UNPKG

forerunnerdb

Version:

A NoSQL document store database for browsers and Node.js.

1,689 lines (1,447 loc) 116 kB
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>JSDoc: Source: Collection.js</title> <script src="scripts/prettify/prettify.js"> </script> <script src="scripts/prettify/lang-css.js"> </script> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script> <![endif]--> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/prettify-tomorrow.css"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/jsdoc-default.css"> </head> <body> <div id="main"> <h1 class="page-title">Source: Collection.js</h1> <section> <article> <pre class="prettyprint source linenums"><code>"use strict"; var Shared, Db, Metrics, KeyValueStore, Path, IndexHashMap, IndexBinaryTree, Index2d, Overload, ReactorIO, Condition, sharedPathSolver; Shared = require('./Shared'); /** * Creates a new collection. Collections store multiple documents and * handle CRUD against those documents. * @constructor * @class */ var Collection = function (name, options) { this.init.apply(this, arguments); }; /** * Creates a new collection. Collections store multiple documents and * handle CRUD against those documents. */ Collection.prototype.init = function (name, options) { // Ensure we have an options object options = options || {}; // Set internals this.sharedPathSolver = sharedPathSolver; this._primaryKey = options.primaryKey || '_id'; this._primaryIndex = new KeyValueStore('primary', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); this._primaryCrc = new KeyValueStore('primaryCrc', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); this._crcLookup = new KeyValueStore('crcLookup', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); this._name = name; this._data = []; this._metrics = new Metrics(); this._options = options || { changeTimestamp: false }; if (this._options.db) { this.db(this._options.db); } // Create an object to store internal protected data this._metaData = {}; this._deferQueue = { insert: [], update: [], remove: [], upsert: [], async: [] }; this._deferThreshold = { insert: 100, update: 100, remove: 100, upsert: 100 }; this._deferTime = { insert: 1, update: 1, remove: 1, upsert: 1 }; this._deferredCalls = true; // Set the subset to itself since it is the root collection this.subsetOf(this); }; Shared.addModule('Collection', Collection); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Common'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Events'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.ChainReactor'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.CRUD'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Constants'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Triggers'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Sorting'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Matching'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Updating'); Shared.mixin(Collection.prototype, 'Mixin.Tags'); Metrics = require('./Metrics'); KeyValueStore = require('./KeyValueStore'); Path = require('./Path'); IndexHashMap = require('./IndexHashMap'); IndexBinaryTree = require('./IndexBinaryTree'); Index2d = require('./Index2d'); Db = Shared.modules.Db; Overload = require('./Overload'); ReactorIO = require('./ReactorIO'); Condition = require('./Condition'); sharedPathSolver = new Path(); /** * Gets / sets the deferred calls flag. If set to true (default) * then operations on large data sets can be broken up and done * over multiple CPU cycles (creating an async state). For purely * synchronous behaviour set this to false. * @param {Boolean=} val The value to set. * @returns {Boolean} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'deferredCalls'); /** * Gets / sets the current state. * @param {String=} val The name of the state to set. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'state'); /** * Gets / sets the name of the collection. * @param {String=} val The name of the collection to set. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'name'); /** * Gets / sets the metadata stored in the collection. * @param {Object=} val The data to set. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'metaData'); /** * Gets / sets boolean to determine if the collection should be * capped or not. * @param {Boolean=} val The value to set. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'capped'); /** * Gets / sets capped collection size. This is the maximum number * of records that the capped collection will store. * @param {Number=} val The value to set. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'cappedSize'); /** * Adds a job id to the async queue to signal to other parts * of the application that some async work is currently being * done. * @param {String} key The id of the async job. * @private */ Collection.prototype._asyncPending = function (key) { this._deferQueue.async.push(key); }; /** * Removes a job id from the async queue to signal to other * parts of the application that some async work has been * completed. If no further async jobs exist on the queue then * the "ready" event is emitted from this collection instance. * @param {String} key The id of the async job. * @private */ Collection.prototype._asyncComplete = function (key) { // Remove async flag for this type var index = this._deferQueue.async.indexOf(key); while (index > -1) { this._deferQueue.async.splice(index, 1); index = this._deferQueue.async.indexOf(key); } if (this._deferQueue.async.length === 0) { this.deferEmit('ready'); } }; /** * Get the data array that represents the collection's data. * This data is returned by reference and should not be altered outside * of the provided CRUD functionality of the collection as doing so * may cause unstable index behaviour within the collection. * @returns {Array} */ Collection.prototype.data = function () { return this._data; }; /** * Drops a collection and all it's stored data from the database. * @param {Function=} callback A callback method to call once the * operation has completed. * @returns {boolean} True on success, false on failure. */ Collection.prototype.drop = function (callback) { var key; if (!this.isDropped()) { if (this._db &amp;&amp; this._db._collection &amp;&amp; this._name) { if (this.debug()) { console.log(this.logIdentifier() + ' Dropping'); } this._state = 'dropped'; this.emit('drop', this); delete this._db._collection[this._name]; // Remove any reactor IO chain links if (this._collate) { for (key in this._collate) { if (this._collate.hasOwnProperty(key)) { this.collateRemove(key); } } } delete this._primaryKey; delete this._primaryIndex; delete this._primaryCrc; delete this._crcLookup; delete this._data; delete this._metrics; delete this._listeners; if (callback) { callback.call(this, false, true); } return true; } } else { if (callback) { callback.call(this, false, true); } return true; } if (callback) { callback.call(this, false, true); } return false; }; /** * Gets / sets the primary key for this collection. * @param {String=} keyName The name of the primary key. * @returns {*} */ Collection.prototype.primaryKey = function (keyName) { if (keyName !== undefined) { if (this._primaryKey !== keyName) { var oldKey = this._primaryKey; this._primaryKey = keyName; // Set the primary key index primary key this._primaryIndex.primaryKey(keyName); // Rebuild the primary key index this.rebuildPrimaryKeyIndex(); // Propagate change down the chain this.chainSend('primaryKey', { keyName: keyName, oldData: oldKey }); } return this; } return this._primaryKey; }; /** * Handles insert events and routes changes to binds and views as required. * @param {Array} inserted An array of inserted documents. * @param {Array} failed An array of documents that failed to insert. * @private */ Collection.prototype._onInsert = function (inserted, failed) { this.emit('insert', inserted, failed); }; /** * Handles update events and routes changes to binds and views as required. * @param {Array} items An array of updated documents. * @private */ Collection.prototype._onUpdate = function (items) { this.emit('update', items); }; /** * Handles remove events and routes changes to binds and views as required. * @param {Array} items An array of removed documents. * @private */ Collection.prototype._onRemove = function (items) { this.emit('remove', items); }; /** * Handles any change to the collection by updating the * lastChange timestamp on the collection's metaData. This * only happens if the changeTimestamp option is enabled * on the collection (it is disabled by default). * @private */ Collection.prototype._onChange = function () { if (this._options.changeTimestamp) { // Record the last change timestamp this._metaData.lastChange = this.serialiser.convert(new Date()); } }; /** * Gets / sets the db instance this class instance belongs to. * @param {Db=} db The db instance. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'db', function (db) { if (db) { if (this.primaryKey() === '_id') { // Set primary key to the db's key by default this.primaryKey(db.primaryKey()); // Apply the same debug settings this.debug(db.debug()); } } return this.$super.apply(this, arguments); }); /** * Gets / sets mongodb emulation mode. * @param {Boolean=} val True to enable, false to disable. * @returns {*} */ Shared.synthesize(Collection.prototype, 'mongoEmulation'); Collection.prototype.setData = new Overload('Collection.prototype.setData', { /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. */ '*': function (data) { return this.$main.call(this, data, {}); }, /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. * @param {Object} options Optional options object. */ '*, object': function (data, options) { return this.$main.call(this, data, options); }, /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. * @param {Function} callback Optional callback function. */ '*, function': function (data, callback) { return this.$main.call(this, data, {}, callback); }, /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. * @param {*} options Optional options object. * @param {Function} callback Optional callback function. */ '*, *, function': function (data, options, callback) { return this.$main.call(this, data, options, callback); }, /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. * @param {*} options Optional options object. * @param {*} callback Optional callback function. */ '*, *, *': function (data, options, callback) { return this.$main.call(this, data, options, callback); }, /** * Sets the collection's data to the array / documents passed. If any * data already exists in the collection it will be removed before the * new data is set via the remove() method, and the remove event will * fire as well. * @name setData * @method Collection.setData * @param {Array|Object} data The array of documents or a single document * that will be set as the collections data. * @param {Object} options Optional options object. * @param {Function} callback Optional callback function. */ '$main': function (data, options, callback) { if (this.isDropped()) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot operate in a dropped state!'); } if (data) { var deferredSetting = this.deferredCalls(), oldData = [].concat(this._data); // Switch off deferred calls since setData should be // a synchronous call this.deferredCalls(false); options = this.options(options); if (options.