Refactored constructing from container to the classes

index.js

@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ logger.add(new winston.transports.Console({
 
 
 const container = new Container();
-container.register('Logger', c => logger);
-container.register('AsyncFs', c => new AsyncFs());
-container.register('DateTimeProvider', c => new DateTimeProvider());
-container.register('ApiRoutes', c => new ApiRoutes(c.Logger, c.NotificationFacade, c.Config));
-container.register('NotificationRepository', c => new NotificationRepository(c.Logger, c.DateTimeProvider, c.AsyncFs, c.Config));
-container.register('NotificationFacade', c => new NotificationFacade(c.Logger, c.DateTimeProvider, c.TransportProvider, c.SubjectParser, c.NotificationRepository, c.Config));
-container.register('TransportProvider', c => new TransportProvider());
-container.register('SubjectParser', c => new SubjectParser());
+container.registerInstance('Logger', logger);
+container.registerType('AsyncFs', AsyncFs);
+container.registerType('DateTimeProvider', DateTimeProvider);
+container.registerType('ApiRoutes', ApiRoutes);
+container.registerType('NotificationRepository', NotificationRepository);
+container.registerType('NotificationFacade', NotificationFacade);
+container.registerType('TransportProvider', TransportProvider);
+container.registerType('SubjectParser', SubjectParser);
 
 
 async function asyncMain()
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function asyncMain()
   }
 
 
-  container.register('Config', c => config);
+  container.registerInstance('Config', config);
 
 
   await container.NotificationRepository.init();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async function asyncMain()
   app.use(express.json());
   app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
 
-  app.use('/api', container.ApiRoutes.create(express));
+  app.use('/api', container.ApiRoutes.createRouter(express));
   app.use('/', express.static('frontend/dist'));
 
   app.listen(config.port, () => 

src/asyncfs.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const fs = require('fs').promises;
 
 class AsyncFs
 {
+  static create = () => new this();
+
+
   async exists(path)
   {
     try

src/container.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Original concept and code by Magnus Tovslid:
+ * Modified version of code by Magnus Tovslid:
  * https://medium.com/@magnusjt/ioc-container-in-nodejs-e7aea8a89600
  */
 class Container 
@@ -9,7 +9,22 @@ class Container
       this.services = {};
   }
 
-  register(name, factory)
+
+  // Assumes the class has a static method called create which accepts
+  // a Container style object
+  registerType(name, type)
+  {
+      this.registerFactory(name, c => type.create(c));
+  }
+
+
+  registerInstance(name, instance)
+  {
+      this.registerFactory(name, () => instance);
+  }
+
+
+  registerFactory(name, factory)
   {
       Object.defineProperty(this, name, {
           get: () => 

src/datetimeprovider.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const { DateTime } = require('luxon');
 
 class DateTimeProvider
 {
+  static create = () => new this();
+
+
   unixTimestamp()
   {
     return Math.floor(DateTime.now().toSeconds());

src/notification/facade.js

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 class NotificationFacade
 {
+  static create = container => new this(container.Logger, container.DateTimeProvider, container.TransportProvider, 
+    container.SubjectParser, container.NotificationRepository, container.Config);
+
+
   constructor(logger, dateTimeProvider, transportProvider, subjectParser, notificationRepository, config)
   {
     this.logger = logger;

src/notification/repository.js

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 class NotificationRepository
 {
+  static create = container => new this(container.Logger, container.DateTimeProvider, container.AsyncFs, container.Config);
+
+  
   constructor(logger, dateTimeProvider, asyncFs, config)
   {
     this.logger = logger;

src/routes/api.js

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 class ApiRoutes
 {
+  static create = container => new this(container.logger, container.NotificationFacade, container.Config);
+
+
   constructor(logger, notificationFacade, config)
   {
     this.logger = logger;
@@ -8,7 +11,7 @@ class ApiRoutes
   }
 
 
-  create(express)  
+  createRouter(express)  
   {
     const router = express.Router();
 

src/subjectparser.js

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 class SubjectParser
 {
+  static create = () => new this();
+
+
   parse(subject)
   {
     // Possible formats: 

src/transport/provider.js

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ const transportMap = {
 
 class TransportProvider
 {
+  static create = () => new this();
+
+
   byType(type)
   {
     return transportMap.hasOwnProperty(type) ? transportMap[type] : null;