safe-evaluate-expression

safe-evaluate-expression

Small library to dynamically create and evaluate expression with multiple parameters (even undefined). To handle more sofisticate use cases is provided a Factory functionality to build evaluate functions with some spice 🔥

It also offer an ancillary function to protect lambda function to undefined params inputs.

Installation

npm install safe-evaluate-expression

Evaluate

evaluate(expression:[String], params:[Object]) -> [expression evaluated]

Example

const evaluate = require('safe-evaluate-expression');
evaluate('a > 1', { a: 3 }); // -> true

NB. As constant params in expression you can use only string and integers (eg. 1, "a") no floating numbers!

Advanced Example

const evaluate = require('safe-evaluate-expression');

const operators = {
  isUndefined: (x) => x === undefined,
  isEqual: (a, b) => a === b,
  isGreater: (a, b) => a > b,
  isLower: (a, b) => a < b,
};

const vars = { a: 1, b: 1, c: 2 };
const params = { ...vars, ...operators };

evaluate('isEqual(a,b)', params); // -> true
evaluate('isEqual(a,c)', params); // -> false
evaluate('isEqual(a,notDefined)', params); // -> false
evaluate('isUndefined(a)', params); // -> false
evaluate('isUndefined(notDefined)', params); // -> true

// It works also with infinite nested conditions
evaluate('(isUndefined(notDefined) || (isGreater(c, a) && isLower(b, c))) && isEqual(a,1)', params); // -> true

Factory

factory(options:[Object]) -> [evaluate function]

Example

const { factory, operators } = require('safe-evaluate-expression');
const evaluate = factory({ operators, multipleParams: true, translateLogical: true });

const metadata = { x: 1.1, y: 2 };
const list = { k: 3, z: 4 };
const map = new Map([['pi', 3.14]]);

const expression1 = 'isLower(x,z)';
const expression2 = 'isLower(k,y)';

evaluate(expression1, metadata, list); // -> true
evaluate(expression2, metadata, list); // -> false
evaluate(`${expression1} AND ${expression2}`, metadata, list); // -> false
evaluate(`${expression1} OR ${expression2}`, metadata, list); // -> true

const expression3 = 'isLower(notDefined,z)'; // put a not defined value

evaluate(expression3, metadata, list);
evaluate(`${expression3} AND ${expression2}`, metadata, list); // -> false
evaluate(`(isLower(x,z) AND isLower(k,y) OR (isLower(z,P) AND NOT isLower(P,k)))`, metadata, list);

evaluate(`isLower(z,pi)`, metadata, list, map); // -> false

Factory Params

The Factory used without parameters gives the same results as the "evaluate" function. However, it is possible to create new "evaluate" functions with much more spice by setting the Factory parameters correctly. All parameters are optional. The parameter "multipleParams" allows you to pass various objects (or Maps) to the evaluation function, thus avoiding the need to deconstruct operators and values in a single object. It is important to remember that the parameter "operators", if specified, must contain an object with all the functions you want to define as operators. This object can be plugged in-scope within the evaluation function to optimise performance. However, if the "operators" functions depend on the external libraries, you should not set the "operatorsInScope" functionality.

Param	Description	Default
multipleParams	Define if evaluate function will take a single object as params (default - eg. eval("espression",{})) or if it takes multiple params (eg. eval("espression", param1, param2, ...))	false
operatorsInScope	Define if operators object is converted inline to have all the operators directly in the scope of the evaluation expression. If true the operators are putted in the expression context as: const [operatorName] = [operator]. Otherwise operators are passed thru as a single object while all operators logic inside expression are automatically prefixed. In general: use operatorsInScope = true if you use operators without external dependencies. If you use third party libraries to handle operators logic you must pass operators as an object.	false
translateLogical	Determine if translate "AND", "OR" and "NOT" words inside expression. If true all the logical operators are converted accordingly (eg. "AND" -> &&)	false
operators	Object containing all the operators function you want to use to evaluate expression (eg. { isEqual: (a,b) => a === b }). For convenience the library export a small set of default operators.
undef	An optional parameter to specify the value to be returned when expression occurs in undefined params.	undefined

Safe Lambda

safeLambda(lamdaFunc, [undefined defalut])

Protect lambda function by assigning a default value for undefined input paramters.

const { safeLambda } = require('safe-evaluate-expression');

const lambda = (a, b, c) => a + b + c;
const protectedLambda = safeLambda(lambda, 0);

// The unprotected lambda returns NaN because all values are undefined
// The protected one return zero (default): 0 + 0 + 0
console.log(lambda(), protectedLambda()); // -> NaN 0