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$.when apply for single request

I am trying to use $.when apply in my code. However, it seems that the format return is different for single and multiple request. How can i cater for it?? I am trying not to have another if else outside of it.
$.when.apply(null, apiRequestList).then(function () {
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var value = arguments[0];
}
});
This is what i do not want to do.
if (apiRequestList.length === 1) {
$.ajax({
});
} else {
$.when.apply(null, apiRequestList).then(function () {
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var value = arguments[0];
}
});
}

You can simply convert arguments into an array, when the length of apiRequestList is 1:
$.when.apply(null, apiRequestList).then(function() {
var _arguments = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
if (Array.isArray(apiRequestList) && apiRequestList.length === 1)
_arguments = [arguments];
for (var i = 0; i < _arguments.length; i++) {
var value = _arguments[i][0];
console.log(value);
}
});
Live Example on jsFiddle (since we can't do ajax on Stack Snippets):
function x(a) {
return $.post("/echo/html/", {
html: "a = " + a,
delay: Math.random()
});
}
function doIt(apiRequestList) {
$.when.apply(null, apiRequestList).then(function() {
var _arguments = arguments;
if (Array.isArray(apiRequestList) && apiRequestList.length === 1)
_arguments = [arguments];
for (var i = 0; i < _arguments.length; i++) {
var value = _arguments[i][0];
console.log(value);
}
console.log("----");
});
}
doIt([x(1), x(2), x(3)]);
doIt([x(4)]);
Example output (it'll vary because of the Math.random()):
a = 4
----
a = 1
a = 2
a = 3
----

JS Module Security

Recently finished a module of which is supposed to track the inventory of a store. Upon completion, the project was returned to me because the security of the internal information is lacking, e.g. test cases allow modification of the inventory and such.
Module:
'use strict';
let obj = {};
let list = [];
let sortedList = [];
obj.addItem = function(name, price) {
let item = {name:name, price:price};
list.push(item);
};
obj.items = function(){
let sortList = list;
let completeSort = sortList.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.price - b.price;
});
completeSort.forEach(function (itemObject) {
sortedList.push(itemObject);
});
return completeSort;
};
obj.getMostExpensive = function() {
let sortList = list;
let completeSort = sortList.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.price - b.price;
});
completeSort.forEach(function (itemObject) {
sortedList.push(itemObject);
});
let hCostIndex = (sortedList.length) - 1;
let mostExpensive = sortedList[hCostIndex];
return mostExpensive;
};
obj.getLeastExpensive = function() {
let sortList = list;
let completeSort = sortList.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.price - b.price;
});
completeSort.forEach(function (itemObject) {
sortedList.push(itemObject);
});
let lCostIndex = sortedList[0];
let leastExpensive = lCostIndex;
return leastExpensive;
};
obj.removeItem = function(name) {
let index = 0;
list.forEach(function(item) {
if(item.name == name){
index = list.indexOf(item);
if (index >= 0){
list.splice(index, 1);
}
}
});
};
obj.getItemByName = function(name) {
for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
if(list[i].name == name){
return list[i];
}
}
};
obj.getItemByPrice = function(price) {
for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
if(list[i].price == price){
return list[i];
}
}
};
module.exports = obj;
The problem mainly is that the items function and my other functions that return an inventory item can be used to modify the inventory information, and I don't know how to prevent that from happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT--
I believe I've fixed it, given the answers I've been provided. Should this change to the item function fix the issue?
obj.items = function(){
let sortedList = [];
let completeSort = list.sort(function(a, b) {
return a.price - b.price;
});
completeSort.forEach(function (itemObject) {
sortedList.push(itemObject);
});
return sortedList;
};

