From 9e789204974acc4da2a9a01a7bb5bcb4df6a8a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sel <selstacker@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 01:46:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat!: added transforms

---
 server/src/lib.rs  | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 server/src/main.rs | 13 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 3130634..42e82ff 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,39 @@
 pub mod modules;
 pub mod types;
+
 use crate::modules::{ModuleItem, item_registry};
 use crate::types::{ObjectInstance, ObjectTemplate};
 
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
+fn get_template(object_type: &str) -> Result<ObjectTemplate, String> {
+    let modules = item_registry();
+
+    let template: ObjectTemplate = match modules.get(object_type) {
+        Some(ModuleItem::Template(template_str)) => toml::from_str(template_str).unwrap(),
+        Some(_) => panic!("{} is not a ModuleItem::Template", object_type),
+        None => return Err(format!("template {} doesn't exist", object_type))
+    };
+
+    Ok(template)
+}
+
 impl ObjectInstance {
+    pub fn from_template(object_type: &str, input: Value) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let instance = ObjectInstance {
+            object_type: object_type.to_string(),
+            input: json!(input),
+            ..ObjectInstance::default()
+        };
+
+        ObjectInstance::validate(&instance)?;
+        Ok(instance)
+    }
+
     pub fn validate(obj: &ObjectInstance) -> Result<(), String> {
         let modules = item_registry();
         let object_type = &obj.object_type;
-
-        let template: ObjectTemplate = match modules.get(object_type.as_str()) {
-            Some(ModuleItem::Template(template_str)) => toml::from_str(template_str).unwrap(),
-            Some(_) => panic!("{} is not a ModuleItem::Template", object_type),
-            None => return Err(format!("template {} doesn't exist", object_type))
-        };
+        let template = get_template(object_type)?;
 
         match modules.get(format!("{}:func:validator", object_type).as_str()) {
             Some(ModuleItem::Validator(validate)) => validate(&obj)?,
@@ -24,7 +43,7 @@ impl ObjectInstance {
 
         for (name, property) in template.input {
             for transform in property.transforms {
-                let destination = transform.split(":").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+                let destination: Vec<&str> = transform.splitn(2, ":").collect();
 
                 let temp_object = ObjectInstance {
                     object_type: destination[0].to_string(),
@@ -45,14 +64,41 @@ impl ObjectInstance {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn from_template(object_type: &str, input: Value) -> Result<Self, String> {
-        let instance = ObjectInstance {
-            object_type: object_type.to_string(),
-            input: json!(input),
-            ..ObjectInstance::default()
+    pub fn transform(obj: &ObjectInstance, source: &str, destination: &str) -> Result<Self, String> {
+        let object_type = &obj.object_type;
+        let template = get_template(object_type)?;
+        
+        // assuming that the property to transform (source) is 'input.some.thing.nya',
+        // source_parts[0] is the category (input)
+        // source_parts[1] is the name (some.thing.nya)
+        let source_parts: Vec<&str> = source.splitn(2, ".").collect();
+
+        // assuming that the transform destination is 'meta/text:value',
+        // destination_parts[0] is the object type (meta/text)
+        // destination_parts[1] is the property under `input` (value)
+        let destination_parts: Vec<&str> = destination.splitn(2, ":").collect();
+
+        // first item of tuple is for the source object template, second is for the source object instance
+        let source_category = match source_parts[0] {
+            "input" => (template.input, &obj.input),
+            "local" => (template.local, &obj.local),
+            "remote" => (template.remote, &obj.remote),
+            _ => return Err(format!("the category specified in the transformation source ({}) is invalid (must be input OR local OR remote)", source_parts[0]))
         };
 
-        ObjectInstance::validate(&instance)?;
-        Ok(instance)
+        let template_property = match source_category.0.get(source_parts[1]) {
+            Some(template_property) => template_property,
+            None => return Err(format!("the property specified as the transformation source ({}) doesn't exist in the template", source))
+        };
+
+        if template_property.transforms.contains(&destination.to_string()) {
+            let result = ObjectInstance::from_template(destination_parts[0], json!({
+                destination_parts[1]: source_category.1.get(source_parts[1])
+            }))?;
+
+            Ok(result)
+        } else {
+            Err(format!("invalid transform destination {}", destination))
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index c782b90..61f177e 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
     let modules = item_registry();
 
     // change these!
+    // for step 1
     let object_type = "meta/number";
     let input = json!({
         "value": 1312
     });
+
+    // for step 2
     let function = "local";
+    
+    // for step 3
+    let transform_source = "local.length";
+    let transform_destination = "meta/number:value";
 
     // this creates a new object instance
     let some_object = ObjectInstance::from_template(object_type, input)?;
@@ -30,6 +37,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
 
     println!("this is the same object with data:");
     println!("{:?}", some_object_with_data);
+    println!("");
+
+    let transformed = ObjectInstance::transform(&some_object_with_data, transform_source, transform_destination)?;
+
+    println!("this is what happens when we transform the {} property into a new {}:", transform_source, transform_destination);
+    println!("{:?}", transformed);
 
     Ok(())
 }