managarten/apps-archived/memoro/apps/mobile/utils/deepComparison.ts

/**
 * Utility for deep comparison of objects.
 * This is used to detect changes in deeply nested objects like metadata.processing.
 */

/**
 * Checks if a value is an object (not null, not array, not date)
 */
const isObject = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> => {
	return (
		value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value) && !(value instanceof Date)
	);
};

/**
 * Deep compare two objects to detect changes
 * Returns true if there are differences, false if identical
 */
export const hasDeepChanges = (
	objA: Record<string, any> | undefined | null,
	objB: Record<string, any> | undefined | null,
	paths: string[] = []
): boolean => {
	// If both are undefined or null, no changes
	if (objA === undefined && objB === undefined) return false;
	if (objA === null && objB === null) return false;

	// If only one is undefined/null, there are changes
	if (objA === undefined || objA === null) return true;
	if (objB === undefined || objB === null) return true;

	// For specific paths, check only those paths
	if (paths.length > 0) {
		return paths.some((path) => {
			const parts = path.split('.');
			let valueA = objA;
			let valueB = objB;

			// Navigate the path
			for (const part of parts) {
				if (valueA === undefined || valueA === null) return valueB !== undefined && valueB !== null;
				if (valueB === undefined || valueB === null) return true;

				valueA = valueA[part];
				valueB = valueB[part];
			}

			// Compare the final values
			if (isObject(valueA) && isObject(valueB)) {
				return hasDeepChanges(valueA, valueB);
			}

			return valueA !== valueB;
		});
	}

	// If no specific paths, check all keys
	const keysA = Object.keys(objA);
	const keysB = Object.keys(objB);

	// If the objects have different numbers of keys, they're different
	if (keysA.length !== keysB.length) return true;

	// Check if any key exists in one object but not the other
	for (const key of keysA) {
		if (!(key in objB)) return true;
	}

	// Compare each key's value
	for (const key of keysA) {
		const valueA = objA[key];
		const valueB = objB[key];

		// If both values are objects, recurse
		if (isObject(valueA) && isObject(valueB)) {
			if (hasDeepChanges(valueA, valueB)) return true;
		}
		// Otherwise, compare values directly
		else if (valueA !== valueB) {
			return true;
		}
	}

	return false;
};

/**
 * Checks specifically for processing status changes in memo metadata
 */
export const hasProcessingStatusChanged = (
	prevMetadata: Record<string, any> | undefined | null,
	newMetadata: Record<string, any> | undefined | null
): boolean => {
	// Specific paths to check for processing status changes
	const processingPaths = [
		'processing.transcription.status',
		'processing.headline.status',
		'processing.headline_and_intro.status',
		'transcriptionStatus',
	];

	return hasDeepChanges(prevMetadata, newMetadata, processingPaths);
};