Support for custom component loaders

jonnor · Nov 2, 2013 · 073eb25 · 073eb25
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ NoFlo ChangeLog
   - For components, provide via the `icon` attribute
 * Subgraphs now support closing their internal NoFlo network via the `shutdown` method
 * Component Loader is able to load arbitrary graphs outside of the normal package manifest registration via the `loadGraph` method
+* Libraries can provide a custom loader for their components by registering a `noflo.loader` key in the manifest pointing to a CommonJS module
 * Exported ports can now contain metadata
 
 ## 0.4.2 (September 28th 2013)

diff --git a/src/lib/ComponentLoader.coffee b/src/lib/ComponentLoader.coffee
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class ComponentLoader
 
     if moduleName[0] is '/'
       moduleName = moduleName.substr 1
+    if definition.noflo.loader
+      # Run a custom component loader
+      loader = require definition.noflo.loader
+      loader @
     if definition.noflo.components
       for name, cPath of definition.noflo.components
         if cPath.indexOf('.coffee') isnt -1