Detailed explanation of the use of deep and shallow copying of JS-JS Tutorial-php.cn

This time I will bring you a detailed explanation of the use of deep and shallow copying of JS. What are the precautions when using deep and shallow copying of JS. The following is a practical case, let’s take a look.

Preface

When it comes to deep and shallow copying, we must first mention JavaScript’s data type, a previous article JavaScript basics ——The data type is very clear, so I won’t go into details here.

What you need to know is one thing: JavaScript data types are divided into basic data types and reference data types.

For the copy of basic data types, there is no difference between dark and shallow copies. What we call dark and shallow copies are all for reference data types.

Shallow copy

Shallow copy means that only the reference is copied, but the real value is not copied.

const originArray = [1,2,3,4,5];
const originObj = {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};
const cloneArray = originArray;
const cloneObj = originObj;
console.log(cloneArray); // [1,2,3,4,5]
console.log(originObj); // {a:'a',b:'b',c:Array[3],d:{dd:'dd'}}
cloneArray.push(6);
cloneObj.a = {aa:'aa'};
console.log(cloneArray); // [1,2,3,4,5,6]
console.log(originArray); // [1,2,3,4,5,6]
console.log(cloneObj); // {a:{aa:'aa'},b:'b',c:Array[3],d:{dd:'dd'}}
console.log(originArray); // {a:{aa:'aa'},b:'b',c:Array[3],d:{dd:'dd'}}

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The above code is the simplest use of = assignment operator to implement a shallow copy. You can clearly see that with the changes of cloneArray and cloneObj , originArray and originObj have also changed accordingly.

Deep copy

Deep copy is a complete copy of the target. Unlike shallow copy, which only copies a layer of references, even the value is copied.

As long as a deep copy is made, they will never interact with each other, and no one will affect anyone else.

Currently there are not many ways to implement deep copy, there are mainly two methods:

Using parse and stringify in the JSON object
Use recursion to implement each layer to re-create the object and assign the value

JSON.stringify/parse method

Let’s take a look at these two methods first:

The JSON.stringify() method converts a JavaScript value to a JSON string.

JSON. stringify converts a JavaScript value into a JSON string.

The JSON.parse() method parses a JSON string, constructing the JavaScript value or object described by the string.

JSON.parse Converts a JSON string into a JavaScript value or object.

It’s easy to understand, it’s the conversion of JavaScript values and JSON strings.

Can it achieve deep copy? Let's try it.

const originArray = [1,2,3,4,5];
const cloneArray = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(originArray));
console.log(cloneArray === originArray); // false
const originObj = {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};
const cloneObj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(originObj));
console.log(cloneObj === originObj); // false
cloneObj.a = 'aa';
cloneObj.c = [1,1,1];
cloneObj.d.dd = 'doubled';
console.log(cloneObj); // {a:'aa',b:'b',c:[1,1,1],d:{dd:'doubled'}};
console.log(originObj); // {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};

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It is indeed a deep copy and very convenient. However, this method can only be applied to some simple situations. For example, the following object is not applicable:

const originObj = {
 name:'axuebin',
 sayHello:function(){
 console.log('Hello World');
 }
}
console.log(originObj); // {name: "axuebin", sayHello: ƒ}
const cloneObj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(originObj));
console.log(cloneObj); // {name: "axuebin"}

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found that some attributes are missing in

cloneObj . . . Why?

Found the reason on MDN:

If undefined, a function, or a symbol is encountered during conversion it is either omitted (when it is found in an object) or censored to null (when it is found in an array). JSON.stringify can also just return undefined when passing in "pure" values like JSON.stringify(function(){}) or JSON.stringify(undefined).

undefined, function, symbol will be ignored during the conversion process. . .

Understand, that is to say, if the object contains a function (very common), you cannot use this method to perform deep copy.

Recursive method

The idea of recursion is very simple. It is to implement an object creation->object assignment operation for each layer of data. Simple Rough code:

function deepClone(source){
 const targetObj = source.constructor === Array ? [] : {}; // 判断复制的目标是数组还是对象
 for(let keys in source){ // 遍历目标
 if(source.hasOwnProperty(keys)){
 if(source[keys] && typeof source[keys] === 'object'){ // 如果值是对象，就递归一下
 targetObj[keys] = source[keys].constructor === Array ? [] : {};
 targetObj[keys] = deepClone(source[keys]);
 }else{ // 如果不是，就直接赋值
 targetObj[keys] = source[keys];
 }
 } 
 }
 return targetObj;
}

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Let’s try:

const originObj = {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};
const cloneObj = deepClone(originObj);
console.log(cloneObj === originObj); // false
cloneObj.a = 'aa';
cloneObj.c = [1,1,1];
cloneObj.d.dd = 'doubled';
console.log(cloneObj); // {a:'aa',b:'b',c:[1,1,1],d:{dd:'doubled'}};
console.log(originObj); // {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};

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Okay. Then try the one with functions:

const originObj = {
 name:'axuebin',
 sayHello:function(){
 console.log('Hello World');
 }
}
console.log(originObj); // {name: "axuebin", sayHello: ƒ}
const cloneObj = deepClone(originObj);
console.log(cloneObj); // {name: "axuebin", sayHello: ƒ}

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can also be used. Done.

Do you think this is the end? ? of course not.

Copy method in JavaScript

We know that in JavaScript, arrays have two methods, concat and slice, which can copy the original array. These two None of the methods will modify the original array, but return a modified new array.

