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I have two objects they all the same type. I want to compare the two objects and extract which properties are different. Besides using a loop to iterate, is there a better way?
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Without Loop is not possible.No built-in way to dynamically index multiple properties without iteration.
a!localVariables( local!employee1: { name: "John", age: 30, dept: "IT", salary: 50000 }, local!employee2: { name: "John", age: 35, dept: "IT", salary: 55000 }, /* Get all property names */ local!allKeys: a!keys(local!employee1), /* Check which properties are different */ local!areEqual: a!forEach( local!allKeys, index(local!employee1, fv!item) = index(local!employee2, fv!item) ), /* Find properties with different values */ local!differentProps: index( local!allKeys, wherecontains(false, local!areEqual), null ), /* Show results */ { differentProperties: local!differentProps, oldValues: a!forEach( local!differentProps, index(local!employee1, fv!item, null) ), /* Output: {30, 50000} */ newValues: a!forEach( local!differentProps, index(local!employee2, fv!item, null) ) /* Output: {35, 55000} */ } )
Ok I got it, but what if my data structure is a nested structure? like this. Can I call this method recursively like in Java?
local!employee1: { name: "John", age: 30, dept: { name: "IT", field2: xx, field3: xx }, salary: 50000 }
Doesn't support recursive function calls(you can simulate it by having an expression rule call itself conditionally to compare nested maps, checking property types and combining differences from each level)For nested structures:Compare each level separately (manual nesting)Flatten structure first, then compareJSON comparison -> a!toJson(obj1) = a!toJson(obj2) (only tells If different, not what)
Best approach as per my understanding, Handle each nesting level explicitly with separate comparison logic.
Thanks, I want to create a common utils like this. However, it seems a bit difficult at the moment. Besides the problem you mentioned, I also find it hard to determine whether an object is a nested object.