Remove elements from inside Array prototype

I'm trying to extend js native array inside angular service to add some extra features without prototyping global objects.
app.factory('Collection', function($http, $q) {
var Collection = function(arr) {
this.key = 'id';
this._last = 0;
this._first = 77777777; //just big number.
this.append(arr);
}
Collection.prototype = new Array;
Collection.prototype.orderBy = function(n, reverse) {
if (reverse) {
this.sort(function(a, b) {
return b[n] - a[n];
})
} else {
this.sort(function(a, b) {
return a[n] - b[n];
})
}
}
Collection.prototype.spliceBy = function(key, val) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
if (this[i][key] !== val) {
this.splice(i, 1); ///THIS NEVER HAPPENS !!
console.log('removed ' + i + ' from ', this);
}
}
}
Collection.prototype.subset = function(key, val) {
return this.filter(function(v) {
return (v[key] === val);
});
}
Collection.prototype.add = function(obj) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
if (this[i][this.key] > this._last) {
this._last = this[i][this.key];
}
if (this[i][this.key] < this._first) {
this._first = this[i][this.key];
}
if (this[i][this.key] === data[this.key]) {
if (override) {
this[i] = data;
console.log('updated uniquePush');
}
return i;
break;
}
}
var id = this.push(data) - 1;
data._index = id;
return id;
}
return collection
});
This is working fine except for the spliceBy function.
I need to filter out elements that does not have value = x;
For example in my controller
.controller(function($scope,Collection){
$scope.posts = new Collection;
$scope.posts.add({id:1,type:'post'});
$scope.posts.add({id:2,type:'comment'});
//Collection is now [{id:1,type:post},{id:2,type:comment}];
//i want to remove all comments from array
$scope.posts.spliceBy('type','comment');
});
Yet nothing happens when calling spliceBy :*(

The spliceBy function will not work if you have two elements to remove in a row, because splice is updating the indexes from i to array.length. Try this instead:
Collection.prototype.spliceBy = function(key, val) {
var i = this.length;
while (i--) {
if (this[i][key] !== val) {
this.splice(i, 1); ///THIS NEVER HAPPENS !!
console.log('removed ' + i + ' from ', this);
}
}
}

Can this function be re-written recursively or more cleanly?

This function match sets an attribute (collapsed) to true or false depending on
the value of a string :
function match(children) {
var data = $scope.treeData
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var s = data[i]
for (var i2 = 0; i2 < s.children.length; i2++) {
var s2 = s.children[i2]
for (var i3 = 0; i3 < s2.children.length; i3++) {
for (var i4 = 0; i4 < s2.children[i3].children.length; i4++) {
var text = "";
if ($scope.searchText == undefined) {
text = ""
} else {
text = $scope.searchText
}
if (s2.children[i3].children[i4].label
.toLowerCase() === text.toLowerCase()) {
s2.children[i3].collapsed = false
}
}
}
}
}
}
Excluding the bad use of variable names i3,i2 etc is there a cleaner method ?
As the inner most loop requires access to the outer loop can recursion still be used ?
Update :
Data structure :
[{"label":"test","collapsed":false,"children":[{"label":"test","collapsed":false,"children":[],"$$hashKey":"002"}],"$$hashKey":"001"}]
Update 2 :
Using a recursive function but the string 'test' is not being matched :
http://jsfiddle.net/U3pVM/19196/
fiddle src :
<div ng-app>
<h2>Todo</h2>
<div ng-controller="TodoCtrl">
</div>
</div>
function TodoCtrl($scope) {
var json = [{"label":"test","collapsed":false,"children":[{"label":"test","collapsed":false,"children":[],"$$hashKey":"002"}],"$$hashKey":"001"}]
var searchText = 'test'
function match(node, searchText){
angular.forEach(node.children, function(idx, child){
node.collapsed = child.label.toLowerCase === searchText.toLowerCase
console.log(node.collapsed)
if(child.children.length > 0){
match(child, searchText);
}
});
}
match(json, searchText);
}

Please try this :
function match2(obj) {
if (obj.children) {
for (var i = 0; i < obj.children.length; i++) {
match2(obj.children[i]);
}
}
else {
var text = $scope.searchText ? $scope.searchText : "";
if (obj.label
.toLowerCase() === text.toLowerCase()) {
obj.collapsed = false
}
}

Your JSFiddle is very nearly there. I made a couple of changes for this working JSFiddle.
First, you were passing an array into match and not an object. I changed your json variable to be json instead by removing the outer [], but you could also have fixed this by passing in json[0].
The other change was that you had the two parameters, child and idx, were the wrong way round.
function match(node, searchText){
angular.forEach(node.children, function(child, idx){
node.collapsed = child.label.toLowerCase === searchText.toLowerCase
console.log(node.collapsed)
if(child.children.length > 0){
match(child, searchText);
}
});
}
Here's another way of doing it, using some:
function match (node, searchText) {
node.collapsed = node.children.some(function(child) {
return child.label.toLowerCase === searchText.toLowerCase;
});
angular.forEach(node.children, function(child, idx){
match(child, searchText);
})
}

I think something like this may work for you. I don't know anything about angular there might be something there that would make it easier.
var searchText = ($scope.searchText == undefined) ? "": $scope.searchText;
match($scope.treeData, searchText);
function match(node, searchText){
$.each(node.children, function(idx, child){
node.collapsed = child.label.toLowerCase === searchText.toLowerCase
if(child.children.length > 0){
match(child, searchText);
}
});
}

Javascript: Determine unknown array length and map dynamically

Going to do my best at explaining what I am trying to do.
I have two models, mine and an api response I am receiving. When the items api response comes in, I need to map it to my model and inserts all the items. This is simple of course. Heres the issue, I need to do so without really knowing what I am dealing with. My code will be passed in two strings, one of my models mapping path and one of the api response mapping path.
Here are the two paths
var myPath = "outputModel.items[].uniqueName"
var apiPath = "items[].name"
Basically FOR all items in apiPath, push into items in myPath and set to uniqueName
What it comes down to is that my code has NO idea when two items need to be mapped, or even if they contain an array or simple field to field paths. They could even contain multiple arrays, like this:
******************** EXAMPLE *************************
var items = [
{
name: "Hammer",
skus:[
{num:"12345qwert"}
]
},
{
name: "Bike",
skus:[
{num:"asdfghhj"},
{num:"zxcvbn"}
]
},
{
name: "Fork",
skus:[
{num:"0987dfgh"}
]
}
]
var outputModel = {
storeName: "",
items: [
{
name: "",
sku:""
}
]
};
outputModel.items[].name = items[].name;
outputModel.items[].sku = items[].skus[].num;
************************ Here is the expected result of above
var result = {
storeName: "",
items: [
{
name: "Hammer",
sku:"12345qwert"
},
{
name: "Bike",
sku:"asdfghhj"
},
{
name: "Bike",
sku:"zxcvbn"
},
{
name: "Fork",
sku:"0987dfgh" }
]
};
I will be given a set of paths for EACH value to be mapped. In the case above, I was handed two sets of paths because I am mapping two values. It would have to traverse both sets of arrays to create the single array in my model.
Question - How can I dynamically detect arrays and move the data around properly no matter what the two model paths look like? Possible?

So you have defined a little language to define some data addressing and manipulation rules. Let's think about an approach which will allow you to say
access(apiPath, function(value) { insert(myPath, value); }
The access function finds all the required items in apiPath, then calls back to insert, which inserts them into myPath. Our job is to write functions which create the access and insert functions; or, you could say, "compile" your little language into functions we can execute.
We will write "compilers" called make_accessor and make_inserter, as follows:
function make_accessor(program) {
return function(obj, callback) {
return function do_segment(obj, segments) {
var start = segments.shift() // Get first segment
var pieces = start.match(/(\w+)(\[\])?/); // Get name and [] pieces
var property = pieces[1];
var isArray = pieces[2]; // [] on end
obj = obj[property]; // drill down
if (!segments.length) { // last segment; callback
if (isArray) {
return obj.forEach(callback);
} else {
return callback(obj);
}
} else { // more segments; recurse
if (isArray) { // array--loop over elts
obj.forEach(function(elt) { do_segment(elt, segments.slice()); });
} else {
do_segment(obj, segments.slice()); // scalar--continue
}
}
}(obj, program.split('.'));
};
}
We can now make an accessor by calling make_accessor('items[].name').
Next, let's write the inserter:
function make_inserter(program) {
return function(obj, value) {
return function do_segment(obj, segments) {
var start = segments.shift() // Get first segment
var pieces = start.match(/(\w+)(\[\])?/); // Get name and [] pieces
var property = pieces[1];
var isArray = pieces[2]; // [] on end
if (segments.length) { // more segments
if (!obj[property]) {
obj[property] = isArray ? [] : {};
}
do_segment(obj, segments.slice());
} else { // last segment
obj[property] = value;
}
}(obj, program.split('.'));
};
}
Now, you can express your whole logic as
access = make_accessor('items[].name');
insert = make_inserter('outputModel.items[].uniqueName');
access(apiPath, function(val) { insert(myPath, val); });

