Experimental single parameter module definition and exports with @as module

Author: elmasse

.jshintrc

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "boss": true,
   "eqnull": true,
   "node": true,
+  "scripturl": true,
   "expr": true,
   "predef": [
     "describe",         

lib/cocktail.js

@@ -211,10 +211,17 @@ cocktail = {
             }
         }
 
-
         return isClassDef; 
     },
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * returns true if the given subject is a module definition object.
+     */
+    _isModuleDefinition: function (subject) {
+        return (subject && subject['@as'] && subject['@as'].toLowerCase() === 'module');
+    },
+
     /**
      * @private
      * If the subject has a property construtor returns it,
@@ -267,16 +274,30 @@ cocktail = {
         } 
         options = subject;
         return this.mix(defaultConstructor, options);
+    },
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @experimental 0.5.1
+     * returns a call to mix() with the subject module and options
+     */
+    _processModuleDefinition: function (subject) {
+        var options = subject;
+        return this.mix(subject, options);
     },
 
     /**
      * @public
      */
     mix: function(subject, options){
-        if(!options && this._isClassDefition(subject)) {
-            return this._processClassDefition(subject);
-        }
+        if(!options){
+            if (this._isClassDefition(subject)) {
+                return this._processClassDefition(subject);
+            }
+            if (this._isModuleDefinition(subject)) {
+                return this._processModuleDefinition(subject);
+            }
+        } 
 
         if(subject){
             this._pushQueue();            
@@ -291,7 +312,6 @@ cocktail = {
 
 };
 
-
 module.exports = cocktail;
 
 /**
@@ -300,7 +320,7 @@ module.exports = cocktail;
  */
 cocktail._DEFAULT_PROCESSORS = {
     'no-op'       : require('./processor/NoOp'),
-    '@as'         : undefined,
+    '@as'         : undefined, /*pseudo-processor*/
     '@merge'      : require('./processor/annotation/Merge'),
     '@extends'    : require('./processor/annotation/Extends'),
     '@properties' : require('./processor/annotation/Properties'),
@@ -315,10 +335,8 @@ cocktail._DEFAULT_PROCESSORS = {
 
 cocktail.registerProcessors(cocktail._DEFAULT_PROCESSORS);
 
-cocktail.mix(cocktail, {
-    /**
-     * @public
-     * SEQUENCE is used to define a enumeration of priorities for annotations
-     */
-    SEQUENCE: sequence
-});
+/**
+ * @public
+ * SEQUENCE is used to define an enumeration of priorities for annotations
+ */
+ cocktail.SEQUENCE = sequence;

lib/processor/annotation/Exports.js

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Exports.prototype = {
         if(value && typeof value === 'object'){
             value['exports'] = subject;    
         }
-        
     }
 };
 

package.json

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "sinon-chai": "~2.5",
     "sinon": "~1.9",
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.13"
-
   },
   "keywords": [
     "oop",

test/integration/Cocktail.js

@@ -531,6 +531,21 @@ describe('cocktail Integration Test', function(){
 
         });
 
+        it('returns a module if one single argument is specified with a @as annotation with a "module" value.', function(){
+            var sut;
+
+            sut = cocktail.mix({
+                '@as': 'module',
+
+                method: function() {}
+            });
+
+            expect(sut).to.be.an('object');
+
+            expect(sut).to.respondTo('method');
+
+        });
+        
         it('did not return a class if one single argument is specified with a @as annotation with a value different of "class".', function(){
             var sut;