Morphism

In many fields of mathematics, morphism refers to a structure-preserving map from one mathematical structure to another. A morphism f with source X and target Y is written f : X → Y. Thus a morphism is represented by an arrow from its source to its target.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphism

• ⚛️ Write your schema once, Transform your data everywhere
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• 💪🏽 Typescript Support

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• Morphism
  • Getting started
    • Installation
    • Usage
    • Example (TypeScript)
  • Motivation
  • TypeScript integration
  • Docs
    • 1. The Schema
      • Schema actions
      • Schema Example
      • 1.1 Using a strict Schema
    • 2. Morphism as Currying Function
      • API
      • Currying Function Example
    • 3. Morphism Function as Decorators
      • toJsObject Decorator
      • toClassObject Decorator
      • morph Decorator
    • 4. Default export: Morphism object
  • More Schema examples
    • Flattening or Projection
    • Function over a source property's value
    • Function over a source property
    • Properties Aggregation
  • Registry API
    • Register
    • Map
    • Get or Set an existing mapper configuration
    • Delete a registered mapper
    • List registered mappers
  • Contribution
  • Similar Projects
  • License

Getting started

Installation

npm install --save morphism

or in the browser

<script src="https://unpkg.com/morphism/dist/morphism.js"></script>
<script>
  const { morphism, createSchema } = Morphism
</script> 

Usage

The entry point of a morphism is the schema. The keys represent the shape of your target object, and the values represents one of the several ways to access the properties of the incoming source.

const schema = {
  targetProperty: 'sourceProperty'
};

Then use the morphism function along with the schema to transform any source to your desired target

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
 
const source = {
  _firstName: 'Mirza'
};
 
const schema = {
  name: '_firstName'
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
➡
{
  "name": "Mirza"
}

You may specify properties deep within the source object to be copied to your desired target by using dot notation in the mapping value. This is one of the actions available to transform the source data

const schema = {
  foo: 'deep.foo',
  bar: {
    baz: 'deep.foo'
  }
};
 
const source = {
  deep: {
    foo: 'value'
  }
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
➡
{
  "foo": "value",
  "bar": {
    "baz": "value"
  }
}

One important rule of Morphism is that it will always return a result respecting the dimension of the source data. If the source data is an array, morphism will outputs an array, if the source data is an object you'll have an object

const schema = {
  foo: 'bar'
};
 
// The source is a single object
const object = {
  bar: 'value'
};
 
morphism(schema, object);
➡
{
  "foo": "value"
}
 
// The source is a collection of objects
const multipleObjects = [{
  bar: 'value'
}];
 
morphism(schema, multipleObjects);
➡
[{
  "foo": "value"
}]

Example (TypeScript)

import { morphism, StrictSchema } from 'morphism';
 
// What we have
interface Source {
  ugly_field: string;
}
 
// What we want
interface Destination {
  field: string;
}
 
const source: Source = {
  ugly_field: 'field value'
};
 
// Destination and Source types are optional
morphism<StrictSchema<Destination, Source>>({ field: 'ugly_field' }, source);
// => {field: "field value"}
 
// Or
const sources = [source];
const schema: StrictSchema<Destination, Source> = { field: 'ugly_field' };
morphism(schema, sources);
// => [{field: "field value"}]

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Motivation

We live in a era where we deal with mutiple data contracts coming from several sources (Rest API, Services, Raw JSON...). When it comes to transform multiple data contracts to match with your domain objects, it's common to create your objects with Object.assign, new Object(sourceProperty1, sourceProperty2) or by simply assigning each source properties to your destination. This can leads you to have your business logic spread all over the place.

Morphism allows you to keep this business logic centralized and brings you a top-down view of your data transformation. When a contract change occurs, it helps to track the bug since you just need to refer to your schema

TypeScript integration

When you type your schema, this library will require you to specify each transformation for your required fields.

This library uses TypeScript extensively. The target type will be inferred from the defined schema.

