From 147f3cf0c7486506ff07cd1211a1ab88c85e7ee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Verborgh <ruben@verborgh.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:06:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add RecordObject.

---
 src/index.ts                        |  1 +
 src/util/RecordObject.ts            | 11 +++++++++++
 test/unit/util/RecordObject.test.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/util/RecordObject.ts
 create mode 100644 test/unit/util/RecordObject.test.ts

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a81b04b3d..4d9ee40f5 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export * from './util/AsyncHandler';
 export * from './util/HeaderUtil';
 export * from './util/PathUtil';
 export * from './util/QuadUtil';
+export * from './util/RecordObject';
 export * from './util/SequenceHandler';
 export * from './util/StreamUtil';
 export * from './util/WaterfallHandler';
diff --git a/src/util/RecordObject.ts b/src/util/RecordObject.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8d26872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/RecordObject.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Helper class for instantiating multiple objects with Components.js.
+ * See https://github.com/LinkedSoftwareDependencies/Components.js/issues/26
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-extraneous-class
+export class RecordObject implements Record<string, any> {
+  public constructor(record: Record<string, string> = {}) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-constructor-return
+    return record;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/util/RecordObject.test.ts b/test/unit/util/RecordObject.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc9582854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/util/RecordObject.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { RecordObject } from '../../../src/util/RecordObject';
+
+describe('RecordObject', (): void => {
+  it('returns an empty record when created without parameters.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    expect(new RecordObject()).toStrictEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('returns the passed record.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    const record = { abc: 'def' };
+    expect(new RecordObject(record)).toBe(record);
+  });
+});