$decouple) { data = this.decouple(data); } if (!(data instanceof Array)) { data = [data]; } // Remove all items from the collection this.remove({}); // Insert the new data this.insert(data); // Switch deferred calls back to previous settings this.deferredCalls(deferredSetting); this._onChange(); this.emit('setData', this._data, oldData); } if (callback) { callback.call(this); } return this; } }); /** * Drops and rebuilds the primary key index for all documents * in the collection. * @param {Object=} options An optional options object. * @private */ Collection.prototype.rebuildPrimaryKeyIndex = function (options) { options = options || { $ensureKeys: undefined, $violationCheck: undefined }; var ensureKeys = options &amp;&amp; options.$ensureKeys !== undefined ? options.$ensureKeys : true, violationCheck = options &amp;&amp; options.$violationCheck !== undefined ? options.$violationCheck : true, arr, arrCount, arrItem, pIndex = this._primaryIndex, crcIndex = this._primaryCrc, crcLookup = this._crcLookup, pKey = this._primaryKey, jString; // Drop the existing primary index pIndex.truncate(); crcIndex.truncate(); crcLookup.truncate(); // Loop the data and check for a primary key in each object arr = this._data; arrCount = arr.length; while (arrCount--) { arrItem = arr[arrCount]; if (ensureKeys) { // Make sure the item has a primary key this.ensurePrimaryKey(arrItem); } if (violationCheck) { // Check for primary key violation if (!pIndex.uniqueSet(arrItem[pKey], arrItem)) { // Primary key violation throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Call to setData on collection failed because your data violates the primary key unique constraint. One or more documents are using the same primary key: ' + arrItem[this._primaryKey]); } } else { pIndex.set(arrItem[pKey], arrItem); } // Generate a hash string jString = this.hash(arrItem); crcIndex.set(arrItem[pKey], jString); crcLookup.set(jString, arrItem); } }; /** * Checks for a primary key on the document and assigns one if none * currently exists. * @param {Object} obj The object to check a primary key against. * @private */ Collection.prototype.ensurePrimaryKey = function (obj) { if (obj[this._primaryKey] === undefined) { // Assign a primary key automatically obj[this._primaryKey] = this.objectId(); } }; /** * Clears all data from the collection. * @returns {Collection} */ Collection.prototype.truncate = function () { var i; if (this.isDropped()) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot operate in a dropped state!'); } // TODO: This should use remove so that chain reactor events are properly // TODO: handled, but ensure that chunking is switched off this.emit('truncate', this._data); // Clear all the data from the collection this._data.length = 0; // Re-create the primary index data this._primaryIndex = new KeyValueStore('primary', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); this._primaryCrc = new KeyValueStore('primaryCrc', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); this._crcLookup = new KeyValueStore('crcLookup', {primaryKey: this.primaryKey()}); // Re-create any existing collection indexes // TODO: This might not be the most efficient way to do this, perhaps just re-creating // the indexes would be faster than calling rebuild? for (i in this._indexByName) { if (this._indexByName.hasOwnProperty(i)) { this._indexByName[i].rebuild(); } } this._onChange(); this.emit('immediateChange', {type: 'truncate'}); this.deferEmit('change', {type: 'truncate'}); return this; }; /** * Inserts a new document or updates an existing document in a * collection depending on if a matching primary key exists in * the collection already or not. * * If the document contains a primary key field (based on the * collections's primary key) then the database will search for * an existing document with a matching id. If a matching * document is found, the document will be updated. Any keys that * match keys on the existing document will be overwritten with * new data. Any keys that do not currently exist on the document * will be added to the document. * * If the document does not contain an id or the id passed does * not match an existing document, an insert is performed instead. * If no id is present a new primary key id is provided for the * document and the document is inserted. * * @param {Object} obj The document object to upsert or an array * containing documents to upsert. * @param {Function=} callback Optional callback method. * @returns {Array} An array containing an object for each operation * performed. Each object contains two keys, "op" contains either "none", * "insert" or "update" depending on the type of operation that was * performed and "result" contains the return data from the operation * used. */ Collection.prototype.upsert = function (obj, callback) { if (this.isDropped()) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot operate in a dropped state!'); } if (obj) { var queue = this._deferQueue.upsert, deferThreshold = this._deferThreshold.upsert, returnData = {}, query, i; // Determine if the object passed