add better validation logic (#27)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
       - '**'
 
 env:
-  PRIMARY_NODE_VERSION: 16.x
+  PRIMARY_NODE_VERSION: 18.x
   PRIMARY_OS: ubuntu-latest
   REGISTRY: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ yarn add json-expression-eval
  *Please see tests and examples dir for more usages and examples (under /src)* 
 
 ```typescript
-import {evaluate, Expression, ExpressionHandler, validate, ValidationContext} from 'json-expression-eval';
+import {evaluate, Expression, ExpressionHandler, validate, ValidationContext, EvaluatorFuncRunOptions} from 'json-expression-eval';
 import {Moment} from 'moment';
 import moment = require('moment');
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const validationContext: ValidationContext<IExampleContext, IExampleContextIgnor
 };
 
 const functionsTable: IExampleFunctionTable = {
-    countRange: async ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }): Promise<boolean> => {
+    countRange: async ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }, runOptions: EvaluatorFuncRunOptions): Promise<boolean> => {
         return ctx.times === undefined ? false : ctx.times >= min && ctx.times < max;
     },
 };
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ There are 4 types of operators you can use (evaluated in that order of precedenc
 - `and` - accepts a non-empty list of expressions
 - `or` - accepts a non-empty list of expressions
 - `not` - accepts another expressions
-- `<user defined funcs>` - accepts any type of argument and evaluated by the user defined functions, and the given context (can be async).
+- `<user defined funcs>` - accepts any type of argument and evaluated by the user defined functions, and the given context (can be async) and run options (i.e. validation).
 - `<compare funcs>` - operates on one of the context properties and compares it to a given value.
     - `{property: {op: value}}`
         - available ops:
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Example expressions, assuming we have the `user` and `maxCount` user defined fun
 *Please see tests and examples dir for more usages and examples (under /src)* 
 
 ```typescript
-import {ValidationContext, validateRules, evaluateRules, RulesEngine, Rule, ResolvedConsequence} from 'json-expression-eval';
+import {ValidationContext, validateRules, evaluateRules, RulesEngine, Rule, ResolvedConsequence, EngineRuleFuncRunOptions, EvaluatorFuncRunOptions} from 'json-expression-eval';
 import {Moment} from 'moment';
 import moment = require('moment');
 
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ type IExampleContextIgnore = Moment;
 type IExamplePayload = number;
 
 type IExampleFunctionTable = {
-  countRange: ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }) => boolean;
+  countRange: ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }, runOptions: EvaluatorFuncRunOptions) => boolean;
 }
 
 type IExampleRuleFunctionTable = {
-  userRule: (user: string, ctx: IExampleContext) => Promise<void | ResolvedConsequence<IExamplePayload>>;
+  userRule: (user: string, ctx: IExampleContext, runOptions: EngineRuleFuncRunOptions) => Promise<void | ResolvedConsequence<IExamplePayload>>;
 }
 
 type IExampleRule = Rule<IExamplePayload, IExampleRuleFunctionTable, IExampleContext,
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ const validationContext: ValidationContext<IExampleContext, IExampleContextIgnor
 };
 
 const functionsTable: IExampleFunctionTable = {
-  countRange: ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }): boolean => {
+  countRange: ([min, max]: [min: number, max: number], ctx: { times: number | undefined }, runOptions: EvaluatorFuncRunOptions): boolean => {
     return ctx.times === undefined ? false : ctx.times >= min && ctx.times < max;
   },
 };
 
 const ruleFunctionsTable: IExampleRuleFunctionTable = {
-  userRule: async (user: string, ctx: IExampleContext): Promise<void | ResolvedConsequence<number>> => {
+  userRule: async (user: string, ctx: IExampleContext, runOptions: EngineRuleFuncRunOptions): Promise<void | ResolvedConsequence<number>> => {
     if (ctx.userId === user) {
       return {
         message: `Username ${user} is not allowed`,

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-expression-eval",
-  "version": "5.1.2",
+  "version": "6.0.0",
   "description": "json serializable rule engine / boolean expression evaluator",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",

src/lib/engine.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async function run<ConsequencePayload, C extends Context,
         const keys = objectKeys(rule);
         const key = keys[0];
         if (keys.length === 1 && key && isRuleFunction<ConsequencePayload, C, RF>(rule, ruleFunctionsTable, key)) {
-            const consequence = await ruleFunctionsTable[key](rule[key], context as C);
+            const consequence = await ruleFunctionsTable[key](rule[key], context as C, {validation});
             if (consequence) {
                 errors.push(consequence);
                 if (haltOnFirstMatch && !validation) {

src/lib/evaluator.ts

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ async function run<C extends Context, F extends FunctionsTable<C>, Ignore>
     } else if (isNotCompareOp<C, F, Ignore>(expression)) {
         return !(await run<C, F, Ignore>(expression.not, context, functionsTable, validation));
     } else if (isFunctionCompareOp<C, F, Ignore>(expression, functionsTable, expressionKey)) {
-        return validation ? true : await functionsTable[expressionKey](expression[expressionKey], context);
+        return functionsTable[expressionKey](expression[expressionKey], context, {validation});
     } else {
         const {value: contextValue, exists} = getFromPath(context, expressionKey);
         if (validation && !exists) {

src/test/evaluator.spec.ts

@@ -1307,7 +1307,8 @@ describe('evaluator', () => {
                 ],
             };
             await validate(expression, context, fnTable);
-            expect(fnCounter).to.eql(0);
+            expect(fnCounter).to.eql(4);
+            fnCounter = 0;
             await evaluate(expression, context, fnTable);
             expect(fnCounter).to.eql(3);
         });
@@ -1338,7 +1339,8 @@ describe('evaluator', () => {
             };
             const context = {};
             await validate<typeof context, typeof fnTable>(expression, context, fnTable);
-            expect(fnCounter).to.eql(0);
+            expect(fnCounter).to.eql(4);
+            fnCounter = 0;
             await evaluate(expression, context, fnTable);
             expect(fnCounter).to.eql(3);
         });

src/types/engine.ts

@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ export interface RuleDefinition<ConsequencePayload, C extends Context, F extends
   consequence: RuleConsequence<ConsequencePayload, C, Ignore>;
 }
 
+export type EngineRuleFuncRunOptions = {
+  validation: boolean;
+}
+
 export type RuleFunc<C, ConsequencePayload> = (
-  param: any, context: C) => void | ResolvedConsequence<ConsequencePayload>
+  param: any, context: C, runOptions: EngineRuleFuncRunOptions) => void | ResolvedConsequence<ConsequencePayload>
     | Promise<(void | ResolvedConsequence<ConsequencePayload>)>;
 
 export type RuleFunctionsTable<C, ConsequencePayload> = Record<string, RuleFunc<C, ConsequencePayload>>;

src/types/evaluator.ts

@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ export type FullExpression<C extends Context, F extends FunctionsTable<C>, Ignor
 export type Expression<C extends Context, F extends FunctionsTable<C>, Ignore = never> =
     RequireOnlyOne<FullExpression<C, F, Ignore>>;
 
-export type Func<T> = (param: any, context: T) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+export type EvaluatorFuncRunOptions = {
+    validation: boolean;
+}
+export type Func<T> = (param: any, context: T, runOptions: EvaluatorFuncRunOptions) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
 
 export type FunctionsTable<T> = Record<string, Func<T>>;