Support objects in expressions

src/Altinn.App.Core/Internal/Expressions/ExpressionEvaluator.cs

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ internal static async Task<ExpressionValue> EvaluateExpression_internal(
             ExpressionFunction.multiply => Multiply(args),
             ExpressionFunction.divide => Divide(args),
             ExpressionFunction.list => List(args),
+            ExpressionFunction.@object => Object(args),
             ExpressionFunction.INVALID => throw new ExpressionEvaluatorTypeErrorException(
                 $"Function {expr.Args.FirstOrDefault()} not implemented in backend {expr}"
             ),
@@ -1004,6 +1005,11 @@ private static JsonArray List(ExpressionValue[] args)
         return new JsonArray(args.Select(a => JsonSerializer.SerializeToNode(a)).ToArray());
     }
 
+    private static JsonObject Object(ExpressionValue[] args)
+    {
+        return new ObjectFunctionEvaluator(args).Evaluate();
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Performs arithmetic operation using decimal precision to avoid floating point precision issues.
     /// Converts doubles to decimal, performs the operation, and converts back to double.

src/Altinn.App.Core/Internal/Expressions/ExpressionValue.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Numerics;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Altinn.App.Core.Internal.Expressions;
     // double is a value type where nullable takes extra space, and we only read it when it should be set
     private readonly double _numberValue = 0;
 
-    // private readonly Dictionary<string, ExpressionValue>? _objectValue = null;
+    private readonly JsonObject? _objectValue = null;
     private readonly JsonArray? _arrayValue = null;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -84,11 +85,12 @@ private ExpressionValue(string? value)
         _stringValue = value;
     }
 
-    // private ExpressionValue(Dictionary<string, ExpressionValue>? value)
-    // {
-    //     _valueKind = value is null ? JsonValueKind.Null : JsonValueKind.Object;
-    //     _objectValue = value;
-    // }
+    /// <summary>Constructor for object value</summary>
+    public ExpressionValue(JsonObject value)
+    {
+        ValueKind = JsonValueKind.Object;
+        _objectValue = value;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>Constructor for array value</summary>
     public ExpressionValue(JsonArray value)
@@ -112,10 +114,10 @@ public ExpressionValue(JsonArray value)
     /// </summary>
     public static implicit operator ExpressionValue(string? value) => new(value);
 
-    // /// <summary>
-    // /// Convert a Dictionary to ExpressionValue
-    // /// </summary>
-    // public static implicit operator ExpressionValue(Dictionary<string, ExpressionValue>? value) => new(value);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convert a Dictionary to ExpressionValue
+    /// </summary>
+    public static implicit operator ExpressionValue(JsonObject value) => new(value);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Convert an array to ExpressionValue
@@ -174,17 +176,20 @@ public static ExpressionValue FromObject(object? value)
                     '"'
                 ) // Trim quotes to match the string representation
             ,
-            JsonArray jsonArrayValue => jsonArrayValue,
-            _ => ToJsonArrayOrNull(value),
+            BigInteger => Null,
+            JsonObject jsonObject => jsonObject,
+            JsonArray jsonArray => jsonArray,
+            _ => ToJsonNodeOrNull(value),
         };
     }
 
-    private static ExpressionValue ToJsonArrayOrNull(object? value)
+    private static ExpressionValue ToJsonNodeOrNull(object? value)
     {
         var node = JsonSerializer.SerializeToNode(value);
         return node switch
         {
             JsonArray jsonArray => jsonArray,
+            JsonObject jsonObject => jsonObject,
             _ => Null,
         };
     }
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ private static ExpressionValue ToJsonArrayOrNull(object? value)
             JsonValueKind.False => false,
             JsonValueKind.String => String,
             JsonValueKind.Number => Number,
-            // JsonValueKind.Object => Object,
+            JsonValueKind.Object => Dictionary,
             JsonValueKind.Array => Array,
             _ => throw new InvalidOperationException("Invalid value kind"),
         };
@@ -249,14 +254,15 @@ private static ExpressionValue ToJsonArrayOrNull(object? value)
             ),
         };
 
