ejs-ob

Adds an approssimation of the php's output buffer functionality to the "ejs" npm module.

Usage

You can both import the package like this:

const ob = require("ob");

And utilize it like this:

__append("a");

with (ob.start()) {
    __append("b");
    __append("c");
}

__append("d");
__append(`{${ ob.clear() }}`);

// Output: "ad{bc}"

The ob.clear() method will clear the buffer and return the removed data.
The ob.start() method will create a new output buffer layer, infact they can be nested like in this example:

__append("a");

with (ob.start()) {
    __append("b");
    with (ob.start()) {
        __append("c");
        __append("d");
    }
    __append("e-" + ob.clear() + "-");
}

__append("d");
__append(`{${ ob.clear() }}`);

// Output: "ad{be-cd-}"

Basically the ob.start() method returns an object containing an __append() function that will replace the parent one.
The previous code is functionally the same as:

__append("a");


const layer1 = ob.start();
layer1.__append("b");
const layer2 = ob.start();
layer2.__append("c");
layer2.__append("d");
layer1.__append("e-" + ob.clear() + "-");


__append("d");
__append(`{${ ob.clear() }}`);

// Output: "ad{be-cd-}"

The new __append() should replace the "ejs" module default one, but is the same through the various layers, so the previous code is functionally the same as:

__append("a");


ob.start();
ob.echo("b");
ob.start();
ob.echo("c");
ob.echo("d");
ob.echo("e-" + ob.clear() + "-");


__append("d");
__append(`{${ ob.clear() }}`);

// Output: "ad{be-cd-}"

You can change the name of the current layer's __append() by passing it to the ob.start() method like so:

__append("a");
with (ob.start("p")) {
    p("b");
    __append("c"); // This is the original "__append()", so it doesn't append to the output buffer.
    p("d");
}
__append(ob.clear());

// Output: "acbd"

You can change the default __append() function's name by executing the ob.set() function like so:

ob.set("printed");

The sustitute of the __append() function (ob.echo()) can be called as a template function:

var temp = 1;
__append `printed ${ temp }`;

(The original can't)