As mentioned in the comments, there is no strict definition of the input format, it is hard to do it with perfect error handling and handle all corner cases.
Here is my lengthy implementation that works on your sample, but might fail for some other cases:
function merge_objects(a, b) {
var c = {}, attr;
for (attr in a) { c[attr] = a[attr]; }
for (attr in b) { c[attr] = b[attr]; }
return c;
}
var id = {
inner: null,
name: "id",
repr: "id",
type: "map",
exec: function (input) { return input; }
};
// set output field
function f(outp, mapper) {
mapper = typeof mapper !== "undefined" ? mapper : id;
var repr = "f("+outp+","+mapper.repr+")";
var name = "f("+outp;
return {
inner: mapper,
name: name,
repr: repr,
type: "map",
clone: function(mapper) { return f(outp, mapper); },
exec:
function (input) {
var out = {};
out[outp] = mapper.exec(input);
return out;
}
};
}
// set input field
function p(inp, mapper) {
var repr = "p("+inp+","+mapper.repr+")";
var name = "p("+inp;
return {
inner: mapper,
name: name,
repr: repr,
type: mapper.type,
clone: function(mapper) { return p(inp, mapper); },
exec: function (input) {
return mapper.exec(input[inp]);
}
};
}
// process array
function arr(mapper) {
var repr = "arr("+mapper.repr+")";
return {
inner: mapper,
name: "arr",
repr: repr,
type: mapper.type,
clone: function(mapper) { return arr(mapper); },
exec: function (input) {
var out = [];
for (var i=0; i<input.length; i++) {
out.push(mapper.exec(input[i]));
}
return out;
}
};
}
function combine(m1, m2) {
var type = (m1.type == "flatmap" || m2.type == "flatmap") ? "flatmap" : "map";
var repr = "combine("+m1.repr+","+m2.repr+")";
return {
inner: null,
repr: repr,
type: type,
name: "combine",
exec:
function (input) {
var out1 = m1.exec(input);
var out2 = m2.exec(input);
var out, i, j;
if (m1.type == "flatmap" && m2.type == "flatmap") {
out = [];
for (i=0; i<out1.length; i++) {
for (j=0; j<out2.length; j++) {
out.push(merge_objects(out1[i], out2[j]));
}
}
return out;
}
if (m1.type == "flatmap" && m2.type != "flatmap") {
out = [];
for (i=0; i<out1.length; i++) {
out.push(merge_objects(out1[i], out2));
}
return out;
}
if (m1.type != "flatmap" && m2.type == "flatmap") {
out = [];
for (i=0; i<out2.length; i++) {
out.push(merge_objects(out2[i], out1));
}
return out;
}
return merge_objects(out1, out2);
}
};
}
function flatmap(mapper) {
var repr = "flatmap("+mapper.repr+")";
return {
inner: mapper,
repr: repr,
type: "flatmap",
name: "flatmap",
clone: function(mapper) { return flatmap(mapper); },
exec:
function (input) {
var out = [];
for (var i=0; i<input.length; i++) {
out.push(mapper.exec(input[i]));
}
return out;
}
};
}
function split(s, t) {
var i = s.indexOf(t);
if (i == -1) return null;
else {
return [s.slice(0, i), s.slice(i+2, s.length)];
}
}
function compile_one(inr, outr) {
inr = (inr.charAt(0) == ".") ? inr.slice(1, inr.length) : inr;
outr = (outr.charAt(0) == ".") ? outr.slice(1, outr.length) : outr;
var box = split(inr, "[]");
var box2 = split(outr, "[]");
var m, ps, fs, i, j;
if (box == null && box2 == null) { // no array!
m = id;
ps = inr.split(".");
fs = outr.split(".");
for (i=0; i<fs.length; i++) { m = f(fs[i], m); }
for (j=0; j<ps.length; j++) { m = p(ps[j], m); }
return m;
}
if (box != null && box2 != null) { // array on both sides
m = arr(compile_one(box[1], box2[1]));
ps = box[0].split(".");
fs = box[0].split(".");
for (i=0; i<fs.length; i++) { m = f(fs[i], m); }
for (j=0; j<ps.length; j++) { m = p(ps[j], m); }
return m;
}
if (box != null && box2 == null) { // flatmap
m = flatmap(compile_one(box[1], outr));
ps = box[0].split(".");
for (j=0; j<ps.length; j++) { m = p(ps[j], m); }
return m;
}
return null;
}
function merge_rules(m1, m2) {
if (m1 == null) return m2;
if (m2 == null) return m1;
if (m1.name == m2.name && m1.inner != null) {
return m1.clone(merge_rules(m1.inner, m2.inner));
} else {
return combine(m1, m2);
}
}
var input = {
store: "myStore",
items: [
{name: "Hammer", skus:[{num:"12345qwert"}]},
{name: "Bike", skus:[{num:"asdfghhj"}, {num:"zxcvbn"}]},
{name: "Fork", skus:[{num:"0987dfgh"}]}
]
};
var m1 = compile_one("items[].name", "items[].name");
var m2 = compile_one("items[].skus[].num", "items[].sku");
var m3 = compile_one("store", "storeName");
var m4 = merge_rules(m3,merge_rules(m1, m2));
var out = m4.exec(input);
alert(JSON.stringify(out));

