Rolled-back PR #103 to address some implementation problems

Author: JamesMessinger

docs/options.md

@@ -74,6 +74,3 @@ The `dereference` options control how JSON Schema $Ref Parser will dereference `
 |Option(s)             |Type                |Description
 |:---------------------|:-------------------|:------------
 |`circular`|`boolean` or `"ignore"`|Determines whether [circular `$ref` pointers](README.md#circular-refs) are handled.<br><br>If set to `false`, then a `ReferenceError` will be thrown if the schema contains any circular references.<br><br> If set to `"ignore"`, then circular references will simply be ignored.  No error will be thrown, but the [`$Refs.circular`](refs.md#circular) property will still be set to `true`.
-|`saveOriginalRefs`    | `boolean`          | If set to true `dereference` will preserve information about original
-`$ref` in the object metadata which can be later retrieved using [`$RefParser.getMetadata`](ref-parser.md#getmetadata)
- 

docs/ref-parser.md

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ This is the default export of JSON Schema $Ref Parser.  You can creates instance
 - [`schema`](#schema)
 - [`$refs`](#refs)
 
-##### Static Methods
-- [`getMetadata()`](#getmetadata)
-
 ##### Methods
 - [`dereference()`](#dereferenceschema-options-callback)
 - [`bundle()`](#bundleschema-options-callback)
@@ -49,24 +46,6 @@ parser.dereference("my-schema.json")
   });
 ```
 
-### `getMetadata()`
-
-Extracts metadata saved by [`dereference`](#dereferenceschema-options-callback).
-
-When using [`dereference`](#dereferenceschema-options-callback) information about original `$ref` is lost. To preserve it [`dereference.saveOriginalRefs`](options.md#dereference-options) option can be used.
-
-```js
-// var obj = dereferenced value
-var meta = $RefParser.getMetadata(obj.properties.a)
-```
-
-Metadata object contains the following information:
-
-- `$ref` - original `$ref`
-- `pathFromRoot` - path from the root of the document
-- `path` - absolute path
-
-
 
 ### `dereference(schema, [options], [callback])`
 

lib/dereference.js

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 var $Ref = require('./ref'),
     Pointer = require('./pointer'),
     ono = require('ono'),
-    url = require('./util/url'),
-    setMetadata = require('./util/meta').setMetadata;
+    url = require('./util/url');
 
 module.exports = dereference;
 
@@ -126,14 +125,6 @@ function dereference$Ref ($ref, path, pathFromRoot, parents, $refs, options) {
     dereferencedValue.$ref = pathFromRoot;
   }
 
-  if (options.dereference.saveOriginalRefs) {
-    setMetadata(dereferencedValue, {
-      $ref: $ref.$ref,
-      path: path,
-      pathFromRoot: pathFromRoot,
-    });
-  }
-
   return {
     circular: circular,
     value: dereferencedValue

lib/index.js

@@ -8,15 +8,11 @@ var Options = require('./options'),
     bundle = require('./bundle'),
     dereference = require('./dereference'),
     url = require('./util/url'),
-    getMetadata = require('./util/meta').getMetadata,
-    setMetadata = require('./util/meta').setMetadata,
     maybe = require('call-me-maybe'),
     ono = require('ono');
 
 module.exports = $RefParser;
 module.exports.YAML = require('./util/yaml');
-module.exports.getMetadata = getMetadata;
-module.exports.setMetdata = setMetadata;
 
 /**
  * This class parses a JSON schema, builds a map of its JSON references and their resolved values,