bash-bastion/bash-object

Manipulate heterogenous data hierarchies in Bash.

bash-object's Issues

Add `-p`-like flag to `set-*`

Similar to mkdir, it might be quite useful to have an option to automatically create parent objects. If an index is within the query, it should error (only creating objects, not arrays, should be supported)

Enable `--force` flag to set

This allows to set a value on the object hierarchy in the following conditions

• if an object of the same type already exists
• if an object of a different type already exists

Rename object refs

Rename some of the variables created with -n, so there aren't any recursive / name clashing when a variable name happens to be the same as the name of the variable that is its corresponding nameref

Do not allow for using index notation to get keys of objects

do something with 'is_index_of_array?' (do not allow for using index notation to get keys of objects)

# Ensure we can only get 'key_value' if we are accessing a key
# of the object/array we expect

Support `--ref` when using get family of subcommands

To increase performance

Remove usage of `REPLIES`

Using variables like REPLIES is now poor choice. Remove its usage

Improved error reporting

When there is a conflict object/array/string, print the whole object, array, or string and print where in the hierarchy it is located

Improve treequery parser

The querytree parser is a bit primitive. It works, but it would be nice to be able to do [""] for only part of the query tree (rather than requiring it for all elements). I don't like querytree="${querytree}.". Rewrite the advanced parser, and parse character by character with an index, rather than using while IFS= read -rN1 char. That way, lookahead peeks are free

Error with set family when setting an element out of bounds of an array

When the length of the array is shorter than expected.

Does this already work with keys and objects?

Deallocate object

Have some unset-like subcommand comment to unset all virtual objects of a hierarchy, starting from any particular virtual object (primarily including the root object)

Reduce subshell usage `declare -p`

Don't use declare -p - instead use ${var@a} or ${var@A} on supported Bash versions

This is blocked on integrating CI with relevant Bash versions

Support `--pass-by-value`

Right now, --pass-by-value is compatible with the code, but is not yet immplemented

Error if the string passed is empty