use string “includes()” in switch Javascript case

Question

In Javascript, is there a way to achieve something similar to this ?

const databaseObjectID = \"someId\"; // like \"product/217637\"

switch(databaseObjectID         


        

Answer 1

You usage would be considered an abuse of case.

Instead just use ifs

     if (databaseObjectId.includes('product')) actionOnProduct(databaseObjectID); 
else if (databaseObjectId.includes('user'))    actionOnUser(databaseObjectID); 
// .. a long list of different object types

If the ObjectId contains static content around the product or user, you can remove it and use the user or product as a key:

var actions = {
  "product":actionOnProduct,
  "user"   :actionOnUser
}

actions[databaseObjectId.replace(/..../,"")](databaseObjectId);