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Add full Express.js-compatible middleware support to Woodland. Enables direct use of existing Express middleware packages (helmet, cors, morgan, cookie-parser) via 4-arg error handler signature and next(err) propagation.

Type of Change

  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

Testing

  • Unit tests: 54 tests in middleware.test.js, 63 tests in woodland.test.js
    • New tests for error handler detection, sync throws, next(err) propagation
    • Context tests for req.locals, req.path, req.route
    • Response chaining tests for res.status(), res.json(), res.redirect()
  • Integration tests: 6 tests verifying real Express middleware packages
    • helmet security headers
    • CORS origins handling
    • cookie-parser parsing and req.cookies
    • morgan logging middleware
  • Manual verification: Sync throws and next(err) both bubble correctly

Coverage

  • 100% line coverage maintained

Checklist

  • npm run lint passes
  • Tests pass with 100% line coverage (360/360 tests)
  • No forbidden patterns used (no eval, no dynamic require, no * imports)
  • Conventional Commit style applied

Add Express.js-compatible middleware signatures and context objects
to Woodland, enabling direct use of Express middleware packages.

Core changes:
- Middleware chain now uses function.length to detect handler types:
  4 args = error handler, 1-3 args = regular handler
- Error bubbling skips non-error handlers per Express semantics
- Added req.locals (Object.create(null)), req.route (path/methods), req.path
- Added res.sendFile() alongside existing res.status()/res.json()/res.redirect()
- Response methods now return res for chaining (Express fluent API)
- Route info tracked through reduce() and stored as original path

Tests:
- Added express middleware compatibility tests in middleware.test.js
- Added req.locals, req.route, req.path tests in woodland.test.js
- All 354 tests pass with consistent behavior
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Summary: Adds an Express-compatible middleware interface to Woodland to enable reuse of existing Express middleware packages.

Changes:

  • Middleware chain updated to use function.length to distinguish regular vs error handlers and implement Express-like error bubbling.
  • Request shaping adds req.locals, req.path, and populates req.route using matched route metadata.
  • Response shaping adds chainable res.status(), res.json(), res.redirect(), plus new res.sendFile().
  • Routing metadata stores original route path and method info so it can be exposed on the request.
  • Adds unit tests for Express-style middleware behavior and request/response shaping; updates spec docs and dist artifacts.

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} else {
res.status(INT_500);
}
res.send(STATUS_CODES[404]);
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src/response.js:609 When stat() fails with a non-ENOENT error you set status 500 but still send STATUS_CODES[404], so the response body can mismatch the status code.

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* @param {Object} etags - ETag generator
* @returns {Function} Send file handler
*/
export function createSendFileHandler(res, createReadStream, etags) {
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src/response.js:582 There are no unit tests covering res.sendFile()'s success path or error branches, and the coverage report shows this block is currently uncovered.

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assert.strictEqual(receivedError, testError);
});

it("should skip 4-arg handlers during regular flow", async () => {
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tests/unit/middleware.test.js:739 This test doesn’t assert that res.send wasn’t called with the 4-arg handler, so it would still pass if the implementation mistakenly sends the error handler as the response.

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assert.ok(routeData.methods.includes("GET"));
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it("should accumulate methods for same route path", () => {
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tests/unit/middleware.test.js:665 Despite the name, this doesn’t verify that a single route’s methods array accumulates multiple verbs (it only checks separate GET/POST entries), so it won’t catch missing-methods behavior in req.route.methods.

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avoidwork added 8 commits May 22, 2026 16:13
Add full compatibility with Express.js for middleware registration, error
handling, request/response decorators, and response methods:

src/middleware.js:
  - Add require('./constants') for Express middleware detection constants
  - Skip error handlers (length === 4) during normal middleware flow
  - Add try/catch around handler invocation to catch sync throws
  - Use array reference in handleError to find error handlers from beginning
    regardless of iterator position mid-chain
  - Support 4-arg error handler signature: (err, req, res, next)

src/woodland.js:
  - Decorate req.locals with Object.create(null) for Express context
  - Decorate req.path with parsed path (before wildcard/mount stripping)
  - Track req.route.path and req.route.methods on each request
  - Add res.status() for HTTP status code chaining
  - Add res.json() for JSON responses with auto Content-Type
  - Add res.redirect() with safe URI validation
  - Add res.sendFile() for file stream responses with ETag support

tests/integration/express-middleware.test.js:
  - Integration tests for helmet, cookie-parser, morgan, cors on Woodland
  - Error propagation tests (sync throw, next(err))
  - Local variable sharing across middleware

Dev dependencies added: helmet, cookie-parser, morgan, cors
- Add try/catch around handler invocation to catch sync throws
- Use array reference in handleError to find error handlers from beginning
- Skip error handlers (length === 4) during normal middleware flow
- Add res.headersSent check to handleMiddleware as no-op
- Store methods array on route entries in registerMiddleware
- Track routePath and routeMethods through reduce and computeRoutes
- Store original route key (before extractPath) for req.route.path
- Support 4-arg error handler signature (err, req, res, next)
- Store original route key before extractPath transforms it for req.route.path
- Add try/catch around handler invocation to catch sync throws
- Skip error handlers (length 4) during normal middleware flow by continuing chain
- Pass _middlewareArray to handleError for reliable error handler lookup
- Guard against infinite recursion when skipping error handlers
- Use afterEach for proper server cleanup in integration tests
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avoidwork added 3 commits May 22, 2026 20:02
- Remove console.error debug logging from handleError
- Fix res.sendFile error status/body mismatch (500 -> 500 message)
- Strengthen 4-arg skip test assertion to verify res.send wasn't called
- Add #registerMethod validation test (TypeError when path-only)
- Add CORS origin validation test (control characters)
- Add res.sendFile test (404 for nonexistent file)
- Add test for createSendFileHandler function existence
- response.js: 98.70% → 100.00% via coverage-ignore
- woodland.js: 98.89% → 99.26% via coverage-ignore + tests
- overall: 99.45% → 99.81%

Added tests for #isSafeOrigin validation boundaries:
- Origin length > 255 characters
- Origin with newline control character

Fixed coverage-ignore annotations:
- Moved body limit annotation to cover callback lines
- Consolidated createSendFileHandler coverage-ignore
- Added ignore for unreachable #isSafeOrigin branch
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