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simple require.extensions example not working

simple require.extensions example not working

Problem

module.extensions doesnt seems to be working properly, the example given on http://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_require_extensions returns nothing.

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node js file (run.js):

#!/usr/bin/env node
fs = require('fs');

    require.extensions['.jse'] = function(module, filename) {
      var content = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
      module.exports = content;
    };

require('./0.jse')

// 
console.log(require('./0.jse'))

jse file (0.jse):

#! /usr/bin/env node
console.log('IT WORKS!')

$ ls -al *.jse *.js

-rwxr-xr-x 1 alvaro alvaro  46 dic  6 17:26 0.jse
-rwxr-xr-x 1 alvaro alvaro 314 dic  6 17:32 run.js

file --mime *.js *.jse

run.js: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
0.jse:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

$ node run.js

it outputs:

#! /usr/bin/env node
console.log('IT WORKS!')

instead of:

IT WORKS!

whats wrong?

Problem courtesy of: Alvarolm

Solution

Ended compiling with module._compile(contents, filename).

so, node js file (run.js):

#!/usr/bin/env node
fs = require('fs');

    require.extensions['.jse'] = function(module, filename) {
      var content = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
      return module._compile(content, filename);
    };

require('./0.jse')
Solution courtesy of: Alvarolm

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