Expose Dish (SyncDish) in API and make it composable.

src/core/Dish.mjs

@@ -17,16 +17,27 @@ class Dish {
     /**
      * Dish constructor
      *
-     * @param {Dish} [dish=null] - A dish to clone
+     * @param {Dish || *} [dishOrInput=null] - A dish to clone OR an object
+     * literal to make into a dish
+     * @param {Enum} [type=null] (optional) - A type to accompany object
+     * literal input
      */
-    constructor(dish=null) {
+    constructor(dishOrInput=null, type = null) {
         this.value = [];
         this.type = Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
 
-        if (dish &&
-            dish.hasOwnProperty("value") &&
-            dish.hasOwnProperty("type")) {
-            this.set(dish.value, dish.type);
+        // Case: dishOrInput is dish object
+        if (dishOrInput &&
+            dishOrInput.hasOwnProperty("value") &&
+            dishOrInput.hasOwnProperty("type")) {
+            this.set(dishOrInput.value, dishOrInput.type);
+        // input and type defined separately
+        } else if (dishOrInput && type) {
+            this.set(dishOrInput, type);
+        // No type declared, so infer it.
+        } else if (dishOrInput) {
+            const inferredType = Dish.typeEnum(dishOrInput.constructor.name);
+            this.set(dishOrInput, inferredType);
         }
     }
 
@@ -56,6 +67,7 @@ class Dish {
             case "big number":
                 return Dish.BIG_NUMBER;
             case "json":
+            case "object": // object constructor name. To allow JSON input in node.
                 return Dish.JSON;
             case "file":
                 return Dish.FILE;

src/node/SyncDish.mjs

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ import * as ops from "./index";
 class SyncDish extends Dish {
 
     /** */
-    constructor(dish=null) {
-        super(dish);
-
+    constructor(inputOrDish=null, type=null) {
+        super(inputOrDish);
+        
+        // Add operations to make it composable
         for (const op in ops) {
             this[op] = () => ops[op](this.value);
         }
-
     }
 
     /**

src/node/config/scripts/generateNodeIndex.mjs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ let code = `/**
 
 
 import "babel-polyfill";
+import SyncDish from "./SyncDish";
 import { wrap, help, bake } from "./api";
 import {
 `;
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ code += `    };
 
 const chef = generateChef();
 chef.help = help;
+chef.dish = SyncDish;
 `;
 
 includedOperations.forEach((op) => {
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ includedOperations.forEach((op) => {
     code += `    ${decapitalise(op)},\n`;
 });
 
-
+code += "    SyncDish as Dish\n";
 code += "};\n";
 
 

src/node/index.mjs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 
 import "babel-polyfill";
+import SyncDish from "./SyncDish";
 import { wrap, help, bake } from "./api";
 import {
     ADD as core_ADD,
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ function generateChef() {
 
 const chef = generateChef();
 chef.help = help;
+chef.dish = SyncDish;
 const ADD = chef.ADD;
 const AESDecrypt = chef.AESDecrypt;
 const AESEncrypt = chef.AESEncrypt;
@@ -1237,4 +1239,5 @@ export {
     XPathExpression,
     zlibDeflate,
     zlibInflate,
+    SyncDish as Dish
 };