Is it possible to access * loaded * children of a nodejs module?

Question

Let's say I have 3 modules with dependencies like this:

A.js

var b = require('./B');
var c = require('./C');

console.log(module.children.length); // 2

B.js

var z = require('Z');

console.log(module.children.length); // 1

C.js

var z = require('Z');

console.log(module.children.length); // 0 ?!?!

Z

does not appear in the module.children

inside C

because it was already loaded B

before execution C

.

I can figure out module.parent

of Z

how B

because the first place was loaded, but Z

can certainly be a child of B

and C

?

Anyway, my question is, is it possible to see all the children of a module, regardless of whether they have been loaded or not?

+3

Alex McMillan May 30 '15 at 19:18

1 answer

Alan souza · Answer 1 · 2015-05-30T19:28:47+0000

I had a similar problem in the past and manually deleted the cache, in your case for the C module.

C.js

delete require.cache[require.resolve('./Z')];
var z = require('./Z'); // 1

I'm not sure if this is an acceptable solution for you.