treesync

Synchronize whole object trees just like JSON.

Features

• basic serialization
  • JSON.stringify, while very convienient doesn't support many features of real objects encountered in Javascript jungle:
    • cycles in object graph
    • undefined
    • NaN, -Infinity, Infinity
    • Date, Regexp
    • custom class creation
• continuous object tree serialization
  • Synchronizer class allows sending updates of object tree in packets and deserialize these packets, while maintaining stable object tree

Install

$ npm install @zbigg/treesync

Typescript typings included.

Usage

Basic sending/receiving

import * as treesync from '@zbigg/treesync'

function sender() {
    var someGraph = { ... };
    someChannel.write(treesync.serialize(someGraph))
}

function receiver() {
    someChannel.read.on('data', data => {
        console.log(treesync.deserialize(someGraph));
    }
}

Continuous sending/receiving.

import * as treesync from '@zbigg/treesync';

function sender() {
    const synchronizer = new treesync.Synchronizer();
    var someGraph = { a: 'b' };
    someChannel.send(synchronizer.buildPacket(someGraph));
    someGraph.something = { c: 'd' }
    someChannel.send(synchronizer.buildPacket(someGraph));
    someGraph.other = [1,2,3];
    someChannel.send(synchronizer.buildPacket(someGraph));

    // each of writes above serializes only changed properties
}

function receiver() {
    const synchronizer = new treesync.Synchronizer();

    let oldGraph;
    someChannel.read.on('data', data => {
        const graph = synchronizer.decodePacket(someGraph);
        console.log("R": graph);

        // the identity of graph is stable across decodes
        if (oldGraph !== undefined) {
            assert(graph === oldGraph)
        }
        oldGraph = graph;
    }
}

Contribute

PRs accepted.

License

MIT © Zbigniew Zagórski