element-web/src/ObjectUtils.js

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/**
 * For two objects of the form { key: [val1, val2, val3] }, work out the added/removed
 * values. Entirely new keys will result in the entire value array being added.
 * @param {Object} before
 * @param {Object} after
 * @return {Object[]} An array of objects with the form:
 * { key: $KEY, val: $VALUE, place: "add|del" }
 */
module.exports.getKeyValueArrayDiffs = function(before, after) {
    var results = [];
    var delta = {};
    Object.keys(before).forEach(function(beforeKey) {
        delta[beforeKey] = delta[beforeKey] || 0; // init to 0 initially
        delta[beforeKey]--; // keys present in the past have -ve values
    });
    Object.keys(after).forEach(function(afterKey) {
        delta[afterKey] = delta[afterKey] || 0; // init to 0 initially
        delta[afterKey]++; // keys present in the future have +ve values
    });

    Object.keys(delta).forEach(function(muxedKey) {
        switch (delta[muxedKey]) {
            case 1: // A new key in after
                after[muxedKey].forEach(function(afterVal) {
                    results.push({ place: "add", key: muxedKey, val: afterVal });
                });
                break;
            case -1: // A before key was removed
                before[muxedKey].forEach(function(beforeVal) {
                    results.push({ place: "del", key: muxedKey, val: beforeVal });
                });
                break;
            case 0: // A mix of added/removed keys
                // compare old & new vals
                var itemDelta = {};
                before[muxedKey].forEach(function(beforeVal) {
                    itemDelta[beforeVal] = itemDelta[beforeVal] || 0;
                    itemDelta[beforeVal]--;
                });
                after[muxedKey].forEach(function(afterVal) {
                    itemDelta[afterVal] = itemDelta[afterVal] || 0;
                    itemDelta[afterVal]++;
                });

                Object.keys(itemDelta).forEach(function(item) {
                    if (itemDelta[item] === 1) {
                        results.push({ place: "add", key: muxedKey, val: item });
                    } else if (itemDelta[item] === -1) {
                        results.push({ place: "del", key: muxedKey, val: item });
                    } else {
                        // itemDelta of 0 means it was unchanged between before/after                     
                    }
                });
                break;
            default:
                console.error("Calculated key delta of " + delta[muxedKey] +
                              " - this should never happen!");
                break;
        }
    });

    return results;
};