route-parser/lib/route/visitors/create_visitor.js

A isomorphic, bullet-proof, ninja-ready route parsing, matching, and reversing library for Javascript in Node and the browser.

'use strict';
/**
 * @module route/visitors/create_visitor
 */

var nodeTypes = Object.keys(require('../nodes'));

/**
 * Helper for creating visitors. Take an object of node name to handler
 * mappings, returns an object with a "visit" method that can be called
 * @param  {Object.<string,function(node,context)>} handlers A mapping of node
 * type to visitor functions
 * @return {{visit: function(node,context)}}  A visitor object with a "visit"
 * method that can be called on a node with a context
 */
function createVisitor(handlers) {
  nodeTypes.forEach(function(nodeType) {
    if( typeof handlers[nodeType] === 'undefined') {
      throw new Error('No handler defined for ' + nodeType.displayName);
    }

  });

  return {
    /**
     * Call the given handler for this node type
     * @param  {Object} node    the AST node
     * @param  {Object} context context to pass through to handlers
     * @return {Object}
     */
    visit: function(node, context) {
      return this.handlers[node.displayName].call(this,node, context);
    },
    handlers: handlers
  };
}

module.exports = createVisitor;