Buckets

Buckets is a simple library for creating and using buckets. You simply give your buckets keys and then assign them callbacks which act as testers. Each time you add a value, we loop through all your testers, passing in the value, and add that value to any bucket that the value passes the test for.

TOC

• Buckets
  • This is the bucket_creator function
  • #addBucket
  • #addBuckets
  • #add
  • #addList
  • #empty
  • #deleteBucket
  • #getBucket
  • #whichBuckets

Buckets

This is the bucket_creator function

It returns a creator, making it easy to create tests.

bucket_creator = function(min, max){
  return function(number){
    return min <= number && number <= max;
  };
};

#addBucket

Will allow you to add a bucket to it..

var buckets = new Buckets();
buckets.addBucket('test bucket', bucket_creator(0,10));
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['test bucket']);

Will allow you to add more than one bucket.

var buckets = new Buckets();
buckets.addBucket('bucket one', bucket_creator(0,10));
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket one']);
assert.ok(!buckets.buckets['bucket two']);
buckets.addBucket('bucket two', bucket_creator(11,20));
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket two']);

Will override an existing bucket.

var buckets = new Buckets();
buckets.addBucket('bucket one', bucket_creator(0,10));
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket one']);
buckets.addBucket('bucket one', bucket_creator(10,20));
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket one']);
// This should not get added
buckets.add(5);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
// This will get added
buckets.add(15);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);

#addBuckets

Will allow you to add a list of buckets.

var buckets = new Buckets();
buckets.addBuckets([
  {name: 'bucket one', test: bucket_creator(0,10)},
  {name: 'bucket two', test: bucket_creator(11,20)},
  {name: 'bucket three', test: bucket_creator(21,30)}
]);
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket one']);
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket two']);
assert.ok(buckets.buckets['bucket three']);

#add

Will allow you to add data to buckets based on the test provided with the bucket.

buckets.add(5);
buckets.add(15);
buckets.add(16);
buckets.add(17);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(3, buckets.buckets['bucket two'].length);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket three'].length);

Will add the same value multiple times.

buckets.add(5);
buckets.add(5);
buckets.add(15);
buckets.add(15);
buckets.add(27);
buckets.add(27);
buckets.add(27);
assert.equal(2, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(2, buckets.buckets['bucket two'].length);
assert.equal(3, buckets.buckets['bucket three'].length);

Will stop early by default given multiple available buckets.

buckets.addBucket('bucket one and a half', bucket_creator(5,15));
// This should only appear in bucket one
buckets.add(7);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket one and a half'].length);

Will place in multiple buckets if the option stop_on_match is false.

var buckets = new Buckets({stop_on_match:false});
buckets.addBuckets([
  {name: 'bucket one', test: bucket_creator(0,10)},
  {name: 'bucket one and a half', test: bucket_creator(5, 15)},
  {name: 'bucket two', test: bucket_creator(11,20)},
  {name: 'bucket three', test: bucket_creator(21,30)}
]);
// This should appear in both buckets
buckets.add(7);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one and a half'].length);

Will return the buckets that the data was added to.

var buckets = new Buckets({stop_on_match: false});
buckets.addBuckets([
  {name: 'bucket one', test: bucket_creator(0, 10)},
  {name: 'bucket two', test: bucket_creator(11, 20)},
  {name: 'bucket three', test: bucket_creator(21, 30)}
]);
assert.equal('bucket one', buckets.add(5).pop());
buckets.addBucket('bucket one and a half', bucket_creator(5, 15));
assert.equal(2, buckets.add(5).length);
// Buckets are returned in the order they are checked, which is the order they are added
assert.equal('bucket one and a half', buckets.add(5)[1]);

#addList

Will add the same value multiple times.

buckets.addList([5, 5, 15, 15, 27, 27, 27]);
assert.equal(2, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(2, buckets.buckets['bucket two'].length);
assert.equal(3, buckets.buckets['bucket three'].length);

#empty

Will empty all buckets of any data.

buckets.add(5);
buckets.add(15);
buckets.add(16);
buckets.add(17);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(3, buckets.buckets['bucket two'].length);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket three'].length);
buckets.empty();
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket two'].length);
assert.equal(0, buckets.buckets['bucket three'].length);

#deleteBucket

Will remove a bucket.

buckets.deleteBucket('bucket two');
buckets.add(5);
buckets.add(15);
assert.equal(1, buckets.buckets['bucket one'].length);
assert.ok(!buckets.buckets['bucket two']);

#getBucket

Will return a bucket's contents..

var bucketOne = buckets.getBucket("bucket one")
assert.equal(4, bucketOne.length);
assert.equal(0, bucketOne.indexOf(5));

Will return an empty array if the bucket doesn't exist.

assert.equal(0, buckets.getBucket("I don't exist").length);

#whichBuckets

Will put determine with bucket the data should be put in and return the name of the buckets.

// One bucket returned
assert.equal('bucket two', buckets.whichBucket(17));
assert.equal(1, buckets.whichBucket(17).length);
// Multiple buckets returned
var bucketList = buckets.whichBucket(19);
assert.equal(2, bucketList.length);
assert.ok(bucketList.indexOf('bucket two') >= 0);
assert.ok(bucketList.indexOf('bucket two and a half') >= 0);

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Jason Lotito

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