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affinity

v0.0.24

Published

Relational algebra library

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48

Readme

Affinity

Relational Algebra Library written in JavaScript

Inspired from

Axiom https://github.com/dkubb/axiom

DEE http://www.quicksort.co.uk

##To-do list for 0.1.0##

  • [x] Implement Extend operation
  • [ ] Implement views && updatable views
  • [x] Implement Summarize operation
  • [x] Implement comparison operators (lt, gt, eq, ...)
  • [x] Implement date, string and numeric functions (cos, sin, ...)
  • [ ] More tests
  • [ ] Review documentation

##Installation##

npm install('affinity')
var affinity = require('affinity');

##Documentation##

For Documentation, install the library with npm install affinity and access <install_dir>/docs/index.html in your browser.

Alternatively, the source is extensively documented.

##Relational Algebra##

Relational Algebra and Set Theory are the foundation of SQL implementations. The well known SELECT * WHERE ... are relational algebra operations. Though, Relational Algebra (being a superset of Set Theory) is more strict than many SQL implementations. For example, it does not allow NULL values nor duplicates.

Simply put, a Relation may be viewed as a database table. A table has columns and rows. A Relation has a header and tuples. It is basically the same thing.

###Relation###

A Relation is composed of a Header and a Body.

This is a representation of a relation :

+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| id : TInteger | firstName : TString | lastName : TString | alive : TBoolean | age : TInteger |
+===============+=====================+====================+==================+================+
| 0             | John                | Doe                | true             | 34             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 1             | Mary                | Poppins            | false            | 95             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 2             | Mark                | Clinton            | true             | 2              |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 3             | Hopty               | Duddy              | false            | 10             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+

###Set### A Set is a collection of distinct objects (no duplicates)

[1, 2, 3, 4, ...]
['a', 'b', 'c', ...]
[{Object1},{Object2},{Object3},...]

###Header### A Header is a Set of Attributes:

+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| id : TInteger | firstName : TString | lastName : TString | alive : TBoolean | age : TInteger |
+===============+=====================+====================+==================+================+

###Attribute### An Attribute is a pair (name, type):

+---------------+
| id : TInteger |
+===============+

A Type can be anything (String, Boolean, Object, Vector, Array, even Tuple, Function, Relation, Set, Header...)

###Body### A Body is a Set of Tuples having the same Attributes as the Relation:

+===============+=====================+====================+==================+================+
| 0             | John                | Doe                | true             | 34             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 1             | Mary                | Poppins            | false            | 95             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 2             | Mark                | Clinton            | true             | 2              |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 3             | Hopty               | Duddy              | false            | 10             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+

###Tuple### A Tuple is a single entry in a Relation. It is an ordered set (attribute1 : value, attribute2 : value...):

+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+
| 1             | Mary                | Poppins            | false            | 95             |
+---------------+---------------------+--------------------+------------------+----------------+

Overview


// Declare new relations

var relation = new affinity.Relation([
    {    id: { type: affinity.Integer}},
    {  name: { type: affinity.String }},
    {exists: { type: affinity.Boolean}}
],[
    [1, 'Nicolas',  true ],
    [2, 'Lancelot', false],
    [3, 'Marie',    true ],
    ...
]);

relation.print();

// +--------------+---------------+------------------+
// | id : Integer | name : String | exists : Boolean |
// +==============+===============+==================+
// | 1            | Nicolas       | true             |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+
// | 2            | Lancelot      | false            |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+
// | 3            | Marie         | true             |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+



// Composition
// Like a Join, but removes common attributes

var composed = relation.compose(relation2);



// Difference
// Get tuples in A that are not in B

var difference = relation.difference(relation2);



// Extension
// Adds calculated columns to a relation

var extended = relation.extend([{ newCol : id.plus(name.length())}]);

extended.print();

// +--------------+---------------+------------------+------------------+
// | id : Integer | name : String | exists : Boolean | newCol : Integer |
// +==============+===============+==================+==================+
// | 1            | Nicolas       | true             | 8                |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+------------------+
// | 2            | Lancelot      | false            | 10               |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+------------------+
// | 3            | Marie         | true             | 8                |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+------------------+



// Group
// Groups columns into a RVA (Relation-Valued-Attribute)

var grouped = relation.group('persons', ['id', 'exists']);

grouped.print();

