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Mimic a specified array or object while removing recursive structures.
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function mimic(obj, opt_filter, opt_maxPathLength) { | |
function recurse(obj, ancestors, path) { | |
ancestors = ancestors.concat([obj]); | |
if (path.length > opt_maxPathLength) { | |
var e = new Error('Maximum path length exceeded.'); | |
e.path = path; | |
e.root = obj; | |
throw e; | |
} | |
var isArray = Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Array]'; | |
var result = isArray ? [] : {}; | |
var keys = []; | |
if (isArray) { | |
result.length = obj.length; | |
for (var i = 0, l = obj.length; i < l; i++) { | |
if (i in obj) { | |
keys.push(i); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
else { | |
for (var k in obj) { | |
keys.push(k); | |
} | |
} | |
for (var haveValue, k, v, i = keys.length; i--; ) { | |
try { | |
v = obj[k = keys[i]]; | |
haveValue = true; | |
} catch (e) {} | |
if (haveValue && (!opt_filter || opt_filter(v, k, path))) { | |
if (v !== null && 'object' === typeof v) { | |
for (var ancestor, j = ancestors.length; j-- && (ancestor = ancestors[j]) !== v; ); | |
if (j < 0) { | |
result[k] = recurse(v, ancestors, path.concat([k])); | |
} | |
} | |
else { | |
result[k] = v; | |
} | |
haveValue = false; | |
} | |
} | |
return result; | |
} | |
opt_maxPathLength = +opt_maxPathLength >= 0 ? +opt_maxPathLength : 20; | |
return recurse(obj, [], []); | |
} |
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var o = {d: 3, a: [1,2,[3,4]], o: 2}; | |
o.a[2].push(o); | |
console.log(mimic(o)); | |
console.log(mimic(window, x => !(x instanceof Node || x instanceof Function))); |
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