I am facing a challenge with organizing a list of items that can have multiple levels of children using an API that provides a path property. The issue arises when the path requires each child to add an incrementing -000n starting from 0001. I am struggling to consume the path value to structure the Objects into nested Arrays where each item has its own corresponding children[] Array.
The programming languages I am working with are Typescript/JS and Kotlin within the Android Framework.
I have been trying to come up with a solution for some time now, so any input from the community on this problem would be greatly appreciated. I hope my explanation is clear enough, thank you!
Here is an example layout:
|--group (0001)
|--item (0001-0001)
|--item (0001-0001-0001)
|--item (0001-0001-0001-0001)
|--item (0001-0001-0001-0002)
|--item (0001-0002)
|--item (0001-0002-0001)
|--item (0001-0002-0001-0001)
|--item (0001-0002-0001-0001-0001)
|--item (0001-0002-0001-0002)
|--item (0001-0003)
|--group (0002)
|--item (0002-0001)
Payload data:
{
"items": [
{
"name": "cameras",
"type": "group",
"path": "0001"
},
{
"name": "camera-1",
"type": "equipment",
"path": "0001-0001"
},
{
"name": "charger",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001"
},
{
"name:": "cable",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001-0001"
},
{
"name": "adapter",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001-0002"
},
// etc
{
"name": "lights",
"type": "group",
"path": "0002"
}
// etc
]
}
Desired outcome:
{
"items": [
{
"name": "cameras",
"type": "group",
"path": "0001",
"children": [
{
"name": "camera-1",
"type": "equipment",
"path": "0001-0001",
"children": [
{
"name": "charger",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001",
"children": [
{
"name:": "cable",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001-0001"
},
{
"name": "adapter",
"type": "power",
"path": "0001-0001-0001-0002"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "camera-2",
"type": "equipment",
"path": "0001-0002",
// children as above
}
]
},
{
"name": "lights",
"type": "group",
"path": "0002",
// children as above
}
]
}