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24 changes: 13 additions & 11 deletions doc/api/module.md
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Expand Up @@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ It's possible to call `register` more than once:
// entrypoint.mjs
import { register } from 'node:module';

register('./first.mjs', import.meta.url);
register('./second.mjs', import.meta.url);
register('./foo.mjs', import.meta.url);
register('./bar.mjs', import.meta.url);
await import('./my-app.mjs');
```

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const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url');

const parentURL = pathToFileURL(__filename);
register('./first.mjs', parentURL);
register('./second.mjs', parentURL);
register('./foo.mjs', parentURL);
register('./bar.mjs', parentURL);
import('./my-app.mjs');
```

In this example, the registered hooks will form chains. If both `first.mjs` and
`second.mjs` define a `resolve` hook, both will be called, in the order they
were registered. The same applies to all the other hooks.
In this example, the registered hooks will form chains. These chains run
last-in, first out (LIFO). If both `foo.mjs` and `bar.mjs` define a `resolve`
hook, they will be called like so (note the right-to-left):
node's default ← `./foo.mjs` ← `./bar.mjs`. The same applies to all the other
hooks.

The registered hooks also affect `register` itself. In this example,
`second.mjs` will be resolved and loaded per the hooks registered by
`first.mjs`. This allows for things like writing hooks in non-JavaScript
languages, so long as an earlier registered loader is one that transpiles into
JavaScript.
`bar.mjs` will be resolved and loaded via the hooks registered by `foo.mjs`
(because `foo`'s hooks will have already been added to the chain). This allows
for things like writing hooks in non-JavaScript languages, so long as an
earlier registered loader is one that transpiles into JavaScript.

The `register` method cannot be called from within the module that defines the
hooks.
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