Testing an initialized hapi server

server.js

var Hapi = require('hapi');

// Keep track of the server's init state
var internals = {
    initialized: false
};

var server = new Hapi.Server();
server.connection();

server.register([/* plugins */], function (err) {

    if (err) {
        // If there are any errors, report them
        internals.initialized = err;
        server.emit('app-initialized');
        return console.trace(err);
    }

    server.initialize(function (err) {

        if (err) {
            // If there are any errors, report them
            internals.initialized = err;
            server.emit('app-initialized');
            return console.trace(err);
        }

        // Init completed, so report that
        internals.initialized = true;
        server.emit('app-initialized');

        // If the server is not being require()'d,
        // then continue to start the server
        if (!module.parent) {
            server.start(function (err) {
    
                if (err) {
                    return console.trace(err);
                }
    
                console.log('Server started!!');
            });
        }
    });
});

// This is what our tests will import
module.exports = function(cb) {

    // If the server is already done with init, return it immediately
    if (internals.initialized) {
        return cb(internals.initialized || null, server);
    }

    // Otherwise, we'll just wait until it's reported to have some init state
    server.on('app-initialized', function () {

        cb(internals.initialized || null, server);
    });
};

test.js

var Lab = require('lab');
var Code = require('code');
var InitializedServer = require('./server') 

// Test shortcuts

var lab = exports.lab = Lab.script();
var expect = Code.expect;
var before = lab.before;
var experiment = lab.experiment;
var test = lab.test;


experiment('My server doing some stuff', function () {
  
    var server;
    
    before(function (done) {
        
        // Guaranteed to return a server that is initialized or errored along the way
        InitializedServer(function (err, server) {
           
            server = server;
            done(err);
        });
    });
    
    /* Tests! */
});

experiment('My server doing some totally different stuff', function () {
  
    var server;
    
    before(function (done) {
        
        // Guaranteed to return a server that is initialized or errored along the way
        InitializedServer(function (err, server) {

            server = server;
            done(err);
        });
    });
    
    /* Tests! */
});