nedb/lib/model.js

/**
 * Handle models (i.e. docs)
 * Serialization/deserialization
 * Copying
 */

var dateToJSON = function () { return { $$date: this.getTime() }; }
  , originalDateToJSON = Date.prototype.toJSON
  , util = require('util')
  , _ = require('underscore')
  , modifierFunctions = {}
  , comparisonFunctions = {}
  , logicalOperators = {}
  ;


/**
 * Check a key, throw an error if the key is non valid
 * @param {String} k key
 * @param {Model} v value, needed to treat the Date edge case
 * Non-treatable edge cases here: if part of the object if of the form { $$date: number } or { $$deleted: true }
 * Its serialized-then-deserialized version it will transformed into a Date object
 * But you really need to want it to trigger such behaviour, even when warned not to use '$' at the beginning of the field names...
 */
function checkKey (k, v) {
  if (k[0] === '$' && !(k === '$$date' && typeof v === 'number') && !(k === '$$deleted' && v === true)) {
    throw 'Field names cannot begin with the $ character';
  }

  if (k.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
    throw 'Field names cannot contain a .';
  }
}


/**
 * Check a DB object and throw an error if it's not valid
 * Works by applying the above checkKey function to all fields recursively
 */
function checkObject (obj) {
  if (util.isArray(obj)) {
    obj.forEach(function (o) {
      checkObject(o);
    });
  }

  if (typeof obj === 'object') {
    Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (k) {
      checkKey(k, obj[k]);
      checkObject(obj[k]);
    });
  }
}


/**
 * Serialize an object to be persisted to a one-line string
 * For serialization/deserialization, we use the native JSON parser and not eval or Function
 * That gives us less freedom but data entered in the database may come from users
 * so eval and the like are not safe
 * Accepted primitive types: Number, String, Boolean, Date, null
 * Accepted secondary types: Objects, Arrays
 */
function serialize (obj) {
  var res;

  // Keep track of the fact that this is a Date object
  Date.prototype.toJSON = dateToJSON;

  res = JSON.stringify(obj, function (k, v) {
    checkKey(k, v);

    if (typeof v === undefined) { return null; }
    if (typeof v === 'string' || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'boolean' || v === null) { return v; }

    return v;
  });

  // Return Date to its original state
  Date.prototype.toJSON = originalDateToJSON;

  return res;
}


/**
 * From a one-line representation of an object generate by the serialize function
 * Return the object itself
 */
function deserialize (rawData) {
  return JSON.parse(rawData, function (k, v) {
    if (k === '$$date') { return new Date(v); }
    if (typeof v === 'string' || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'boolean' || v === null) { return v; }
    if (v && v.$$date) { return v.$$date; }

    return v;
  });
}


/**
 * Deep copy a DB object
 */
function deepCopy (obj) {
  var res;

  if ( typeof obj === 'boolean' ||
       typeof obj === 'number' ||
       typeof obj === 'string' ||
       obj === null ||
       (obj && obj.constructor && obj.constructor.name === 'Date') ) {
    return obj;
  }

  if (obj instanceof Array) {
    res = [];
    obj.forEach(function (o) { res.push(o); });
    return res;
  }

  if (typeof obj === 'object') {
    res = {};
    Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (k) {
      res[k] = deepCopy(obj[k]);
    });
    return res;
  }

  return undefined;   // For now everything else is undefined. We should probably throw an error instead
}


/**
 * Utility functions for comparing things
 * Assumes type checking was already done (a and b already have the same type)
 * compareNSB works for numbers, strings and booleans
 */
function compareNSB (a, b) {
  if (a < b) { return -1; }
  if (a > b) { return 1; }
  return 0;
}

function compareArrays (a, b) {
  var i, comp;

  for (i = 0; i < Math.min(a.length, b.length); i += 1) {
    comp = compareThings(a[i], b[i]);

    if (comp !== 0) { return comp; }
  }

  // Common section was identical, longest one wins
  return compareNSB(a.length, b.length);
}


