@stdlib/streams-node-inspect-sink NPM

Inspect Stream

Writable stream for inspecting streamed data.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/streams-node-inspect-sink

Usage

var inspectSinkStream = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-inspect-sink' );

inspectSinkStream( [options,] clbk )

Creates a writable stream for inspecting streamed data.

function log( chunk, idx ) {
    console.log( 'index: %d', idx );
    console.log( chunk );
}

var stream = inspectSinkStream( log );

stream.write( 'a' );
stream.write( 'b' );
stream.write( 'c' );

stream.end();

// prints: index: 0
// prints: a
// prints: index: 1
// prints: b
// prints: index: 2
// prints: c

The function accepts the following options:

objectMode: specifies whether a stream should operate in objectMode. Default: false.
highWaterMark: specifies the Buffer level at which write() calls start returning false.
decodeStrings: specifies whether to encode strings as Buffer objects before writing data to a returned stream. Default: true.
defaultEncoding: default encoding when not explicitly specified when writing data. Default: 'utf8'.

To set stream options,

function log( chunk, idx ) {
    console.log( 'index: %d', idx );
    console.log( chunk );
}

var opts = {
    'objectMode': true,
    'highWaterMark': 64,
    'decodeStrings': false,
    'defaultEncoding': 'utf8'
};

var stream = inspectSinkStream( opts, log );

inspectSinkStream.factory( [options] )

Returns a function for creating streams which are identically configured according to provided options.

var opts = {
    'objectMode': true,
    'highWaterMark': 64
};

var factory = inspectSinkStream.factory( opts );

This method accepts the same options as inspectSinkStream().

factory( clbk )

Creates a writable stream for inspecting streamed data.

function log( chunk, idx ) {
    console.log( 'index: %d', idx );
    console.log( chunk );
}

var factory = inspectSinkStream.factory();

// Create 10 identically configured streams...
var streams = [];
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    streams.push( factory( log ) );
}

inspectSinkStream.objectMode( [options,] clbk )

This method is a convenience function to create streams which always operate in objectMode.

function log( chunk, idx ) {
    console.log( 'index: %d', idx );
    console.log( chunk );
}

var stream = inspectSinkStream.objectMode( log );

stream.write( { 'value': 'a' } );
stream.write( { 'value': 'b' } );
stream.write( { 'value': 'c' } );

stream.end();

// prints: index: 0
// prints: {'value': 'a'}
// prints: index: 1
// prints: {'value': 'b'}
// prints: index: 2
// prints: {'value': 'c'}

This method accepts the same options as inspectSinkStream(); however, the method will always override the objectMode option in options.

Examples

var parseJSON = require( '@stdlib/utils-parse-json' );
var transformFactory = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-transform' ).factory;
var inspect = require( '@stdlib/streams-node-inspect-sink' ).objectMode;

function parse( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    clbk( null, parseJSON( chunk ) );
}

function pluck( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    clbk( null, chunk.value );
}

function square( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    var v = +chunk;
    clbk( null, v*v );
}

function toStr( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    clbk( null, chunk.toString() );
}

function join( chunk, enc, clbk ) {
    clbk( null, chunk+'\n' );
}

function logger( chunk, idx ) {
    console.log( 'index: %d', idx );
    console.log( chunk );
}

// Create a factory for generating streams running in `objectMode`:
var tStream = transformFactory({
    'objectMode': true
});

// Create streams for each transform:
var s1 = tStream( parse );
var s2 = tStream( pluck );
var s3 = tStream( square );
var s4 = tStream( toStr );
var s5 = tStream( join );

// Create a writable stream for inspecting the result of the transformations:
var is = inspect( logger );

// Create the pipeline:
s1.pipe( s2 )
    .pipe( s3 )
    .pipe( s4 )
    .pipe( s5 )
    .pipe( is );

// Write data to the pipeline...
var v;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    v = '{"value":'+i+'}';
    s1.write( v, 'utf8' );
}
s1.end();

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.