When using an ActionFunction the input type is also inferred to enforce your transformations

See below the different options you have for the schema.

Docs

📚 API documentation

Morphism comes with 3 artifacts to achieve your transformations:

1. The Schema

A schema is an object-preserving map from one data structure to another.

The keys of the schema match the desired destination structure. Each value corresponds to an Action applied by Morphism when iterating over the input data.

Schema actions

You can use 4 kind of values for the keys of your schema:

• ActionString: A string that allows to perform a projection from a property
• ActionSelector: An Object that allows to perform a function over a source property's value
• ActionFunction: A Function that allows to perform a function over source property
• ActionAggregator: An Array of Strings that allows to perform a function over source property

Schema Example

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
 
const input = {
  foo: {
    baz: 'value1'
  }
};
 
const schema = {
  bar: 'foo', // ActionString: Allows to perform a projection from a property
  qux: ['foo', 'foo.baz'], // ActionAggregator: Allows to aggregate multiple properties
  quux: (iteratee, source, destination) => {
    // ActionFunction: Allows to perform a function over source property
    return iteratee.foo;
  },
  corge: {
    // ActionSelector: Allows to perform a function over a source property's value
    path: 'foo.baz',
    fn: (propertyValue, source) => {
      return propertyValue;
    }
  }
};
 
morphism(schema, input);
// {
//   "bar": {
//     "baz": "value1"
//   },
//   "qux": {
//     "foo": {
//       "baz": "value1"
//     }
//   },
//   "quux": {
//     "baz": "value1"
//   },
//   "corge": "value1"
// }

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⏩ More Schema examples

📚 Schema Docs

1.1 Using a strict Schema

You might want to enforce the keys provided in your schema using Typescript. This is possible using a StrictSchema. Doing so will require to map every field of the Target type provided.

interface IFoo {
  foo: string;
  bar: number;
}
const schema: StrictSchema<IFoo> = { foo: 'qux', bar: () => 'test' };
const source = { qux: 'foo' };
const target = morphism(schema, source);
// {
//   "foo": "qux",
//   "bar": "test"
// }

2. Morphism as Currying Function

The simplest way to use morphism is to import the currying function:

import { morphism } from 'morphism';

morphism either outputs a mapping function or the transformed data depending on the usage:

API

morphism(schema: Schema, items?: any, type?: any): any

📚 Currying Function Docs

Currying Function Example

// Outputs a function when only a schema is provided
const fn = morphism(schema);
const result = fn(data);
 
// Outputs the transformed data when a schema and the source data are provided
const result = morphism(schema, data);
 
// Outputs the transformed data as an ES6 Class Object when a schema, the source data and an ES6 Class are provided
const result = morphism(schema, data, Foo);
// => Items in result are instance of Foo

3. Morphism Function as Decorators

You can also use Function Decorators on your method or functions to transform the return value using Morphism:

toJsObject Decorator

import { toJSObject } from 'morphism';
 
class Service {
  @toJSObject({
    foo: currentItem => currentItem.foo,
    baz: 'bar.baz'
  })
  async fetch() {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.com');
    return response.json();
    // =>
    // {
    //   foo: 'fooValue'
    //   bar: {
    //     baz: 'bazValue'
    //   }
    // };
  }
}
 
// await service.fetch() will return
// =>
// {
//   foo: 'fooValue',
//   baz: 'bazValue'
// }
 
--------------------------------
 
// Using Typescript will enforce the key from the target to be required
class Target {
  a: string = null;
  b: string = null;
}
class Service {
  // By Using <Target>, Mapping for Properties `a` and `b` will be required
  @toJSObject<Target>({
    a: currentItem => currentItem.foo,
    b: 'bar.baz'
  })
  fetch();
}

toClassObject Decorator

import { toClassObject } from 'morphism';
 
class Target {
  foo = null;
  bar = null;
}
const schema = {
  foo: currentItem => currentItem.foo,
  baz: 'bar.baz'
};
class Service {
  @toClassObject(schema, Target)
  async fetch() {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.com');
    return response.json();
    // =>
    // {
    //   foo: 'fooValue'
    //   bar: {
    //     baz: 'bazValue'
    //   }
    // };
  }
}
 
