Method search

packages/common/upgrade/src/location_shim.ts:661–700

(
    search?: string | number | {[key: string]: unknown},
    paramValue?: null | undefined | string | number | boolean | string[],
  )

    paramValue: null | undefined | string | number | boolean | string[],
  ): this;
  search(
    search?: string | number | {[key: string]: unknown},
    paramValue?: null | undefined | string | number | boolean | string[],
  ): {[key: string]: unknown} | this {
    switch (arguments.length) {
      case 0:
        return this.$$search;
      case 1:
        if (typeof search === 'string' || typeof search === 'number') {
          this.$$search = this.urlCodec.decodeSearch(search.toString());
        } else if (typeof search === 'object' && search !== null) {
          // Copy the object so it's never mutated
          search = {...search};
          // remove object undefined or null properties
          for (const key in search) {
            if (search[key] == null) delete search[key];
          }

          this.$$search = search;
        } else {
          throw new Error(
            'LocationProvider.search(): First argument must be a string or an object.',
          );
        }
        break;
      default:
        if (typeof search === 'string') {
          const currentSearch = this.search();
          if (typeof paramValue === 'undefined' || paramValue === null) {
            delete currentSearch[search];
            return this.search(currentSearch);
          } else {
            currentSearch[search] = paramValue;
            return this.search(currentSearch);
          }
        }
    }
    this.composeUrls();
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Retrieves the current hash fragment, or changes the hash fragment and returns a reference to