Initial commit dynamic construct of Index filtering

app/src/Lib/Traits/SearchFilterTrait.php

@@ -34,33 +34,6 @@
 trait SearchFilterTrait {
   // Array (and configuration) of permitted search filters
   private $searchFilters = array();
-
-  /**
-   * Determine the UI label for the specified attribute.
-   *
-   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
-   * @param  string $attribute Attribute
-   * @return string            Label
-   * @todo   Merge this with _column_key from index.ctp
-   */
-
-  public function getLabel(string $attribute): string {
-    if(isset($this->searchFilters[$attribute]['label'])
-      && $this->searchFilters[$attribute]['label'] !== null) {
-      return $this->searchFilters[$attribute]['label'];
-    }
-
-    // Try to construct a label from the language key.
-    $l = __d('field', $attribute);
-
-    if($l != $attribute) {
-      return $l;
-    }
-
-    // If we make it here, just return a pretty version of the $attribute name
-    return Inflector::humanize($attribute);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Obtain the set of permitted search attributes.
    *
@@ -69,37 +42,29 @@ public function getLabel(string $attribute): string {
    */
 
   public function getSearchableAttributes(): array {
-    // Not every configuration element is necessary for the search form, and
-    // some need to be calculated, so we do that work here.
-
-    $ret = [];
-
-    foreach(array_keys($this->searchFilters) as $attr) {
-      $ret[ $attr ] = [
-        'label' => $this->getLabel($attr)
+    foreach ($this->filterMetadataFields() as $column => $type) {
+      // If the column is an array then we are accessing the Metadata fields. Skip
+      if(is_array($type)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      $this->searchFilters[$column] = [
+        'substring' => ($type === "string"),
+        'datetime' => ($type === "timestamp"),
+        // todo: Probably the following line is redundant but i am leaving it for now
+        'label' => (__d('field', $column) ?? Inflector::humanize($column)),
+        'caseSensitive' => true, // hardcoding for now
+      ];
+
+      // Not every configuration element is necessary for the search form, and
+      // some need to be calculated, so we do that work here.
+      $ret[ $column ] = [
+        'label' => (__d('field', $column) ?? Inflector::humanize($column))
       ];
     }
-
-    return $ret;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add a permitted search filters.
-   *
-   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
-   * @param  string $attribute     Attribute that filtering is permitted on (database name)
-   * @param  bool   $caseSensitive Whether this attribute is case sensitive
-   * @param  string $label         Label for this search field, or null to autocalculate
-   * @param  bool   $substring     Whether substring searching is permitted for this attribute
-   */
-
-  public function setSearchFilter(string $attribute,
-                                  bool   $caseSensitive=false,
-                                  string $label=null,
-                                  bool   $substring=true): void {
-    $this->searchFilters[$attribute] = compact('caseSensitive', 'label', 'substring');
+
+    return $ret ?? [];
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Build a query where() clause for the configured attribute.
    *
@@ -112,6 +77,7 @@ public function setSearchFilter(string $attribute,
 
   public function whereFilter(\Cake\ORM\Query $query, string $attribute, string $q): object {
     if(!empty($this->searchFilters[$attribute])) {
+      // todo: move caseSensitive into filter block itself
       $cs = (isset($this->searchFilters[$attribute]['caseSensitive'])
         && $this->searchFilters[$attribute]['caseSensitive']);
 

app/src/Lib/Traits/TableMetaTrait.php

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Lib\Traits;
 
+use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
+
 trait TableMetaTrait {
   // Does this Table represent Registry objects or configuration?
   private $confTable = false;
@@ -54,4 +56,67 @@ public function getIsConfigurationTable() {
   public function setIsConfigurationTable(bool $confTable) {
     $this->confTable = $confTable;
   }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Filter metadata fields.
+   *
+   * @since  COmanage Registry v5.0.0
+   * @return array             An array of columns distinguished in metadata and non-metadata
+   */
+
+  protected function filterMetadataFields() {
+    // Get the list of columns
+    $coltype = $this->getSchema()->typeMap();
+    $entity = $this->getEntityClass();
+    $entity_namespace = explode('\\', $entity);
+    $modelName = end($entity_namespace);
+
+    // Get the list of belongs_to associations and construct an exclude array
+    $assc_keys = [];
+    foreach ($this->associations() as $assc) {
+      if($assc->type() === "manyToOne") {
+        $assc_keys[] = Inflector::underscore(Inflector::classify($assc->getClassName())) . "_id";
+      }
+    }
+    // Map the model (eg: Person) to the changelog key (person_id)
+    $mfk = Inflector::underscore($modelName) . "_id";
+
+
+    $meta_fields = [
+      ...$assc_keys,
+      $mfk,
+      'actor_identifier',
+      // 'provisioning_target_id',
+      'created', // todo: I might need to revisit this. We might want to filter according to date in some occassions. Like petitions
+      'deleted',
+      'id',
+      'modified',
+      'revision',
+      'lft',  // XXX For now i skip lft.rght column for tree structures
+      'rght',
+      // 'parent_id', // todo: We need to filter using the parent_id. This should be an enumerator and should apply for all the models that use TreeBehavior
+      'api_key'
+      // 'source_ad_hoc_attribute_id',
+      // 'source_address_id',
+      // 'source_email_address_id',
+      // 'source_identifier_id',
+      // 'source_name_id',
+      // 'source_external_identity_id',
+      // 'source_telephone_number_id',
+    ];
+
+    $newa = array();
+    foreach($coltype as $clmn => $type) {
+      if(in_array($clmn, $meta_fields,true)) {
+        // Move the value to metadata
+        $newa['meta'][$clmn] = $type;
+      } else {
+        // Just copy the value
+        $newa[$clmn] = $type;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $newa ?? [];
+  }
 }

app/src/Model/Table/CousTable.php

@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void {
 
     $this->setPrimaryLink('co_id');
     $this->setRequiresCO(true);
-
-    // Set up the fields that may be filtered in the index view
-    $this->setSearchFilter('name', false, null, true);
-    $this->setSearchFilter('parent_id', true, null, false);
-    $this->setSearchFilter('description', false, null, true);
 
     $this->setPermissions([
       // Actions that operate over an entity (ie: require an $id)

app/src/Model/Table/TypesTable.php

@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void {
         'class' => 'SuspendableStatusEnum'
       ]
     ]);
-
-    // Set up the fields that may be filtered in the index view
-    $this->setSearchFilter('display_name', false, null, true);
-    $this->setSearchFilter('attribute', true, null, false);
-    $this->setSearchFilter('statuses', false, null, true);
 
     $this->setPermissions([
       // Actions that operate over an entity (ie: require an $id)

app/templates/ApiUsers/columns.inc

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ if($vv_cur_co->id == 1) {
   ];
 }
 
+// Turn on the search/filter box for this index view
+$enableFiltering = true;
+
 $indexColumns = [
   'username' => [
     'type' => 'link',

app/templates/element/filter.php

@@ -105,11 +105,14 @@
             'required' => false,
           ];
 
-          if(isset($$key)) {
+          // The populated variables are in plural while the column names are singular
+          // Convention: It is a prerequisite that the vvar should be the plural of the column name
+          $populated_vvar = Cake\Utility\Inflector::pluralize($key);
+          if(isset($$populated_vvar)) {
             // If we have an AutoViewVar matching the name of this key,
             // convert to a select
             $formParams['type'] = 'select';
-            $formParams['options'] = $$key;
+            $formParams['options'] = $$populated_vvar;
             // Allow empty so a filter doesn't require (eg) SOR
             $formParams['empty'] = true;
           }