Misc. cleanup in Basestar

lib/basestar.js

@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ var Utils = require('./utils');
 //
 // It also extends EventEmitter, so child classes are capable of emitting events
 // for other parts of the system to handle.
-var Basestar;
-
-module.exports = Basestar = function Basestar(opts) {
-  this.self = this;
-}
+var Basestar = module.exports = function Basestar() {
+};
 
 Utils.subclass(Basestar, EventEmitter);
 
@@ -34,7 +31,10 @@ Utils.subclass(Basestar, EventEmitter);
 //
 // Returns the klass where the methods have been proxied
 Basestar.prototype.proxyMethods = function(methods, target, source, force) {
-  if (force == null) { force = false; }
+  if (force == null) {
+    force = false;
+  }
+
   return Utils.proxyFunctionsToObject(methods, target, source, force);
 };
 
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ Basestar.prototype.proxyMethods = function(methods, target, source, force) {
 //
 // Returns the source
 Basestar.prototype.defineEvent = function(opts) {
-  var self = this;
-
   opts.sendUpdate = opts.sendUpdate || false;
   opts.targetEventName = opts.targetEventName || opts.eventName;
 
@@ -77,7 +75,9 @@ Basestar.prototype.defineEvent = function(opts) {
 //
 // Returns this.connector
 Basestar.prototype.defineAdaptorEvent = function(opts) {
-  if (typeof opts === 'string') { opts = { eventName: opts }; }
+  if (typeof opts === 'string') {
+    opts = { eventName: opts };
+  }
 
   opts['source'] = this.connector;
   opts['target'] = this.connection;
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ Basestar.prototype.defineAdaptorEvent = function(opts) {
 //
 // Returns this.connection
 Basestar.prototype.defineDriverEvent = function(opts) {
-  if (typeof opts === 'string') { opts = { eventName: opts }; }
+  if (typeof opts === 'string') {
+    opts = { eventName: opts };
+  }
 
   opts['source'] = this.connection;
   opts['target'] = this.device;

test/specs/basestar.spec.js

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ var Basestar = source('basestar'),
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 describe('Basestar', function() {
-  describe('constructor', function() {
-    it('assigns @self to the instance of the Basestar class', function() {
-      var instance = new Basestar();
-      expect(instance.self).to.be.eql(instance);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('#proxyMethods', function() {
     var methods = ['asString', 'toString', 'returnString'];