Collection

Base collections, find intersections and diffs. Allows for explicit allowed type definitions.

Getting started

Installation

$ npm install --save @konfirm/collection

Usage

const Collection = require('@konfirm/collection');

const one = new Collection('a', 'b', 'c');
const two = new Collection('c', 'd', 'e');

//  create an intersection collection
const intersection = one.intersect(two);
console.log(intersection);  //  [ 'c' ];

//  create a difference collection
const difference = one.diff(two);
console.log(difference);  //  [ 'a', 'b', 'd', 'e' ]

API

The Collection module extends Array and adds additional features.

Collection (constructor)

Creates a new Collection from any number of elements or of the specified length in case the the only argument is a number.

const Collection = require('@konfirm/collection');

//  empty
const one = new Collection();

//  provided items
const two = new Collection('a', 'b');

//  given length
const three = new Collection(10);

If the only argument passed to the Collection constructor is an integer (0 - 2^32-1), the value is treated a the length specification and creates a collection with empty slots (identical to Arrays). _NOTE: specifying a length does not in any way prevent the Collection to be limited to the length, it merely initializes the specified number of empty slots`

intersect(other, compare)

Find the intersection (overlapping, common) elements of two collections

const Collection = require('@konfirm/collection');

const one = new Collection('a', 'b', 'c');
const two = new Collection('c', 'd', 'e');

console.log(one.intersect(two));  //  [ 'c' ];

diff(other, compare)

Find the elements from the Collection not present in the other

const Collection = require('@konfirm/collection');

const one = new Collection('a', 'b', 'c');
const two = new Collection('c', 'd', 'e');

console.log(one.diff(two););  //  [ 'a', 'b' ]
console.log(two.diff(one););  //  [ 'd', 'e' ]

ALLOWED_TYPES

A static readonly array specifying all of the allowed types for the collection. For the Collection module itself the array is empty, indicating any type of value is allowed. The intended use for this member is to provide means in Collection-extends to easily ensure the only types within the collection are of a certain type. Please refer to the limiting allowed types section to learn how to control the allowed types.

isAllowed(potential)

Determine whether the given value is of an allowed type as specified by the ALLOWED_TYPES value. The isAllowed check is executed for all methods which add/change stored values, not for direct changes using the index assignment (e.g. collection[0] = 'foo' would still work on a collection only allowing for numbers)

Extending

The Collection module is intended to be extended if its elements should be enforced to be of a certain type.

Limiting allowed types

In order to limit the allowed types, the ALLOWED_TYPES member must be made to return the list of allowed types.

const Collection = require('@konfirm/collection');

class DateCollection extends Collection {
    static get ALLOWED_TYPES() {
        return super.ALLOWED_TYPES.concat(Date);
    }
}

const datesOnly = new DateCollection();

//  this works
datesOnly.push(new Date('2018-01-13'));

//  this throws an Error
datesOnly.push('foo');

Licence

MIT License

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