fix: Distinguish instantiation and initialization errors.

bin/server.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-const { runCli } = require('..');
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-runCli();
+const { CliRunner } = require('..');
+new CliRunner().run();

src/init/CliRunner.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
+/* eslint-disable unicorn/no-process-exit */
+
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type { ReadStream, WriteStream } from 'tty';
 import type { LoaderProperties } from 'componentsjs';
 import { Loader } from 'componentsjs';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
+import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
 import { ensureTrailingSlash } from '../util/PathUtil';
 import type { Initializer } from './Initializer';
 
+export class CliRunner {
+  private readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
+
   /**
    * Generic run function for starting the server from a given config
    * @param args - Command line arguments.
    * @param stderr - Standard error stream.
- * @param properties - Components loader properties.
+   * @param loaderProperties - Components loader properties.
    */
-export const runCli = function({
+  public run({
     argv = process.argv,
     stderr = process.stderr,
-  properties = {
+    loaderProperties = {
       mainModulePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../'),
     },
   }: {
@@ -23,8 +29,9 @@ export const runCli = function({
     stdin?: ReadStream;
     stdout?: WriteStream;
     stderr?: WriteStream;
-  properties?: LoaderProperties;
+    loaderProperties?: LoaderProperties;
   } = {}): void {
+    // Parse the command-line arguments
     const { argv: params } = yargs(argv.slice(2))
       .usage('node ./bin/server.js [args]')
       .options({
@@ -38,18 +45,33 @@ export const runCli = function({
       })
       .help();
 
-  (async(): Promise<void> => {
+    // Gather settings for instantiating the server
-    // Load provided or default config file
+    const configFile = params.config ?
-    const configPath = params.config ?
       path.join(process.cwd(), params.config) :
       path.join(__dirname, '/../../config/config-default.json');
+    const variables = this.createVariables(params);
 
-    // Setup from config file
+    // Create and execute the server initializer
-    const loader = new Loader(properties);
+    this.createInitializer(loaderProperties, configFile, variables)
-    await loader.registerAvailableModuleResources();
+      .then(
-    const initializer: Initializer = await loader
+        async(initializer): Promise<void> => initializer.handleSafe(),
-      .instantiateFromUrl('urn:solid-server:default:Initializer', configPath, undefined, {
+        (error: Error): void => {
-        variables: {
+          // Instantiation of components has failed, so there is no logger to use
+          stderr.write(`Error: could not instantiate server from ${configFile}\n`);
+          stderr.write(`${error.stack}\n`);
+          process.exit(1);
+        },
+      ).catch((error): void => {
+        this.logger.error(`Could not initialize server: ${error}`, { error });
+        process.exit(1);
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Translates command-line parameters into configuration variables
+   */
+  protected createVariables(params: Record<string, any>): Record<string, any> {
+    return {
       'urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl':
         params.baseUrl ? ensureTrailingSlash(params.baseUrl) : `http://localhost:${params.port}/`,
       'urn:solid-server:default:variable:loggingLevel': params.loggingLevel,
@@ -58,11 +80,18 @@ export const runCli = function({
       'urn:solid-server:default:variable:sparqlEndpoint': params.sparqlEndpoint,
       'urn:solid-server:default:variable:podTemplateFolder':
         params.podTemplateFolder ?? path.join(__dirname, '../../templates'),
-        },
-      }) as Initializer;
-    await initializer.handleSafe();
-  })().catch((error): void => {
-    // This is the only time we can *not* use the logger to print error messages, as dependency injection has failed.
-    stderr.write(`${error}\n`);
-  });
     };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates the server initializer
+   */
+  protected async createInitializer(loaderProperties: LoaderProperties, configFile: string,
+    variables: Record<string, any>): Promise<Initializer> {
+    const loader = new Loader(loaderProperties);
+    await loader.registerAvailableModuleResources();
+
+    const initializer = 'urn:solid-server:default:Initializer';
+    return await loader.instantiateFromUrl(initializer, configFile, undefined, { variables }) as Initializer;
+  }
+}

test/unit/init/CliRunner.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { Loader } from 'componentsjs';
-import { runCli } from '../../../src/init/CliRunner';
+import { CliRunner } from '../../../src/init/CliRunner';
 import type { Initializer } from '../../../src/init/Initializer';
 
 const mainModulePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../');
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ jest.mock('componentsjs', (): any => ({
   Loader: jest.fn((): Loader => loader),
 }));
 
+const write = jest.spyOn(process.stderr, 'write').mockImplementation(jest.fn());
+const exit = jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation(jest.fn() as any);
+
 describe('CliRunner', (): void => {
   afterEach((): void => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   it('starts the server with default settings.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    runCli({
+    new CliRunner().run({
       argv: [ 'node', 'script' ],
     });
     await initializer.handleSafe();
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ describe('CliRunner', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('accepts abbreviated flags.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    runCli({
+    new CliRunner().run({
       argv: [
         'node', 'script',
         '-p', '4000',
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ describe('CliRunner', (): void => {
   });
 
   it('accepts full flags.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    runCli({
+    new CliRunner().run({
       argv: [
         'node', 'script',
         '--port', '4000',
@@ -118,15 +121,29 @@ describe('CliRunner', (): void => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('writes to stderr when an error occurs.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+  it('exits with output to stderr when instantiation fails.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const write = jest.spyOn(process.stderr, 'write').mockImplementation((): any => null);
     loader.instantiateFromUrl.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Fatal'));
-
+    new CliRunner().run();
-    runCli();
     await new Promise((resolve): any => setImmediate(resolve));
 
-    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Error: Fatal\n');
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1,
-    write.mockClear();
+      expect.stringMatching(/^Error: could not instantiate server from .*config-default\.json/u));
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2,
+      expect.stringMatching(/^Error: Fatal/u));
+
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+  });
+
+  it('exits without output to stderr when initialization fails.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    initializer.handleSafe.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('Fatal'));
+    new CliRunner().run();
+    await new Promise((resolve): any => setImmediate(resolve));
+
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(exit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
   });
 });