feat(graphql): add optional cursor pagination to GraphQL backend service

examples/vite-demo-vanilla-bundle/src/examples/example10.html

@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ <h6 class="title is-6 italic">
       <span style="font-style: italic" data-test="selected-locale" innerhtml.bind="selectedLanguageFile">
       </span>
     </span>
+
+    <span style="margin-left: 10px">
+      <label>Pagination strategy: </label>
+      <span data-test="radioStrategy">
+        <label class="radio-inline control-label" for="offset">
+          <input type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" data-test="offset" id="radioOffset" checked
+                 onclick.delegate="setIsWithCursor(false)"> Offset
+        </label>
+        <label class="radio-inline control-label" for="radioCursor">
+          <input type="radio" name="inlineRadioOptions" data-test="cursor" id="radioCursor"
+                 onclick.delegate="setIsWithCursor(true)"> Cursor
+        </label>
+      </span>
+    </span>
   </div>
 
 </div>
@@ -68,7 +82,6 @@ <h6 class="title is-6 italic">
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-</div>
 
 <hr />
 

examples/vite-demo-vanilla-bundle/src/examples/example10.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   BindingEventService,
   Column,
+  CursorPageInfo,
   FieldType,
   Filters,
   Formatters,
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ export default class Example10 {
           { columnId: 'name', direction: 'asc' },
           { columnId: 'company', direction: SortDirection.DESC }
         ],
-        pagination: { pageNumber: 2, pageSize: 20 }
+        pagination: { pageNumber: this.isWithCursor ? 1 : 2, pageSize: 20 } // if cursor based, start at page 1
       },
       backendServiceApi: {
         service: new GraphqlService(),
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export default class Example10 {
             field: 'userId',
             value: 123
           }],
+          isWithCursor: this.isWithCursor, // sets pagination strategy, if true requires a call to setPageInfo() when graphql call returns
           // when dealing with complex objects, we want to keep our field name with double quotes
           // example with gender: query { users (orderBy:[{field:"gender",direction:ASC}]) {}
           keepArgumentFieldDoubleQuotes: true
@@ -219,6 +221,35 @@ export default class Example10 {
    * @return Promise<GraphqlPaginatedResult>
    */
   getCustomerApiCall(_query: string): Promise<GraphqlPaginatedResult> {
+    let pageInfo: CursorPageInfo;
+    if (this.sgb) {
+      const { paginationService } = this.sgb;
+      // there seems to a timing issue where when you click "cursor" it requests the data before the pagination-service is initialized...
+      const pageNumber = (paginationService as any)._initialized ? paginationService.getCurrentPageNumber() : 1;
+      // In the real world, each node item would be A,B,C...AA,AB,AC, etc and so each page would actually be something like A-T, T-AN
+      // but for this mock data it's easier to represent each page as
+      // Page1: A-B
+      // Page2: B-C
+      // Page3: C-D
+      // Page4: D-E
+      // Page5: E-F
+      const startCursor = String.fromCharCode('A'.charCodeAt(0) + pageNumber - 1);
+      const endCursor = String.fromCharCode(startCursor.charCodeAt(0) + 1);
+      pageInfo = {
+        hasPreviousPage: paginationService.dataFrom === 0,
+        hasNextPage: paginationService.dataTo === 100,
+        startCursor,
+        endCursor
+      };
+    } else {
+      pageInfo = {
+        hasPreviousPage: false,
+        hasNextPage: true,
+        startCursor: 'A',
+        endCursor: 'B'
+      };
+    }
+
     // in your case, you will call your WebAPI function (wich needs to return a Promise)
     // for the demo purpose, we will call a mock WebAPI function
     const mockedResult = {
@@ -227,14 +258,21 @@ export default class Example10 {
       data: {
         [GRAPHQL_QUERY_DATASET_NAME]: {
           nodes: [],
-          totalCount: 100
-        }
-      }
+          totalCount: 100,
+          pageInfo
+        },
+      },
     };
 
     return new Promise<GraphqlPaginatedResult>(resolve => {
       setTimeout(() => {
         this.graphqlQuery = this.gridOptions.backendServiceApi!.service.buildQuery();
+        if (this.isWithCursor) {
+          // When using cursor pagination, the pagination service needs to updated with the PageInfo data from the latest request
+          // This might be done automatically if using a framework specific slickgrid library
+          // Note because of this timeout, this may cause race conditions with rapid clicks!
+          this.sgb?.paginationService.setCursorPageInfo((mockedResult.data[GRAPHQL_QUERY_DATASET_NAME].pageInfo));
+        }
         resolve(mockedResult);
       }, 150);
     });
@@ -279,6 +317,20 @@ export default class Example10 {
     ]);
   }
 
