Slick: dynamic sortBy in a query with left join - scala

Question

This is a problem derived from another question. I need to be able to dynamically pass a column to be sorted on in a Slick query which has a left join. The problem in this particular situation is that left joined table becomes optional and I have no idea how to handle that. If I make table Company not optional I'm getting SlickException: Read NULL value for ResultSet column Path
Example:
def list(filter: String, orderBy: Int) = {
DB.withDynSession {
val data = for {
(computer, company) <- Computer.where(_.name like filter) leftJoin
Company on (_.companyId === _.id)
} yield (computer, company.?)
val sortedData = orderBy match {
case 2 => data.sortBy(_._1.name) //Works ok, column from a primary table
case 3 => data.sortBy(_._2.name) //Error "Cannot resolve symbol name", because table is optional
}
}
}
Slick auto generated table classes used in example above:
package tables
// AUTO-GENERATED Slick data model
/** Stand-alone Slick data model for immediate use */
object Tables extends {
val profile = scala.slick.driver.H2Driver
} with Tables
/** Slick data model trait for extension, choice of backend or usage in the cake pattern. (Make sure to initialize this late.) */
trait Tables {
val profile: scala.slick.driver.JdbcProfile
import profile.simple._
import scala.slick.model.ForeignKeyAction
// NOTE: GetResult mappers for plain SQL are only generated for tables where Slick knows how to map the types of all columns.
import scala.slick.jdbc.{GetResult => GR}
/** DDL for all tables. Call .create to execute. */
lazy val ddl = Company.ddl ++ Computer.ddl
/** Entity class storing rows of table Company
* #param id Database column ID PrimaryKey
* #param name Database column NAME */
case class CompanyRow(id: Long, name: String)
/** GetResult implicit for fetching CompanyRow objects using plain SQL queries */
implicit def GetResultCompanyRow(implicit e0: GR[Long], e1: GR[String]): GR[CompanyRow] = GR{
prs => import prs._
CompanyRow.tupled((<<[Long], <<[String]))
}
/** Table description of table COMPANY. Objects of this class serve as prototypes for rows in queries. */
class Company(tag: Tag) extends Table[CompanyRow](tag, "COMPANY") {
def * = (id, name) <> (CompanyRow.tupled, CompanyRow.unapply)
/** Maps whole row to an option. Useful for outer joins. */
def ? = (id.?, name.?).shaped.<>({r=>import r._; _1.map(_=> CompanyRow.tupled((_1.get, _2.get)))}, (_:Any) => throw new Exception("Inserting into ? projection not supported."))
/** Database column ID PrimaryKey */
val id: Column[Long] = column[Long]("ID", O.PrimaryKey)
/** Database column NAME */
val name: Column[String] = column[String]("NAME")
}
/** Collection-like TableQuery object for table Company */
lazy val Company = new TableQuery(tag => new Company(tag))
/** Entity class storing rows of table Computer
* #param id Database column ID PrimaryKey
* #param name Database column NAME
* #param introduced Database column INTRODUCED
* #param discontinued Database column DISCONTINUED
* #param companyId Database column COMPANY_ID */
case class ComputerRow(id: Long, name: String, introduced: Option[java.sql.Timestamp], discontinued: Option[java.sql.Timestamp], companyId: Option[Long])
/** GetResult implicit for fetching ComputerRow objects using plain SQL queries */
implicit def GetResultComputerRow(implicit e0: GR[Long], e1: GR[String], e2: GR[Option[java.sql.Timestamp]], e3: GR[Option[Long]]): GR[ComputerRow] = GR{
prs => import prs._
ComputerRow.tupled((<<[Long], <<[String], <<?[java.sql.Timestamp], <<?[java.sql.Timestamp], <<?[Long]))
}
/** Table description of table COMPUTER. Objects of this class serve as prototypes for rows in queries. */
class Computer(tag: Tag) extends Table[ComputerRow](tag, "COMPUTER") {
def * = (id, name, introduced, discontinued, companyId) <> (ComputerRow.tupled, ComputerRow.unapply)
/** Maps whole row to an option. Useful for outer joins. */
def ? = (id.?, name.?, introduced, discontinued, companyId).shaped.<>({r=>import r._; _1.map(_=> ComputerRow.tupled((_1.get, _2.get, _3, _4, _5)))}, (_:Any) => throw new Exception("Inserting into ? projection not supported."))
/** Database column ID PrimaryKey */
val id: Column[Long] = column[Long]("ID", O.PrimaryKey)
/** Database column NAME */
val name: Column[String] = column[String]("NAME")
/** Database column INTRODUCED */
val introduced: Column[Option[java.sql.Timestamp]] = column[Option[java.sql.Timestamp]]("INTRODUCED")
/** Database column DISCONTINUED */
val discontinued: Column[Option[java.sql.Timestamp]] = column[Option[java.sql.Timestamp]]("DISCONTINUED")
/** Database column COMPANY_ID */
val companyId: Column[Option[Long]] = column[Option[Long]]("COMPANY_ID")
/** Foreign key referencing Company (database name FK_COMPUTER_COMPANY_1) */
lazy val companyFk = foreignKey("FK_COMPUTER_COMPANY_1", companyId, Company)(r => r.id, onUpdate=ForeignKeyAction.Restrict, onDelete=ForeignKeyAction.Restrict)
}
/** Collection-like TableQuery object for table Computer */
lazy val Computer = new TableQuery(tag => new Computer(tag))
}

Answer 1

.? is implemented using <> which prevents you from later accessing members. So you need to apply the sorting before you do the .?
val data = for {
(computer, company) <- Computer.where(_.name like filter) leftJoin
Company on (_.companyId === _.id)
} yield (computer, company) // <- no .?
val sortedData = orderBy match {
case 2 => data.sortBy(_._1.name) //Works ok, column from a primary table
case 3 => data.sortBy(_._2.name) //Error "Cannot resolve symbol name", because table is optional
}
val optionalJoinData = sortedData.map{
case (computer, company) => (computer, company.?)
} // <- do .? last