Add support for multiple order by (#387)

plug-api/lib/query.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,25 @@ export type QueryFilter = {
   value: any;
 };
 
+export type QueryOrdering = {
+  orderBy: string;
+  orderDesc: boolean;
+};
+
 export type ParsedQuery = {
   table: string;
-  orderBy?: string;
-  orderDesc?: boolean;
   limit?: number;
+  ordering: QueryOrdering[];
+  /** @deprecated Please use ordering.
+   * Deprecated due to PR #387
+   * Currently holds ordering[0] if exists
+   */
+  orderBy?: string;
+  /** @deprecated Please use ordering.
+   * Deprecated due to PR #387
+   * Currently holds ordering[0] if exists
+   */
+  orderDesc?: boolean;
   filter: QueryFilter[];
   select?: string[];
   render?: string;
@@ -97,22 +111,22 @@ export function applyQuery<T>(parsedQuery: ParsedQuery, records: T[]): T[] {
       resultRecords.push(recordAny);
     }
   }
-  // Now the sorting
-  if (parsedQuery.orderBy) {
-    resultRecords = resultRecords.sort((a: any, b: any) => {
-      const orderBy = parsedQuery.orderBy!;
-      const orderDesc = parsedQuery.orderDesc!;
-      if (a[orderBy] === b[orderBy]) {
-        return 0;
-      }
 
-      if (a[orderBy] < b[orderBy]) {
+  if (parsedQuery.ordering.length > 0) {
+    resultRecords = resultRecords.sort((a: any, b: any) => {
+      for (const { orderBy, orderDesc } of parsedQuery.ordering) {
+        if (a[orderBy] < b[orderBy] || a[orderBy] === undefined) {
           return orderDesc ? 1 : -1;
-      } else {
+        }
+        if (a[orderBy] > b[orderBy] || b[orderBy] === undefined) {
           return orderDesc ? -1 : 1;
         }
+        // Consider them equal. This way helps with comparing arrays (like tags)
+      }
+      return 0;
     });
   }
+
   if (parsedQuery.limit) {
     resultRecords = resultRecords.slice(0, parsedQuery.limit);
   }

plugs/directive/parser.ts

@@ -26,16 +26,33 @@ export function parseQuery(queryTree: ParseTree): ParsedQuery {
   const parsedQuery: ParsedQuery = {
     table: queryNode.children![0].children![0].text!,
     filter: [],
+    ordering: [],
   };
-  const orderByNode = findNodeOfType(queryNode, "OrderClause");
-  if (orderByNode) {
+
+  const orderByNodes = collectNodesOfType(queryNode, "OrderClause");
+  for (const orderByNode of orderByNodes) {
     const nameNode = findNodeOfType(orderByNode, "Name");
-    parsedQuery.orderBy = nameNode!.children![0].text!;
+    const orderBy = nameNode!.children![0].text!;
     const orderNode = findNodeOfType(orderByNode, "OrderDirection");
-    parsedQuery.orderDesc = orderNode
+    const orderDesc = orderNode
       ? orderNode.children![0].text! === "desc"
       : false;
+    parsedQuery.ordering.push({ orderBy, orderDesc });
   }
+  /**
+   * @deprecated due to PR #387
+   * We'll take the first ordering and send that as the deprecated
+   * fields orderBy and orderDesc. This way it will be backward
+   * Plugs using the old ParsedQuery.
+   * Remove this block completely when ParsedQuery no longer have
+   * those two fields
+   */
+  if (parsedQuery.ordering.length > 0) {
+    parsedQuery.orderBy = parsedQuery.ordering[0].orderBy;
+    parsedQuery.orderDesc = parsedQuery.ordering[0].orderDesc;
+  }
+  /** @end-deprecation due to PR #387  */
+
   const limitNode = findNodeOfType(queryNode, "LimitClause");
   if (limitNode) {
     const nameNode = findNodeOfType(limitNode, "Number");

plugs/directive/query.test.ts

@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ Deno.test("Test parser", () => {
     `task where completed = false and dueDate <= "{{today}}" order by dueDate desc limit 5`,
   );
   assertEquals(parsedQuery1.table, "task");
-  assertEquals(parsedQuery1.orderBy, "dueDate");
-  assertEquals(parsedQuery1.orderDesc, true);
+  assertEquals(parsedQuery1.ordering.length, 1);
+  assertEquals(parsedQuery1.ordering[0].orderBy, "dueDate");
+  assertEquals(parsedQuery1.ordering[0].orderDesc, true);
   assertEquals(parsedQuery1.limit, 5);
   assertEquals(parsedQuery1.filter.length, 2);
   assertEquals(parsedQuery1.filter[0], {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ Deno.test("Test parser", () => {
     parseQuery(`gh-events where type in ["PushEvent", "somethingElse"]`),
     {
       table: "gh-events",
+      ordering: [],
       filter: [
         {
           op: "in",
@@ -81,12 +83,14 @@ Deno.test("Test parser", () => {
 
   assertEquals(parseQuery(`something render [[template/table]]`), {
     table: "something",
+    ordering: [],
     filter: [],
     render: "template/table",
   });
 
   assertEquals(parseQuery(`something render "template/table"`), {
     table: "something",
+    ordering: [],
     filter: [],
     render: "template/table",
   });