dbay-tabulator v0.2.0

DBay Tabulator

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• DBay Tabulator
  • API Notes
  • To Do
  • Is Done

DBay Tabulator

API Notes

• { Tabulator } = require 'dbay-tabulator'
• tabulator = new Tabulator()
• or use { TABULATOR } = require 'dbay-tabulator'
• or use { tabulate, summarize, } = require 'dbay-tabulator'
• tabulator.tabulate: ( cfg ) ->: returns a string with data rendered according to the settings cfg
• Data is passed in as the rows property; this can be a list of or an iterator over objects.
• Optionally, individual fields may be formatted using the fields property, which should be and object whose keys are field names and whose values are either true (to indicate, 'include this field' even if not present in the data, or to clarify the ordering of fields in the table).

• if fields[ key ] is an object:

  • optional.text x.title: when given, defines the text to be used in the table header
  • fomatters:
    • optional.function x.value: when given, must be function that accepts a value (and optionally a field description object) and returns another. Returned value will be stringified with node:util.inspect() unless it already is a string.
    • optional.function x.outer_html: when given, must be a function that accepts a description d and returns an HTML representation of it including the containing <td> element
    • optional.function x.inner_html: when given, must be a function that accepts a description d and returns an HTML representation of it excluding the containing <td> element
  • not implemented optional.function x.attrs: when given, must be a function that accepts a value (and optionally a field description object) and returns an object that will be used for the attributes of the enclosing (<td>) element
  • optional.boolean x.display: if set to false, inhibits column from being displayed and any of value(), outer_html(), inner_html() to be called

• tabulator.summarize: ( cfg ) ->: much like tabulate(), but accepts a single row value row (not rows) that should either be an object with key, value pairs or a JSON string with the same. Returns HTML representation of a table where table headers are in first column, followed by (formatted) values in second column. summarize() can be called from inside an inner_html() method to render JSON content as nested table.

  • field formatters (inner_html(), outer_html()) passed to summarize() may return Symbol.for 'hide' to indicate the present row is to be skipped

• Configuration options may be modified in the future to make it simpler to add ID, CSS class, data- and other attributes to the enclosing element without having to touch the value or to generate the correct outer HTML

• value(), outer_html(), inner_html() and attr() will be called as f value, details, where value is the current value of the respective field in the current row, and details is an object with the properties

  • name—name of the field;
  • raw_value—value of the field before value() was applied;
  • row_nr—one-based row number;
  • row—the row as returned by the DB query.

• with columns...

  • x.keys: 'row': only those in row
  • x.keys: 'cfg': only those in cfg
  • x.keys: 'row,cfg': both, from row first
  • x.keys: 'cfg,row': both, from cfg first

• in formatters, one can conveniently refer to the value (and other elements of the description) using destructuring syntax, as in inner_html: ({ value: href }) => ...

To Do

• – allow prefix for CSS classes
• – allow to set CSS class like title (or use attrs?)
• – integrate code from icql-dba-tabular for output to command line
• – add data property which will be passed in as part of details to each call to a formatter
• – implement error property for table, field descriptions which will be a function to be called in case an error should occur
• – consider to implement { tabulate } = ( require 'dbay-tabulator' ).ansi; could also be done with a mode or format property
• – implement format property for summarize to output a description list instead of a table

Is Done

• + move to DBay DBay Tabulator
• + implement inner_html
• + html -> outer_html
• + format -> value
• + API change: remove formatter value, use inner_html instead
• + API change: formatters should always only get a details object d with value, raw_value &c
• + change API:
  • { tabulate } = require 'dbay-tabulator' for ordinary tables
  • { enumerate } = require 'dbay-tabulator' for vertical tables
• + implement rows so anything iterable may be passed in
• + correct way to add field to table should be to add it to fields, not to hijack existing column
• + allow to specify whether column names in fields is inlcusive or exclusive, i.e. whether they leave unmentioned ones in place or cause them to be hidden
• + implement nested subtables by providing a method as_subtable_html()summarize() that should be called from field.inner_html()
• + make ordering in fields the ordering in display
• + replace display: false with hide: true
• + implement hiding rows in summary tables with Symbol.for 'hide'