-    // public Dictionary<string, ExpressionValue> Object =>
-    //     _valueKind switch
-    //     {
-    //         JsonValueKind.Object => _objectValue ?? throw new UnreachableException($"{this} is not an object"),
-    //         _ => throw new InvalidCastException(
-    //            $"The .Object property can't be used on an expression value that represent a {_valueKind}"
-    //        ),
-    //     };
+    /// <summary>Get the value as an object (or throw if it isn't an object ValueKind)</summary>
+    public JsonObject Dictionary =>
+        ValueKind switch
+        {
+            JsonValueKind.Object => _objectValue ?? throw new UnreachableException($"{this} is not an object"),
+            _ => throw new InvalidCastException(
+                $"The .Object property can't be used on an expression value that represent a {ValueKind}"
+            ),
+        };
 
     /// <summary>Get the value as an array (or throw if it isn't an array ValueKind)</summary>
     public JsonArray Array =>
@@ -280,8 +286,8 @@ public override string ToString() =>
             JsonValueKind.False => "false",
             JsonValueKind.String => JsonSerializer.Serialize(String, _unsafeSerializerOptionsForSerializingDates),
             JsonValueKind.Number => Number.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
-            // JsonValueKind.Object => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Object),
-            // JsonValueKind.Array => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Array),
+            JsonValueKind.Object => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Dictionary),
+            JsonValueKind.Array => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Array),
             _ => throw new InvalidOperationException($"Invalid value kind {ValueKind}"),
         };
 
@@ -330,8 +336,8 @@ public override string ToString() =>
                 { } sValue => sValue,
             },
             JsonValueKind.Number => Number.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
-            // JsonValueKind.Object => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Object),
-            // JsonValueKind.Array => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Array),
+            JsonValueKind.Object => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Dictionary),
+            JsonValueKind.Array => JsonSerializer.Serialize(Array),
             _ => throw new NotImplementedException($"ToStringForEquals not implemented for {ValueKind}"),
         };
 
@@ -634,7 +640,7 @@ public override ExpressionValue Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConve
             JsonTokenType.String => reader.GetString(),
             JsonTokenType.Number => reader.GetDouble(),
             JsonTokenType.Null => ExpressionValue.Null,
-            // JsonTokenType.StartObject => ReadObject(ref reader),
+            JsonTokenType.StartObject => ReadObject(ref reader, options),
             JsonTokenType.StartArray => ReadArray(ref reader, options),
             _ => throw new JsonException(),
         };
@@ -652,10 +658,17 @@ private static ExpressionValue ReadArray(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, JsonSerializ
         return new ExpressionValue(values);
     }
 
-    // private ExpressionValue ReadObject(ref Utf8JsonReader reader)
-    // {
-    //     throw new NotImplementedException();
-    // }
+    private static ExpressionValue ReadObject(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+    {
+        if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
+        {
+            throw new JsonException("Expected StartObject token.");
+        }
+        var values =
+            JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonObject>(ref reader, options)
+            ?? throw new JsonException("Expected EndObject token.");
+        return new ExpressionValue(values);
+    }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, ExpressionValue value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
@@ -678,9 +691,9 @@ public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, ExpressionValue value, JsonSer
             case JsonValueKind.Number:
                 writer.WriteNumberValue(value.Number);
                 break;
-            // case JsonValueKind.Object:
-            //     JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value.Object, options);
-            //     break;
+            case JsonValueKind.Object:
+                JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value.Dictionary, options);
+                break;
             case JsonValueKind.Array:
                 JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value.Array, options);
                 break;

