moduleapi: Add module:context(host) to produce a fake API context for a given host (or global). module:context("*"):get_option("foo") to get global options.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/moduleapi.lua b/core/moduleapi.lua
index 30360f73..da44db5f 100644
--- a/core/moduleapi.lua
+++ b/core/moduleapi.lua
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ function api:get_option_set(name, ...)
 	return set.new(value);
 end
 
+function api:context(host)
+	return setmetatable({host=host or "*"}, {__index=self,__newindex=self});
+end
+
 function api:add_item(key, value)
 	self.items = self.items or {};
 	self.items[key] = self.items[key] or {};