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src/helper/outputUtils.js

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+//this class will handle the output events for the node red node
+class OutputUtils {
+  constructor() {
+    this.output ={};
+    this.output['influxdb'] = {};
+    this.output['process'] = {};
+  }
+
+  checkForChanges(output, format) {
+    const changedFields = {};
+    for (const key in output) {
+      if (output.hasOwnProperty(key) && output[key] !== this.output[format][key]) {
+        let value = output[key];
+        // For fields: if the value is an object (and not a Date), stringify it.
+        if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !(value instanceof Date)) {
+          changedFields[key] = JSON.stringify(value);
+        } else {
+          changedFields[key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Update the saved output state.
+    this.output[format] = { ...this.output[format], ...changedFields };
+
+    return changedFields;
+  }
+
+  formatMsg(output, config, format) {
+  
+    //define emtpy message
+      let msg = {};
+
+      // Compare output with last output and only include changed values
+      const changedFields = this.checkForChanges(output,format);
+
+      if (Object.keys(changedFields).length > 0) {
+
+        switch (format) {
+          case 'influxdb':  
+            // Extract the relevant config properties.
+            const relevantConfig = this.extractRelevantConfig(config);
+            // Flatten the tags so that no nested objects are passed on.
+            const flatTags = this.flattenTags(relevantConfig);
+            msg = this.influxDBFormat(changedFields, config, flatTags);
+            
+            break;
+
+          case 'process':
+
+            // Compare output with last output and only include changed values
+            msg = this.processFormat(changedFields,config);
+            //console.log(msg);
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            console.log('Unknown format in output utils');
+            break;
+        }
+        return msg;
+      }
+  }
+  
+
+  influxDBFormat(changedFields, config , flatTags) {
+    // Create the measurement and topic using softwareType and name config.functionality.softwareType + .
+    const measurement = config.general.name;
+    const payload = {
+      measurement: measurement,
+      fields: changedFields,
+      tags: flatTags,
+      timestamp: new Date(),
+    };
+
+    const topic = measurement;
+    const msg = { topic: topic, payload: payload };
+    return msg;
+  }
+
+  flattenTags(obj) {
+    const result = {};
+    for (const key in obj) {
+      if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        const value = obj[key];
+        if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !(value instanceof Date)) {
+          // Recursively flatten the nested object.
+          const flatChild = this.flattenTags(value);
+          for (const childKey in flatChild) {
+            if (flatChild.hasOwnProperty(childKey)) {
+              result[`${key}_${childKey}`] = String(flatChild[childKey]);
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          // InfluxDB tags must be strings.
+          result[key] = String(value);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  extractRelevantConfig(config) {
+    
+    return {
+      // general properties
+      id: config.general?.id,
+      name: config.general?.name,
+      unit: config.general?.unit,
+      // functionality properties
+      softwareType: config.functionality?.softwareType,
+      role: config.functionality?.role,
+      // asset properties (exclude machineCurve)
+      uuid: config.asset?.uuid,
+      geoLocation: config.asset?.geoLocation,
+      supplier: config.asset?.supplier,
+      type: config.asset?.type,
+      subType: config.asset?.subType,
+      model: config.asset?.model,
+    };
+  }
+
+  processFormat(changedFields,config) {
+        // Create the measurement and topic using softwareType and name config.functionality.softwareType + .
+        const measurement = config.general.name;
+        const payload = changedFields;
+        const topic = measurement;
+        const msg = { topic: topic, payload: payload };
+        return msg;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = OutputUtils;