preact/src/diff/children.js

import { diff, unmount, applyRef } from './index';
import { createVNode, Fragment } from '../create-element';
import { EMPTY_OBJ, EMPTY_ARR } from '../constants';
import { removeNode } from '../util';
import { getDomSibling } from '../component';

/**
 * Diff the children of a virtual node
 * @param {import('../internal').PreactElement} parentDom The DOM element whose
 * children are being diffed
 * @param {import('../index').ComponentChildren[]} renderResult
 * @param {import('../internal').VNode} newParentVNode The new virtual
 * node whose children should be diff'ed against oldParentVNode
 * @param {import('../internal').VNode} oldParentVNode The old virtual
 * node whose children should be diff'ed against newParentVNode
 * @param {object} globalContext The current context object - modified by getChildContext
 * @param {boolean} isSvg Whether or not this DOM node is an SVG node
 * @param {Array<import('../internal').PreactElement>} excessDomChildren
 * @param {Array<import('../internal').Component>} commitQueue List of components
 * which have callbacks to invoke in commitRoot
 * @param {Node | Text} oldDom The current attached DOM
 * element any new dom elements should be placed around. Likely `null` on first
 * render (except when hydrating). Can be a sibling DOM element when diffing
 * Fragments that have siblings. In most cases, it starts out as `oldChildren[0]._dom`.
 * @param {boolean} isHydrating Whether or not we are in hydration
 */
export function diffChildren(
	parentDom,
	renderResult,
	newParentVNode,
	oldParentVNode,
	globalContext,
	isSvg,
	excessDomChildren,
	commitQueue,
	oldDom,
	isHydrating
) {
	let i, j, oldVNode, childVNode, newDom, sibDom, firstChildDom, refs;

	// This is a compression of oldParentVNode!=null && oldParentVNode != EMPTY_OBJ && oldParentVNode._children || EMPTY_ARR
	// as EMPTY_OBJ._children should be `undefined`.
	let oldChildren = (oldParentVNode && oldParentVNode._children) || EMPTY_ARR;

	let oldChildrenLength = oldChildren.length;

	// Only in very specific places should this logic be invoked (top level `render` and `diffElementNodes`).
	// I'm using `EMPTY_OBJ` to signal when `diffChildren` is invoked in these situations. I can't use `null`
	// for this purpose, because `null` is a valid value for `oldDom` which can mean to skip to this logic
	// (e.g. if mounting a new tree in which the old DOM should be ignored (usually for Fragments).
	if (oldDom == EMPTY_OBJ) {
		if (excessDomChildren != null) {
			oldDom = excessDomChildren[0];
		} else if (oldChildrenLength) {
			oldDom = getDomSibling(oldParentVNode, 0);
		} else {
			oldDom = null;
		}
	}

	newParentVNode._children = [];
	for (i = 0; i < renderResult.length; i++) {
		childVNode = renderResult[i];

		if (childVNode == null || typeof childVNode == 'boolean') {
			childVNode = newParentVNode._children[i] = null;
		}
		// If this newVNode is being reused (e.g. <div>{reuse}{reuse}</div>) in the same diff,
		// or we are rendering a component (e.g. setState) copy the oldVNodes so it can have
		// it's own DOM & etc. pointers
		else if (typeof childVNode == 'string' || typeof childVNode == 'number') {
			childVNode = newParentVNode._children[i] = createVNode(
				null,
				childVNode,
				null,
				null,
				childVNode
			);
		} else if (Array.isArray(childVNode)) {
			childVNode = newParentVNode._children[i] = createVNode(
				Fragment,
				{ children: childVNode },
				null,
				null,
				null
			);
		} else if (childVNode._dom != null || childVNode._component != null) {
			childVNode = newParentVNode._children[i] = createVNode(
				childVNode.type,
				childVNode.props,
				childVNode.key,
				null,
				childVNode._original
			);
		} else {
			childVNode = newParentVNode._children[i] = childVNode;
		}

		// Terser removes the `continue` here and wraps the loop body
		// in a `if (childVNode) { ... } condition
		if (childVNode == null) {
			continue;
		}

		childVNode._parent = newParentVNode;
		childVNode._depth = newParentVNode._depth + 1;

		// Check if we find a corresponding element in oldChildren.
		// If found, delete the array item by setting to `undefined`.
		// We use `undefined`, as `null` is reserved for empty placeholders
		// (holes).
		oldVNode = oldChildren[i];

		if (
			oldVNode === null ||
			(oldVNode &&
				childVNode.key == oldVNode.key &&
				childVNode.type === oldVNode.type)
		) {
			oldChildren[i] = undefined;
		} else {
			// Either oldVNode === undefined or oldChildrenLength > 0,
			// so after this loop oldVNode == null or oldVNode is a valid value.
			for (j = 0; j < oldChildrenLength; j++) {
				oldVNode = oldChildren[j];
				// If childVNode is unkeyed, we only match similarly unkeyed nodes, otherwise we match by key.
				// We always match by type (in either case).
				if (
					oldVNode &&
					childVNode.key == oldVNode.key &&
					childVNode.type === oldVNode.type
				) {
					oldChildren[j] = undefined;
					break;
				}
				oldVNode = null;
			}
		}

		oldVNode = oldVNode || EMPTY_OBJ;