is an array or not if (obj instanceof Array) { if (this._deferredCalls &amp;&amp; obj.length > deferThreshold) { // Break up upsert into blocks this._deferQueue.upsert = queue.concat(obj); this._asyncPending('upsert'); // Fire off the insert queue handler this.processQueue('upsert', callback); return {}; } else { // Loop the array and upsert each item returnData = []; for (i = 0; i &lt; obj.length; i++) { returnData.push(this.upsert(obj[i])[0]); } if (callback) { callback.call(this, returnData); } return returnData; } } // Determine if the operation is an insert or an update if (obj[this._primaryKey]) { // Check if an object with this primary key already exists query = {}; query[this._primaryKey] = obj[this._primaryKey]; if (this._primaryIndex.lookup(query)[0]) { // The document already exists with this id, this operation is an update returnData.op = 'update'; } else { // No document with this id exists, this operation is an insert returnData.op = 'insert'; } } else { // The document passed does not contain an id, this operation is an insert returnData.op = 'insert'; } switch (returnData.op) { case 'insert': returnData.result = this.insert(obj, callback); break; case 'update': returnData.result = this.update(query, obj, {}, callback); break; default: break; } if (callback) { callback.call(this, [returnData]); } return [returnData]; } else { if (callback) { callback.call(this, {op: 'none'}); } } return {}; }; /** * Executes a method against each document that matches query and returns an * array of documents that may have been modified by the method. * @param {Object=} query The optional query object. * @param {Object=} options Optional options object. If you specify an options object * you MUST also specify a query object. * @param {Function} func The method that each document is passed to. If this method * returns false for a particular document it is excluded from the results. If you * return a modified object from the one passed to it will be included in the results * as the modified version but will not affect the data in the collection at all. * Your function will be called with a single object as the first argument and will * be called once for every document in your initial query result. * @returns {Array} */ Collection.prototype.filter = function (query, options, func) { var temp; if (typeof query === 'function') { func = query; query = {}; options = {}; } if (typeof options === 'function') { if (func) { temp = func; } func = options; options = temp || {}; } return (this.find(query, options)).filter(func); }; /** * Executes a method against each document that matches query and then executes * an update based on the return data of the method. * @param {Object} query The query object. * @param {Function} func The method that each document is passed to. If this method * returns false for a particular document it is excluded from the update. * @param {Object=} options Optional options object passed to the initial find call. * @returns {Array} */ Collection.prototype.filterUpdate = function (query, func, options) { var items = this.find(query, options), results = [], singleItem, singleQuery, singleUpdate, pk = this.primaryKey(), i; for (i = 0; i &lt; items.length; i++) { singleItem = items[i]; singleUpdate = func(singleItem); if (singleUpdate) { singleQuery = {}; singleQuery[pk] = singleItem[pk]; results.push(this.update(singleQuery, singleUpdate)); } } return results; }; /** * Modifies an existing document or documents in a collection. * This will update all matches for 'query' with the data held * in 'update'. It will not overwrite the matched documents * with the update document. * * @param {Object} query The query that must be matched for a * document to be operated on. * @param {Object} update The object containing updated * key/values. Any keys that match keys on the existing document * will be overwritten with this data. Any keys that do not * currently exist on the document will be added to the document. * @param {Object=} options An options object. * @param {Function=} callback The callback method to call when * the update is complete. * @returns {Array} The items that were updated. */ Collection.prototype.update = function (query, update, options, callback) { if (this.isDropped()) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot operate in a dropped state!'); } // Convert queries from mongo dot notation to forerunner queries if (this.mongoEmulation()) { this.convertToFdb(query); this.convertToFdb(update); } else { // Decouple the update data update = this.decouple(update); } // Detect $replace operations and set flag if (update.$replace) { // Make sure we have an options object options = options || {}; // Set the $replace flag in the options object options.$replace = true; // Move the replacement object out into the main update object update = update.