Should Electrolyte load scripts based on require annotations?

[jsumners]

Looking through the Express example, it seems as if Electrolyte will load scripts based on the names given in require annotations. I'm not finding this to be the case. Take a look at this repository -- https://github.com/jsumners/electrolyte-test

Should that repository work as-is? Because I'm getting the following error when I run it:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'message' of undefined
    at module.exports (/private/tmp/04/electrolyte-test/server/config/routes.js:11:29)
    at Factory.instantiate (/private/tmp/04/electrolyte-test/node_modules/electrolyte/lib/patterns/factory.js:15:18)
    at Factory.Component.create (/private/tmp/04/electrolyte-test/node_modules/electrolyte/lib/component.js:29:28)
    at Container.create (/private/tmp/04/electrolyte-test/node_modules/electrolyte/lib/container.js:81:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/private/tmp/04/electrolyte-test/server.js:12:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)

Or am I mistaken in my understanding of how Electrolyte works? Should be creating instances of my components prior to trying to use them as dependencies?

[jaredhanson]

I believe that your problem is this:

exports['@require'] = ['controllers/foo'];
exports['@singleton'] = true;

exports = module.exports = function(fooController) {

The last line is setting exports, thus overwriting your annotations. Move the annotations below and it should work.

If you want to keep the @requires near the factory function, you can do:

var dependencies = ['controllers/foo'];
exports = module.exports = function(fooController) {
//...
}

exports['@require'] = dependencies;
exports['@singleton'] = true;

[jsumners]

Yep. That was it. Man I feel like a dunce. Thank you for the assistance.