Deep copy finished and tested

lib/customUtils.js

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function ensureDirectoryExists (dir, cb) {
     , parts, currentPart
     ;
 
-  if (typeof dir === 'string') { return ensureDirectoryExists({ toTreat: dir, treated: '' }); }
+  if (typeof dir === 'string') { return ensureDirectoryExists({ toTreat: dir, treated: '' }, callback); }
   if (dir.toTreat.length === 0) { return callback(); }
 
   parts = dir.toTreat.split(path.sep);
@@ -49,30 +49,6 @@ function uid (len) {
 }
 
 
-/**
- * Deep copy an DB object
- * TODO: Put in serialization/deserialization and tackle all cases
- */
-function deepCopy (obj) {
-  var res;
-
-  if (typeof obj === 'boolean' || typeof obj === 'number' || typeof obj === 'string') {
-    return obj;
-  }
-
-  if (typeof obj === 'object') {
-    res = {};
-    Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (k) {
-      res[k] = deepCopy(obj[k]);
-    });
-    return res;
-  }
-
-  return undefined;   // For now everything else is undefined. We should probably throw an error instead
-}
-
-
 
 module.exports.ensureDirectoryExists = ensureDirectoryExists;
 module.exports.uid = uid;
-module.exports.deepCopy = deepCopy;

lib/datastore.js

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Datastore.prototype.persistWholeDatabase = function (data, cb) {
  * For now the updateQuery only replaces the object
  */
 Datastore.modify = function (obj, updateQuery) {
-  updateQuery = customUtils.deepCopy(updateQuery);
+  updateQuery = model.deepCopy(updateQuery);
   updateQuery._id = obj._id;
   return updateQuery;
 };

lib/model.js

@@ -48,7 +48,40 @@ function deserialize (rawData) {
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Deep copy a DB object
+ */
+function deepCopy (obj) {
+  var res;
+
+  if ( typeof obj === 'boolean' ||
+       typeof obj === 'number' ||
+       typeof obj === 'string' ||
+       obj === null ||
+       (obj && obj.constructor && obj.constructor.name === 'Date') ) {
+    return obj;
+  }
+
+  if (obj instanceof Array) {
+    res = [];
+    obj.forEach(function (o) { res.push(o); });
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof obj === 'object') {
+    res = {};
+    Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (k) {
+      res[k] = deepCopy(obj[k]);
+    });
+    return res;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;   // For now everything else is undefined. We should probably throw an error instead
+}
+
+
 
 // Interface
 module.exports.serialize = serialize;
 module.exports.deserialize = deserialize;
+module.exports.deepCopy = deepCopy;

test/model.test.js

@@ -114,4 +114,39 @@ describe('Model', function () {
 
   });   // ==== End of 'Serialization, deserialization' ==== //
 
+
+  describe('Deep copying', function () {
+
+    it('Should be able to deep copy any serializable model', function () {
+      var d = new Date()
+        , obj = { a: ['ee', 'ff', 42], date: d, subobj: { a: 'b', b: 'c' } }
+        , res = model.deepCopy(obj);
+        ;
+
+      res.a.length.should.equal(3);
+      res.a[0].should.equal('ee');
+      res.a[1].should.equal('ff');
+      res.a[2].should.equal(42);
+      res.date.getTime().should.equal(d.getTime());
+      res.subobj.a.should.equal('b');
+      res.subobj.b.should.equal('c');
+
+      obj.a.push('ggg');
+      obj.date = 'notadate';
+      obj.subobj = [];
+
+      // Even if the original object is modified, the copied one isn't
+      res.a.length.should.equal(3);
+      res.a[0].should.equal('ee');
+      res.a[1].should.equal('ff');
+      res.a[2].should.equal(42);
+      res.date.getTime().should.equal(d.getTime());
+      res.subobj.a.should.equal('b');
+      res.subobj.b.should.equal('c');
+    });
+
+
+
+  });   // ==== End of 'Deep copying' ==== //
+
 });