API Reference

Topo

The Topo object is the container for topologically sorting a list of nodes with non-circular interdependencies.

new Topo()

Creates a new Topo object.

topo.add(nodes, [options])

Specifies an additional node or list of nodes to be topologically sorted where:

• nodes - a mixed value or array of mixed values to be added as nodes to the topologically sorted list.
• options - optional sorting information about the nodes:
  • group - a string naming the group to which nodes should be assigned. The group name '?' is reserved.
  • before - a string or array of strings specifying the groups that nodes must precede in the topological sort.
  • after - a string or array of strings specifying the groups that nodes must succeed in the topological sort.
  • sort - a numerical value used to sort items when performing a topo.merge().

Returns an array of the topologically sorted nodes.

topo.nodes

An array of the topologically sorted nodes. This list is renewed upon each call to topo.add().

topo.merge(others)

Merges another Topo object into the current object where:

• others - the other object or array of objects to be merged into the current one. null values are ignored.

Returns an array of the topologically sorted nodes. Will throw if a dependency error is found as a result of the combined items.

If the order in which items have been added to each list matters, use the sort option in topo.add() with an incrementing value providing an absolute sort order among all items added to either object.