Make the Stage insertion API in CodePipeline more flexible.

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import s3 = require('@aws-cdk/aws-s3');
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import util = require('@aws-cdk/util');
 import { cloudformation } from './codepipeline.generated';
-import { Stage } from './stage';
+import { Stage, StagePlacement, StageProps } from './stage';
 import validation = require('./validation');
 
 /**
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class Pipeline extends cdk.Construct implements events.IEventRuleTarget {
      */
     public readonly artifactBucket: s3.BucketRef;
 
-    private readonly stages = new Array<Stage>();
+    private readonly _stages = new Array<Stage>();
     private eventsRole?: iam.Role;
 
     constructor(parent: cdk.Construct, name: string, props?: PipelineProps) {
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@ export class Pipeline extends cdk.Construct implements events.IEventRuleTarget {
         }));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a duplicate of this Pipeline's list of Stages.
+     */
+    public get stages(): Stage[] {
+        return this._stages.slice();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the number of Stages in this Pipeline.
+     */
+    public get stagesLength(): number {
+        return this._stages.length;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a statement to the pipeline role.
      */
@@ -216,23 +230,71 @@ export class Pipeline extends cdk.Construct implements events.IEventRuleTarget {
      *       onChildAdded type hook.
      * @override
      */
-    protected addChild(child: cdk.Construct, name: string) {
-        super.addChild(child, name);
+    protected addChild(child: cdk.Construct, name: string, props?: any) {
+        super.addChild(child, name, props);
         if (child instanceof Stage) {
-            this.appendStage(child);
+            this.appendStage(child, props ? (props as StageProps).placed : undefined);
         }
     }
 
-    private appendStage(stage: Stage) {
-        if (this.stages.find(x => x.name === stage.name)) {
+    private appendStage(stage: Stage, placement?: StagePlacement) {
+        if (this._stages.find(x => x.name === stage.name)) {
             throw new Error(`A stage with name '${stage.name}' already exists`);
         }
 
-        this.stages.push(stage);
+        const index = placement
+            ? this.calculateInsertIndexFromPlacement(placement)
+            : this.stagesLength;
+
+        this._stages.splice(index, 0, stage);
+    }
+
+    private calculateInsertIndexFromPlacement(placement: StagePlacement): number {
+        // check if at most one placement property was provided
+        const providedPlacementProps = ['rightBeforeStage', 'justAfterStage', 'atIndex']
+            .filter((prop) => (placement as any)[prop] !== undefined);
+        if (providedPlacementProps.length > 1) {
+            throw new Error("Error adding Stage to the Pipeline: " +
+                `you can only provide at most one placement property, ${providedPlacementProps} were given`);
+        }
+
+        if (placement.rightBeforeStage !== undefined) {
+            const targetIndex = this.findStageIndex(placement.rightBeforeStage);
+            if (targetIndex === -1) {
+                throw new Error("Error adding Stage to the Pipeline: " +
+                    `the requested Stage to add it before, '${placement.rightBeforeStage.name}', was not found`);
+            }
+            return targetIndex;
+        }
+
+        if (placement.justAfterStage !== undefined) {
+            const targetIndex = this.findStageIndex(placement.justAfterStage);
+            if (targetIndex === -1) {
+                throw new Error("Error adding Stage to the Pipeline: " +
+                    `the requested Stage to add it after, '${placement.justAfterStage.name}', was not found`);
+            }
+            return targetIndex + 1;
+        }
+
+        if (placement.atIndex !== undefined) {
+            const index = placement.atIndex;
+            if (index < 0 || index > this.stagesLength) {
+                throw new Error("Error adding Stage to the Pipeline: " +
+                    `{ placed: atIndex } should be between 0 and the number of stages in the Pipeline (${this.stagesLength}), ` +
+                    ` got: ${index}`);
+            }
+            return index;
+        }
+
+        return this.stagesLength;
+    }
+
+    private findStageIndex(targetStage: Stage) {
+        return this._stages.findIndex((stage: Stage) => stage === targetStage);
     }
 
     private validateSourceActionLocations(): string[] {
-        return util.flatMap(this.stages, (stage, i) => {
+        return util.flatMap(this._stages, (stage, i) => {
             const onlySourceActionsPermitted = i === 0;
             return util.flatMap(stage.actions, (action, _) =>
                 validation.validateSourceAction(onlySourceActionsPermitted, action.category, action.name, stage.name)
@@ -241,7 +303,7 @@ export class Pipeline extends cdk.Construct implements events.IEventRuleTarget {
     }
 
     private validateHasStages(): string[] {
-        if (this.stages.length < 2) {
+        if (this._stages.length < 2) {
             return ['Pipeline must have at least two stages'];
         }
         return [];
@@ -270,6 +332,6 @@ export class Pipeline extends cdk.Construct implements events.IEventRuleTarget {
     }
 
     private renderStages(): cloudformation.PipelineResource.StageDeclarationProperty[] {
-        return this.stages.map(stage => stage.render());
+        return this._stages.map(stage => stage.render());
     }
 }

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/stage.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,52 @@ import { cloudformation } from './codepipeline.generated';
 import { Pipeline } from './pipeline';
 import validation = require('./validation');
 