$replace; } // Handle transform update = this.transformIn(update); return this._handleUpdate(query, update, options, callback); }; /** * Handles the update operation that was initiated by a call to update(). * @param {Object} query The query that must be matched for a * document to be operated on. * @param {Object} update The object containing updated * key/values. Any keys that match keys on the existing document * will be overwritten with this data. Any keys that do not * currently exist on the document will be added to the document. * @param {Object=} options An options object. * @param {Function=} callback The callback method to call when * the update is complete. * @returns {Array} The items that were updated. * @private */ Collection.prototype._handleUpdate = function (query, update, options, callback) { var self = this, op = this._metrics.create('update'), dataSet, updated, updateCall = function (referencedDoc) { var oldDoc = self.decouple(referencedDoc), newDoc, triggerOperation, result; if (self.willTrigger(self.TYPE_UPDATE, self.PHASE_BEFORE) || self.willTrigger(self.TYPE_UPDATE, self.PHASE_AFTER)) { newDoc = self.decouple(referencedDoc); triggerOperation = { type: 'update', query: self.decouple(query), update: self.decouple(update), options: self.decouple(options), op: op }; // Update newDoc with the update criteria so we know what the data will look // like AFTER the update is processed result = self.updateObject(newDoc, triggerOperation.update, triggerOperation.query, triggerOperation.options, ''); if (self.processTrigger(triggerOperation, self.TYPE_UPDATE, self.PHASE_BEFORE, referencedDoc, newDoc) !== false) { // No triggers complained so let's execute the replacement of the existing // object with the new one self._removeFromIndexes(referencedDoc); result = self.updateObject(referencedDoc, newDoc, triggerOperation.query, triggerOperation.options, ''); self._insertIntoIndexes(referencedDoc); // NOTE: If for some reason we would only like to fire this event if changes are actually going // to occur on the object from the proposed update then we can add "result &amp;&amp;" to the if self.processTrigger(triggerOperation, self.TYPE_UPDATE, self.PHASE_AFTER, oldDoc, newDoc); } else { // Trigger cancelled operation so tell result that it was not updated result = false; } } else { // No triggers complained so let's execute the replacement of the existing // object with the new one self._removeFromIndexes(referencedDoc); result = self.updateObject(referencedDoc, update, query, options, ''); self._insertIntoIndexes(referencedDoc); } return result; }; op.start(); op.time('Retrieve documents to update'); dataSet = this.find(query, {$decouple: false}); op.time('Retrieve documents to update'); if (dataSet.length) { op.time('Update documents'); updated = dataSet.filter(updateCall); op.time('Update documents'); if (updated.length) { if (this.debug()) { console.log(this.logIdentifier() + ' Updated some data'); } op.time('Resolve chains'); if (this.chainWillSend()) { this.chainSend('update', { query: query, update: update, dataSet: this.decouple(updated) }, options); } op.time('Resolve chains'); this._onUpdate(updated); this._onChange(); if (callback) { callback.call(this, updated || []); } this.emit('immediateChange', {type: 'update', data: updated}); this.deferEmit('change', {type: 'update', data: updated}); } else { if (callback) { callback.call(this, updated || []); } } } else { if (callback) { callback.call(this, updated || []); } } op.stop(); // TODO: Should we decouple the updated array before return by default? return updated || []; }; /** * Replaces an existing object with data from the new object without * breaking data references. It does this by removing existing keys * from the base object and then adding the passed object's keys to * the existing base object, thereby maintaining any references to * the existing base object but effectively replacing the object with * the new one. * @param {Object} currentObj The base object to alter. * @param {Object} newObj The new object to overwrite the existing one * with. * @returns {*} Chain. * @private */ Collection.prototype._replaceObj = function (currentObj, newObj) { var i; // Check if the new document has a different primary key value from the existing one // Remove item from indexes this._removeFromIndexes(currentObj); // Remove existing keys from current object for (i in currentObj) { if (currentObj.hasOwnProperty(i)) { delete currentObj[i]; } } // Add new keys to current object for (i in newObj) { if (newObj.hasOwnProperty(i)) { currentObj[i] = newObj[i]; } } // Update the item in the primary index if (!this._insertIntoIndexes(currentObj)) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Primary key violation in update! Key violated: ' + currentObj[this._primaryKey]); } // Update the object in the collection data //this._data.splice(this._data.indexOf(currentObj), 1, newObj); return this; }; /** * Helper method to update a document via it's id. * @param {String} id The id of the document. * @param {Object} update The object containing the key/values to * update to. * @param {Object=} options An options object. * @param {Function=} callback The callback method to call when * the update is complete. * @returns {Object} The document that was updated or undefined * if no document was updated. */ Collection.prototype.updateById = function (id, update, options, callback) { var searchObj = {}, wrappedCallback; searchObj[this._primaryKey] = id; if (callback) { wrappedCallback = function (data) { callback(data[0]); }; } return this.update(searchObj, update, options, wrappedCallback)[0]; }; /** * Internal method for document updating. * @param {Object} doc The document to update. * @param {Object} update The object with key/value pairs to update * the document with. * @param {Object} query The query object that we need to match to * perform an update. * @param {Object} options An options object. * @param {String} path The current recursive path. * @param {String} opType The type of update operation to perform, * if none is specified default is to set new data against matching * fields. * @returns {Boolean} True if the document was updated with new / * changed data or false if it was not updated because the data was * the same. * @private */ Collection.prototype.updateObject = function (doc, update, query, options, path, opType) { // TODO: This method is long, try to break it into smaller pieces update = this.decouple(update); // Clear leading dots from path path = path || ''; if (path.substr(0, 1) === '.') { path = path.substr(1, path.length -1); } //var oldDoc = this.decouple(doc), var updated = false, recurseUpdated = false, operation, tmpArray, tmpIndex, tmpCount, tempIndex, tempKey, replaceObj, pk, pathInstance, sourceIsArray, updateIsArray, i; // Check if we have a $replace flag in the options object if (options &amp;&amp; options.