apollo-utilities/src/util/cloneDeep.ts

Utilities for working with GraphQL ASTs

const { toString } = Object.prototype;

/**
 * Deeply clones a value to create a new instance.
 */
export function cloneDeep<T>(value: T): T {
  return cloneDeepHelper(value, new Map());
}

function cloneDeepHelper<T>(val: T, seen: Map<any, any>): T {
  switch (toString.call(val)) {
  case "[object Array]": {
    if (seen.has(val)) return seen.get(val);
    const copy: T & any[] = (val as any).slice(0);
    seen.set(val, copy);
    copy.forEach(function (child, i) {
      copy[i] = cloneDeepHelper(child, seen);
    });
    return copy;
  }

  case "[object Object]": {
    if (seen.has(val)) return seen.get(val);
    // High fidelity polyfills of Object.create and Object.getPrototypeOf are
    // possible in all JS environments, so we will assume they exist/work.
    const copy = Object.create(Object.getPrototypeOf(val));
    seen.set(val, copy);
    Object.keys(val).forEach(key => {
      copy[key] = cloneDeepHelper((val as any)[key], seen);
    });
    return copy;
  }

  default:
    return val;
  }
}