Feature Proposal: Remote as an Object

ExtendedModuleFederationPlugin.js → ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const GenerateChunkMap = require("./src/GenerateChunkMap");
 const GenerateModuleMap = require("./src/GenerateModuleMap");
 const GenerateRemoteMap = require("./src/GenerateRemoteMap");
 const GenerateRemoteUrlMap = require("./src/GenerateRemoteUrlMap");
-
-class ExtendedModuleFederationPlugin extends ModuleFederationPlugin {
+const HandleRemoteObject = require("./src/HandleRemoteObject");
+class ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin extends ModuleFederationPlugin {
   constructor(options) {
     if (!options.exposes) {
       options.exposes = {};
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class ExtendedModuleFederationPlugin extends ModuleFederationPlugin {
       ...GenerateRemoteUrlMap(options),
     };
 
+    options.remotes = HandleRemoteObject(options.remotes);
+
     super(options);
     this.options = options;
   }
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ class ExtendedModuleFederationPlugin extends ModuleFederationPlugin {
     GenerateChunkMap(compiler);
   }
 }
-module.exports = ExtendedModuleFederationPlugin;
+module.exports = ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin;

README.md

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Idea
 
-Webpack Federation can do quite a lot, but orchestrating it can sometimes be a little messy or complex with its given api. The idea is to offer some additonal lifecycles directly on webpack interfaces to allow for pluggability and a more standardized ecosystem 
-
-
+Webpack Federation can do quite a lot, but orchestrating it can sometimes be a little messy or complex with its given api. The idea is to offer some additonal lifecycles directly on webpack interfaces to allow for pluggability and a more standardized ecosystem
 
 # Remotes
 
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ new ModuleFederationPlugin({
         },
         (importValue) => {
          if(window.remoteOverrides['app1']) {
-           // if an override exists, change the script that will be injected. 
+           // if an override exists, change the script that will be injected.
            return window.remoteOverrides['app1'] // --> otherRemote@http://otherUrl
          } else {
            return importValue // do nothing
@@ -46,45 +44,82 @@ new ModuleFederationPlugin({
 ```
 
 ## Middleware
+
 `promise new Promise` is handy, but it would be great if one could compose a series of middlewares into the promise chain in a standard manner.
 This would be useful for
+
 - controling versions/overrides at runtime
 - injecting env variables before webpack connects the containers together
 - doing some series of actions during the initial import() for a remote that only happens once - prior to a remote being injected
-- additional security or auth gates without having to write wrapper code around your exposed modules. 
+- additional security or auth gates without having to write wrapper code around your exposed modules.
 
 ## onBeforeGet
-The lifecycle of federation is as follows. 
-1) inject remote (happens once)
-2) init() remote (happens once)
-3) get() exposed module (happens for every import)
 
+The lifecycle of federation is as follows.
+
+1. inject remote (happens once)
+2. init() remote (happens once)
+3. get() exposed module (happens for every import)
 
-After middleware has been run, and the remote container injected into the application, and has initialized. 
+After middleware has been run, and the remote container injected into the application, and has initialized.
 
-Sometimes i might want to do something before calling the underlaying get() of a container. perhaps re-route the module request, or set up distributed logging automatically before import() resolves and starts executing. 
+Sometimes i might want to do something before calling the underlaying get() of a container. perhaps re-route the module request, or set up distributed logging automatically before import() resolves and starts executing.
 
 onBeforeGet is basically middleware but for the module import itself instead of container injection
 
+### Remote as an Object
+
+Initially intended to handle the async default usage, but proves a better way of hadling remote URL based on envs or whatever.
+
+| Prop    | Description                                                                                       |
+| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| async   | if it must be wrapped aroung with `promise new Promise`                                           |
+| name    | the name of the remote, compiled out as the name before the `@`                                   |
+| url     | the url of the remoteEntry for of the remote, compiled out as the url after the `@ `              |
+| onError | optional function to be called on the async if the remote is offline or had any exception loading |
+
+
+The `async` prop, embed the Promise Based approach as in the [Webpack docs](https://webpack.js.org/concepts/module-federation/), turning the values passed as an objet to the `promise new Promise(resolve => {` that provides an outofbox handling of offline remotes.
+#### Usage
+
+```js
+ remotes: {
+        app1: "[email protected]/remoteEntry.js",
+        app2:  {
+          name: "app2",
+          url: isProd ? urlProd : urlDev
+        },
+        app3:  {
+          async: true,
+          name: "app3",
+          url: "http://coolAppRunningOnCloud.com.br/remoteEntry.js",
+        },
+        app2:  {
+          name: "app2",
+          url: process.env.FINAL_REMOTE_ENTRY
+        },
+      }
+```
 
 ### Custom Maps
 
 #### Extended to remoteEntry:
-|   Prop    |                   Description                       |
-| --------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
-| moduleMap | list of all available modules from a single remote. |
-| remoteMap | list of all remotes available for consumption       |
-| remoteUrlMap | list of all remotes URL to initilize      |
+
+| Prop         | Description                                         |
+| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| moduleMap    | list of all available modules from a single remote. |
+| remoteMap    | list of all remotes available for consumption       |
+| remoteUrlMap | list of all remotes URL to initilize                |
 
 #### Usage
 