+  setIsWithCursor(newValue: boolean) {
+    this.isWithCursor = newValue;
+
+    // recreate grid and initiialisations
+    const parent = document.querySelector(`.grid10`)?.parentElement;
+    this.dispose();
+    if (parent) {
+      const newGrid10El = document.createElement('div');
+      newGrid10El.classList.add('grid10');
+      parent.appendChild(newGrid10El);
+      this.attached();
+    }
+  }
+
   async switchLanguage() {
     const nextLanguage = (this.selectedLanguage === 'en') ? 'fr' : 'en';
     await this.translateService.use(nextLanguage);

packages/common/src/interfaces/backendService.interface.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
   MultiColumnSort,
   Pagination,
   PaginationChangedArgs,
+  PaginationCursorChangedArgs,
   SingleColumnSort,
 } from './index';
 import { SlickGrid } from './slickGrid.interface';
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ export interface BackendService {
   /** Update the Filters options with a set of new options */
   updateFilters?: (columnFilters: ColumnFilters | CurrentFilter[], isUpdatedByPresetOrDynamically: boolean) => void;
 
-  /** Update the Pagination component with it's new page number and size */
-  updatePagination?: (newPage: number, pageSize: number) => void;
+  /** Update the Pagination component with it's new page number and size. If using cursor based pagination, a CursorPageInfo object needs to be supplied */
+  updatePagination?: (newPage: number, pageSize: number, cursorArgs?: PaginationCursorChangedArgs) => void;
 
   /** Update the Sorters options with a set of new options */
   updateSorters?: (sortColumns?: Array<SingleColumnSort>, presetSorters?: CurrentSorter[]) => void;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export interface BackendService {
   processOnFilterChanged: (event: Event | KeyboardEvent | undefined, args: FilterChangedArgs) => string;
 
   /** Execute when the pagination changed */
-  processOnPaginationChanged: (event: Event | undefined, args: PaginationChangedArgs) => string;
+  processOnPaginationChanged: (event: Event | undefined, args: PaginationChangedArgs | (PaginationCursorChangedArgs & PaginationChangedArgs)) => string;
 
   /** Execute when any of the sorters changed */
   processOnSortChanged: (event: Event | undefined, args: SingleColumnSort | MultiColumnSort) => string;

packages/common/src/interfaces/cursorPageInfo.interface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export interface CursorPageInfo {
+  /** Do we have a next page from current cursor position? */
+  hasNextPage: boolean;
+
+  /** Do we have a previous page from current cursor position? */
+  hasPreviousPage: boolean;
+
+  /** What is the last cursor? */
+  endCursor: string;
+
+  /** What is the first cursor? */
+  startCursor: string;
+}

packages/common/src/interfaces/index.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export * from './currentPagination.interface';
 export * from './currentPinning.interface';
 export * from './currentRowSelection.interface';
 export * from './currentSorter.interface';
+export * from './cursorPageInfo.interface';
 export * from './customFooterOption.interface';
 export * from './customTooltipOption.interface';
 export * from './dataViewOption.interface';
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export * from './onValidationErrorResult.interface';
 export * from './operatorDetail.interface';
 export * from './pagination.interface';
 export * from './paginationChangedArgs.interface';
+export * from './paginationCursorChangedArgs.interface';
 export * from './pagingInfo.interface';
 export * from './resizeByContentOption.interface';
 export * from './resizer.interface';

packages/common/src/interfaces/paginationCursorChangedArgs.interface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { PaginationChangedArgs } from './paginationChangedArgs.interface';
+
+export interface PaginationCursorChangedArgs extends PaginationChangedArgs {
+  /** Start our page After cursor X */
+  after?: string;
+
+  /** Start our page Before cursor X */
+  before?: string;
+
+  /** Get first X number of objects */
+  first?: number;
+
+  /** Get last X number of objects */
+  last?: number;
+}

packages/common/src/services/__tests__/pagination.service.spec.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { PaginationService } from './../pagination.service';
 import { SharedService } from '../shared.service';
-import { Column, SlickDataView, GridOption, SlickGrid, SlickNamespace, BackendServiceApi, Pagination } from '../../interfaces/index';
+import { Column, CursorPageInfo, SlickDataView, GridOption, SlickGrid, SlickNamespace, BackendServiceApi, Pagination } from '../../interfaces/index';
 import { BackendUtilityService } from '../backendUtility.service';
 import { RxJsResourceStub } from '../../../../../test/rxjsResourceStub';
 
@@ -61,6 +61,23 @@ const mockGridOption = {
   }
 } as GridOption;
 
