Based on Andrey Sidorov & Dominic solutions, I was saddened by the fact of not being able to require a stringified module then I suggest this version *.
Code:
void function() {
'use strict';
const EXTENSIONS = ['.js', '.json', '.node'];
var Module,
path,
cache,
resolveFilename,
demethodize,
hasOwnProperty,
dirname,
parse,
resolve,
stringify,
virtual;
Module = require('module');
path = require('path');
cache = Module._cache;
resolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename;
dirname = path.dirname;
parse = path.parse;
resolve = path.resolve;
demethodize = Function.bind.bind(Function.call);
hasOwnProperty = demethodize(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty);
Module._resolveFilename = function(request, parent) {
var filename;
// Pre-resolution
filename = resolve(parse(parent.filename).dir, request);
// Adding extension, if needed
if (EXTENSIONS.indexOf(parse(filename).ext) === -1) {
filename += '.js';
}
// If the module exists or is virtual, return the filename
if (virtual || hasOwnProperty(cache, filename)) {
return filename;
}
// Preserving the native behavior
return resolveFilename.apply(Module, arguments);
};
Module._register = function(request, parent, src) {
var filename,
module;
// Enabling virtual resolution
virtual = true;
filename = Module._resolveFilename(request, parent);
// Disabling virtual resolution
virtual = false;
// Conflicts management
if (hasOwnProperty(cache, filename)) {
error = new Error('Existing module "' + request + '"');
error.code = 'MODULE_EXISTS';
throw error;
}
// Module loading
cache[filename] = module = new Module(filename, parent);
module.filename = filename;
module.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(dirname(filename));
module._compile(stringify(src), filename);
module.loaded = true;
return module;
};
stringify = function(src) {
// If src is a function, turning to IIFE src
return typeof src === 'function'
? 'void ' + src.toString() + '();'
: src;
};
}();
void function() {
var Module,
parentModule,
child;
Module = require('module');
// Creating a parent module from string
parentModule = Module._register('parent', process.mainModule, `
module.exports = {
name: module.filename,
getChild: function() {
return require('child');
}
};
`);
// Creating a child module from function
Module._register('child', parentModule, function() {
module.exports = {
name: module.filename,
getParent: function() {
return module.parent.exports;
}
};
});
child = require('child');
console.log(child === child.getParent().getChild());
}();
Usage:
void function() {
var Module,
parentModule,
child;
Module = require('module');
// Creating a parent module from string
parentModule = Module._register('parent', process.mainModule, `
module.exports = {
name: module.filename,
getChild: function() {
return require('child');
}
};
`);
// Creating a child module from function
Module._register('child', parentModule, function() {
module.exports = {
name: module.filename,
getParent: function() {
return module.parent.exports;
}
};
});
child = require('child');
console.log(child === child.getParent().getChild());
}();
* as you can see, it contains a function formater which provides a way to create some modules from functions.