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diff --git a/node_modules/stack-trace/Readme.md b/node_modules/stack-trace/Readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fcd1b97 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/stack-trace/Readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +# stack-trace + +Get v8 stack traces as an array of CallSite objects. + +## Install + +``` bash +npm install stack-trace +``` + +## Usage + +The stack-trace module makes it easy for you to capture the current stack: + +``` javascript +var stackTrace = require('stack-trace'); +var trace = stackTrace.get(); + +require('assert').strictEqual(trace[0].getFileName(), __filename); +``` + +However, sometimes you have already popped the stack you are interested in, +and all you have left is an `Error` object. This module can help: + +``` javascript +var stackTrace = require('stack-trace'); +var err = new Error('something went wrong'); +var trace = stackTrace.parse(err); + +require('assert').strictEqual(trace[0].getFileName(), __filename); +``` + +Please note that parsing the `Error#stack` property is not perfect, only +certain properties can be retrieved with it as noted in the API docs below. + +## Long stack traces + +stack-trace works great with [long-stack-traces][], when parsing an `err.stack` +that has crossed the event loop boundary, a `CallSite` object returning +`'----------------------------------------'` for `getFileName()` is created. +All other methods of the event loop boundary call site return `null`. + +[long-stack-traces]: https://github.com/tlrobinson/long-stack-traces + +## API + +### stackTrace.get([belowFn]) + +Returns an array of `CallSite` objects, where element `0` is the current call +site. + +When passing a function on the current stack as the `belowFn` parameter, the +returned array will only include `CallSite` objects below this function. + +### stackTrace.parse(err) + +Parses the `err.stack` property of an `Error` object into an array compatible +with those returned by `stackTrace.get()`. However, only the following methods +are implemented on the returned `CallSite` objects. + +* getTypeName +* getFunctionName +* getMethodName +* getFileName +* getLineNumber +* getColumnNumber +* isNative + +Note: Except `getFunctionName()`, all of the above methods return exactly the +same values as you would get from `stackTrace.get()`. `getFunctionName()` +is sometimes a little different, but still useful. + +### CallSite + +The official v8 CallSite object API can be found [here][v8stackapi]. A quick +excerpt: + +> A CallSite object defines the following methods: +> +> * **getThis**: returns the value of this +> * **getTypeName**: returns the type of this as a string. This is the name of the function stored in the constructor field of this, if available, otherwise the object's [[Class]] internal property. +> * **getFunction**: returns the current function +> * **getFunctionName**: returns the name of the current function, typically its name property. If a name property is not available an attempt will be made to try to infer a name from the function's context. +> * **getMethodName**: returns the name of the property of this or one of its prototypes that holds the current function +> * **getFileName**: if this function was defined in a script returns the name of the script +> * **getLineNumber**: if this function was defined in a script returns the current line number +> * **getColumnNumber**: if this function was defined in a script returns the current column number +> * **getEvalOrigin**: if this function was created using a call to eval returns a CallSite object representing the location where eval was called +> * **isToplevel**: is this a toplevel invocation, that is, is this the global object? +> * **isEval**: does this call take place in code defined by a call to eval? +> * **isNative**: is this call in native V8 code? +> * **isConstructor**: is this a constructor call? + +[v8stackapi]: http://code.google.com/p/v8/wiki/JavaScriptStackTraceApi + +## License + +stack-trace is licensed under the MIT license. |