+const mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend = {
+  ...mockGridOption,
+  backendServiceApi: {
+    service: mockBackendService,
+    process: jest.fn(),
+    options: {
+      columnDefinitions: [{ id: 'name', field: 'name' }] as Column[],
+      datasetName: 'user',
+      isWithCursor: true,
+    }
+  },
+} as GridOption;
+
+const mockCursorPageInfo = {
+  startCursor: "b", endCursor: "c", hasNextPage: true, hasPreviousPage: true, // b-c simulates page 2
+} as CursorPageInfo;
+
 const gridStub = {
   autosizeColumns: jest.fn(),
   getColumnIndex: jest.fn(),
@@ -206,6 +223,27 @@ describe('PaginationService', () => {
       expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(1);
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined);
     });
+
+    it('should expect current page to be 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method to be called with cursorArgs when backend service is cursor based', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+      service.setCursorPageInfo(mockCursorPageInfo);
+      service.goToFirstPage();
+
+      expect(service.dataFrom).toBe(1);
+      expect(service.dataTo).toBe(25);
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(1);
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined, { first: 25, newPage: 1, pageSize: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('should expect current page to be 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method NOT to be called', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOption.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOption.backendServiceApi);
+      service.goToFirstPage(null, false);
+
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(1);
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('goToLastPage method', () => {
@@ -220,6 +258,29 @@ describe('PaginationService', () => {
       expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(4);
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, undefined);
     });
+
+    it('should call "goToLastPage" method and expect current page to be last page and "processOnPageChanged" method to be called with cursorArgs when backend service is cursor based', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+      service.setCursorPageInfo(mockCursorPageInfo);
+      service.goToLastPage();
+
+      expect(service.dataFrom).toBe(76);
+      expect(service.dataTo).toBe(85);
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(4);
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, undefined, { last: 25, newPage: 4, pageSize: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('should call "goToLastPage" method and expect current page to be last page and "processOnPageChanged" method NOT to be called', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOption.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOption.backendServiceApi);
+      service.goToLastPage(null, false);
+
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(4);
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('goToNextPage method', () => {
@@ -235,16 +296,27 @@ describe('PaginationService', () => {
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, undefined);
     });
 
-    it('should expect page to increment by 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method to be called', () => {
+    it('should expect page to increment by 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method to be called with cursorArgs when backend service is cursor based', () => {
       const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
 
-      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOption.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOption.backendServiceApi);
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+      service.setCursorPageInfo(mockCursorPageInfo);
       service.goToNextPage();
 
       expect(service.dataFrom).toBe(51);
       expect(service.dataTo).toBe(75);
       expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(3);
-      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, undefined);
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3, undefined, {first: 25, after: "c", newPage: 3, pageSize: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('should expect page to increment by 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method NOT to be called', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOption.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOption.backendServiceApi);
+      service.goToNextPage(null, false);
+
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(3);
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('should not expect "processOnPageChanged" method to be called when we are already on last page', () => {
@@ -274,6 +346,29 @@ describe('PaginationService', () => {
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined);
     });
 
+    it('should expect page to decrement by 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method to be called  with cursorArgs when backend service is cursor based', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+      service.setCursorPageInfo(mockCursorPageInfo);
+      service.goToPreviousPage();
+
+      expect(service.dataFrom).toBe(1);
+      expect(service.dataTo).toBe(25);
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(1);
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, undefined, {last: 25, before: "b", newPage: 1, pageSize: 25 });
+    });
+
+    it('should expect page to decrement by 1 and "processOnPageChanged" method NOT to be called', () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+      service.goToPreviousPage(null, false);
+
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(1);
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    });
+
     it('should not expect "processOnPageChanged" method to be called when we are already on first page', () => {
       const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
       mockGridOption.pagination!.pageNumber = 1;
@@ -338,6 +433,21 @@ describe('PaginationService', () => {
       expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(output).toBeFalsy();
     });
+
+    it('should not expect "processOnPageChanged" method to be called when backend service is cursor based', async () => {
+      const spy = jest.spyOn(service, 'processOnPageChanged');
+      service.setCursorPageInfo(mockCursorPageInfo);
+      service.init(gridStub, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.pagination as Pagination, mockGridOptionWithCursorPaginationBackend.backendServiceApi);
+
+      const output = await service.goToPageNumber(3);
+
+      // stay on current page
+      expect(service.dataFrom).toBe(26);
+      expect(service.dataTo).toBe(50);
+      expect(service.getCurrentPageNumber()).toBe(2);
+      expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(output).toBeFalsy();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('processOnPageChanged method', () => {