[#34,query][m]: start on proper query support (move to query and sort support in BackendMemory).

src/backend.js

@@ -78,16 +78,19 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
           alert('Not supported: sync on BackendMemory with method ' + method + ' and model ' + model);
         }
       },
-      getDocuments: function(model, numRows, start) {
+      query: function(model, queryObj) {
-        if (start === undefined) {
+        var numRows = queryObj.size;
-          start = 0;
+        var start = queryObj.offset;
-        }
-        if (numRows === undefined) {
-          numRows = 10;
-        }
         var dfd = $.Deferred();
         rows = model.backendConfig.data.rows;
         var results = rows.slice(start, start+numRows);
+        // not complete sorting!
+        _.each(queryObj.sort, function(item) {
+          results = _.sortBy(results, function(row) {
+            var _out = row[item[0]];
+            return (item[1] == 'asc') ? _out : -1*_out;
+          });
+        });
         dfd.resolve(results);
         return dfd.promise();
       }
@@ -133,16 +136,15 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
         }
       }
     },
-    getDocuments: function(model, numRows, start) {
+    query: function(model, queryObj) {
-      if (start === undefined) {
-        start = 0;
-      }
-      if (numRows === undefined) {
-        numRows = 10;
-      }
       var base = model.backendConfig.url;
+      var data = {
+        _limit:  queryObj.size
+        , _offset: queryObj.offset
+      };
       var jqxhr = $.ajax({
-        url: base + '.json?_limit=' + numRows,
+        url: base + '.json',
+        data: data,
         dataType: 'jsonp',
         jsonp: '_callback',
         cache: true
@@ -206,17 +208,11 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
         alert('This backend only supports read operations');
       }
     },
-    getDocuments: function(dataset, numRows, start) {
+    query: function(dataset, queryObj) {
-      if (start === undefined) {
-        start = 0;
-      }
-      if (numRows === undefined) {
-        numRows = 10;
-      }
       var base = my.backends['dataproxy'].get('dataproxy');
       var data = {
         url: dataset.backendConfig.url
-        , 'max-results':  numRows
+        , 'max-results':  queryObj.size
         , type: dataset.backendConfig.format
       };
       var jqxhr = $.ajax({
@@ -260,7 +256,7 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
         return dfd.promise(); }
     },
 
-    getDocuments: function(dataset, start, numRows) { 
+    query: function(dataset, queryObj) { 
       var dfd = $.Deferred();
       var fields = dataset.get('headers');
 

src/model.js

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
       this.currentDocuments = new my.DocumentList();
       this.docCount = null;
       this.backend = null;
+      this.defaultQuery = {
+        size: 100
+        , offset: 0
+      };
+      // this.queryState = {};
     },
 
     // ### getDocuments
@@ -29,11 +34,13 @@ this.recline.Model = this.recline.Model || {};
     //
     // this does not fit very well with Backbone setup. Backbone really expects you to know the ids of objects your are fetching (which you do in classic RESTful ajax-y world). But this paradigm does not fill well with data set up we have here.
     // This also illustrates the limitations of separating the Dataset and the Backend
-    getDocuments: function(numRows, start) {
+    query: function(queryObj) {
+      this.actualQuery = queryObj || this.defaultQuery;
+      this.actualQuery = _.extend({size: 100, offset: 0}, this.actualQuery);
       var self = this;
       var backend = my.backends[this.backendConfig.type];
       var dfd = $.Deferred();
-      backend.getDocuments(this, numRows, start).then(function(rows) {
+      backend.query(this, this.actualQuery).then(function(rows) {
         var docs = _.map(rows, function(row) {
           var _doc = new my.Document(row);
           _doc.backendConfig = self.backendConfig;

src/view.js

@@ -104,14 +104,20 @@ my.DataExplorer = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.model.fetch().then(function(dataset) {
       self.el.find('.doc-count').text(self.model.docCount || 'Unknown');
       // initialize of dataTable calls render
-      self.model.getDocuments(self.config.displayCount);
+      var queryObj = {
+        size: self.config.displayCount
+      };
+      self.model.query(queryObj);
     });
   },
 
   onDisplayCountUpdate: function(e) {
     e.preventDefault();
     this.config.displayCount = parseInt(this.el.find('input[name="displayCount"]').val());
-    this.model.getDocuments(this.config.displayCount);
+    var queryObj = {
+      size: this.config.displayCount
+    };
+    this.model.query(queryObj);
   },
 
   setReadOnly: function() {

test/model.test.js

@@ -26,21 +26,33 @@
       // deep copy so we do not touch original data ...
       , data: $.extend(true, {}, indata)
     };
-    expect(9);
+    expect(10);
     dataset.fetch().then(function(dataset) {
       equal(dataset.get('name'), metadata.name);
       deepEqual(dataset.get('headers'), indata.headers);
       equal(dataset.docCount, 6);
-      dataset.getDocuments(4, 2).then(function(documentList) {
+      var queryObj = {
+        size: 4
+        , offset: 2
+      };
+      dataset.query(queryObj).then(function(documentList) {
         deepEqual(indata.rows[2], documentList.models[0].toJSON());
       });
-      dataset.getDocuments().then(function(docList) {
+      var queryObj = {
-        // Test getDocuments
+        sort: [
-        equal(docList.length, Math.min(10, indata.rows.length));
+          ['y', 'desc']
+        ]
+      };
+      dataset.query(queryObj).then(function(docs) {
+        var doc0 = dataset.currentDocuments.models[0].toJSON();
+        equal(doc0.x, 6);
+      });
+      dataset.query().then(function(docList) {
+        equal(docList.length, Math.min(100, indata.rows.length));
         var doc1 = docList.models[0];
         deepEqual(doc1.toJSON(), indata.rows[0]);
 
-        // Test UPDATA
+        // Test UPDATE
         var newVal = 10;
         doc1.set({x: newVal});
         doc1.save().then(function() {
@@ -158,7 +170,7 @@
     dataset.fetch().then(function(dataset) {
       deepEqual(['__id__', 'date', 'geometry', 'amount'], dataset.get('headers'));
       equal(3, dataset.docCount)
-      dataset.getDocuments().then(function(docList) {
+      dataset.query().then(function(docList) {
         equal(3, docList.length)
         equal("2009-01-01", docList.models[0].get('date'));
       });
@@ -253,7 +265,7 @@
     dataset.fetch().then(function(dataset) {
       deepEqual(['__id__', 'date', 'price'], dataset.get('headers'));
       equal(null, dataset.docCount)
-      dataset.getDocuments().then(function(docList) {
+      dataset.query().then(function(docList) {
         equal(10, docList.length)
         equal("1950-01", docList.models[0].get('date'));
       // needed only if not stubbing
@@ -455,7 +467,7 @@
       console.log('inside dataset:', dataset, dataset.get('headers'), dataset.get('data'));
       deepEqual(['column-2', 'column-1'], dataset.get('headers'));
       //equal(null, dataset.docCount)
-      dataset.getDocuments().then(function(docList) {
+      dataset.query().then(function(docList) {
         equal(3, docList.length);
         console.log(docList.models[0]);
         equal("A", docList.models[0].get('column-1'));