		// Morph the old element into the new one, but don't append it to the dom yet
		newDom = diff(
			parentDom,
			childVNode,
			oldVNode,
			globalContext,
			isSvg,
			excessDomChildren,
			commitQueue,
			oldDom,
			isHydrating
		);

		if ((j = childVNode.ref) && oldVNode.ref != j) {
			if (!refs) refs = [];
			if (oldVNode.ref) refs.push(oldVNode.ref, null, childVNode);
			refs.push(j, childVNode._component || newDom, childVNode);
		}

		// Only proceed if the vnode has not been unmounted by `diff()` above.
		if (newDom != null) {
			if (firstChildDom == null) {
				firstChildDom = newDom;
			}

			let nextDom;
			if (childVNode._nextDom !== undefined) {
				// Only Fragments or components that return Fragment like VNodes will
				// have a non-undefined _nextDom. Continue the diff from the sibling
				// of last DOM child of this child VNode
				nextDom = childVNode._nextDom;

				// Eagerly cleanup _nextDom. We don't need to persist the value because
				// it is only used by `diffChildren` to determine where to resume the diff after
				// diffing Components and Fragments. Once we store it the nextDOM local var, we
				// can clean up the property
				childVNode._nextDom = undefined;
			} else if (
				excessDomChildren == oldVNode ||
				newDom != oldDom ||
				newDom.parentNode == null
			) {
				// NOTE: excessDomChildren==oldVNode above:
				// This is a compression of excessDomChildren==null && oldVNode==null!
				// The values only have the same type when `null`.

				outer: if (oldDom == null || oldDom.parentNode !== parentDom) {
					parentDom.appendChild(newDom);
					nextDom = null;
				} else {
					// `j<oldChildrenLength; j+=2` is an alternative to `j++<oldChildrenLength/2`
					for (
						sibDom = oldDom, j = 0;
						(sibDom = sibDom.nextSibling) && j < oldChildrenLength;
						j += 2
					) {
						if (sibDom == newDom) {
							break outer;
						}
					}
					parentDom.insertBefore(newDom, oldDom);
					nextDom = oldDom;
				}

				// Browsers will infer an option's `value` from `textContent` when
				// no value is present. This essentially bypasses our code to set it
				// later in `diff()`. It works fine in all browsers except for IE11
				// where it breaks setting `select.value`. There it will be always set
				// to an empty string. Re-applying an options value will fix that, so
				// there are probably some internal data structures that aren't
				// updated properly.
				//
				// To fix it we make sure to reset the inferred value, so that our own
				// value check in `diff()` won't be skipped.
				if (newParentVNode.type == 'option') {
					parentDom.value = '';
				}
			}

			// If we have pre-calculated the nextDOM node, use it. Else calculate it now
			// Strictly check for `undefined` here cuz `null` is a valid value of `nextDom`.
			// See more detail in create-element.js:createVNode
			if (nextDom !== undefined) {
				oldDom = nextDom;
			} else {
				oldDom = newDom.nextSibling;
			}

			if (typeof newParentVNode.type == 'function') {
				// Because the newParentVNode is Fragment-like, we need to set it's
				// _nextDom property to the nextSibling of its last child DOM node.
				//
				// `oldDom` contains the correct value here because if the last child
				// is a Fragment-like, then oldDom has already been set to that child's _nextDom.
				// If the last child is a DOM VNode, then oldDom will be set to that DOM
				// node's nextSibling.

				newParentVNode._nextDom = oldDom;
			}
		} else if (
			oldDom &&
			oldVNode._dom == oldDom &&
			oldDom.parentNode != parentDom
		) {
			// The above condition is to handle null placeholders. See test in placeholder.test.js:
			// `efficiently replace null placeholders in parent rerenders`
			oldDom = getDomSibling(oldVNode);
		}
	}

	newParentVNode._dom = firstChildDom;

	// Remove children that are not part of any vnode.
	if (excessDomChildren != null && typeof newParentVNode.type != 'function') {
		for (i = excessDomChildren.length; i--; ) {
			if (excessDomChildren[i] != null) removeNode(excessDomChildren[i]);
		}
	}

	// Remove remaining oldChildren if there are any.
	for (i = oldChildrenLength; i--; ) {
		if (oldChildren[i] != null) unmount(oldChildren[i], oldChildren[i]);
	}

	// Set refs only after unmount
	if (refs) {
		for (i = 0; i < refs.length; i++) {
			applyRef(refs[i], refs[++i], refs[++i]);
		}
	}
}

/**
 * Flatten and loop through the children of a virtual node
 * @param {import('../index').ComponentChildren} children The unflattened
 * children of a virtual node
 * @returns {import('../internal').VNode[]}
 */
export function toChildArray(children) {
	if (children == null || typeof children == 'boolean') {
		return [];
	} else if (Array.isArray(children)) {
		return EMPTY_ARR.concat.apply([], children.map(toChildArray));
	}

	return [children];
}