I have borrowed earlier answer and made improvements so as to solve both your examples and this should be generic. Though if you plan to run this sequencially with 2 sets of inputs, then the behavior will be as I have outlined in my comments to your original question.
var apiObj = {
items: [{
name: "Hammer",
skus: [{
num: "12345qwert"
}]
}, {
name: "Bike",
skus: [{
num: "asdfghhj"
}, {
num: "zxcvbn"
}]
}, {
name: "Fork",
skus: [{
num: "0987dfgh"
}]
}]
};
var myObj = { //Previously has values
storeName: "",
items: [{
uniqueName: ""
}],
outputModel: {
items: [{
name: "Hammer"
}]
}
};
/** Also works with this **
var myPath = "outputModel.items[].uniqueName";
var apiPath = "items[].name";
*/
var myPath = "outputModel.items[].sku";
var apiPath = "items[].skus[].num";
function make_accessor(program) {
return function (obj, callback) {
(function do_segment(obj, segments) {
var start = segments.shift() // Get first segment
var pieces = start.match(/(\w+)(\[\])?/); // Get name and [] pieces
var property = pieces[1];
var isArray = pieces[2]; // [] on end
obj = obj[property]; // drill down
if (!segments.length) { // last segment; callback
if (isArray) {
return obj.forEach(callback);
} else {
return callback(obj);
}
} else { // more segments; recurse
if (isArray) { // array--loop over elts
obj.forEach(function (elt) {
do_segment(elt, segments.slice());
});
} else {
do_segment(obj, segments.slice()); // scalar--continue
}
}
})(obj, program.split('.'));
};
}
function make_inserter(program) {
return function (obj, value) {
(function do_segment(obj, segments) {
var start = segments.shift() // Get first segment
var pieces = start.match(/(\w+)(\[\])?/); // Get name and [] pieces
var property = pieces[1];
var isArray = pieces[2]; // [] on end
if (segments.length) { // more segments
if (!obj[property]) {
obj[property] = isArray ? [] : {};
}
do_segment(obj[property], segments.slice());
} else { // last segment
if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
var addedInFor = false;
for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
if (!(property in obj[i])) {
obj[i][property] = value;
addedInFor = true;
break;
}
}
if (!addedInFor) {
var entry = {};
entry[property] = value;
obj.push(entry);
}
} else obj[property] = value;
}
})(obj, program.split('.'));
};
}
access = make_accessor(apiPath);
insert = make_inserter(myPath);
access(apiObj, function (val) {
insert(myObj, val);
});
console.log(myObj);

