package search import ( "fmt" "strings" ) // sort field directions const ( SortAsc string = "ASC" SortDesc string = "DESC" ) // SortField defines a single search sort field. type SortField struct { Name string `json:"name"` Direction string `json:"direction"` } // BuildExpr resolves the sort field into a valid db sort expression. func (s *SortField) BuildExpr(fieldResolver FieldResolver) (string, error) { name, params, err := fieldResolver.Resolve(s.Name) // invalidate empty fields and non-column identifiers if err != nil || len(params) > 0 || name == "" || strings.ToLower(name) == "null" { return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid sort field %q.", s.Name) } return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", name, s.Direction), nil } // ParseSortFromString parses the provided string expression // into a slice of SortFields. // // Example: // fields := search.ParseSortFromString("-name,+created") func ParseSortFromString(str string) []SortField { result := []SortField{} data := strings.Split(str, ",") for _, field := range data { // trim whitespaces field = strings.TrimSpace(field) var dir string if strings.HasPrefix(field, "-") { dir = SortDesc field = strings.TrimPrefix(field, "-") } else { dir = SortAsc field = strings.TrimPrefix(field, "+") } result = append(result, SortField{field, dir}) } return result }