server/AyaNova/biz/DataFilterBiz.cs

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabase(new Event(UserId, outObj.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.Created), ct);
 
                 //SEARCH INDEXING
-               // Search.ProcessNewObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, outObj.Id, BizType, outObj.Name, outObj.Name);
+                // Search.ProcessNewObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, outObj.Id, BizType, outObj.Name, outObj.Name);
 
                 return outObj;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabase(new Event(UserId, outObj.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.Created), TempContext);
 
                 //SEARCH INDEXING
-               // Search.ProcessNewObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, outObj.Id, BizType, outObj.Name, outObj.Name);
+                // Search.ProcessNewObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, outObj.Id, BizType, outObj.Name, outObj.Name);
 
                 return outObj;
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             EventLogProcessor.LogEventToDatabase(new Event(UserId, dbObj.Id, BizType, AyaEvent.Modified), ct);
 
             //Update keywords
-          //  Search.ProcessUpdatedObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, dbObj.Id, BizType, dbObj.Name, dbObj.Name);
+            //  Search.ProcessUpdatedObjectKeywords(UserLocaleId, dbObj.Id, BizType, dbObj.Name, dbObj.Name);
 
             return true;
         }
@@ -316,6 +316,71 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 }
             }
 
+
+
+
+            //VALIDATE SORT
+            //Filter json must parse
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(inObj.Sort))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var v = JArray.Parse(inObj.Sort);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < v.Count; i++)
+                    {
+                        var sortItem = v[i];
+                        if (sortItem["fld"] == null)
+                            AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, object is missing required \"fld\" property ");
+                        else
+                        {
+                            var fld = sortItem["fld"].Value<string>();
+                            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(fld))
+                                AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, \"fld\" property is empty and required");
+
+                            //validate the field name if we can
+                            if (ListValidFilterOptions != null)
+                            {
+
+                                if (!ListValidFilterOptions.Flds.Exists(x => x.Fld == fld))
+                                {
+                                    AddError(ValidationErrorType.InvalidValue, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, fld property value \"{fld}\" is not a valid value for ListKey specified");
+                                }
+
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (sortItem["op"] == null)
+                            AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, object is missing required \"op\" property ");
+                        else
+                        {
+                            var opType = sortItem["op"].Value<string>();
+                            if (!FilterComparisonOperator.Operators.Contains(opType))
+                                AddError(ValidationErrorType.InvalidValue, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, \"op\" property value of \"{opType}\" is not a valid FilterComparisonOperator type");
+                        }
+
+                        if (sortItem["value"] == null)
+                            AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, object is missing or is empty the required \"value\" property ");
+                        else
+                        {
+                            if (sortItem["value"].Type == JTokenType.String && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sortItem["value"].Value<string>()))
+                                AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, object is missing or is empty the required \"value\" property ");
+
+                            if (sortItem["value"].Type == JTokenType.Array && sortItem["value"].Count() == 0)
+                                AddError(ValidationErrorType.RequiredPropertyEmpty, "Filter", $"Filter array item {i}, object is missing or is empty the required \"value\" property ARRAY ");
+                        }
+
+
+                        //NOTE: value of nothing, null or empty is a valid value so no checking for it here
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException ex)
+                {
+                    AddError(ValidationErrorType.InvalidValue, "Sort", "Sort is not valid JSON string: " + ex.Message);
+
+                }
+            }
+
+
+
             return;
         }
 

server/AyaNova/biz/WidgetBiz.cs

@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //BUILD ORDER BY AND APPEND IT
             //TODO: Code a separate order by builder block
 
+
+            
+
 #pragma warning disable EF1000  
 
             var items = await ct.Widget

server/AyaNova/models/DataFilter.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         public bool Public { get; set; }
         [Required, MaxLength(255)]
         public string ListKey { get; set; }//max 255 characters ascii set 
-        public string Filter { get; set; }//can be empty I guess meaning nothing selected in it
+        public string Filter { get; set; }//JSON fragment filter collection
+        public string Sort { get; set; }//JSON fragment sort collection
 
     }
 }

server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 LogUpdateMessage(log);
 
                 exec("CREATE TABLE adatafilter (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, ownerid bigint not null, name varchar(255) not null,  public bool not null," +
-                "listkey varchar(255) not null, filter text, UNIQUE(name))");
+                "listkey varchar(255) not null, filter text, sort text, UNIQUE(name))");
 
                 setSchemaLevel(++currentSchema);
             }