(old solution: https://jsfiddle.net/d7by0ywy/):
Here is my new generalized solution when you know the two objects to process in advance (called inp and out here). If you don't know them in advance you can use the trick in the old solution to assign the objects on both sides of = to inp and out (https://jsfiddle.net/uxdney3L/3/).
Restrictions: There has to be the same amount of arrays on both sides and an array has to contain objects. Othewise it would be ambiguous, you would have to come up with a better grammar to express rules (or why don't you have functions instead of rules?) if you want it to be more sophisticated.
Example of ambiguity: out.items[].sku=inp[].skus[].num Do you assign an array of the values of num to sku or do you assign an array of objects with the num property?
Data:
rules = [
'out.items[].name=inp[].name',
'out.items[].sku[].num=inp[].skus[].num'
];
inp = [{
'name': 'Hammer',
'skus':[{'num':'12345qwert','test':'ignore'}]
},{
'name': 'Bike',
'skus':[{'num':'asdfghhj'},{'num':'zxcvbn'}]
},{
'name': 'Fork',
'skus':[{'num':'0987dfgh'}]
}];
Program:
function process() {
if (typeof out == 'undefined') {
out = {};
}
var j, r;
for (j = 0; j < rules.length; j++) {
r = rules[j].split('=');
if (r.length != 2) {
console.log('invalid rule: symbol "=" is expected exactly once');
} else if (r[0].substr(0, 3) != 'out' || r[1].substr(0, 3) != 'inp') {
console.log('invalid rule: expected "inp...=out..."');
} else {
processRule(r[0].substr(3).split('[]'), r[1].substr(3).split('[]'), 0, inp, out);
}
}
}
function processRule(l, r, n, i, o) { // left, right, index, in, out
var t = r[n].split('.');
for (var j = 0; j < t.length; j++) {
if (t[j] != '') {
i = i[t[j]];
}
}
t = l[n].split('.');
if (n < l.length - 1) {
for (j = 0; j < t.length - 1; j++) {
if (t[j] != '') {
if (typeof o[t[j]] == 'undefined') {
o[t[j]] = {};
}
o = o[t[j]];
}
}
if (typeof o[t[j]] == 'undefined') {
o[t[j]] = [];
}
o = o[t[j]];
for (j = 0; j < i.length; j++) {
if (typeof o[j] == 'undefined') {
o[j] = {};
}
processRule(l, r, n + 1, i[j], o[j]);
}
} else {
for (j = 0; j < t.length - 1; j++) {
if (t[j] != '') {
if (typeof o[t[j]] == 'undefined') {
o[t[j]] = {};
}
o = o[t[j]];
}
}
o[t[j]] = i;
}
}
process();
console.log(out);

