* Tons of work with menu/prompts refactoring -- more to come soon

* More work with menu/prompt accets

core/menu_util.js

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 //	ENiGMA½
 var moduleUtil			= require('./module_util.js');
 var Log					= require('./logger.js').log;
-var conf				= require('./config.js');
+var conf				= require('./config.js');	//	:TODO: remove me!
+var Config				= require('./config.js').config;
+var asset				= require('./asset.js');
+var theme				= require('./theme.js');
 
 var fs					= require('fs');
 var paths				= require('path');
@@ -17,7 +20,111 @@ var stripJsonComments	= require('strip-json-comments');
 exports.loadMenu		= loadMenu;
 exports.getFormConfig	= getFormConfig;
 
+
+function loadModJSON(fileName, cb) {
+	//	:TODO: really need to cache menu.json and prompt.json only reloading if they change - see chokidar & gaze npms
+	var filePath = paths.join(Config.paths.mods, fileName);
+
+	fs.readFile(filePath, { encoding : 'utf8' }, function jsonData(err, data) {
+		try {
+			var json = JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(data));
+			cb(null, json);
+		} catch(e) {
+			cb(e);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+function getMenuConfig(name, cb) {
+	var menuConfig;
+
+	async.waterfall(
+		[
+			function loadMenuJSON(callback) {
+				loadModJSON('menu.json', function loaded(err, menuJson) {
+					callback(err, menuJson);
+				});
+			},
+			function locateMenuConfig(menuJson, callback) {
+				if(_.isObject(menuJson[name])) {
+					menuConfig = menuJson[name];
+					callback(null);
+				} else {
+					callback(new Error('No menu entry for \'' + name + '\''));
+				}
+			},
+			function loadPromptJSON(callback) {
+				if(_.isString(menuConfig.prompt)) {
+					loadModJSON('prompt.json', function loaded(err, promptJson) {
+						callback(err, promptJson);
+					});
+				} else {
+					callback(null, null);
+				}
+			},
+			function locatePromptConfig(promptJson, callback) {
+				if(promptJson) {
+					if(_.isObject(promptJson[menuConfig.prompt])) {
+						menuConfig.promptConfig = promptJson[menuConfig.prompt];
+					} else {
+						callback(new Error('No prompt entry for \'' + menuConfig.prompt + '\''));
+						return;
+					}		
+				}
+				callback(null);
+			}			
+		],
+		function complete(err) {
+			cb(err, menuConfig);
+		}
+	);
+}
+
 function loadMenu(options, cb) {
+	assert(_.isObject(options));
+	assert(_.isString(options.name));
+	assert(_.isObject(options.client));	
+
+	async.waterfall(
+		[
+			function getMenuConfiguration(callback) {
+				getMenuConfig(options.name, function menuConfigLoaded(err, menuConfig) {
+					callback(err, menuConfig);
+				});
+			},
+			function loadMenuModule(menuConfig, callback) {
+				var moduleName = menuConfig.module || 'standard_menu';
+
+				moduleUtil.loadModule(moduleName, 'mods', function moduleLoaded(err, mod) {
+					var modData = {
+						name	: moduleName,
+						config	: menuConfig,
+						mod		: mod,
+					};
+
+					callback(err, modData);
+				});
+			},			
+			function createModuleInstance(modData, callback) {
+				Log.debug(
+					{ moduleName : modData.name, args : options.args, config : modData.config, info : modData.mod.modInfo },
+					'Creating menu module instance');
+
+				try {
+					var moduleInstance = new modData.mod.getModule( { menuConfig : modData.config, args : options.args } );
+					callback(null, moduleInstance);
+				} catch(e) {
+					callback(e);
+				}
+			}
+		],
+		function complete(err, modInst) {
+			cb(err, modInst);
+		}
+	);
+}
+
+function loadMenu2(options, cb) {
 
 	assert(options);
 	assert(options.name);
@@ -33,6 +140,7 @@ function loadMenu(options, cb) {
 
 	async.waterfall(
 		[
+			//	:TODO: Need a good way to cache this information & only (re)load if modified
 			function loadMenuConfig(callback) {
 				var configJsonPath = paths.join(conf.config.paths.mods, 'menu.json');