Access specified attributes of Json for search index in cloudant - json

Question

I have a Json document as:
{
"_id": "3de00db35e6549604c711e7295a1982a",
"_rev": "1-ecba71644d341dfe5cb9abf6dd13b23a",
"dateCreated": "2014-01-29 00:00:00",
"attributeCollection": {
"attributeArray": [
{
"updateable": false,
"lookup": "issuetype",
"issueAttributeDefinitionId": 13,
"attributeType": 1,
"name": "Web Type",
"value": [
"Improper Limitation of Authentication"
]
},
{
"updateable": true,
"lookup": "status",
"issueAttributeDefinitionId": 1,
"attributeType": 4,
"name": "Status",
"value": [
"Access with Right Permission"
]
}
]
},
"hash": "287030d6efa085b5b92b7106c0edb6d7"
}
I want to create search index for document using "name" and "value" ("name" or "value" only). I accessed these attributes by this codes:
for (var i=0; i<doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray.length; i++) {
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name) {
name = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name;
}
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value) {
value = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value;
}
}
It works when i use contentindex = name + " "+ value; the content shows "Web Type Improper Limitation of Authentication". However, if i use value only contentindex = value, it doesn't work, it shows null.
I know that the structure of "value" likes array (array with 1 element) and it doesn't have any attribute name.
How can i access the value properly?
Update:
When i index some cases as:
1. It works
var content=name + " " + value;
index("default", content);
2. It works
index("default", name);
3. It doesn't work
index("default", value);
4.I fixed with by revised the code to get "value" as:
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value) {
for (var j=0; j<doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value.length; j++){
value = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value[j];
}
}
Or
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value) {
value = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value[0];
}
It works with index("default", value);
However, when i used permutation function as discussed in this post
5. It works
var content= permuteword(name);
for(var k=0; k<content.length; k++){
index("default", content[k], { store : true });
}
6. It doesn't work
var content= permuteword(value);
for(var k=0; k<content.length; k++){
index("default", content[k], { store : true });
}
7. It doesn't work
var content=name + " " +value;
var content1= permuteword(content);
for(var k=0; k<content1.length; k++){
index("default", content1[k], { store : true });
}

Answer 1

I'm not exactly sure I completely understand your question. It sounds like you are creating an index like this:
for (var i=0; i<doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray.length; i++) {
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name) {
name = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name;
}
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value) {
value = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value;
}
index("contentindex", name + " " + value);
}
If this is the case you could try indexing the name and value separately (Update: changed to access each element in the value array):
for (var i=0; i<doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray.length; i++) {
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name) {
name = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].name;
index("contentindex", name);
}
if (doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value) {
for (var j=0; j<doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value.length; j++) {
value = doc.attributeCollection.attributeArray[i].value[j];
index("contentindex", value);
}
}
}
Then querying by either the name or the value should return the correct result.
Please let me know if I am misunderstanding you question.