Well, an interesting problem. Programmatically constructing nested objects from a property accessor string (or the reverse) isn't much of a problem, even doing so with multiple descriptors in parallel. Where it does get complicated are arrays, which require iteration; and that isn't as funny any more when it gets to different levels on setter and getter sides and multiple descriptor strings in parallel.
So first we need to distinguish the array levels of each accessor description in the script, and parse the text:
function parse(script) {
return script.split(/\s*[;\r\n]+\s*/g).map(function(line) {
var assignment = line.split(/\s*=\s*/);
return assignment.length == 2 ? assignment : null; // console.warn ???
}).filter(Boolean).map(function(as) {
as = as.map(function(accessor) {
var parts = accessor.split("[]").map(function(part) {
return part.split(".");
});
for (var i=1; i<parts.length; i++) {
// assert(parts[i][0] == "")
var prev = parts[i-1][parts[i-1].length-1];
parts[i][0] = prev.replace(/s$/, ""); // singular :-)
}
return parts;
});
if (as[0].length == 1 && as[1].length > 1) // getter contains array but setter does not
as[0].unshift(["output"]); // implicitly return array (but better throw an error)
return {setter:as[0], getter:as[1]};
});
}
With that, the textual input can be made into a usable data structure, and now looks like this:
[{"setter":[["outputModel","items"],["item","name"]],
"getter":[["items"],["item","name"]]},
{"setter":[["outputModel","items"],["item","sku"]],
"getter":[["items"],["item","skus"],["sku","num"]]}]
The getters already transform nicely into nested loops like
for (item of items)
for (sku of item.skus)
… sku.num …;
and that's exactly where we are going to. Each of those rules is relatively easy to process, copying properties on objects and iterating array for array, but here comes our most crucial issue: We have multiple rules. The basic solution when we deal with iterating multiple arrays is to create their cartesian product and this is indeed what we will need. However, we want to restrict this a lot - instead of creating every combination of all names and all nums in the input, we want to group them by the item that they come from.
To do so, we'll build some kind of prefix tree for our output structure that'll contain generators of objects, each of those recursivley being a tree for the respective output substructure again.
function multiGroupBy(arr, by) {
return arr.reduce(function(res, x) {
var p = by(x);
(res[p] || (res[p] = [])).push(x);
return res;
}, {});
}
function group(rules) {
var paths = multiGroupBy(rules, function(rule) {
return rule.setter[0].slice(1).join(".");
});
var res = [];
for (var path in paths) {
var pathrules = paths[path],
array = [];
for (var i=0; i<pathrules.length; i++) {
var rule = pathrules[i];
var comb = 1 + rule.getter.length - rule.setter.length;
if (rule.setter.length > 1) // its an array
array.push({
generator: rule.getter.slice(0, comb),
next: {
setter: rule.setter.slice(1),
getter: rule.getter.slice(comb)
}
})
else if (rule.getter.length == 1 && i==0)
res.push({
set: rule.setter[0],
get: rule.getter[0]
});
else
console.error("invalid:", rule);
}
if (array.length)
res.push({
set: pathrules[0].setter[0],
cross: product(array)
});
}
return res;
}
function product(pathsetters) {
var groups = multiGroupBy(pathsetters, function(pathsetter) {
return pathsetter.generator[0].slice(1).join(".");
});
var res = [];
for (var genstart in groups) {
var creators = groups[genstart],
nexts = [],
nests = [];
for (var i=0; i<creators.length; i++) {
if (creators[i].generator.length == 1)
nexts.push(creators[i].next);
else
nests.push({path:creators[i].path, generator: creators[i].generator.slice(1), next:creators[i].next});
}
res.push({
get: creators[0].generator[0],
cross: group(nexts).concat(product(nests))
});
}
return res;
}
Now, our ruleset group(parse(script)) looks like this:
[{
"set": ["outputModel","items"],
"cross": [{
"get": ["items"],
"cross": [{
"set": ["item","name"],
"get": ["item","name"]
}, {
"get": ["item","skus"],
"cross": [{
"set": ["item","sku"],
"get": ["sku","num"]
}]
}]
}]
}]
and that is a structure we can actually work with, as it now clearly conveys the intention on how to match together all those nested arrays and the objects within them.
Let's dynamically interpret this, building an output for a given input:
function transform(structure, input, output) {
for (var i=0; i<structure.length; i++) {
