var _ = require('lodash'); /* * Specify an object and array of keys to check. * An error will be thrown if at least one, but not all of them are specified * * @param {object} - the object * @param {array} - keys to check * * returns true if all are present, false if none are present, throws an exception otherwise */ function optional_group(object, keys) { var contained_in_object = _.contains.bind(null, Object.keys(object)); if (keys.every(contained_in_object)) { return true; } else if (!keys.some(contained_in_object)) { return false; } else { throw new Error(error_message(keys)); } } /* * Specify an object and array of keys to check. * An error will be thrown if any of the keys are missing from the object */ function required_group(object, keys) { var contained_in_object = _.contains.bind(null, Object.keys(object)); if (keys.every(contained_in_object)) { return true; } else { throw new Error(error_message(keys)); } } /* * Create a friendly error message from a list of keys */ function error_message(keys) { var start = 'parameters '; var listStart = keys.slice(0, -1).join(', '); var listEnd = ' and ' + keys[keys.length - 1]; var adjective = (keys.length > 2) ? 'all' : 'both'; var end = ' must ' + adjective + ' be specified'; return start + listStart + listEnd + end; } module.exports = { optional: optional_group, required: required_group };