// We have the lossless transformation of the delta stream. // We want to enable transformations from the lossless view, // into various possible "lossy" views that combine or exclude some information. // // We can achieve this via functional expression, encoded as JSON-Logic. // Fields in the output can be described as transformations import Debug from 'debug'; import {CollapsedDelta, Lossless, LosslessViewMany, LosslessViewOne} from "./lossless"; import {DomainEntityID, Properties} from "./types"; import {DeltaFilter} from "./delta"; const debug = Debug('lossy'); export type LossyViewOne = { id: DomainEntityID; properties: T; }; export type LossyViewMany = { [key: DomainEntityID]: LossyViewOne; }; type Resolver = (losslessView: LosslessViewMany) => T; // Extract a particular value from a delta's pointers export function valueFromCollapsedDelta( delta: CollapsedDelta, key: string ): string | number | undefined { for (const pointer of delta.pointers) { for (const [k, value] of Object.entries(pointer)) { if (k === key && (typeof value === "string" || typeof value === "number")) { return value; } } } } // Example function for resolving a value for an entity by taking the first value we find export function firstValueFromLosslessViewOne( ent: LosslessViewOne, key: string ): { delta: CollapsedDelta, value: string | number } | undefined { debug(`trying to get value for ${key} from ${JSON.stringify(ent.properties[key])}`); for (const delta of ent.properties[key] || []) { const value = valueFromCollapsedDelta(delta, key); if (value) return {delta, value}; } } export class Lossy { lossless: Lossless; constructor(lossless: Lossless) { this.lossless = lossless; } // Using the lossless view of some given domain entities, // apply a filter to the deltas composing that lossless view, // and then apply a supplied resolver function which receives // the filtered lossless view as input. resolve(fn: Resolver, entityIds?: DomainEntityID[], deltaFilter?: DeltaFilter) { const losslessView = this.lossless.view(entityIds, deltaFilter); return fn(losslessView); } } // Generate a rule // Apply the rule -- When? // - Maybe we shard a set of deltas and map/reduce the results -- // We are trying to implement CRDT, so the results // must be composable to preserve that feature. // That also seems to imply we want to stick with // the lossless view until the delta set is chosen // - So, in general on a set of deltas // at times which seem opportune // the results of which can be recorded // and indexed such that the results can be reused // i.e. you want to compute the result of a set which // contains a prior one