blend.js

#blend.js Micro-lib for performing shallow/deep copying of objects with support for array merging + dedup

Extend for all (Node.js + Browser)

blend is NOT a direct port of jQuery's extend() method. This lib follows the same approach that jQuery.extend does except it will handle the deep copying of arrays differently. jQuery will overwrite the index of an array during a deep copy where as blend will merge the contents of the arrays, and dedup if defined.

NPM Installation

This package is available on npm as: blend.js

npm install blend.js

Bower Installation

bower install blend.js

// include the file inside your app
<script type="text/javascript" src="/bower_components/blend/lib/blend.min.js"></script>

Usage

Merge the contents of two or more objects into the target object.

Syntax: blend ( [deep], [dedup], target, object1, [objectN] )

Arguments

• deep Boolean If true, the merge becomes recursive (optional)

• dedup Boolean If true, arrays will be dedupped during deep copy (optional)

• target Object The object receiving the new properties

• objectN Object (Optional) One or more additional objects to merge with the first

Example:

Shallow copy:

var blend = require('blend'), // window.blend for browsers (`blend` is global)
    target = {
      test: 'me'
    },
    object1 = {
      hello: {
        name: 'world',
        ids: [1,2,3,4]
      }
    },
    object2 = {
      hello: {
        first: 'kieran',
        ids: [4,5,6,7]
      }
    };

blend(target, object1, object2);

// output
{
  test: 'me',
  hello: {
    first: 'kieran',
    ids: [4,5,6,7]
  }
}

Deep copy:

blend(true, target, object1, object2);

// output
{
  test: 'me',
  hello: {
    first: 'kieran',
    name: 'world',
    ids: [1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7]
  }
}

Deep copy + dedup:

blend(true, true, target, object1, object2);

// output
{
  test: 'me',
  hello: {
    first: 'kieran',
    name: 'world',
    ids: [1,2,3,4,,5,6,7]
  }
}

Acknowledgements

Credit to jQuery for the foundation of this utility function.