Unflattening array fix for very large arrays (#1432)

* fix unflattening of array indices

* Get tests passing

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Co-authored-by: nicktrn <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Eric Allam <[email protected]>
# Conflicts:
#	.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

Author: 3 people

packages/core/src/v3/utils/flattenAttributes.ts

@@ -95,36 +95,47 @@ export function unflattenAttributes(
   const result: Record<string, unknown> = {};
 
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
-    const parts = key.split(".").reduce((acc, part) => {
-      if (part.includes("[")) {
-        // Handling nested array indices
-        const subparts = part.split(/\[|\]/).filter((p) => p !== "");
-        acc.push(...subparts);
-      } else {
-        acc.push(part);
-      }
-      return acc;
-    }, [] as string[]);
+    const parts = key.split(".").reduce(
+      (acc, part) => {
+        if (part.startsWith("[") && part.endsWith("]")) {
+          // Handle array indices more precisely
+          const match = part.match(/^\[(\d+)\]$/);
+          if (match && match[1]) {
+            acc.push(parseInt(match[1]));
+          } else {
+            // Remove brackets for non-numeric array keys
+            acc.push(part.slice(1, -1));
+          }
+        } else {
+          acc.push(part);
+        }
+        return acc;
+      },
+      [] as (string | number)[]
+    );
 
     let current: any = result;
     for (let i = 0; i < parts.length - 1; i++) {
       const part = parts[i];
+      const nextPart = parts[i + 1];
 
-      if (!part) {
+      if (!part && part !== 0) {
         continue;
       }
 
-      const nextPart = parts[i + 1];
-      const isArray = nextPart && /^\d+$/.test(nextPart);
-      if (isArray && !Array.isArray(current[part])) {
-        current[part] = [];
-      } else if (!isArray && current[part] === undefined) {
+      if (typeof nextPart === "number") {
+        // Ensure we create an array for numeric indices
+        current[part] = Array.isArray(current[part]) ? current[part] : [];
+      } else if (current[part] === undefined) {
+        // Create an object for non-numeric paths
         current[part] = {};
       }
+
       current = current[part];
     }
+
     const lastPart = parts[parts.length - 1];
-    if (lastPart) {
+    if (lastPart !== undefined) {
       current[lastPart] = rehydrateNull(value);
     }
   }

packages/core/test/flattenAttributes.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import { flattenAttributes, unflattenAttributes } from "../src/v3/utils/flattenAttributes.js";
 
 describe("flattenAttributes", () => {
+  it("handles number keys correctl", () => {
+    expect(flattenAttributes({ bar: { "25": "foo" } })).toEqual({ "bar.25": "foo" });
+    expect(unflattenAttributes({ "bar.25": "foo" })).toEqual({ bar: { "25": "foo" } });
+    expect(flattenAttributes({ bar: ["foo", "baz"] })).toEqual({
+      "bar.[0]": "foo",
+      "bar.[1]": "baz",
+    });
+    expect(unflattenAttributes({ "bar.[0]": "foo", "bar.[1]": "baz" })).toEqual({
+      bar: ["foo", "baz"],
+    });
+    expect(flattenAttributes({ bar: { 25: "foo" } })).toEqual({ "bar.25": "foo" });
+    expect(unflattenAttributes({ "bar.25": "foo" })).toEqual({ bar: { 25: "foo" } });
+  });
+
   it("handles null correctly", () => {
     expect(flattenAttributes(null)).toEqual({ "": "$@null((" });
     expect(unflattenAttributes({ "": "$@null((" })).toEqual(null);