_Problem.txt

The issue I am having has to do with something about the way I am requiring classes, and maybe a bit to do with inheritance issues. The basic concept is:

Site:  Creates a bunch of File and Page instances, calls the process() method on each one, then returns.
File:  Manages the metadata and converter settings for a given file.
Page:  Inherits from File. Eventually it will have a different process() implementation, so that pages are processed separately from other files.

I want to create File instances for every file in a given directory, except for files that are .html. Those should be created as Pages, not files. Get it?

Yet currently, when I call process() (line 57, site.js), it says that the method doesn't exist. What gives?

file.js

/* 
    Find the metadata for the file. Metadata is stored in the native
    format for comments in whatever language is used. Currently supported
    languages include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and anything else that uses
    the comment format of those languages.
*/
var getMetadata = function(content, callback) {
    
    var metadata;
    
    if (content) {
    
        commentRegexes = [
            /<!--Omen\s+(\{[^}]*\})\s*-->/,
            /\*!Omen\s+(\{[^}]*\})\s*\*/
        ];
    
        var match;
        commentRegexes.forEach(function(regex) {
            matches = content.match(regex)
            if (matches) match = matches[1];
        });
    
        if (match) metadata = JSON.parse(match);
    
    }
    
    callback(metadata);
    
};

var File = exports = module.exports = function(content, options) {
    
    //console.log("Omen.File init with options: ");
    //console.log(options);
    
    getMetadata(content, function(metadata) {
        //console.log(metadata);
    });
    
};

File.prototype.process = function(callback) {
    
    console.log("Omen.File instance process()")
    
    callback();

};

page.js

var fileClass = require("./file");

var Page = exports = module.exports = fileClass;
Page.prototype = fileClass;
Page.prototype.constructor = fileClass;

site.js

var fs = require("fs"),
    path = require("path"),
    walker = require("walker");
var pageClass = require("./page"),
    fileClass = require("./file");

var defaults = {
    "inputDirectory"         : "./",
    "outputDirectory"        : "./build",
    "blogRoot"               : "",
    "articlesDirectory"      : "./articles",
    "templatesDirectory"     : "./templates",
    "templateEngine"         : "ejs",
    "defaultPageTemplate"    : "default",
    "defaultArticleTemplate" : "article"
};

var Site = exports = module.exports = function(options) {
    
    if (!options) options = defaults;
    
    // Merge the passed options hash with the default values
    Object.keys(defaults).forEach(function(key) {
        if (!options[key]) options[key] = defaults[key];
    });
    
    //console.log("Omen.Site init with options: ");
    //console.log(options);
    
    this.options = options;
    
};

Site.prototype.process = function(callback) {
    
    var options = this.options
    
    console.log(fileClass);
    
    // Create a list of files to be processed using Walker
    var files = [];
    walker(options["inputDirectory"]).on("file", function(file) {
        if (!(path.basename(file).match(/^./) == ".") || options["processHiddenFiles"]) files.push(file);
    }).on("end", function() {
        
        //console.log("The input directory has been walked, and the following files were found:");
        //console.log(files);
        
        files.forEach(function(file) {
            
            fs.readFile(file, function(error, data) {
            
                var fileInstance;
                if (/.html$/.test(path.basename(file))) fileInstance = new pageClass(data.toString(), null);
                else fileInstance = new fileClass(data.toString(), null);
                
                fileInstance.process(function() {
                    console.log("File:  " + file + "has been processed.");
                });
            
            });
            
        });
        
        callback();
         
    });
    
};