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+/*
+ * Describe context objects of operation hooks in comprehensive HTML table.
+ * Usage:
+ *  $ node support/describe-operation-hooks.js > hooks.html
+ *  $ open hooks.hml
+ *
+ */
+var Promise = global.Promise = require('bluebird');
+var DataSource = require('../').DataSource;
+var Memory = require('../lib/connectors/memory').Memory;
+
+var HOOK_NAMES = [
+  'access',
+  'before save', 'persist', 'after save',
+  'before delete', 'after delete'
+];
+
+var dataSources = [
+  createOptimizedDataSource(),
+  createUnoptimizedDataSource()
+];
+
+var observedContexts = [];
+var lastId = 0;
+
+Promise.onPossiblyUnhandledRejection(function(err) {
+  console.error('POSSIBLY UNHANDLED REJECTION', err.stack);
+});
+
+var operations = [
+  function find(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.find({ where: { id: '1' } });
+  },
+
+  function count(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.count({ id: ds.existingInstance.id });
+  },
+
+  function create(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.create({ name: 'created' });
+  },
+
+  function findOrCreate_found(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.findOrCreate(
+      { where: { name: ds.existingInstance.name } },
+      { name: ds.existingInstance.name });
+  },
+
+  function findOrCreate_create(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.findOrCreate(
+      { where: { name: 'new-record' } },
+      { name: 'new-record' });
+  },
+
+  function updateOrCreate_create(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.updateOrCreate({ id: 'not-found', name: 'not found' });
+  },
+
+  function updateOrCreate_update(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.updateOrCreate(
+      { id: ds.existingInstance.id, name: 'new name' });
+  },
+
+  function updateAll(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.updateAll({ name: 'searched' }, { name: 'updated' });
+  },
+
+  function prototypeSave(ds) {
+    ds.existingInstance.name = 'changed';
+    return ds.existingInstance.save();
+  },
+
+  function prototypeUpdateAttributes(ds) {
+    return ds.existingInstance.updateAttributes({ name: 'changed' });
+  },
+
+  function prototypeDelete(ds) {
+    return ds.existingInstance.delete();
+  },
+
+  function deleteAll(ds) {
+    return ds.TestModel.deleteAll({ name: ds.existingInstance.name });
+  },
+];
+
+var p = setupTestModels();
+operations.forEach(function(op) {
+  p = p.then(runner(op));
+});
+
+p.then(report, console.error);
+
+
+function createOptimizedDataSource() {
+  var ds = new DataSource({ connector: Memory });
+  ds.name = 'Optimized';
+
+  ds.connector.findOrCreate = function (model, query, data, callback) {
+    this.all(model, query, {}, function (err, list) {
+      if (err || (list && list[0])) return callback(err, list && list[0], false);
+      this.create(model, data, {}, function (err) {
+        callback(err, data, true);
+      });
+    }.bind(this));
+  };
+
+  return ds;
+}
+
+function createUnoptimizedDataSource() {
+  var ds = new DataSource({ connector: Memory });
+  ds.name = 'Unoptimized';
+
+  // disable optimized methods
+  ds.connector.updateOrCreate = false;
+  ds.connector.findOrCreate = false;
+
+  return ds;
+}
+
+function setupTestModels() {
+  dataSources.forEach(function setupOnDataSource(ds) {
+    var TestModel = ds.TestModel = ds.createModel('TestModel', {
+      id: { type: String, id: true, default: uid },
+      name: { type: String, required: true },
+      extra: { type: String, required: false }
+    });
+  });
+  return Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+function uid() {
+  lastId += 1;
+  return '' + lastId;
+}
+
+function runner(fn) {
+  return function() {
+    var res = Promise.resolve();
+    dataSources.forEach(function(ds) {
+      res = res.then(function() {
+        return resetStorage(ds);
+      }).then(function() {
+        observedContexts.push({
+          operation: fn.name,
+          connector: ds.name,
+          hooks: {}
+        });
+        return fn(ds);
+      });
+    });
+    return res;
+  };
+}
+
+function resetStorage(ds) {
+  var TestModel = ds.TestModel;
+  HOOK_NAMES.forEach(function(hook) {
+    TestModel.clearObservers(hook);
+  });
+  return TestModel.deleteAll()
+    .then(function() {
+      return TestModel.create({ name: 'first' })
+    })
+    .then(function(instance) {
+      // Look it up from DB so that default values are retrieved
+      return TestModel.findById(instance.id)
+    })
+    .then(function(instance) {
+      ds.existingInstance = instance;
+      return TestModel.create({ name: 'second' });
+    })
+    .then(function() {
+      HOOK_NAMES.forEach(function(hook) {
+        TestModel.observe(hook, function(ctx, next) {
+          var row = observedContexts[observedContexts.length-1];
+          row.hooks[hook] = Object.keys(ctx);
+          next();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+}
+
+function report() {
+  console.log('<style>')
+  console.log('td { font-family: "monospace": }');
+  console.log('td, th {');
+  console.log('  vertical-align: text-top;');
+  console.log('  padding: 0.5em;');
+  console.log('  border-bottom: 1px solid gray;');
+  console.log('</style>');
+
+  // merge rows where Optimized and Unoptimized produce the same context
+  observedContexts.forEach(function(row, ix) {
+    if (!ix) return;
+    var last = observedContexts[ix-1];
+    if (row.operation != last.operation) return;
+    if (JSON.stringify(row.hooks) !== JSON.stringify(last.hooks)) return;
+    last.merge = true;
+    row.skip = true;
+  });
+
+  console.log('<!-- ==== BEGIN DATA ==== -->\n');
+  console.log('<table><thead><tr>\n  <th></th>');
+  HOOK_NAMES.forEach(function(h) { console.log('  <th>' + h + '</th>'); });
+  console.log('</tr></thead><tbody>');
+
+  observedContexts.forEach(function(row) {
+    if (row.skip) return;
+    var caption = row.operation;
+    if (!row.merge) caption += ' (' + row.connector + ')';
+    console.log('<tr><th>' + caption + '</th>');
+    HOOK_NAMES.forEach(function(h) {
+      var text = row.hooks[h] ? row.hooks[h].join('<br/>') : '';
+      console.log('  <td>' + text + '</td>');
+    });
+    console.log('</tr>');
+  });
+  console.log('</table>');
+}