Released 0.5.0.

bower.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "sifter",
 	"keywords": ["search","filter","sift","data","results","match","sort","autocomplete"],
 	"description": "A library for textually searching arrays and hashes of objects by property (or multiple properties). Designed specifically for autocomplete.",
-	"version": "0.4.5",
+	"version": "0.5.0",
 	"license": "Apache License, Version 2.0",
 	"readmeFilename": "README.md",
 	"repository": {

package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "autocomplete"
   ],
   "description": "A library for textually searching arrays and hashes of objects by property (or multiple properties). Designed specifically for autocomplete.",
-  "version": "0.4.5",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Brian Reavis <brian@thirdroute.com>",
   "main": "./sifter.js",

sifter.js

@@ -114,13 +114,14 @@
 	 * @returns {function}
 	 */
 	Sifter.prototype.getScoreFunction = function(search, options) {
-		var self, fields, tokens, token_count;
+		var self, fields, tokens, token_count, nesting;
 
 		self        = this;
 		search      = self.prepareSearch(search, options);
 		tokens      = search.tokens;
 		fields      = search.options.fields;
 		token_count = tokens.length;
+		nesting     = search.options.nesting;
 
 		/**
 		 * Calculates how close of a match the
@@ -157,12 +158,12 @@
 			}
 			if (field_count === 1) {
 				return function(token, data) {
-					return scoreValue(data[fields[0]], token);
+					return scoreValue(getattr(data, fields[0], nesting), token);
 				};
 			}
 			return function(token, data) {
 				for (var i = 0, sum = 0; i < field_count; i++) {
-					sum += scoreValue(data[fields[i]], token);
+					sum += scoreValue(getattr(data, fields[i], nesting), token);
 				}
 				return sum / field_count;
 			};
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@
 		 */
 		get_field = function(name, result) {
 			if (name === '$score') return result.score;
-			return self.items[result.id][name];
+			return getattr(self.items[result.id], name, options.nesting);
 		};
 
 		// parse options
@@ -412,6 +413,21 @@
 		return a;
 	};
 
+	/**
+	 * A property getter resolving dot-notation
+	 * @param  {Object}  obj     The root object to fetch property on
+	 * @param  {String}  name    The optionally dotted property name to fetch
+	 * @param  {Boolean} nesting Handle nesting or not
+	 * @return {Object}          The resolved property value
+	 */
+	var getattr = function(obj, name, nesting) {
+	    if (!obj || !name) return;
+	    if (!nesting) return obj[name];
+	    var names = name.split(".");
+	    while(names.length && (obj = obj[names.shift()]));
+	    return obj;
+	};
+
 	var trim = function(str) {
 		return (str + '').replace(/^\s+|\s+$|/g, '');
 	};