/**
 * Compare things
 * Things are defined as any native types (string, number, boolean, null, date) and objects
 * In the case of objects and arrays, we compare the serialized versions
 * If two objects dont have the same type, the (arbitrary) type hierarchy is: null, number, strings, boolean, dates, arrays, objects
 * Return -1 if a < b, 1 if a > b and 0 if a = b (note that equality here is NOT the same as defined in areThingsEqual!)
 */
function compareThings (a, b) {
  // null is less than everything except null
  if (a === null) { return b === null ? 0 : -1; }
  if (b === null) { return a === null ? 0 : 1; }

  // Numbers
  if (typeof a === 'number') { return typeof b === 'number' ? compareNSB(a, b) : -1; }
  if (typeof b === 'number') { return typeof a === 'number' ? compareNSB(a, b) : 1; }

  // Strings
  if (typeof a === 'string') { return typeof b === 'string' ? compareNSB(a, b) : -1; }
  if (typeof b === 'string') { return typeof a === 'string' ? compareNSB(a, b) : 1; }

  // Booleans
  if (typeof a === 'boolean') { return typeof b === 'boolean' ? compareNSB(a, b) : -1; }
  if (typeof b === 'boolean') { return typeof a === 'boolean' ? compareNSB(a, b) : 1; }

  // Dates
  if (util.isDate(a)) { return util.isDate(b) ? compareNSB(a.getTime(), b.getTime()) : -1; }
  if (util.isDate(b)) { return util.isDate(a) ? compareNSB(a.getTime(), b.getTime()) : 1; }

  // Arrays (first element is most significant and so on)
  if (util.isArray(a)) { return util.isArray(b) ? compareArrays(a, b) : -1; }
  if (util.isArray(b)) { return util.isArray(a) ? compareArrays(a, b) : 1; }
}



// ==============================================================
// Updating documents
// ==============================================================

/**
 * Set field to value in a model
 * Create it if it doesn't exist
 * @param {Object} obj The model to set a field for
 * @param {String} field Can contain dots, in that case that means we will set a subfield recursively
 * @param {Model} value
 */
modifierFunctions.$set = function (obj, field, value) {
  var fieldParts = typeof field === 'string' ? field.split('.') : field;

  if (fieldParts.length === 1) {
    obj[fieldParts[0]] = value;
  } else {
    obj[fieldParts[0]] = obj[fieldParts[0]] || {};
    modifierFunctions.$set(obj[fieldParts[0]], fieldParts.slice(1), value);
  }
};


/**
 * Increase (or decrease) a 'number' field
 * Create and initialize it if needed
 * @param {Object} obj The model to set a field for
 * @param {String} field Can contain dots, in that case that means we will set a subfield recursively
 * @param {Model} value
 */
modifierFunctions.$inc = function (obj, field, value) {
  var fieldParts = typeof field === 'string' ? field.split('.') : field;

  if (typeof value !== 'number') { throw value + " must be a number"; }

  if (fieldParts.length === 1) {
    if (typeof obj[fieldParts[0]] !== 'number') {
      if (!_.has(obj, fieldParts[0])) {
        obj[fieldParts[0]] = value;
      } else {
        throw "Don't use the $inc modifier on non-number fields";
      }
    } else {
      obj[fieldParts[0]] += value;
    }
  } else {
    obj[fieldParts[0]] = obj[fieldParts[0]] || {};
    modifierFunctions.$inc(obj[fieldParts[0]], fieldParts.slice(1), value);
  }
};


