mongo-ruby-driver/lib/mongo/util/conversions.rb

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module Mongo #:nodoc:

  # Utility module to include when needing to convert certain types of
  # objects to mongo-friendly parameters.
  module Conversions

    ASCENDING_CONVERSION  = ["ascending", "asc", "1"]
    DESCENDING_CONVERSION = ["descending", "desc", "-1"]

    # Converts the supplied +Array+ to a +Hash+ to pass to mongo as
    # sorting parameters. The returned +Hash+ will vary depending 
    # on whether the passed +Array+ is one or two dimensional.
    #
    # Example:
    #
    # <tt>array_as_sort_parameters([["field1", :asc], ["field2", :desc]])</tt> =>
    # <tt>{ "field1" => 1, "field2" => -1}</tt>
    def array_as_sort_parameters(value)
      order_by = OrderedHash.new
      if value.first.is_a? Array
        value.each do |param|
          if (param.class.name == "String")
            order_by[param] = 1
          else
            order_by[param[0]] = sort_value(param[1]) unless param[1].nil?
          end
        end
      elsif !value.empty?
        if order_by.size == 1
          order_by[value.first] = 1
        else
          order_by[value.first] = sort_value(value[1])
        end
      end
      order_by
    end

    # Converts the supplied +String+ or +Symbol+ to a +Hash+ to pass to mongo as
    # a sorting parameter with ascending order. If the +String+
    # is empty then an empty +Hash+ will be returned.
    #
    # Example:
    #
    # *DEPRECATED
    #
    # <tt>string_as_sort_parameters("field")</tt> => <tt>{ "field" => 1 }</tt>
    # <tt>string_as_sort_parameters("")</tt> => <tt>{}</tt>
    def string_as_sort_parameters(value)
      return {} if (str = value.to_s).empty?
      { str => 1 }
    end

    # Converts the +String+, +Symbol+, or +Integer+ to the 
    # corresponding sort value in MongoDB.
    #
    # Valid conversions (case-insensitive):
    #
    # <tt>ascending, asc, :ascending, :asc, 1</tt> => <tt>1</tt>
    # <tt>descending, desc, :descending, :desc, -1</tt> => <tt>-1</tt>
    #
    # If the value is invalid then an error will be raised.
    def sort_value(value)
      val = value.to_s.downcase
      return 1 if ASCENDING_CONVERSION.include?(val)
      return -1 if DESCENDING_CONVERSION.include?(val)
      raise InvalidSortValueError.new(
        "#{self} was supplied as a sort direction when acceptable values are: " +
        "Mongo::ASCENDING, 'ascending', 'asc', :ascending, :asc, 1, Mongo::DESCENDING, " +
        "'descending', 'desc', :descending, :desc, -1.")
    end
  end
end