module CompositePrimaryKeys ID_SEP = ',' ID_SET_SEP = ';' ESCAPE_CHAR = '^' module ArrayExtension def to_composite_keys CompositeKeys.new(self) end end # Convert mixed representation of CPKs (by strings or arrays) to normalized # representation (just by arrays). # # `ids` is Array that may contain: # 1. A CPK represented by an array or a string. # 2. An array of CPKs represented by arrays or strings. # # There is an issue. Let `ids` contain an array with serveral strings. We can't distinguish case 1 # from case 2 there in general. E.g. the item can be an array containing appropriate number of strings, # and each string can contain appropriate number of commas. We consider case 2 to win there. def self.normalize(ids, cpk_size) ids.map do |id| if Utils.cpk_as_array?(id, cpk_size) && id.any? { |item| !Utils.cpk_as_string?(item, cpk_size) } # CPK as an array - case 1 id elsif id.is_a?(Array) # An array of CPKs - case 2 normalize(id, cpk_size) elsif id.is_a?(String) # CPK as a string - case 1 CompositeKeys.parse(id) else id end end end class CompositeKeys < Array def self.parse(value) case value when Array value.to_composite_keys when String value.split(ID_SEP).map { |key| Utils.unescape_string_key(key) }.to_composite_keys else raise(ArgumentError, "Unsupported type: #{value}") end end def to_s # Doing this makes it easier to parse Base#[](attr_name) map { |key| Utils.escape_string_key(key.to_s) }.join(ID_SEP) end alias_method :to_param, :to_s end module Utils class << self def escape_string_key(key) key.gsub(Regexp.union(ESCAPE_CHAR, ID_SEP)) do |unsafe| "#{ESCAPE_CHAR}#{unsafe.ord.to_s(16).upcase}" end end def unescape_string_key(key) key.gsub(/#{Regexp.escape(ESCAPE_CHAR)}[0-9a-fA-F]{2}/) do |escaped| char = escaped.slice(1, 2).hex.chr (char == ESCAPE_CHAR || char == ID_SEP) ? char : escaped end end def cpk_as_array?(value, pk_size) # We don't permit Array to be an element of CPK. value.is_a?(Array) && value.size == pk_size && value.none? { |item| item.is_a?(Array) } end def cpk_as_string?(value, pk_size) value.is_a?(String) && value.count(ID_SEP) == pk_size - 1 end end end private_constant :Utils end Array.send(:include, CompositePrimaryKeys::ArrayExtension)