Moved the foxx generator into a server module. It is now possible to generate a new app from command line

js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/manager.js

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/*jshint strict: false*/
 /*global module, require, exports */
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1205,6 +1204,7 @@ exports.initializeFoxx = function () {
   var store = require("org/arangodb/foxx/store");
   var console = require("console");
   var ArangoApp = require("org/arangodb/foxx/arangoApp").ArangoApp;
+  var TemplateEngine = require("org/arangodb/foxx/templateEngine").Engine;
   var routeApp = require("org/arangodb/foxx/routing").routeApp;
   var arangodb = require("org/arangodb");
   var ArangoError = arangodb.ArangoError;
@@ -1521,6 +1521,47 @@ exports.initializeFoxx = function () {
     return app;
   };
 
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  /// @brief Generates an App with the given options into the targetPath
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  var installAppFromGenerator = function(targetPath, options) {
+    // TODO validate options
+    var invalidOptions = [];
+    // Set default values:
+    options.name = options.name || "MyApp";
+    options.author = options.author || "Author";
+    options.description = options.description || "";
+    options.license = options.license || "Apache 2";
+    options.authenticated = options.authenticated || false;
+    options.collectionNames = options.collectionNames || [];
+    if (typeof options.name !== "string") {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.name has to be a string.");
+    }
+    if (typeof options.author !== "string") {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.author has to be a string.");
+    }
+    if (typeof options.description !== "string") {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.description has to be a string.");
+    }
+    if (typeof options.license !== "string") {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.license has to be a string.");
+    }
+    if (typeof options.authenticated !== "boolean") {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.authenticated has to be a boolean.");
+    }
+    if (!Array.isArray(options.collectionNames)) {
+      invalidOptions.push("options.array has to be an array.");
+    }
+    if (invalidOptions.length > 0) {
+      // TODO Pretty print
+      console.log(invalidOptions);
+      throw "Invalid options";
+    }
+    options.path = targetPath;
+    var engine = new TemplateEngine(options);
+    engine.write();
+  };
+
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   /// @brief Extracts an app from zip and moves it to temporary path
   ///
@@ -1761,7 +1802,7 @@ exports.initializeFoxx = function () {
 
     if (appInfo === "EMPTY") {
       // Make Empty app
-      throw "Not implemented yet";
+      installAppFromGenerator(targetPath, options || {});
     } else if (/^GIT:/.test(appInfo)) {
       installAppFromRemote(buildGithubUrl(appInfo), targetPath);
     } else if (/^https?:/.test(appInfo)) {
@@ -1785,7 +1826,7 @@ exports.initializeFoxx = function () {
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   var install = function(appInfo, mount, options) {
     checkParameter(
-      "mount(<appInfo>, <mount>, [<options>])",
+      "install(<appInfo>, <mount>, [<options>])",
       [ [ "Install information", "string" ],
         [ "Mount path", "string" ] ],
       [ appInfo, mount ] );

js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/templateEngine.js

@@ -1,22 +1,59 @@
+/*global require, module, exports*/
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief Foxx tempalte engine
+///
+/// @file
+///
+/// DISCLAIMER
+///
+/// Copyright 2013 triagens GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+///
+/// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+/// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+/// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+///
+///     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+///
+/// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+/// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+/// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+/// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+/// limitations under the License.
+///
+/// Copyright holder is triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+///
+/// @author Lucas Dohmen
+/// @author Michael Hackstein
+/// @author Copyright 2013, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 (function() {
   "use strict";
 
   var fs = require("fs"),
     _ = require("underscore"),
     i = require('i')(),
+    templatePath = fs.join(
+      module.startupPath(),
+      "server",
+      "modules",
+      "org",
+      "arangodb",
+      "foxx",
+      "templates"
+    ),
     Engine;
 
   Engine = function(opts) {
-    this.applicationContext = opts.applicationContext;
-    this.path = opts.path;
+    this._path = templatePath;
+    this.folder = opts.path;
     this.name = opts.name;
     this.authenticated = opts.authenticated;
     this.author = opts.author;
     this.description = opts.description;
     this.license = opts.license;
     this.determineFromCollectionNames(opts.collectionNames);
-    this._path = this.applicationContext.foxxFilename("templates");
-    this.folder = fs.join(this.path, this.name);
   };
 
   _.extend(Engine.prototype, {