fix(757): sorting numbers in table correctly

src/app/core/entity-components/entity-list/sorting-accessor.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { entityListSortingAccessor } from "./sorting-accessor";
+
+describe("entityListSortingAccessor", () => {
+  function expectObjectToContain(obj: object, expected: any[], type: string) {
+    let index = 0;
+    for (const key of Object.keys(obj)) {
+      const accessed = entityListSortingAccessor(obj, key);
+      expect(accessed).toEqual(expected[index]);
+      expect(typeof accessed).toBe(type);
+      index += 1;
+    }
+  }
+  it("should return a string for string-objects", () => {
+    const obj = {
+      a: "ABC",
+      b: "B",
+      c: "Hello, World!",
+    };
+    expectObjectToContain(obj, ["ABC", "B", "Hello, World!"], "string");
+  });
+
+  it("should return numbers for number-objects", () => {
+    const obj = {
+      a: 1,
+      b: 2.0,
+      c: 10e3,
+    };
+    expectObjectToContain(obj, [1, 2.0, 10e3], "number");
+  });
+
+  it("should return numbers when a string is parsable", () => {
+    const obj = {
+      a: "1",
+      b: "2.0",
+      c: "10e3",
+      d: "0x1",
+    };
+    expectObjectToContain(obj, [1, 2.0, 10e3, 0x1], "number");
+  });
+
+  it("should return the label when the queried object has a 'label' key", () => {
+    const object = {
+      data: {
+        label: "data label",
+        value1: 123,
+        value2: "hello",
+      },
+    };
+    const accessed = entityListSortingAccessor(object, "data");
+    expect(typeof accessed).toBe("string");
+    expect(accessed).toBe("data label");
+  });
+
+  it("should return the object itself if it does not contain a label", () => {
+    const object = {
+      data: {
+        value1: 123,
+        value2: "hello",
+      },
+    };
+    const accessed = entityListSortingAccessor(object, "data");
+    expect(typeof accessed).toBe("object");
+    expect(accessed).toEqual({
+      value1: 123,
+      value2: "hello",
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/core/entity-components/entity-list/sorting-accessor.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export function entityListSortingAccessor(data: Object, sortingHeader: string) {
   ) {
     return data[sortingHeader].label;
   } else {
-    return data[sortingHeader];
+    return tryNumber(data[sortingHeader]);
   }
 }
+
+function tryNumber(input?: any): any {
+  return Number(input) || input;
+}