 ```js
-const ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin = require("@module-federation/ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin");
+const ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin = require("@module-federation/ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin");
 
 module.export = {
   //... rest of your config
   plugins: [
-    new ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin({
+    new ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin({
       name: "myApp",
       library: { type: "var", name: "app2" },
       filename: "remoteEntry.js",
@@ -114,10 +149,10 @@ import remoteMap from "myApp/remoteMap";
 import remoteUrlMap from "myApp/remoteUrlMap";
 ```
 
-
 #### Chunk Map
 
-|   Prop    |                   Description                       |
-| --------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| Prop          | Description                                                   |
+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | chunkMap.json | list of all chunkNames and create a json file on dist folder. |
+
 # Got ideas? Open a issue

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "name": "@module-federation/ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin",
+  "name": "@module-federation/ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "main": "ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin.js",
+  "main": "ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "prettier": "prettier --write \"**/*.{js,json,md,ts,tsx}\""
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": ".../ModuleFederationEnhacedPlugin.git"
+    "url": ".../ModuleFederationEnhancedPlugin.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "find-package-json": "^1.0.0"

src/GenerateChunkMap.js

@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ const GenerateChunkMap = (compiler) => {
   );
 };
 
-module.exports = { GenerateChunkMap };
+module.exports = GenerateChunkMap;

src/GenerateRemoteUrlMap.js

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+const validateRemoteType = (remoteName, options) => {
+  const remote = options.remotes[remoteName];
+  return typeof remote === "string"
+    ? { [remoteName]: remote.split("@")[1] }
+    : { [remote.name]: remote.url };
+};
+
 const GenerateRemoteUrlMap = (options) => {
   if (options.remotes) {
     return {
       "./remoteUrlMap": `data:application/json,${JSON.stringify(
         Object.keys(options.remotes).map((remoteName) => {
-          return { [remoteName]: options.remotes[remoteName].split("@")[1] };
+          return validateRemoteType(remoteName, options);
         })
       )}`,
     };

src/HandleRemoteObject.js

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+const defaultOnError = () => {
+  const module = {
+    get: () => () => {},
+    init: () => () => {},
+  };
+  resolve(module);
+};
+
+const dynamicRemote = (remote) => {
+  return `(resolve) => {
+        const script = document.createElement("script");
+        script.src = "${remote.url}";
+        script.onload = () => {
+          const module = {
+            get: (request) => window["${remote.name}"].get(request),
+            init: (arg) => {
+              try {
+                return window["${remote.name}"].init(arg);
+              } catch (e) {
+                console.log("Problem loading remote ${remote.name}", e);
+              }
+            },
+          };
+          resolve(module);
+        };
+        script.onerror = ${
+          remote.onError ? remote.onError.toString() : defaultOnError.toString()
+        }
+        document.head.appendChild(script);
+      }`;
+};
+
+const handleAsyncRemote = (remote) => {
+  return `promise new Promise(${dynamicRemote(remote).toString()})`;
+};
+
+const mountFinalRemoteValue = (remote) => {
+  if (remote.async) {
+    return handleAsyncRemote(remote);
+  } else {
+    //Any other implementation of remote as an object goes here
+  }
+
+  return remote.name + "@" + remote.url;
+};
+
+const HandleRemoteObject = (remotes) => {
+  const _newRemotes = {};
+  Object.keys(remotes)?.forEach((remoteName) => {
+    const remote = remotes[remoteName];
+    _newRemotes[remoteName] =
+      typeof remote === "string" ? remote : mountFinalRemoteValue(remote);
+  });
+
+  return _newRemotes;
+};
+
+module.exports = HandleRemoteObject;