add exclusion filters to filterObjectsByStringEntries

dist/index.js

@@ -330,12 +330,33 @@
       }
     };
   };
-  function filterObjectsByStringEntries(reference, objects) {
+  function filterObjectsByStringEntries(reference, converter, objects) {
     const matches = [];
     object_loop: for (const object of objects) {
-      reference_entry_loop: for (const referenceEntry of Object.entries(reference)) {
+      reference_entry_loop: for (const referenceEntry of Object.entries(
-        const [key, value] = referenceEntry;
+        reference
-        if (object[key] != value) continue object_loop;
+      )) {
+        const [referenceKey, referenceValue] = referenceEntry;
+        const comparableObject = converter(object);
+        const comparableObjectValue = comparableObject[referenceKey];
+        if (referenceValue[0] == "-") {
+          const strippedReferenceValue = referenceValue.substring(1);
+          if (strippedReferenceValue == "" && comparableObjectValue != void 0 && comparableObjectValue != "") {
+            continue object_loop;
+          }
+          if (comparableObjectValue == strippedReferenceValue) {
+            continue object_loop;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (referenceValue == "" && (comparableObjectValue == void 0 || comparableObjectValue == "")) {
+            continue object_loop;
+          } else if (referenceValue == "") {
+            continue reference_entry_loop;
+          }
+          if (comparableObjectValue != referenceValue) {
+            continue object_loop;
+          }
+        }
       }
       matches.push(object);
     }
@@ -3528,13 +3549,32 @@
 
   // src/index.tsx
   console.log(
-    filterObjectsByStringEntries({ a: "hello", b: "test" }, [
+    filterObjectsByStringEntries(
-      { a: "hello", b: "test" },
+      { a: "a", b: "b", c: "-c", d: "", e: "-" },
-      { a: "hello", b: "test", c: "something" },
+      (a) => a.a,
-      { a: "hello", b: "test 123" },
+      [
-      { a: "hello blabla", b: "test" },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b" } },
-      { a: "hello" }
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b1" } },
-    ])
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c1" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", d: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b1", d: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c", d: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c1", d: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", d: "d" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b1", d: "d" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c", d: "d" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c1", d: "d" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", d: "d", e: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b1", d: "d", e: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c", d: "d", e: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c1", d: "d", e: "" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", d: "d", e: "e" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b1", d: "d", e: "e" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c", d: "d", e: "e" } },
+        { a: { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c1", d: "d", e: "e" } }
+      ]
+    )
   );
   var storageModel = new StorageModel();
   var settingsModel = new SettingsModel(storageModel);

src/Model/Utility/utility.ts

@@ -41,11 +41,41 @@ export function filterObjectsByStringEntries<T>(
     reference_entry_loop: for (const referenceEntry of Object.entries(
       reference
     )) {
-      const [key, value] = referenceEntry;
+      const [referenceKey, referenceValue] = referenceEntry;
-      if (value == "") continue reference_entry_loop;
-      
       const comparableObject: ComparableObject = converter(object);
-      if (comparableObject[key] != value) continue object_loop;
+      const comparableObjectValue: string = comparableObject[referenceKey];
+
+      if (referenceValue[0] == "-") {
+        const strippedReferenceValue: string = referenceValue.substring(1);
+        // property may not exist
+        if (
+          strippedReferenceValue == "" &&
+          comparableObjectValue != undefined &&
+          comparableObjectValue != ""
+        ) {
+          continue object_loop;
+        }
+
+        // property may not match
+        if (comparableObjectValue == strippedReferenceValue) {
+          continue object_loop;
+        }
+      } else {
+        // property must exist but be anything
+        if (
+          referenceValue == "" &&
+          (comparableObjectValue == undefined || comparableObjectValue == "")
+        ) {
+          continue object_loop;
+        } else if (referenceValue == "") {
+          continue reference_entry_loop;
+        }
+
+        // property must match
+        if (comparableObjectValue != referenceValue) {
+          continue object_loop;
+        }
+      }
     }
     matches.push(object);
   }

src/index.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import SettingsViewModel from "./ViewModel/Global/settingsViewModel";
 import { StorageModal } from "./View/Modals/storageModal";
 import StorageModel from "./Model/Global/storageModel";
 import StorageViewModel from "./ViewModel/Global/storageViewModel";
+import { filterObjectsByStringEntries } from "./Model/Utility/utility";
 
 // models
 const storageModel = new StorageModel();