File: src/js/RAMP/Utils/dictionary.js
/* global define */
/**
* Utility module containing useful static classes.
*
* @module Utils
*/
/**
* A set of useful functions for manipulating dictionaries.
*
* ####Imports RAMP Modules:
* {{#crossLink "Util"}}{{/crossLink}}
*
* @class Dictionary
* @static
* @uses dojo/_base/array
* @uses dojo/_base/lang
*/
define(["dojo/_base/lang"],
function () {
"use strict";
return {
/**
* Iterates over the key-value pair in the given dictionary (in arbitrary order) and
* calls the given function on each key-value pair.
*
* @method forEachEntry
* @static
* @param {Object} dict a dictionary object
* @param {Function} fcn a function that takes the following parameters:
* - the `key`
* - the `value`
* - `obj` (an optional parameter) that contains two fields, exit and returnVal. If exit is set to true,
* forEachEntry terminates right away (without iterating over the rest of the dictionary). The
* return value of forEackKeyValuePair is returnVal (which by default is undefined).</param>
* @param {Function} [sortFcn] true if the dictionary keys are to be sorted before iterating
* @param {Object} [scope] The scope called with the given fcn
*/
forEachEntry: function (dict, fcn, sortFcn, scope) {
if (scope) {
fcn = fcn.call(scope);
}
var keys = Object.keys(dict);
if (sortFcn) {
keys.sort(sortFcn);
}
keys.forEach(function (key) {
fcn(key, dict[key]);
});
},
/**
* Iterates over the key-value pair in the given dictionary and
* returns the index of the first element to cause the given fcn to return
* true.
*
* @method find
* @static
* @param {Object} dict a dictionary object
* @param {Function} fcn a function that takes the following parameters:
* - the `key`
* - the `value`
* and returns true if the given key or value satisfy some condition
* @param {Function} [compareFcn] a comparator function (takes two arguments and returns an integer) used to sort the keys
*/
find: function (dict, fcn, compareFcn) {
var keys = [];
for (var key in dict) {
if (dict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
keys.push(key);
}
}
if (compareFcn) {
keys.sort(compareFcn);
}
var index = -1;
keys.forEach(function (key, i) {
if (index === -1 && fcn(key, dict[key])) {
index = i;
}
});
return index;
},
filter: function (dict, predicate) {
var filteredDict = {};
this.forEachEntry(dict, function (key, value) {
if (predicate(key, value)) {
filteredDict[key] = value;
}
});
return filteredDict;
},
/**
* Returns the number of keys in the given dictionary.
*
* @method length
* @param {Object} dict a dictionary
* @return {Integer} the number of keys in the dictionary
* @static
*/
length: function (dict) {
return Object.keys(dict).length;
},
/**
* Returns true if the given dictionary is empty (i.e. has no keys)
*
* @method isEmpty
* @static
* @param {Object} dict a dictionary
* @return {Boolean} true if the dictionary is empty, false otherwise
*/
isEmpty: function (dict) {
return this.length(dict) === 0;
},
/**
* Returns a shallow copy of the given dictionary.
*
* @static
* @method clone
* @param {Object} dict a dictionary
* @return {Object} a shallow copy of the given dictionary
*/
clone: function (dict) {
var copy = {};
this.forEachEntry(dict, function (key, value) {
copy[key] = value;
});
return copy;
},
/**
* Converts the given array into a dictionary, where the values of the dictionary are values in
* the array, and the keys are the return value of the given function.
*
* @static
* @method arrayToMap
* @param {Object} arr an array
* @param {Function} fcn a function that takes one argument and returns a key for the given argument
* @return {Object} a dictionary
*/
arrayToMap: function (arr, fcn) {
var dict = {};
arr.forEach(function (element) {
dict[fcn(arr)] = element;
});
return dict;
},
/**
* Convert the given array into a dictionary, where the keys of the dictionary are the elements in the
* first array and the values of the dictionary are elements in the second array. The size of the two arrays
* must match.
*
* @static
* @method zip
* @param {Object} arr1 the key array
* @param {Object} arr2 the value array
* @return {Object} a dictionary
*/
zip: function (arr1, arr2) {
if (arr1.length !== arr2.length) {
throw "Array lengths differ";
}
var dict = {};
arr1.forEach(function (element, i) {
dict[element] = arr2[i];
});
return dict;
}
};
});