This works:

MyCollection.prototype.select = function (properties) {
   var self = this;

   return {
      where: function (conditions) {
         return _.chain(self.arrayOfObjects)
           .where(conditions)
           .map(function (result) {
              return _.pick(result, properties);
           })
           .value();
      }
   };
};

It allows me to query my collection like so:

var people = collection
             .select(['id', 'firstName'])
             .where({lastName: 'Mars', city: 'Chicago'});

I expected to be able to write the code like this, though:

MyCollection.prototype.select = function (properties) {
   var self = this;

   return {
      where: function (conditions) {
         return _.chain(self.arrayOfObjects)
           .where(conditions)
           .pick(properties);
           .value();
      }
   };
};

Lo-Dash documentation specifies the _.pick callback as "[callback] (Function|…string|string[]): The function called per iteration or property names to pick, specified as individual property names or arrays of property names." That led me to believe I could just supply the properties array, which would be applied to each item in arrayOfObjects that meets the conditions. What am I missing?

This works:

MyCollection.prototype.select = function (properties) {
   var self = this;

   return {
      where: function (conditions) {
         return _.chain(self.arrayOfObjects)
           .where(conditions)
           .map(function (result) {
              return _.pick(result, properties);
           })
           .value();
      }
   };
};

It allows me to query my collection like so:

var people = collection
             .select(['id', 'firstName'])
             .where({lastName: 'Mars', city: 'Chicago'});

I expected to be able to write the code like this, though:

MyCollection.prototype.select = function (properties) {
   var self = this;

   return {
      where: function (conditions) {
         return _.chain(self.arrayOfObjects)
           .where(conditions)
           .pick(properties);
           .value();
      }
   };
};

Lo-Dash documentation specifies the _.pick callback as "[callback] (Function|…string|string[]): The function called per iteration or property names to pick, specified as individual property names or arrays of property names." That led me to believe I could just supply the properties array, which would be applied to each item in arrayOfObjects that meets the conditions. What am I missing?

• javascript
• lodash

2 Answers 2

http://lodash./docs#pick

It expects an Object as the first parameter, you're giving it an Array.

Arguments

1. object (Object): The source object.
2. ...
3. ...

I think this is the best you can do:

MyCollection.prototype.select = function (properties) {
   var self = this;

   return {
      where: function (conditions) {
         return _.chain(self.arrayOfObjects)
           .where(conditions)
           .map(_.partialRight(_.pick, properties))
           .value();
      }
   };
};

It doesn't work because _.pick expects an object, not a collection which is being passed through from the where function in your chain.