lookup() — express Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the lookup() function in view.js from the express codebase.

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Dependency Diagram

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  f3f6b3ab_6685_aeb3_01fc_79fc5a3a9b41["view.js"]
  548ad3d1_f590_9d85_c4a5_d888f7aea078 -->|defined in| f3f6b3ab_6685_aeb3_01fc_79fc5a3a9b41
  67281fa0_9420_7225_f98d_64e63022d951["View()"]
  67281fa0_9420_7225_f98d_64e63022d951 -->|calls| 548ad3d1_f590_9d85_c4a5_d888f7aea078
  544d2644_38b4_9ea5_7360_cfca18032919["resolve()"]
  548ad3d1_f590_9d85_c4a5_d888f7aea078 -->|calls| 544d2644_38b4_9ea5_7360_cfca18032919
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Source Code

lib/view.js lines 104–123

View.prototype.lookup = function lookup(name) {
  var path;
  var roots = [].concat(this.root);

  debug('lookup "%s"', name);

  for (var i = 0; i < roots.length && !path; i++) {
    var root = roots[i];

    // resolve the path
    var loc = resolve(root, name);
    var dir = dirname(loc);
    var file = basename(loc);

    // resolve the file
    path = this.resolve(dir, file);
  }

  return path;
};