mergeHelpers.js

/**
 * Copyright 2013-2014, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 *
 * @providesModule mergeHelpers
 *
 * requiresPolyfills: Array.isArray
 */

"use strict";

var invariant = require('invariant');
var keyMirror = require('keyMirror');

/**
 * Maximum number of levels to traverse. Will catch circular structures.
 * @const
 */
var MAX_MERGE_DEPTH = 36;

/**
 * We won't worry about edge cases like new String('x') or new Boolean(true).
 * Functions are considered terminals, and arrays are not.
 * @param {*} o The item/object/value to test.
 * @return {boolean} true iff the argument is a terminal.
 */
var isTerminal = function(o) {
  return typeof o !== 'object' || o === null;
};

var mergeHelpers = {

  MAX_MERGE_DEPTH: MAX_MERGE_DEPTH,

  isTerminal: isTerminal,

  /**
   * Converts null/undefined values into empty object.
   *
   * @param {?Object=} arg Argument to be normalized (nullable optional)
   * @return {!Object}
   */
  normalizeMergeArg: function(arg) {
    return arg === undefined || arg === null ? {} : arg;
  },

  /**
   * If merging Arrays, a merge strategy *must* be supplied. If not, it is
   * likely the caller's fault. If this function is ever called with anything
   * but `one` and `two` being `Array`s, it is the fault of the merge utilities.
   *
   * @param {*} one Array to merge into.
   * @param {*} two Array to merge from.
   */
  checkMergeArrayArgs: function(one, two) {
    invariant(
      Array.isArray(one) && Array.isArray(two),
      'Tried to merge arrays, instead got %s and %s.',
      one,
      two
    );
  },

  /**
   * @param {*} one Object to merge into.
   * @param {*} two Object to merge from.
   */
  checkMergeObjectArgs: function(one, two) {
    mergeHelpers.checkMergeObjectArg(one);
    mergeHelpers.checkMergeObjectArg(two);
  },

  /**
   * @param {*} arg
   */
  checkMergeObjectArg: function(arg) {
    invariant(
      !isTerminal(arg) && !Array.isArray(arg),
      'Tried to merge an object, instead got %s.',
      arg
    );
  },

  /**
   * @param {*} arg
   */
  checkMergeIntoObjectArg: function(arg) {
    invariant(
      (!isTerminal(arg) || typeof arg === 'function') && !Array.isArray(arg),
      'Tried to merge into an object, instead got %s.',
      arg
    );
  },

  /**
   * Checks that a merge was not given a circular object or an object that had
   * too great of depth.
   *
   * @param {number} Level of recursion to validate against maximum.
   */
  checkMergeLevel: function(level) {
    invariant(
      level < MAX_MERGE_DEPTH,
      'Maximum deep merge depth exceeded. You may be attempting to merge ' +
      'circular structures in an unsupported way.'
    );
  },

  /**
   * Checks that the supplied merge strategy is valid.
   *
   * @param {string} Array merge strategy.
   */
  checkArrayStrategy: function(strategy) {
    invariant(
      strategy === undefined || strategy in mergeHelpers.ArrayStrategies,
      'You must provide an array strategy to deep merge functions to ' +
      'instruct the deep merge how to resolve merging two arrays.'
    );
  },

  /**
   * Set of possible behaviors of merge algorithms when encountering two Arrays
   * that must be merged together.
   * - `clobber`: The left `Array` is ignored.
   * - `indexByIndex`: The result is achieved by recursively deep merging at
   *   each index. (not yet supported.)
   */
  ArrayStrategies: keyMirror({
    Clobber: true,
    IndexByIndex: true
  })

};

module.exports = mergeHelpers;