  this[_id] = this[_generateId]();
  this[_name] = name;
  this.length = name.length;
}

User.prototype[_generateId] = function() {
  return uuid();
};

User.prototype.getName = function() {
  return this[_name];
};

Scopy.values(new User('foo'));
//=> [ 3 ]
Scopy.values(User.prototype);
//=> [ function() { return this[_name] } ]

Scopy.using([options])

Returns a version of Scopy that is bound (along with all of its methods) to the specified options.

Since it's recommended that consumers use the same options, when specified, this method can be really useful as it allows consumers to only specify the options once. This is especially useful for those wishing to explictly disable the symbol option.

Any options passed to the methods within the returned wrapped Scopy API will be ignored in favor of options.

var Scopy = require('scopy').using({ symbol: false });

Scopy('foo');
//=> "_foo"
Scopy.all([ 'foo', 'bar' ]);
//=> { foo: "_foo", bar: "_bar" }
Scopy.is('_foo');
//=> true
Scopy.is(Symbol('foo'));
//=> false

Bugs

If you have any problems with Scopy or would like to see changes currently in development you can do so here.

Contributors

If you want to contribute, you're a legend! Information on how you can do so can be found in CONTRIBUTING.md. We want your suggestions and pull requests!

A list of Scopy contributors can be found in AUTHORS.md.

License

See LICENSE.md for more information on our MIT license.