/**
 * Modify a DB object according to an update query
 * For now the updateQuery only replaces the object
 */
function modify (obj, updateQuery) {
  var keys = Object.keys(updateQuery)
    , firstChars = _.map(keys, function (item) { return item[0]; })
    , dollarFirstChars = _.filter(firstChars, function (c) { return c === '$'; })
    , newDoc, modifiers
    ;

  if (keys.indexOf('_id') !== -1 && updateQuery._id !== obj._id) { throw "You cannot change a document's _id"; }

  if (dollarFirstChars.length !== 0 && dollarFirstChars.length !== firstChars.length) {
    throw "You cannot mix modifiers and normal fields";
  }

  if (dollarFirstChars.length === 0) {
    // Simply replace the object with the update query contents
    newDoc = deepCopy(updateQuery);
    newDoc._id = obj._id;
  } else {
    // Apply modifiers
    modifiers = _.uniq(keys);
    newDoc = deepCopy(obj);
    modifiers.forEach(function (m) {
      var keys;

      if (!modifierFunctions[m]) { throw "Unknown modifier " + m; }

      try {
        keys = Object.keys(updateQuery[m]);
      } catch (e) {
        throw "Modifier " + m + "'s argument must be an object";
      }

      keys.forEach(function (k) {
        modifierFunctions[m](newDoc, k, updateQuery[m][k]);
      });
    });
  }

  // Check result is valid and return it
  checkObject(newDoc);
  if (obj._id !== newDoc._id) { throw "You can't change a document's _id"; }
  return newDoc;
};


// ==============================================================
// Finding documents
// ==============================================================

/**
 * Get a value from object with dot notation
 * @param {Object} obj
 * @param {String} field
 */
function getDotValue (obj, field) {
  var fieldParts = typeof field === 'string' ? field.split('.') : field;

  if (!obj) { return undefined; }   // field cannot be empty so that means we should return undefined so that nothing can match

  if (fieldParts.length === 1) {
    return obj[fieldParts[0]];
  } else {
    return getDotValue(obj[fieldParts[0]], fieldParts.slice(1));
  }
}


/**
 * Check whether 'things' are equal
 * Things are defined as any native types (string, number, boolean, null, date) and objects
 * In the case of object, we check deep equality
 * Returns true if they are, false otherwise
 */
function areThingsEqual (a, b) {
  var aKeys , bKeys , i;

  // Strings, booleans, numbers, null
  if (a === null || typeof a === 'string' || typeof a === 'boolean' || typeof a === 'number' ||
      b === null || typeof b === 'string' || typeof b === 'boolean' || typeof b === 'number') { return a === b; }

  // Dates
  if (util.isDate(a) || util.isDate(b)) { return util.isDate(a) && util.isDate(b) && a.getTime() === b.getTime(); }

  // Arrays (no match since arrays are used as a $in)
  // undefined (no match since they mean field doesn't exist and can't be serialized)
  if (util.isArray(a) || util.isArray(b) || a === undefined || b === undefined) { return false; }

  // Objects (check for deep equality)
  // a and b should be objects at this point
  try {
    aKeys = Object.keys(a);
    bKeys = Object.keys(b);
  } catch (e) {
    return false;
  }

  if (aKeys.length !== bKeys.length) { return false; }
  for (i = 0; i < aKeys.length; i += 1) {
    if (bKeys.indexOf(aKeys[i]) === -1) { return false; }
    if (!areThingsEqual(a[aKeys[i]], b[aKeys[i]])) { return false; }
  }
  return true;
}


/**
 * Check that two values are comparable
 */
function areComparable (a, b) {
  if (typeof a !== 'string' && typeof a !== 'number' && !util.isDate(a) &&
      typeof b !== 'string' && typeof b !== 'number' && !util.isDate(b)) {
    return false;
  }

  if (typeof a !== typeof b) { return false; }

  return true;
}


/**
 * Arithmetic and comparison operators
 * @param {Native value} a Value in the object
 * @param {Native value} b Value in the query
 */
comparisonFunctions.$lt = function (a, b) {
  return areComparable(a, b) && a < b;
};

comparisonFunctions.$lte = function (a, b) {
  return areComparable(a, b) && a <= b;
};

comparisonFunctions.$gt = function (a, b) {
  return areComparable(a, b) && a > b;
};

comparisonFunctions.$gte = function (a, b) {
  return areComparable(a, b) && a >= b;
};

comparisonFunctions.$ne = function (a, b) {
  if (!a) { return true; }
  return !areThingsEqual(a, b);
};

comparisonFunctions.$in = function (a, b) {
  var i;

  if (!util.isArray(b)) { throw "$in operator called with a non-array"; }

  for (i = 0; i < b.length; i += 1) {
    if (areThingsEqual(a, b[i])) { return true; }
  }

  return false;
};

comparisonFunctions.$nin = function (a, b) {
  if (!util.isArray(b)) { throw "$nin operator called with a non-array"; }

  return !comparisonFunctions.$in(a, b);
};


