Markdown metadata as an object itself. Separating it at creation needs to be implemented.

src/MiniDocs/Markdown.class.st

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ Class {
 	#superclass : #Object,
 	#instVars : [
 		'contents',
-		'file'
+		'file',
+		'metadata'
 	],
 	#category : #MiniDocs
 }
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Markdown >> fromFile: aFileReference [
 { #category : #'instance creation' }
 Markdown >> fromString: markdownString [
 	self contents: markdownString.
+	self populateMetadata
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }
@@ -130,12 +132,25 @@ Markdown >> lines [
 
 { #category : #accessing }
 Markdown >> metadata [
+	
+	^ metadata ifNil: [ metadata := Dictionary new].
+
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+Markdown >> metadata: rawMeta [ 
+
+	metadata := rawMeta
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+Markdown >> populateMetadata [
 	| rawMeta |
 	rawMeta := MiniDocs yamlToJson: self yamlMetadataString.
 	rawMeta associationsDo: [ :assoc | 
 		assoc value = 'false' ifTrue: [ assoc value: false ].
 		assoc value = 'true' ifTrue: [ assoc value: true ] ].
-	^ rawMeta 
+	self metadata:  rawMeta 
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }