niagara-station

A node wrapper around a Niagara station process.

Example

// These are the defaults, result is the same as just passing {}
var config = {
  cwd: 'd:\\niagara\\r40\\niagara_home\\bin',
  command: 'station',
  stationName: 'node',
  startedString: 'niagara>',
  log: function (msg, logLevel, pkg) {
    //you can optionally specify your own handler for console output.
    if (pkg === 'web.jetty') {
      console.log('Jetty did something.');
    }
    
    if (logLevel === 'SEVERE') {
      console.error('oh no! ' + msg);
    } else {
      console.log(msg);
    }
  }
};

require('niagara-station')(config, function (err, station) {
  if (err) {
    return;
  }
  
  console.log('station started.');
  
  // Do things with station...
  
  station.quit(function () {
    console.log('station quit.');
  });
});

config.cwd

Type: string Default value: 'NIAGARA_HOME/bin'

Directory where station.exe lives.

config.stationsDir

Type: string Default value: 'NIAGARA_USER_HOME/stations'

Directory where station files live.

config.command

Type: string Default value: 'station'

Command to execute.

config.stationName

Type: string Default value: 'node'

Name of station to start.

config.forceCopy

Type: boolean Default value: false

Set to true if you want to force copying a station folder to NIAGARA_HOME before starting the station (for starting up a fresh station during unit tests, for example).

config.sourceStationFolder

Type: string Default value: undefined

Required if forceCopy is true. The location of the station to copy.

config.startedString

Type: string Default value: 'niagara>'

The string the station will emit to indicate it has finished startup.

config.logLevel

Type: string Default value: 'WARNING'

The logging level to capture from the station and output to the log. Available values are NONE, SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, FINEST, and ALL. Note that ALL is required to capture messages without a logging level (direct System.out.println() calls, for instance).

config.log(string msg, string [level], string [pkg])

Optional callback to handle console output from the station. If omitted, a default handler will be used that simply logs the station output directly to the console.

config.jvmArgs

Type: Array Default value: []

An array of additional JVM arguments to pass to station.exe. For example: jvmArgs: [ '-Xmx1024m' ]

config.systemProperties

Type: Object Default value: {}

A mapping of system property names to values, to pass to station.exe. For example: systemProperties: { 'niagara.lang': 'en' }