同时，ES6 中引入了 Object.assgn 方法和 ... 展开运算符也能实现对对象的拷贝。

那它们是浅拷贝还是深拷贝呢？

concat

The concat() method is used to merge two or more arrays. This method does not change the existing arrays, but instead returns a new array.

该方法可以连接两个或者更多的数组，但是它不会修改已存在的数组，而是返回一个新数组。

看着这意思，很像是深拷贝啊，我们来试试：

const originArray = [1,2,3,4,5];
const cloneArray = originArray.concat();
console.log(cloneArray === originArray); // false
cloneArray.push(6); // [1,2,3,4,5,6]
console.log(originArray); [1,2,3,4,5];

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看上去是深拷贝的。

我们来考虑一个问题，如果这个对象是多层的，会怎样。

const originArray = [1,[1,2,3],{a:1}];
const cloneArray = originArray.concat();
console.log(cloneArray === originArray); // false
cloneArray[1].push(4);
cloneArray[2].a = 2; 
console.log(originArray); // [1,[1,2,3,4],{a:2}]

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originArray 中含有数组 [1,2,3] 和对象 {a:1}，如果我们直接修改数组和对象，不会影响 originArray，但是我们修改数组 [1,2,3] 或对象 {a:1} 时，发现 originArray 也发生了变化。

结论：concat 只是对数组的第一层进行深拷贝。

slice

The slice() method returns a shallow copy of a portion of an array into a new array object selected from begin to end (end not included). The original array will not be modified.

解释中都直接写道是 a shallow copy 了 ~

但是，并不是！

const originArray = [1,2,3,4,5];
const cloneArray = originArray.slice();
console.log(cloneArray === originArray); // false
cloneArray.push(6); // [1,2,3,4,5,6]
console.log(originArray); [1,2,3,4,5];

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同样地，我们试试多层的数组。

const originArray = [1,[1,2,3],{a:1}];
const cloneArray = originArray.slice();
console.log(cloneArray === originArray); // false
cloneArray[1].push(4);
cloneArray[2].a = 2; 
console.log(originArray); // [1,[1,2,3,4],{a:2}]

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果然，结果和 concat 是一样的。

结论：slice 只是对数组的第一层进行深拷贝。

Object.assign()

The Object.assign() method is used to copy the values of all enumerable own properties from one or more source objects to a target object. It will return the target object.

复制复制复制。

那到底是浅拷贝还是深拷贝呢？

自己试试吧。。

结论：Object.assign() 拷贝的是属性值。假如源对象的属性值是一个指向对象的引用，它也只拷贝那个引用值。

... 展开运算符

const originArray = [1,2,3,4,5,[6,7,8]];
const originObj = {a:1,b:{bb:1}};
const cloneArray = [...originArray];
cloneArray[0] = 0;
cloneArray[5].push(9);
console.log(originArray); // [1,2,3,4,5,[6,7,8,9]]
const cloneObj = {...originObj};
cloneObj.a = 2;
cloneObj.b.bb = 2;
console.log(originObj); // {a:1,b:{bb:2}}

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结论：... 实现的是对象第一层的深拷贝。后面的只是拷贝的引用值。

首层浅拷贝

我们知道了，会有一种情况，就是对目标对象的第一层进行深拷贝，然后后面的是浅拷贝，可以称作“首层浅拷贝”。

我们可以自己实现一个这样的函数：

function shallowClone(source) {
 const targetObj = source.constructor === Array ? [] : {}; // 判断复制的目标是数组还是对象
 for (let keys in source) { // 遍历目标
 if (source.hasOwnProperty(keys)) {
 targetObj[keys] = source[keys];
 }
 }
 return targetObj;
}

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我们来测试一下：

const originObj = {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'dd'}};
const cloneObj = shallowClone(originObj);
console.log(cloneObj === originObj); // false
cloneObj.a='aa';
cloneObj.c=[1,1,1];
cloneObj.d.dd='surprise';

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经过上面的修改，cloneObj 不用说，肯定是 {a:'aa',b:'b',c:[1,1,1],d:{dd:'surprise'}} 了，那 originObj 呢？刚刚我们验证了 cloneObj === originObj 是 false，说明这两个对象引用地址不同啊，那应该就是修改了 cloneObj 并不影响 originObj。

console.log(cloneObj); // {a:'aa',b:'b',c:[1,1,1],d:{dd:'surprise'}}
console.log(originObj); // {a:'a',b:'b',c:[1,2,3],d:{dd:'surprise'}}

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What happend?

originObj 中关于 a、c都没被影响，但是 d 中的一个对象被修改了。。。说好的深拷贝呢？不是引用地址都不一样了吗？

原来是这样：

从 shallowClone 的代码中我们可以看出，我们只对第一层的目标进行了深拷贝，而第二层开始的目标我们是直接利用 = 赋值操作符进行拷贝的。
so，第二层后的目标都只是复制了一个引用，也就是浅拷贝。

总结

赋值运算符 = 实现的是浅拷贝，只拷贝对象的引用值；
JavaScript 中数组和对象自带的拷贝方法都是“首层浅拷贝”；
JSON.stringify implements deep copy, but it has requirements on the target object;
If you want a true deep copy, please recurse.

I believe you have mastered the method after reading the case in this article. For more exciting information, please pay attention to other related articles on the php Chinese website!