/**
 * Match any of the subqueries
 * @param {Model} obj
 * @param {Array of Queries} query
 */
logicalOperators.$or = function (obj, query) {
  var i;

  if (!util.isArray(query)) { throw "$or operator used without an array"; }

  for (i = 0; i < query.length; i += 1) {
    if (match(obj, query[i])) { return true; }
  }

  return false;
};


/**
 * Match all of the subqueries
 * @param {Model} obj
 * @param {Array of Queries} query
 */
logicalOperators.$and = function (obj, query) {
  var i;

  if (!util.isArray(query)) { throw "$and operator used without an array"; }

  for (i = 0; i < query.length; i += 1) {
    if (!match(obj, query[i])) { return false; }
  }

  return true;
};


/**
 * Inverted match of the query
 * @param {Model} obj
 * @param {Query} query
 */
logicalOperators.$not = function (obj, query) {
  return !match(obj, query);
};


/**
 * Tell if a given document matches a query
 * @param {Object} obj Document to check
 * @param {Object} query
 */
function match (obj, query) {
  var queryKeys = Object.keys(query)
    , i
    ;

  for (i = 0; i < queryKeys.length; i += 1) {
    if (!matchQueryPart(obj, queryKeys[i], query[queryKeys[i]])) { return false; }
  }

  return true;
};


/**
 * Match an object against a specific { key: value } part of a query
 */
function matchQueryPart (obj, queryKey, queryValue) {
  var objValue = getDotValue(obj, queryKey)
    , i
    , keys, firstChars, dollarFirstChars
    ;

  // Query part begins with a logical operator: apply it
  if (queryKey[0] === '$') {
    if (!logicalOperators[queryKey]) { throw "Unknown logical operator " + queryKey; }

    return logicalOperators[queryKey](obj, queryValue);
  }

  // Check if the object value is an array treat it as an array of { obj, query }
  // Where there needs to be at least one match
  if (util.isArray(objValue)) {
    for (i = 0; i < objValue.length; i += 1) {
      if (matchQueryPart({ k: objValue[i] }, 'k', queryValue)) { return true; }   // k here could be any string
    }
    return false;
  }

  // queryValue is an actual object. Determine whether it contains comparison operators
  // or only normal fields. Mixed objects are not allowed
  if (queryValue !== null && typeof queryValue === 'object') {
    keys = Object.keys(queryValue);
    firstChars = _.map(keys, function (item) { return item[0]; })
    dollarFirstChars = _.filter(firstChars, function (c) { return c === '$'; })

    if (dollarFirstChars.length !== 0 && dollarFirstChars.length !== firstChars.length) {
      throw "You cannot mix operators and normal fields";
    }

    // queryValue is an object of this form: { $comparisonOperator1: value1, ... }
    if (dollarFirstChars.length > 0) {
      for (i = 0; i < keys.length; i += 1) {
        if (!comparisonFunctions[keys[i]]) { throw "Unknown comparison function " + keys[i]; }

        if (!comparisonFunctions[keys[i]](objValue, queryValue[keys[i]])) { return false; }
      }
      return true;
    }
  }

  // queryValue is either a native value or a normal object
  // Simple matching is possible
  if (!areThingsEqual(objValue, queryValue)) { return false; }

  return true;
}


// Interface
module.exports.serialize = serialize;
module.exports.deserialize = deserialize;
module.exports.deepCopy = deepCopy;
module.exports.checkObject = checkObject;
module.exports.modify = modify;
module.exports.getDotValue = getDotValue;
module.exports.match = match;
module.exports.areThingsEqual = areThingsEqual;
module.exports.compareThings = compareThings;