'use strict'; var assert = require('assert'); var common = require('../common'); var fork = require('child_process').fork; var args = ['foo', 'bar']; var n = fork(common.fixturesDir + '/child-process-spawn-node.js', args); assert.deepEqual(args, ['foo', 'bar']); var messageCount = 0; n.on('message', function(m) { console.log('PARENT got message:', m); assert.ok(m.foo); messageCount++; }); // https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/2355 - JSON.stringify(undefined) // returns "undefined" but JSON.parse() cannot parse that... assert.throws(function() { n.send(undefined); }, TypeError); assert.throws(function() { n.send(); }, TypeError); n.send({ hello: 'world' }); var childExitCode = -1; n.on('exit', function(c) { childExitCode = c; }); process.on('exit', function() { assert.ok(childExitCode == 0); });