[jira] [Commented] (CB-7278) Allow plugin modules to be .json files

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on CB-7278:
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Github user joseph-onsip commented on the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/pull/71#issuecomment-51646216
  
    Sure, I work on a [project](https://github.com/onsip/SIP.js) that [requires its package.json](https://github.com/onsip/SIP.js/blob/817c7038c0be0d66a68d4c1f5d5e99678017186b/src/SIP.js#L10-L19). In order to make the project usable as a Cordova plugin, I had to copy the relevant portions of package.json into a separate file, [cordova_package.json.js](https://github.com/onsip/SIP.js/commit/0862df7c825b27f90a5665f584334b232eddf644#diff-0), then [specify *that* file as the src of the "package.json" module](https://github.com/onsip/SIP.js/commit/0862df7c825b27f90a5665f584334b232eddf644#diff-53f390d375398624afe1cfe1125f42bfR7).
    
    If plugin modules could be .json files, I could just specify package.json as the src of the module, instead of needing to manually synchronize cordova_package.json.js with package.json.
    
    I opened [CB-7278](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7278) on JIRA, as well.


> Allow plugin modules to be .json files
> --------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-7278
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7278
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: CordovaLib
>    Affects Versions: 3.5.0
>            Reporter: Joseph Frazier
>            Priority: Trivial
>              Labels: json, module, plugin, require
>   Original Estimate: 0h
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> [Node.js modules can be .json files|https://github.com/joyent/node/commit/588d885e81dec667920383ac7246daceeb7f99fd], in which case module.exports is simply the parsed object. Cordova modules should also have this ability, so that modular plugins don't have to be bundled before Cordova prepares them.
> I've submitted a pull request for this on github: https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/pull/71



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