src/Altinn.App.Core/Internal/Expressions/ObjectFunctionEvaluator.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+
+namespace Altinn.App.Core.Internal.Expressions;
+
+internal class ObjectFunctionEvaluator
+{
+    private readonly ExpressionValue[] _args;
+
+    public ObjectFunctionEvaluator(ExpressionValue[] args) => _args = args;
+
+    public JsonObject Evaluate()
+    {
+        AssertEvenNumberOfArguments();
+        string[] keys = ExtractKeys();
+        AssertKeysAreUnique(keys);
+        JsonNode?[] values = ExtractValues();
+        Dictionary<string, JsonNode?> keyValuePairs = DictionaryFromKeysAndValues(keys, values);
+        return new JsonObject(keyValuePairs);
+    }
+
+    private void AssertEvenNumberOfArguments()
+    {
+        if (_args.Length % 2 == 1)
+        {
+            throw new ExpressionEvaluatorTypeErrorException(
+                "The object function must have an even number of arguments."
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private string[] ExtractKeys()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return _args.Where((_, index) => index % 2 == 0).Select(v => v.String).ToArray();
+        }
+        catch (InvalidCastException)
+        {
+            throw new ExpressionEvaluatorTypeErrorException("Object keys must be strings.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void AssertKeysAreUnique(string[] keys)
+    {
+        if (keys.Length != keys.Distinct().Count())
+        {
+            throw new ExpressionEvaluatorTypeErrorException("Object keys must be unique.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private JsonNode?[] ExtractValues() =>
+        _args.Where((_, index) => index % 2 == 1).Select(v => JsonSerializer.SerializeToNode(v)).ToArray();
+
+    private static Dictionary<string, JsonNode?> DictionaryFromKeysAndValues(string[] keys, JsonNode?[] values) =>
+        keys.Zip(values, (k, v) => new { k, v }).ToDictionary(x => x.k, x => x.v);
+}

src/Altinn.App.Core/Models/Expressions/ExpressionFunction.cs

@@ -228,4 +228,9 @@ public enum ExpressionFunction
 
     /// <summary>Create a list from the arguments.</summary>
     list,
+
+    /// <summary>Create a dictionary from the arguments, which must be alternating keys and values.</summary>
+#pragma warning disable CA1720
+    @object,
+#pragma warning restore CA1720
 }

test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/LayoutExpressions/CommonTests/TestFunctions.cs

@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ public async Task Divide_Theory(string testName, ExpressionTestCaseRoot.TestCase
     public async Task List_Theory(string testName, ExpressionTestCaseRoot.TestCaseItem testCaseItem) =>
         await RunTestCase(testName, new ExpressionTestCaseRoot(testCaseItem));
 
+    [Theory]
+    [SharedTestCases("object")]
+    public async Task Object_Theory(string testName, ExpressionTestCaseRoot.TestCaseItem testCaseItem) =>
+        await RunTestCase(testName, new ExpressionTestCaseRoot(testCaseItem));
+
     private static async Task<ExpressionTestCaseRoot> LoadTestCase(string file, string folder)
     {
         ExpressionTestCaseRoot testCase = new();

test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/LayoutExpressions/CommonTests/shared-tests/functions/dataModel/lookup-list.json

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
         "booleanList": [true, false],
         "nullList": [null, null],
         "multidimensionalList": [[[1, 2], [3, 4]], [[5, 6], [7, 8]]],
+        "objectList": [{ "a": 1 }, { "a": 2 }],
         "emptyList": [],
-        "differentTypesList": [1, "string", true, null, [null]],
+        "differentTypesList": [1, "string", true, null, [null], { "a": null }],
         "listThatLooksLikeAnExpression": ["equals", 1, 1]
       }
     }
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@
       "expression": ["dataModel", "multidimensionalList"],
       "expects": [[[1, 2], [3, 4]], [[5, 6], [7, 8]]]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "Object list lookup",
+      "expression": ["dataModel", "objectList"],
+      "expects": [{ "a": 1 }, { "a": 2 }]
+    },
     {
       "name": "Empty list lookup",
       "expression": ["dataModel", "emptyList"],
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@
     {
       "name": "Lookup of list with different types",
       "expression": ["dataModel", "differentTypesList"],
-      "expects": [1, "string", true, null, [null]]
+      "expects": [1, "string", true, null, [null], { "a": null }]
     },
     {
       "name": "Lookup of list that looks like an expression",