output = assign(output, structure[i].set.slice(1), getValue(structure[i], input));
}
return output;
}
function retrieve(val, props) {
return props.reduce(function(o, p) { return o[p]; }, val);
}
function assign(obj, props, val) {
if (!obj)
if (!props.length) return val;
else obj = {};
for (var j=0, o=obj; j<props.length-1 && o!=null && o[props[j]]; o=o[props[j++]]);
obj[props[j]] = props.slice(j+1).reduceRight(function(val, p) {
var o = {};
o[p] = val;
return o;
}, val);
return obj;
}
function getValue(descriptor, input) {
if (descriptor.get) // && !cross
return retrieve(input, descriptor.get.slice(1));
var arr = [];
descriptor.cross.reduce(function horror(next, d) {
if (descriptor.set)
return function (inp, cb) {
next(inp, function(res){
cb(assign(res, d.set.slice(1), getValue(d, inp)));
});
};
else // its a crosser
return function(inp, cb) {
var g = retrieve(inp, d.get.slice(1)),
e = d.cross.reduce(horror, next)
for (var i=0; i<g.length; i++)
e(g[i], cb);
};
}, function innermost(inp, cb) {
cb(); // start to create an item
})(input, function(res) {
arr.push(res); // store the item
});
return arr;
}
And this does indeed work with
var result = transform(group(parse(script)), items); // your expected result
But we can do better, and much more performant:
function compile(structure) {
function make(descriptor) {
if (descriptor.get)
return {inputName: descriptor.get[0], output: descriptor.get.join(".") };
var outputName = descriptor.set[descriptor.set.length-1];
var loops = descriptor.cross.reduce(function horror(next, descriptor) {
if (descriptor.set)
return function(it, cb) {
return next(it, function(res){
res.push(descriptor)
return cb(res);
});
};
else // its a crosser
return function(it, cb) {
var arrName = descriptor.get[descriptor.get.length-1],
itName = String.fromCharCode(it);
var inner = descriptor.cross.reduce(horror, next)(it+1, cb);
return {
inputName: descriptor.get[0],
statement: (descriptor.get.length>1 ? "var "+arrName+" = "+descriptor.get.join(".")+";\n" : "")+
"for (var "+itName+" = 0; "+itName+" < "+arrName+".length; "+itName+"++) {\n"+
"var "+inner.inputName+" = "+arrName+"["+itName+"];\n"+
inner.statement+
"}\n"
};
};
}, function(_, cb) {
return cb([]);
})(105, function(res) {
var item = joinSetters(res);
return {
inputName: item.inputName,
statement: (item.statement||"")+outputName+".push("+item.output+");\n"
};
});
return {
statement: "var "+outputName+" = [];\n"+loops.statement,
output: outputName,
inputName: loops.inputName
};
}
function joinSetters(descriptors) {
if (descriptors.length == 1 && descriptors[0].set.length == 1)
return make(descriptors[0]);
var paths = multiGroupBy(descriptors, function(d){ return d.set[1] || console.error("multiple assignments on "+d.set[0], d); });
var statements = [],
inputName;
var props = Object.keys(paths).map(function(p) {
var d = joinSetters(paths[p].map(function(d) {
var names = d.set.slice(1);
names[0] = d.set[0]+"_"+names[0];
return {set:names, get:d.get, cross:d.cross};
}));
inputName = d.inputName;
if (d.statement)
statements.push(d.statement)
return JSON.stringify(p) + ": " + d.output;
});
return {
inputName: inputName,
statement: statements.join(""),
output: "{"+props.join(",")+"}"
};
}
var code = joinSetters(structure);
return new Function(code.inputName, code.statement+"return "+code.output+";");
}
So here is what you will get in the end:
> var example = compile(group(parse("outputModel.items[].name = items[].name;outputModel.items[].sku = items[].skus[].num;")))
function(items) {
var outputModel_items = [];
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var item = items[i];
var skus = item.skus;
for (var j = 0; j < skus.length; j++) {
var sku = skus[j];
outputModel_items.push({"name": item.name,"sku": sku.num});
}
}
return {"items": outputModel_items};
}
> var flatten = compile(group(parse("as[]=bss[][]")))
function(bss) {
var as = [];
for (var i = 0; i < bss.length; i++) {
var bs = bss[i];
for (var j = 0; j < bs.length; j++) {
var b = bs[j];
as.push(b);
}
}
return as;
}
> var parallelRecords = compile(group(parse("x.as[]=y[].a; x.bs[]=y[].b")))
function(y) {
var x_as = [];
for (var i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
var y = y[i];
x_as.push(y.a);
}
var x_bs = [];
for (var i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
var y = y[i];
x_bs.push(y.b);
}
return {"as": x_as,"bs": x_bs};
}
And now you can easily pass your input data to that dynamically created function and it will be transformed quite fast :-)