kibana-123/src/ui/public/utils/diff_object.js

Kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch. Kibana is a snap to setup and start using. Kibana strives to be easy to get started with, while also being flexible and powerful, just like Elastic

import _ from 'lodash';
import angular from 'angular';

export default function (target, source) {

  let diff = {};

  /**
   * Filter the private vars
   * @param {string} key The keys
   * @returns {boolean}
   */
  let filterPrivateAndMethods = function (obj) {
    return function (key) {
      if (_.isFunction(obj[key])) return false;
      if (key.charAt(0) === '$') return false;
      return key.charAt(0) !== '_';
    };
  };

  let targetKeys = _.keys(target).filter(filterPrivateAndMethods(target));
  let sourceKeys = _.keys(source).filter(filterPrivateAndMethods(source));

  // Find the keys to be removed
  diff.removed = _.difference(targetKeys, sourceKeys);

  // Find the keys to be added
  diff.added = _.difference(sourceKeys, targetKeys);

  // Find the keys that will be changed
  diff.changed = _.filter(sourceKeys, function (key) {
    return !angular.equals(target[key], source[key]);
  });

  // Make a list of all the keys that are changing
  diff.keys = _.union(diff.changed, diff.removed, diff.added);

  // Remove all the keys
  _.each(diff.removed, function (key) {
    delete target[key];
  });

  // Assign the changed to the source to the target
  _.assign(target, _.pick(source, diff.changed));
  // Assign the added to the source to the target
  _.assign(target, _.pick(source, diff.added));

  return diff;

};