// +---------------+------------------------------------+
// | name : String | persons : Relation                 |
// +===============+====================================+
// | Nicolas       | +--------------+------------------+|
// |               | | id : Integer | exists : Boolean ||
// |               | +==============+==================+|
// |               | | 1            | true             ||
// |               | +--------------+------------------+|
// +---------------+------------------------------------+
// | Lancelot      | +--------------+------------------+|
// |               | | id : Integer | exists : Boolean ||
// |               | +==============+==================+|
// |               | | 2            | false            ||
// |               | +--------------+------------------+|
// +---------------+------------------------------------+
// | Marie         | +--------------+------------------+|
// |               | | id : Integer | exists : Boolean ||
// |               | +==============+==================+|
// |               | | 3            | true             ||
// |               | +--------------+------------------+|
// +---------------+------------------------------------+

// Ungroup
// Ungroups RVAs

var ungrouped = grouped.ungroup(['persons']);



// Intersection
// Tuples in B that are also in A

var intersected = relation.intersect(otherRelation);



// Joined
// Combinations of tuples in A and B that have the same values for their common attributes

var joined = relation.join(otherRelation);



// Product
// All possible combinations of tuples in A and in B

var product = relation.product(otherRelation);



// Projection
// Selects columns from a relation

var projected = relation.project(['name', 'exists']);



// Rename
// Renames attributes of a relation

var renamed = relation.rename({ name : 'newName', exists : 'newExists' });



// Restriction
// Selects tuple that match a given predicate

var restricted = relation.restrict(
    name.substr(0,1).lowercase().eq('l').or(name.substr(0,1).lowercase().eq('m'))
);

// +--------------+---------------+------------------+
// | id : Integer | name : String | exists : Boolean |
// +==============+===============+==================+
// | 2            | Lancelot      | false            |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+
// | 3            | Marie         | true             |
// +--------------+---------------+------------------+



// SemiDifference
// Inverse of SemiJoin : Finds tuples in A that do not have a counterpart in B

var semidifference = relation.semiDifference(otherRelation);



// SemiJoin
// Finds tuples in A that have a counterpart in B. Like a Join, but only returns attributes from A

var semijoined = relation.semiJoin(otherRelation);



// Wrap
// Wraps given attributes into a TVA (tuple-valued-attribute);

var wrapped = relation.wrap('person', ['id', 'exists']);

wrapped.print();

// +--------------+--------------------------------------------+
// | id : Integer | person : Tuple                             |
// +==============+============================================+
// | 1            | Tuple(name : 'Nicolas', exists : 'true')   |
// +--------------+--------------------------------------------+
// | 2            | Tuple(name : 'Lancelot', exists : 'false') |
// +--------------+--------------------------------------------+
// | 3            | Tuple(name : 'Marie', exists : 'true')     |
// +--------------+--------------------------------------------+



// Unwrap
// Inverse of Wrap

var unwrapped = relation.unwrap(['person']);

Predicates

For the Restriction and Extension operations, you must pass a predicate that can be composed with the following :

e.g.:


relation.restrict(age.gt(10));  // age > 10

relation.restrict(age.gt(10).or(age.st(50))); // age > 10 || age < 50

relation.extend([
    { lived : died.minus(born) }
])

| Function | Shortcut | Returns | |:---------------------|:--------------|:----------------| |Connectives ||| |And |and |Boolean | |Or |or |Boolean | |Not |not |Boolean | |Tuple | |TupleValue |value |* | |Comparison ||| |Equal |eq |Boolean | |Greater Than |gt |Boolean | |Greater Than or Equal |gte |Boolean | |Smaller Than |st |Boolean | |Smaller Than or Equal |ste |Boolean | |Numeric Functions ||| |Absolute |abs |Numeric | |Ceil |ceil |Numeric | |Cosine |cos |Numeric | |Division |div |Numeric | |Exponential |exp |Numeric | |Minus |minus |Numeric | |Modulo |mod |Numeric | |Multiplication |times |Numeric | |Plus |plus |Numeric | |Power |pow |Numeric | |Roof |roof |Numeric | |Round |round |Numeric | |Sine |sin |Numeric | |Square Root |sqrt |Numeric | |String Functions ||| |Length |length |Integer | |Lowercase |lowercase |String | |Matching |matching |Boolean | |Substring |substr |String | |Uppercase |uppercase |String | |Date Functions ||| |Day of Month |dayOfMonth |Integer | |Day of Week |dayOfWeek |Integer | |Day of Year |dayOfYear |Integer | |Week of Year |weekOfYear |Integer | |Year |year |Integer | |Month |month |Integer | |Hours |hours |Integer | |Minutes |minutes |Integer | |Seconds |seconds |Integer | |Milliseconds |milliseconds |Integer | |Timestamp |ts |Integer |