First commit. Not even working prototype yet.

halyde/lib/component.lua

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+local componentlib = {}
+
+function componentlib.get(address)
+  checkArg(1, address, "string")
+  assert(#address >= 3, "abbreviated address must be at least 3 characters long")
+  local components = component.list()
+  for currentAddress, name in pairs(components) do
+    if currentAddress:find("^" .. address) then
+      return(currentAddress)
+    end
+  end
+  return nil, "full address not found"
+end
+
+componentlib.invoke = component.invoke
+
+return(componentlib)