ui-select/src/uisRepeatParserService.js

/**
 * Parses "repeat" attribute.
 *
 * Taken from AngularJS ngRepeat source code
 * See https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/v1.2.15/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js#L211
 *
 * Original discussion about parsing "repeat" attribute instead of fully relying on ng-repeat:
 * https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-select/commit/5dd63ad#commitcomment-5504697
 */

uis.service('uisRepeatParser', ['uiSelectMinErr','$parse', function(uiSelectMinErr, $parse) {
  var self = this;

  /**
   * Example:
   * expression = "address in addresses | filter: {street: $select.search} track by $index"
   * itemName = "address",
   * source = "addresses | filter: {street: $select.search}",
   * trackByExp = "$index",
   */
  self.parse = function(expression) {


    var match;
    //var isObjectCollection = /\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*\)/.test(expression);
    // If an array is used as collection

    // if (isObjectCollection){
    // 000000000000000000000000000000111111111000000000000000222222222222220033333333333333333333330000444444444444444444000000000000000055555555555000000000000000000000066666666600000000
    match = expression.match(/^\s*(?:([\s\S]+?)\s+as\s+)?(?:([\$\w][\$\w]*)|(?:\(\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*,\s*([\$\w][\$\w]*)\s*\)))\s+in\s+(\s*[\s\S]+?)?(?:\s+track\s+by\s+([\s\S]+?))?\s*$/);

    // 1 Alias
    // 2 Item
    // 3 Key on (key,value)
    // 4 Value on (key,value)
    // 5 Source expression (including filters)
    // 6 Track by

    if (!match) {
      throw uiSelectMinErr('iexp', "Expected expression in form of '_item_ in _collection_[ track by _id_]' but got '{0}'.",
              expression);
    }
    
    var source = match[5], 
        filters = '';

    // When using (key,value) ui-select requires filters to be extracted, since the object
    // is converted to an array for $select.items 
    // (in which case the filters need to be reapplied)
    if (match[3]) {
      // Remove any enclosing parenthesis
      source = match[5].replace(/(^\()|(\)$)/g, '');
      // match all after | but not after ||
      var filterMatch = match[5].match(/^\s*(?:[\s\S]+?)(?:[^\|]|\|\|)+([\s\S]*)\s*$/);
      if(filterMatch && filterMatch[1].trim()) {
        filters = filterMatch[1];
        source = source.replace(filters, '');
      }      
    }

    return {
      itemName: match[4] || match[2], // (lhs) Left-hand side,
      keyName: match[3], //for (key, value) syntax
      source: $parse(source),
      filters: filters,
      trackByExp: match[6],
      modelMapper: $parse(match[1] || match[4] || match[2]),
      repeatExpression: function (grouped) {
        var expression = this.itemName + ' in ' + (grouped ? '$group.items' : '$select.items');
        if (this.trackByExp) {
          expression += ' track by ' + this.trackByExp;
        }
        return expression;
      } 
    };

  };

  self.getGroupNgRepeatExpression = function() {
    return '$group in $select.groups track by $group.name';
  };

}]);