Superalgos/DesignSpace/Workspace/FunctionLibraries/NodeCloning.js

function newNodeCloning () {
  const MODULE_NAME = 'Node Cloning'
  const ERROR_LOG = true
  const logger = newWebDebugLog()
  logger.fileName = MODULE_NAME

  thisObject = {
    getNodeClone: getNodeClone
  }
  return thisObject

  function getNodeClone (node) {
    let idConversionMap = new Map()

    let inmatureClone = cloneNode(node)
    let matureClone = redirectReferenceParents(inmatureClone)

    return matureClone

    function cloneNode (node) {
      if (node === undefined) { return }
      let nodeDefinition = APP_SCHEMA_MAP.get(node.type)
      if (nodeDefinition !== undefined) {
        let object = {
          type: node.type,
          name: node.name,
          code: node.code
        }

      /* Children Nodes */
        if (nodeDefinition.properties !== undefined) {
          let previousPropertyName // Since there are cases where there are many properties with the same name,because they can hold nodes of different types but only one at the time, we have to avoind counting each property of those as individual children.
          for (let i = 0; i < nodeDefinition.properties.length; i++) {
            let property = nodeDefinition.properties[i]

            switch (property.type) {
              case 'node': {
                if (property.name !== previousPropertyName) {
                  if (node[property.name] !== undefined) {
                    object[property.name] = cloneNode(node[property.name])
                  }
                  previousPropertyName = property.name
                }
                break
              }
              case 'array': {
                if (node[property.name] !== undefined) {
                  let nodePropertyArray = node[property.name]
                  object[property.name] = []
                  for (let m = 0; m < nodePropertyArray.length; m++) {
                    let protocolNode = cloneNode(nodePropertyArray[m])
                    if (protocolNode !== undefined) {
                      object[property.name].push(protocolNode)
                    }
                  }
                }
                break
              }
            }
          }
        }

        object.id = newUniqueId()
        idConversionMap.set(node.id, object.id)

        object.savedPayload = getSavedPayload(node)

        return object
      }
    }

    function redirectReferenceParents (node) {
      if (node === undefined) { return }
      let nodeDefinition = APP_SCHEMA_MAP.get(node.type)
      if (nodeDefinition !== undefined) {
        let object = {
          type: node.type,
          name: node.name,
          code: node.code
        }

      /* Children Nodes */
        if (nodeDefinition.properties !== undefined) {
          let previousPropertyName // Since there are cases where there are many properties with the same name,because they can hold nodes of different types but only one at the time, we have to avoind counting each property of those as individual children.
          for (let i = 0; i < nodeDefinition.properties.length; i++) {
            let property = nodeDefinition.properties[i]

            switch (property.type) {
              case 'node': {
                if (property.name !== previousPropertyName) {
                  if (node[property.name] !== undefined) {
                    object[property.name] = redirectReferenceParents(node[property.name])
                  }
                  previousPropertyName = property.name
                }
                break
              }
              case 'array': {
                if (node[property.name] !== undefined) {
                  let nodePropertyArray = node[property.name]
                  object[property.name] = []
                  for (let m = 0; m < nodePropertyArray.length; m++) {
                    let protocolNode = redirectReferenceParents(nodePropertyArray[m])
                    if (protocolNode !== undefined) {
                      object[property.name].push(protocolNode)
                    }
                  }
                }
                break
              }
            }
          }
        }

        object.id = node.id

        object.savedPayload = node.savedPayload

        if (object.savedPayload !== undefined) {
          if (object.savedPayload.referenceParent !== undefined) {
            let newId = idConversionMap.get(object.savedPayload.referenceParent.id)
            if (newId !== undefined) {
              object.savedPayload.referenceParent.id = newId
            }
          }
        }

        return object
      }
    }
  }

  function getSavedPayload (node) {
    if (node.payload === undefined) { return }
    let savedPayload = {
      position: {
        x: node.payload.position.x,
        y: node.payload.position.y
      },
      targetPosition: {
        x: node.payload.targetPosition.x,
        y: node.payload.targetPosition.y
      },
      floatingObject: {
        isPinned: node.payload.floatingObject.isPinned,
        isFrozen: (node.payload.floatingObject.isFrozen && node.payload.floatingObject.frozenManually),
        isCollapsed: (node.payload.floatingObject.isCollapsed && node.payload.floatingObject.collapsedManually),
        angleToParent: (node.payload.floatingObject.angleToParent),
        distanceToParent: (node.payload.floatingObject.distanceToParent),
        arrangementStyle: (node.payload.floatingObject.arrangementStyle)
      },
      uiObject: {
        isRunning: node.payload.uiObject.isRunning,
        shortcutKey: node.payload.uiObject.shortcutKey
      }
    }

      /* Next for the ones that have a reference parent, we include it */
    if (node.payload.referenceParent !== undefined) {
      savedPayload.referenceParent = {
        type: node.payload.referenceParent.type,
        name: node.payload.referenceParent.name,
        id: node.payload.referenceParent.id
      }
    } else {
        /* The referenceParent property can be inherited from the previous saved payload. */
      if (node.savedPayload !== undefined) {
        savedPayload.referenceParent = node.savedPayload.referenceParent
      }
    }

    return savedPayload
  }
}