plugins/repository/repository_base.js
const { Plugin } = require('../plugin');
/**
* This is the base class for repository plugins, which must provide
* their own implementation of the methods described below. Repository
* plugins provide methods of querying remote repositories, for example,
* to list recently ingested objects. The query methods should return
* HTML to be displayed in the DART dashboard.
*
* @param {RemoteRepository} remoteRepository - A configuration object
* that includes information about how to connect to the remote repository's
* REST API.
*
*/
class RepositoryBase extends Plugin {
constructor(remoteRepository) {
super();
this.repo = remoteRepository;
}
/**
* This returns a list of objects describing what reports this
* module provides. The DART dashboard queries this list to see
* what method calls this plugin makes available. Each object in
* the list this function returns has three properties.
*
* title - This is the title of the report. The dashboard will
* display this title as is at the top of the report.
*
* description - A description of the report.
*
* method - A function to call to get the contents of the report.
* The function takes no parameters and should a promis that
* ultimately returns HTML. The dashboard will display the HTML
* when the promise is resolved.
*
* Subclasses MUST override this method and must not call super().
*
* @type {Array<object>}
*/
provides() {
throw new Error('This method must be implemented in the subclass.');
}
/**
* This returns true if the RemoteRepository object has enough info to
* attempt a connection. Most repos required a url, userId, and/or apiToken.
*
* Subclasses MUST override this method and must not call super().
*
* @returns {boolean}
*/
hasRequiredConnectionInfo() {
throw new Error('This method must be implemented in the subclass.');
}
}
module.exports.RepositoryBase = RepositoryBase;