+/**
+ * The construction properties for {@link Stage}.
+ */
+export interface StageProps {
+    /**
+     * Allows specifying where should the newly created {@link Stage}
+     * be placed in the Pipeline.
+     *
+     * @default the stage is added to the end of the Pipeline
+     */
+    readonly placed?: StagePlacement;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allows you to control where to place a new Stage when it's added to the Pipeline.
+ * Note that you can provide only one of the below properties -
+ * specifying more than one will result in a validation error.
+ *
+ * @see #rightBeforeStage
+ * @see #justAfterStage
+ * @see #atIndex
+ */
+export interface StagePlacement {
+    /**
+     * Inserts the new Stage as a parent of the given Stage
+     * (changing its current parent Stage, if it had one).
+     */
+    readonly rightBeforeStage?: Stage;
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts the new Stage as a child of the given Stage
+     * (changing its current child Stage, if it had one).
+     */
+    readonly justAfterStage?: Stage;
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts the new Stage at the given index in the Pipeline,
+     * moving the Stage currently at that index,
+     * and any subsequent ones, one index down.
+     * Indexing starts at 0.
+     * The maximum allowed value is {@link Pipeline#stagesLength},
+     * which will insert the new Stage at the end of the Pipeline.
+     */
+    readonly atIndex?: number;
+}
+
 /**
  * A stage in a pipeline. Stages are added to a pipeline by constructing a Stage with
  * the pipeline as the first argument to the constructor.
@@ -27,8 +73,8 @@ export class Stage extends cdk.Construct {
      * always be attached to a pipeline. It's illogical to construct a Stage
      * with any other parent.
      */
-    constructor(parent: Pipeline, name: string) {
-        super(parent, name);
+    constructor(parent: Pipeline, name: string, props?: StageProps) {
+        super(parent, name, props);
         this.pipeline = parent;
         validation.validateName('Stage', name);
     }

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/test/test.stages.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
+import { Test } from 'nodeunit';
+import codepipeline = require('../lib');
+
+// tslint:disable:object-literal-key-quotes
+
+export = {
+    'Pipeline Stages': {
+        'can be inserted at index 0'(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+
+            const secondStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'SecondStage');
+            const firstStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'FirstStage', {
+                placed: {
+                    atIndex: 0,
+                }
+            });
+
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[0].name, firstStage.name);
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[1].name, secondStage.name);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        'can be inserted before another Stage'(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+
+            const secondStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'SecondStage');
+            const firstStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'FirstStage', {
+                placed: {
+                    rightBeforeStage: secondStage,
+                }
+            });
+
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[0].name, firstStage.name);
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[1].name, secondStage.name);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        'can be inserted after another Stage'(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+
+            const firstStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'FirstStage');
+            const thirdStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'ThirdStage');
+            const secondStage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'SecondStage', {
+                placed: {
+                    justAfterStage: firstStage,
+                }
+            });
+
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[0].name, firstStage.name);
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[1].name, secondStage.name);
+            test.equal(pipeline.stages[2].name, thirdStage.name);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        'attempting to insert a Stage at a negative index results in an error'(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+
+            test.throws(() => {
+                new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'Stage', {
+                    placed: {
+                        atIndex: -1,
+                    }
+                });
+            }, /atIndex/);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        'attempting to insert a Stage at an index larger than the current number of Stages results in an error'(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+
+            test.throws(() => {
+                new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'Stage', {
+                    placed: {
+                        atIndex: 1,
+                    }
+                });
+            }, /atIndex/);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        "attempting to insert a Stage before a Stage that doesn't exist results in an error"(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+            const stage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'Stage');
+
+            const anotherPipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+            test.throws(() => {
+                new codepipeline.Stage(anotherPipeline, 'Stage', {
+                    placed: {
+                        rightBeforeStage: stage,
+                    }
+                });
+            }, /before/i);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        "attempting to insert a Stage after a Stage that doesn't exist results in an error"(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+            const stage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'Stage');
+
+            const anotherPipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+            test.throws(() => {
+                new codepipeline.Stage(anotherPipeline, 'Stage', {
+                    placed: {
+                        justAfterStage: stage,
+                    }
+                });
+            }, /after/i);
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+
+        "providing more than one placement value results in an error"(test: Test) {
+            const pipeline = pipelineForTesting();
+            const stage = new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'FirstStage');
+
+            test.throws(() => {
+                new codepipeline.Stage(pipeline, 'SecondStage', {
+                    placed: {
+                        rightBeforeStage: stage,
+                        justAfterStage: stage,
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+
+            test.done();
+        },
+    },
+};
+
+function pipelineForTesting(): codepipeline.Pipeline {
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const pipeline = new codepipeline.Pipeline(stack, 'Pipeline');
+    return pipeline;
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/cdk/lib/core/construct.ts

@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ export class Construct {
      * Creates a new construct node.
      *
      * @param parent The parent construct
-     * @param props  Properties for this construct
+     * @param name The logical identfifier of the new Construct
+     * @param props Optional properties for this construct
      */
-    constructor(parent: Construct, name: string) {
+    constructor(parent: Construct, name: string, props?: any) {
         this.name = name;
         this.parent = parent;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export class Construct {
             }
 
             // Has side effect so must be very last thing in constructor
-            parent.addChild(this, this.name);
+            parent.addChild(this, this.name, props);
         } else {
             // This is a root construct.
             this.name = name;
@@ -324,12 +325,11 @@ export class Construct {
      * Adds a child construct to this node.
      *
      * @param child The child construct
-     * @param name The type name of the child construct.
-     * @returns The resolved path part name of the child
+     * @param childName The logical ID of the child construct
+     * @param _props The optional properties of the child construct
      */
-    protected addChild(child: Construct, childName: string) {
+    protected addChild(child: Construct, childName: string, _props?: any) {
         if (this.locked) {
-
             // special error if root is locked
             if (!this.path) {
                 throw new Error('Cannot add children during synthesis');