server/AyaNova/util/JsonUtil.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,37 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Utility used by biz classes to extract all the custom field data as text strings suitable for search indexing
+        /// Does not take into account type of field only what is in it and weeds out bools and any other non suitable for search text
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jsonIn"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static List<string> GetCustomFieldsAsStringArrayForSearchIndexing(string jsonIn)
+        {
+            var ret = new List<string>();
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(jsonIn))
+            {
+                var j = JObject.Parse(jsonIn);
+
+                //iterate the values in the custom fields
+                foreach (KeyValuePair<string, JToken> kv in j)
+                {
+                    //Add as string any value that isn't a bool since bools are useless for searching
+                    //and don't add dates as it gets hellish to factor in time zone conversions and local server vs user date format and all that shit
+                    //and at the end of the day it won't really be useful for searching as people will probably ask for a filter or sort instead which we may have to 
+                    //look at in future, for search though just the numbers and text that are plausibly search-worthy
+                    if (kv.Value.Type != JTokenType.Boolean && kv.Value.Type != JTokenType.Date)
+                    {
+                        ret.Add(kv.Value.Value<string>());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons