Remove circular reference from Robot

lib/robot.js

@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ module.exports = Robot = function Robot(opts) {
     this[method] = Utils.bind(this[method], this);
   }
 
-  this.robot = this;
   this.name = opts.name || this.constructor.randomName();
 
   this.connections = {};
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = Robot = function Robot(opts) {
     var func = opts[n],
         reserved = ['connection', 'connections', 'device', 'devices', 'work'];
 
-    if (reserved.indexOf(n) < 0) { this.robot[n] = func; }
+    if (reserved.indexOf(n) < 0) { this[n] = func; }
   }
 };
 
@@ -191,14 +190,14 @@ Robot.prototype._createDevice = function(device) {
 Robot.prototype.start = function() {
   var self = this;
   return this.startConnections(function() {
-    return self.robot.startDevices(function(err) {
+    return self.startDevices(function(err) {
       if (err) {
         throw err;
       }else{
-        self.robot.work.call(self.robot, self.robot);
+        self.work.call(self, self);
         self.running = true;
         Logger.info("Working...");
-        self.robot.emit('working');
+        self.emit('working');
       }
     });
   });
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ Robot.prototype.startConnections = function(callback) {
 
   for (var n in this.connections) {
     var connection = this.connections[n];
-    this.robot[n] = connection;
+    this[n] = connection;
     starters[n] = connection.connect;
   }
 
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ Robot.prototype.startDevices = function(callback) {
 
   for (var n in this.devices) {
     var device = this.devices[n];
-    this.robot[n] = device;
+    this[n] = device;
     starters[n] = device.start;
   }
 
@@ -261,14 +260,14 @@ Robot.prototype.halt = function() {
 Robot.prototype.initAdaptor = function(adaptorName, connection, opts) {
   if (opts == null) { opts = {}; }
 
-  var adaptor = this.robot.requireAdaptor(adaptorName, opts).adaptor({
+  var adaptor = this.requireAdaptor(adaptorName, opts).adaptor({
     name: adaptorName,
     connection: connection,
     extraParams: opts
   });
 
   if (config.testing_mode) {
-    var testAdaptor = this.robot.requireAdaptor('test').adaptor({
+    var testAdaptor = this.requireAdaptor('test').adaptor({
       name: adaptorName,
       connection: connection,
       extraParams: opts
@@ -285,12 +284,12 @@ Robot.prototype.initAdaptor = function(adaptorName, connection, opts) {
 //
 // Returns the module for the adaptor
 Robot.prototype.requireAdaptor = function(adaptorName, opts) {
-  if (this.robot.adaptors[adaptorName] == null) {
+  if (this.adaptors[adaptorName] == null) {
     var moduleName = opts.module || adaptorName;
-    this.robot.registerAdaptor("cylon-" + moduleName, adaptorName);
-    this.robot.adaptors[adaptorName].register(this);
+    this.registerAdaptor("cylon-" + moduleName, adaptorName);
+    this.adaptors[adaptorName].register(this);
   }
-  return this.robot.adaptors[adaptorName];
+  return this.adaptors[adaptorName];
 };
 
 // Public: Registers an Adaptor with the Robot
@@ -323,14 +322,14 @@ Robot.prototype.registerAdaptor = function(moduleName, adaptorName) {
 Robot.prototype.initDriver = function(driverName, device, opts) {
   if (opts == null) { opts = {}; }
 
-  var driver = this.robot.requireDriver(driverName).driver({
+  var driver = this.requireDriver(driverName).driver({
     name: driverName,
     device: device,
     extraParams: opts
   });
 
   if (config.testing_mode) {
-    var testDriver = this.robot.requireDriver('test').driver({
+    var testDriver = this.requireDriver('test').driver({
       name: driverName,
       device: device,
       extraParams: opts
@@ -348,11 +347,11 @@ Robot.prototype.initDriver = function(driverName, device, opts) {
 //
 // Returns the module for driver
 Robot.prototype.requireDriver = function(driverName) {
-  if (this.robot.drivers[driverName] == null) {
-    this.robot.registerDriver("cylon-" + driverName, driverName);
-    this.robot.drivers[driverName].register(this);
+  if (this.drivers[driverName] == null) {
+    this.registerDriver("cylon-" + driverName, driverName);
+    this.drivers[driverName].register(this);
   }
-  return this.robot.drivers[driverName];
+  return this.drivers[driverName];
 };
 
 // Public: Registers an Driver with the Robot

test/specs/robot.spec.js

@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ describe("Robot", function() {
   });
 
   describe("constructor", function() {
-    it("sets a @robot variable as a circular reference to the robot", function() {
-      expect(robot.robot).to.be.eql(robot);
-    });
-
     describe("name", function() {
       context("if provided", function() {
         it("is set to the passed value", function() {