$replace === true) { operation = true; replaceObj = update; pk = this.primaryKey(); // Loop the existing item properties and compare with // the replacement (never remove primary key) for (tempKey in doc) { if (doc.hasOwnProperty(tempKey) &amp;&amp; tempKey !== pk) { if (replaceObj[tempKey] === undefined) { // The new document doesn't have this field, remove it from the doc this._updateUnset(doc, tempKey); updated = true; } } } // Loop the new item props and update the doc for (tempKey in replaceObj) { if (replaceObj.hasOwnProperty(tempKey) &amp;&amp; tempKey !== pk) { this._updateOverwrite(doc, tempKey, replaceObj[tempKey]); updated = true; } } // Early exit return updated; } // DEVS PLEASE NOTE -- Early exit could have occurred above and code below will never be reached - Rob Evans - CEO - 05/08/2016 // Loop each key in the update object for (i in update) { if (update.hasOwnProperty(i)) { // Reset operation flag operation = false; // Check if the property starts with a dollar (function) if (!operation &amp;&amp; i.substr(0, 1) === '$') { // Check for commands switch (i) { case '$key': case '$index': case '$data': case '$min': case '$max': // Ignore some operators operation = true; break; case '$each': operation = true; // Loop over the array of updates and run each one tmpCount = update.$each.length; for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; tmpCount; tmpIndex++) { recurseUpdated = this.updateObject(doc, update.$each[tmpIndex], query, options, path); if (recurseUpdated) { updated = true; } } updated = updated || recurseUpdated; break; case '$replace': operation = true; replaceObj = update.$replace; pk = this.primaryKey(); // Loop the existing item properties and compare with // the replacement (never remove primary key) for (tempKey in doc) { if (doc.hasOwnProperty(tempKey) &amp;&amp; tempKey !== pk) { if (replaceObj[tempKey] === undefined) { // The new document doesn't have this field, remove it from the doc this._updateUnset(doc, tempKey); updated = true; } } } // Loop the new item props and update the doc for (tempKey in replaceObj) { if (replaceObj.hasOwnProperty(tempKey) &amp;&amp; tempKey !== pk) { this._updateOverwrite(doc, tempKey, replaceObj[tempKey]); updated = true; } } break; case '$overwrite': case '$inc': case '$push': case '$splicePush': case '$splicePull': case '$addToSet': case '$pull': case '$pop': case '$move': case '$cast': case '$unset': case '$pullAll': case '$mul': case '$rename': case '$toggle': operation = true; // Now run the operation recurseUpdated = this.updateObject(doc, update[i], query, options, path, i); updated = updated || recurseUpdated; break; default: // This is an unknown operator or just // a normal field with a dollar starting // character so ignore it operation = false; break; } } // Check if the key has a .$ at the end, denoting an array lookup if (!operation &amp;&amp; this._isPositionalKey(i)) { operation = true; // Modify i to be the name of the field i = i.substr(0, i.length - 2); pathInstance = new Path(path + '.' + i); // Check if the key is an array and has items if (doc[i] &amp;&amp; doc[i] instanceof Array &amp;&amp; doc[i].length) { tmpArray = []; // Loop the array and find matches to our search for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; doc[i].length; tmpIndex++) { if (this._match(doc[i][tmpIndex], pathInstance.value(query)[0], options, '', {})) { tmpArray.push(tmpIndex); } } // Loop the items that matched and update them for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; tmpArray.length; tmpIndex++) { recurseUpdated = this.updateObject(doc[i][tmpArray[tmpIndex]], update[i + '.$'], query, options, path + '.' + i, opType); updated = updated || recurseUpdated; } } } if (!operation) { if (!opType &amp;&amp; typeof(update[i]) === 'object') { if (doc[i] !== null &amp;&amp; typeof(doc[i]) === 'object') { // Check if we are dealing with arrays sourceIsArray = doc[i] instanceof Array; updateIsArray = update[i] instanceof Array; if (sourceIsArray || updateIsArray) { // Check if the update is an object and the doc is an array if (!updateIsArray &amp;&amp; sourceIsArray) { // Update is an object, source is an array so match the array items // with our query object to find the one to update inside this array // Loop the array and find matches to our search for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; doc[i].length; tmpIndex++) { recurseUpdated = this.updateObject(doc[i][tmpIndex], update[i], query, options, path + '.' + i, opType); updated = updated || recurseUpdated; } } else { // Either both source and update are arrays or the update is // an array and the source is not, so set source to update if (doc[i] !