AbstractSearchService

An abstract TypeScript/JavaScript class that provides a results property,
and an abstract _searchAlgorithm method. results is read-only, and when
accessed returns the result of _searchAlgorithm().
_searchAlgorithm must be defined in a subclass.

Example

// Create a subclass...
export class UserSearchService extends AbstractSearchService {

    searchText = '';

    constructor(private __users){
    }

    protected _searchAlgorithm() {
        // If no searchText, return all users:
        if (this.searchText.length === 0) return this.__users;
                    
        // Else, check if searchText found in user's name:
        else return this.__users.filter((user) => {
            if (user.name === undefined) return false;
            else return (user.name.includes(this.searchText));
        });
    }

}

let userSearch = new UserSearchService(getUsersSomehow());
userSearch.searchText = 'Jane Fonda';

console.log(userSearch.results);
// logs array of users whose names match 'Jane Fonda'

Properties

results: any // read-only

Methods

protected abstract _searchAlgorithm(): any

Installation

npm i @writetome51/abstract-search-service

Loading

// if using TypeScript:
import { AbstractSearchService } from '@writetome51/abstract-search-service';
// if using ES5 JavaScript:
var AbstractSearchService = 
    require('@writetome51/abstract-search-service').AbstractSearchService;

License

MIT