# UCAST JavaScript
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This package is a part of [ucast] ecosystem. It provides interpreter that can execute conditions AST in JavaScript against any JavaScript object.
[ucast]: https://github.com/stalniy/ucast
## Installation
```sh
npm i @ucast/js
# or
yarn add @ucast/js
# or
pnpm add @ucast/js
```
## Getting Started
### Interpret conditions AST
First of all, you need AST to interpret it. For the sake of an example, we will create it manually:
```js
import { CompoundCondition, FieldCondition } from '@ucast/core';
import { interpret } from '@ucast/js';
// x > 5 && y < 10
const condition = new CompoundCondition('and', [
new FieldCondition('gt', 'x', 5),
new FieldCondition('lt', 'y', 10),
]);
interpret(condition, { x: 2, y: 1 }); // false
interpret(condition, { x: 6, y: 7 }); // true
```
The default `interpret` function:
* supports the next operators, implemented according to [MongoDB query language](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/query/):
* `eq`, `ne`
* `lt`, `lte`
* `gt`, `gte`
* `within` (the same as `in` but `in` is a reserved word in JavaScript), `nin`
* `all`
* `regex`
* `or`, `nor`, `and`, `not`
* `exists`
* `size`
* `mod`
* `where`,
* `elemMatch`
* supports dot notation to access nested object property values in conditions:
```js
const condition = new FieldCondition('eq', 'address.street', 'some street');
interpret(condition, { address: { street: 'another street' } }); // false
```
* compare values by strict equality, so variables that reference objects are equal only if they are references to the same object:
```js
const address = { street: 'test' };
const condition = new FieldCondition('eq', 'address', address);
interpret(condition, { address }) // true
interpret(condition, { address: { street: 'test' } }) // false, objects are compared by strict equality
```
### Custom interpreter
Sometimes you may want to reduce (or restrict) amount of supported operators (e.g., to utilize tree-shaking and reduce bundle size). To do this you can create a custom interpreter manually:
```js
import { FieldCondition } from '@ucast/core';
import { createJsInterpreter, eq, lt, gt } from '@ucast/js';
// supports only $eq, $lt and $gt operators
const interpret = createJsInterpreter({ eq, lt, gt });
const condition = new FieldCondition('in', 'x', [1, 2]);
interpret(condition, { x: 1 }) // throws Error, `$in` is not supported
```
### Custom object matching
You can also provide a custom `get` or `compare` function. So, you can implement custom logic to get object's property or to compare values. `compare` is used everywhere equality or comparison is required (e.g., in `$in`, `$lt`, `$gt`). This function must return `1` if `a > b`, `-1` if `a < b` and `0` if `a === b`.
Let's enhance our interpreter to support deep object comparison using [lodash]:
```js
import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
import { createJsInterpreter, allInterpreters, compare } from '@ucast/js';
const interpret = createJsInterpreter(allInterpreters, {
compare(a, b) {
if (typeof a === typeof b && typeof a === 'object' && isEqual(a, b)) {
return 0;
}
return compare(a, b);
}
});
const condition = new FieldCondition('eq', 'x', { active: true });
interpret(condition, { x: { active: true } }); // true
```
### Custom Operator Interpreter
Any operator is just a function that accepts 3 parameters and returns boolean result. To see how to implement this function let's create `$type` interpreter that checks object property type using `typeof` operator:
```js
import { createJsInterpreter } from '@ucast/js';
function type(condition, object, { get }) {
return typeof get(object, condition.field) === condition.value;
}
const interpret = createJsInterpreter({ type });
const condition = new FieldCondition('type', 'x', 'number');
interpret(condition, { x: 1 }); // true
```
**Pay attention** that object property is got by using `get` function. Make sure that you always use `get` function in custom operators to get object's property value, otherwise your operator will not support dot notation.
## Want to help?
Want to file a bug, contribute some code, or improve documentation? Excellent! Read up on guidelines for [contributing]
## License
[Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
[contributing]: https://github.com/stalniy/ucast/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md