server/project/src/utils/CompareUtil.ts

import { injectable } from "tsyringe";

@injectable()
export class CompareUtil
{
    private static typesToCheckAgainst = new Set<string>([
        "string",
        "number",
        "boolean",
        "bigint",
        "symbol",
        "undefined",
        "null",
    ]);

    /**
     * This function does an object comparison, equivalent to applying reflections
     * and scanning for all possible properties including arrays.
     * @param v1 value 1 to compare
     * @param v2 value 2 to compare
     * @returns true if equal, false if not
     */
    public recursiveCompare(v1: any, v2: any): boolean
    {
        const typeOfv1 = typeof v1;
        const typeOfv2 = typeof v2;
        if (CompareUtil.typesToCheckAgainst.has(typeOfv1))
        {
            return v1 === v2;
        }
        if (typeOfv1 === "object" && typeOfv2 === "object")
        {
            if (Array.isArray(v1))
            {
                if (!Array.isArray(v2))
                {
                    return false;
                }
                const arr1 = v1 as Array<any>;
                const arr2 = v2 as Array<any>;
                if (arr1.length !== arr2.length)
                {
                    return false;
                }
                return arr1.every(vOf1 => arr2.find(vOf2 => this.recursiveCompare(vOf1, vOf2)));
            }
            for (const propOf1 in v1)
            {
                if (v2[propOf1] === undefined)
                {
                    return false;
                }
                return this.recursiveCompare(v1[propOf1], v2[propOf1]);
            }
        }
        if (typeOfv1 === typeOfv2)
        {
            return v1 === v2;
        }

        return false;
    }
}