// await service.fetch() will be instanceof Target
// =>
// Target {
//   foo: 'fooValue',
//   baz: 'bazValue'
// }

morph Decorator

Utility decorator wrapping toClassObject and toJSObject decorators

import { toClassObject } from 'morphism';
 
class Target {
  foo = null;
  bar = null;
}
const schema = {
  foo: currentItem => currentItem.foo,
  baz: 'bar.baz'
};
class Service {
  @morph(schema)
  async fetch() {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.com');
    return response.json();
    // =>
    // {
    //   foo: 'fooValue'
    //   bar: {
    //     baz: 'bazValue'
    //   }
    // };
  }
  @morph(schema, Target)
  async fetch2() {
    const response = await fetch('https://api.com');
    return response.json();
  }
}
// await service.fetch() will be
// =>
// {
//   foo: 'fooValue',
//   baz: 'bazValue'
// }
 
// await service.fetch() will be instanceof Target
// =>
// Target {
//   foo: 'fooValue',
//   baz: 'bazValue'
// }

4. Default export: Morphism object

Morphism comes along with an internal registry you can use to save your schema attached to a specific ES6 Class.

In order to use the registry, you might want to use the default export:

import Morphism from 'morphism';

All features available with the currying function are also available when using the plain object plus the internal registry:

// Currying Function
Morphism(schema: Schema, items?: any, type?: any): any
 
// Registry API
Morphism.register(type: any, schema?: Schema);
Morphism.map(type: any, data?: any);
Morphism.setMapper(type: any, schema: Schema);
Morphism.getMapper(type);
Morphism.deleteMapper(type);
Morphism.mappers

🔗 Registry API Documentation

More Schema examples

Flattening or Projection

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
// Source data coming from an API.
const source = {
  foo: 'baz',
  bar: ['bar', 'foo'],
  baz: {
    qux: 'bazqux'
  }
};
const schema = {
  foo: 'foo', // Simple Projection
  bazqux: 'baz.qux' // Grab a value from a deep path
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
//=> { foo: 'baz', bazqux: 'bazqux' }

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Function over a source property's value

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
// Source data coming from an API.
const source = {
  foo: {
    bar: 'bar'
  }
};
let schema = {
  barqux: {
    path: 'foo.bar',
    fn: value => `${value}qux` // Apply a function over the source property's value
  }
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
//=> { barqux: 'barqux' }

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Function over a source property

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
// Source data coming from an API.
const source = {
  foo: {
    bar: 'bar'
  }
};
let schema = {
  bar: iteratee => {
    // Apply a function over the source propery
    return iteratee.foo.bar;
  }
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
//=> { bar: 'bar' }

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Properties Aggregation

import { morphism } from 'morphism';
// Source data coming from an API.
const source = {
  foo: 'foo',
  bar: 'bar'
};
let schema = {
  fooAndBar: ['foo', 'bar'] // Grab these properties into fooAndBar
};
 
morphism(schema, source);
//=> { fooAndBar: { foo: 'foo', bar: 'bar' } }

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Registry API

📚 Registry API Documentation

Register

Register a mapper for a specific type. The schema is optional.

Morphism.register(type: any, schema?: Schema);

Map

Map a collection of objects to the specified type

Morphism.map(type: any, data?: any);

Get or Set an existing mapper configuration

Morphism.setMapper(type: any, schema: Schema);
Morphism.getMapper(type);

Delete a registered mapper

Morphism.deleteMapper(type);

List registered mappers

Morphism.mappers;

Contribution

• Twitter: @renaudin_yann
• Pull requests and stars are always welcome 🙏🏽 For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

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License

MIT © Yann Renaudin