== update[i]) { this._updateProperty(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; } } } else { // Check if the doc key is a date instance if (doc[i] instanceof Date) { // The doc key is a date object, assign the new date this._updateProperty(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; } else { // The doc key is an object so traverse the // update further recurseUpdated = this.updateObject(doc[i], update[i], query, options, path + '.' + i, opType); updated = updated || recurseUpdated; } } } else { if (doc[i] !== update[i]) { this._updateProperty(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; } } } else { switch (opType) { case '$inc': var doUpdate = true; // Check for a $min / $max operator if (update[i] > 0) { if (update.$max) { // Check current value if (doc[i] >= update.$max) { // Don't update doUpdate = false; } } } else if (update[i] &lt; 0) { if (update.$min) { // Check current value if (doc[i] &lt;= update.$min) { // Don't update doUpdate = false; } } } if (doUpdate) { this._updateIncrement(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; } break; case '$cast': // Casts a property to the type specified if it is not already // that type. If the cast is an array or an object and the property // is not already that type a new array or object is created and // set to the property, overwriting the previous value switch (update[i]) { case 'array': if (!(doc[i] instanceof Array)) { // Cast to an array this._updateProperty(doc, i, update.$data || []); updated = true; } break; case 'object': if (!(doc[i] instanceof Object) || (doc[i] instanceof Array)) { // Cast to an object this._updateProperty(doc, i, update.$data || {}); updated = true; } break; case 'number': if (typeof doc[i] !== 'number') { // Cast to a number this._updateProperty(doc, i, Number(doc[i])); updated = true; } break; case 'string': if (typeof doc[i] !== 'string') { // Cast to a string this._updateProperty(doc, i, String(doc[i])); updated = true; } break; default: throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot update cast to unknown type: ' + update[i]); } break; case '$push': // Check if the target key is undefined and if so, create an array if (doc[i] === undefined) { // Initialise a new array this._updateProperty(doc, i, []); } // Check that the target key is an array if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { // Check for a $position modifier with an $each if (update[i].$position !== undefined &amp;&amp; update[i].$each instanceof Array) { // Grab the position to insert at tempIndex = update[i].$position; // Loop the each array and push each item tmpCount = update[i].$each.length; for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; tmpCount; tmpIndex++) { this._updateSplicePush(doc[i], tempIndex + tmpIndex, update[i].$each[tmpIndex]); } } else if (update[i].$each instanceof Array) { // Do a loop over the each to push multiple items tmpCount = update[i].$each.length; for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; tmpCount; tmpIndex++) { this._updatePush(doc[i], update[i].$each[tmpIndex]); } } else { // Do a standard push this._updatePush(doc[i], update[i]); } updated = true; } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot push to a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } break; case '$pull': if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { tmpArray = []; // Loop the array and find matches to our search for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; doc[i].length; tmpIndex++) { if (this._match(doc[i][tmpIndex], update[i], options, '', {})) { tmpArray.push(tmpIndex); } } tmpCount = tmpArray.length; // Now loop the pull array and remove items to be pulled while (tmpCount--) { this._updatePull(doc[i], tmpArray[tmpCount]); updated = true; } } break; case '$pullAll': if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { if (update[i] instanceof Array) { tmpArray = doc[i]; tmpCount = tmpArray.length; if (tmpCount > 0) { // Now loop the pull array and remove items to be pulled while (tmpCount--) { for (tempIndex = 0; tempIndex &lt; update[i].length; tempIndex++) { if (tmpArray[tmpCount] === update[i][tempIndex]) { this._updatePull(doc[i], tmpCount); tmpCount--; updated = true; } } if (tmpCount &lt; 0) { break; } } } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot pullAll without being given an array of values to pull! (' + i + ')'); } } break; case '$addToSet': // Check if the target key is undefined and if so, create an array if (doc[i] === undefined) { // Initialise a new array this._updateProperty(doc, i, []); } // Check that the target key is an array if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { // Loop the target array and check for existence of item var targetArr = doc[i], targetArrIndex, targetArrCount = targetArr.length, objHash, addObj = true, optionObj = (options &amp;&amp; options.$addToSet), hashMode, pathSolver; // Check if we have an options object for our operation if (update[i].$key) { hashMode = false; pathSolver = new Path(update[i].$key); objHash = pathSolver.value(update[i])[0]; // Remove the key from the object before we add it delete update[i].