Merge pull request #2 from codedeviate/2.3.1

Added getAsString

Author: codedeviate

README.md

@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ If the parameter throwOnDefault is set to true then an exception will be thrown
 If the key is omitted (or set to undefined) the config object wil be returned.
 
 
+### getAsString(key, defaultValue = "", throwOnDefault = false): value
+The same as *get* but returns a string.
+
+NULL will be returned as an empty string.
+
+
 ### getConfig(key, defaultValue = null): [value, keyFound]
 Will try to find the key in the config.
 

changelog.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 v2.3.1
 * Updated README to reflect changes in the priority of config paths
 * Fixed a bug in fuseAll to correctly add all subkeys
+* Added getAsString
 
 v2.3.0 - Released 2022-11-25
 This is the first official release of this package so everything is new.

index.d.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ declare class DynamicConfig {
     hasEnv(key: string): boolean;
     hasConfig(key: string): boolean;
     get(key: string = undefined, defaultValue: any = null, throwOnDefault: boolean = false): any;
+    getAsString(key: string = undefined, defaultValue: any = null, throwOnDefault: boolean = false): string;
     getEnv(key: string, defaultValue: any = null): [any, boolean];
     getConfig(key: string, defaultValue: any = null): [any, boolean];
     addFuse(key: string): void;

index.js

@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ class DynamicConfig {
     return defaultValue;
   }
 
+  getAsString(key, defaultValue = null, throwOnDefault = false) {
+    const value = this.get(key, defaultValue, throwOnDefault);
+    if (value === null) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    return value.toString();
+  }
+
   set(key, value) {
     const keys = key.split(this.configSplit || this.config['__configSplit'] || '.');
     if (this.fuseList[keys.join('.')] === true) {