dart:dom indexeddb unable to retrieve correctly formed object from database

[sethladd]

I can save an object into the database, but I can't retrieve the same object from the database.

For example,

I can save this:

{'x': ['foo', {'bar':2}]}

which gets translated to JavaScript like this:

_map(["x", ["foo", _map(["bar", (2)])]])

and when I retrieve that object from the DB, it looks like this:

Object
_list: Object
_map: Object
  _keys: Array[6]
    5: "x"
  length: 6
  proto: Array[0]
  _loadLimit: 6
  _numberOfDeleted: 0
  _numberOfEntries: 1
  _values: Array[6]
  proto: Object
  proto: Object

but instead it should look something more like this:

Object
  x: Array[2]
    0: "foo"
    1: Object
      bar: 2
    proto: Object
    length: 2
  proto: Array[0]
  proto: Object

I should be able to do this on retrieved object:

obj['x'][1].bar

I'll attach working JavaScript code.

[sethladd]

Attaching working raw, native JavaScript code. The results of this code should also work in Dart.

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[sethladd]

Example dart code can be found at: https://github.com/sethladd/lawndart/blob/master/test.dart

and https://github.com/sethladd/lawndart/blob/master/indexeddb-adapter.dart

[rakudrama]

The put operation stores a 'structured clone' http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-dom-interfaces.html#structured-clone of the object.
This copies the JavaScript object graph - the same rules as used for postMessage.

The Dart Map<> object is not a direct JavaScript Object. What you see is the structured clone of the Dart Map implementation.
There is code in the isolates library to serialize/deserialize objects but it appears to be bound to the isolate code.

Q1. Is it a requirement that a value written to the database in JavaScript is readable in Dart and vice-versa?

Q2. What is the minimum set of types required to unblock the customer?

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cc @sigmundch.
cc @floitschG.

[sethladd]

Good point, sorry about that. I should be able to do obj['x'][1]['bar']

Regardless, I can't even do obj['x'] on the retrieved object. The code errors with:

Uncaught NoSuchMethodException : method not found: 'operator []'
Receiver: [object Object]
Arguments: [x]

when I try this: pring("Value is $v and ${v['x']}!");

[vsmenon]

Removed Area-UI label.
Added Area-DOM label.

[sigmundch]

Added Isolates label.

[vsmenon]

Lowering priority. You can get the same functionality via serializing to JSON and storing as a string for now.

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Added this to the Later milestone.
Removed Priority-High label.
Added Priority-Medium label.

[sethladd]

I disagree that this workaround is sufficient. The issue with using a JSON string is that you can't use IndexedDB's nice indexes on object properties.

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Removed Isolates label.

[rakudrama]

Marked this as blocking #1310.

[iposva-google]

Removed Area-DOM label.
Added Area-HTML label.

[rakudrama]

Issue #3669 has been merged into this issue.

[vsmenon]

Removed this from the Later milestone.
Added this to the M1 milestone.

[rakudrama]

Fixed at r11331
html/indexeddb_2_test excerises this issue.

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Added Fixed label.