$key; } else if (optionObj &amp;&amp; optionObj.key) { hashMode = false; pathSolver = new Path(optionObj.key); objHash = pathSolver.value(update[i])[0]; } else { objHash = this.jStringify(update[i]); hashMode = true; } for (targetArrIndex = 0; targetArrIndex &lt; targetArrCount; targetArrIndex++) { if (hashMode) { // Check if objects match via a string hash (JSON) if (this.jStringify(targetArr[targetArrIndex]) === objHash) { // The object already exists, don't add it addObj = false; break; } } else { // Check if objects match based on the path if (objHash === pathSolver.value(targetArr[targetArrIndex])[0]) { // The object already exists, don't add it addObj = false; break; } } } if (addObj) { this._updatePush(doc[i], update[i]); updated = true; } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot addToSet on a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } break; case '$splicePush': // Check if the target key is undefined and if so, create an array if (doc[i] === undefined) { // Initialise a new array this._updateProperty(doc, i, []); } // Check that the target key is an array if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { tempIndex = update.$index; if (tempIndex !== undefined) { delete update.$index; // Check for out of bounds index if (tempIndex > doc[i].length) { tempIndex = doc[i].length; } this._updateSplicePush(doc[i], tempIndex, update[i]); updated = true; } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot splicePush without a $index integer value!'); } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot splicePush with a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } break; case '$splicePull': // Check that the target key is not undefined if (doc[i] !== undefined) { // Check that the target key is an array if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { tempIndex = update[i].$index; if (tempIndex !== undefined) { // Check for in bounds index if (tempIndex &lt; doc[i].length) { this._updateSplicePull(doc[i], tempIndex); updated = true; } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot splicePull without a $index integer value!'); } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot splicePull from a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } } break; case '$move': if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { // Loop the array and find matches to our search for (tmpIndex = 0; tmpIndex &lt; doc[i].length; tmpIndex++) { if (this._match(doc[i][tmpIndex], update[i], options, '', {})) { var moveToIndex = update.$index; if (moveToIndex !== undefined) { delete update.$index; this._updateSpliceMove(doc[i], tmpIndex, moveToIndex); updated = true; } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot move without a $index integer value!'); } break; } } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot move on a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } break; case '$mul': this._updateMultiply(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; break; case '$rename': this._updateRename(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; break; case '$overwrite': this._updateOverwrite(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; break; case '$unset': this._updateUnset(doc, i); updated = true; break; case '$clear': this._updateClear(doc, i); updated = true; break; case '$pop': if (doc[i] instanceof Array) { if (this._updatePop(doc[i], update[i])) { updated = true; } } else { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot pop from a key that is not an array! (' + i + ')'); } break; case '$toggle': // Toggle the boolean property between true and false this._updateProperty(doc, i, !doc[i]); updated = true; break; default: if (doc[i] !== update[i]) { this._updateProperty(doc, i, update[i]); updated = true; } break; } } } } } return updated; }; /** * Determines if the passed key has an array positional mark * (a dollar at the end of its name). * @param {String} key The key to check. * @returns {Boolean} True if it is a positional or false if not. * @private */ Collection.prototype._isPositionalKey = function (key) { return key.substr(key.length - 2, 2) === '.$'; }; /** * Removes any documents from the collection that match the search * query key/values. * @param {Object=} query The query identifying the documents to remove. If no * query object is passed, all documents will be removed from the collection. * @param {Object=} options An options object. * @param {Function=} callback A callback method. * @returns {Array} An array of the documents that were removed. */ Collection.prototype.remove = function (query, options, callback) { if (this.isDropped()) { throw(this.logIdentifier() + ' Cannot operate in a dropped state!'); } var self = this, dataSet, index, arrIndex, returnArr, removeMethod, triggerOperation, doc, newDoc; if (typeof(options) === 'function') { callback = options; options = {}; } // Convert queries from mongo dot notation to forerunner queries if (this.mongoEmulation()) { this.convertToFdb(query); } if (query instanceof Array) { returnArr = []; for (arrIndex = 0; arrIndex &lt; query.length; arrIndex++) { returnArr.push(this.remove(query[arrIndex], {noEmit: true})); } if (!options || (options &amp;&amp; !options.noEmit)) { this._onRemove(returnArr); } if (callback) { callback.call(this, false, returnArr); } return returnArr; } else { returnArr = []; dataSet = this.find(query, {$decouple: false}); if (dataSet.length) { removeMethod = function (dataItem) { // Remove the item from the collection's indexes self._removeFromIndexes(dataItem); // Remove data from internal stores index = self._data.indexOf(dataItem); self._dataRemoveAtIndex(index); returnArr.push(dataItem); }; // Remove the data from the collection for (var i = 0; i &lt; dataSet.length; i++) { doc = dataSet[i]; if (self.willTrigger(self.TYPE_REMOVE, self.PHASE_BEFORE) || se