Rewire doesn't work when the module is a constructor function

[jesantana]

Hi, First of all thanks for this great tool.

I have a constructor function declared in a module defined like this:

function f(){
    var privateFunction=function(){
        //do something
    }

    return {
        a:'some value'
    }
}
module.exports=f

and then I use it:

var obj=new f()

I want to use rewireify to test privateFunction, but the get method is only injected to f, no to its prototype, then I never have it in the created instances.

Will it make sense to have some kind of option indicating that the method should also be injected to the prototype, so the instances created with new also have the access functions?

[i-like-robots]

@jesantana at this time the tool only injects code into the module scope - there is no provision to analyse the syntax tree.

However I think your issue is quite straightforward to solve, by hoisting the private function out of the constructor and into module scope:

function privateFunction (){
  // do something
}

function f () {

  // call the function from this scope
  privateFunction.call(this)

  return {
    a: 'some value'
  }
}

module.exports = f