feat: added a method to merge 2 objects

src/utils/__test__/object.utils.spec.ts

@@ -75,3 +75,28 @@ describe("hashObject", () => {
         expect(output1).toEqual(output2);
     });
 });
+
+describe("merge", () => {
+    test("should merge two objects", () => {
+        const target = { a: 1, b: 2 };
+        const source = { b: 3, c: 4 };
+        const output = ObjectUtils.merge(target, source);
+        expect(output).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 3, c: 4 });
+    });
+
+    test("should merge nested objects", () => {
+        type Test = {
+            a: {
+                b?: string[] | null;
+                c?: number;
+                d?: number;
+            };
+        };
+
+        const target: Test = { a: { c: 2, b: null } };
+        const source1 = { a: { d: 4 } };
+        const source2 = { a: { b: ["apple", "bat"] } };
+        const output = ObjectUtils.merge(target, source1, source2);
+        expect(output).toEqual({ a: { b: ["apple", "bat"], c: 2, d: 4 } });
+    });
+});

src/utils/object.utils.ts

@@ -26,3 +26,34 @@ export const hashObject = async <T extends object>(object: T) => {
     const hashedString = hashArray.map((b) => ("00" + b.toString(16)).slice(-2)).join("");
     return hashedString;
 };
+
+type DeepPartial<T> = {
+    [P in keyof T]?: DeepPartial<T[P]>;
+};
+
+const replaceValue = <T>(value: T, newValue: T): T => {
+    if (Array.isArray(value) && Array.isArray(newValue)) {
+        return newValue.map((v, i) => replaceValue(value[i], v)) as unknown as T;
+    } else if (typeof value === "object" && value !== null && typeof newValue === "object" && newValue !== null) {
+        return merge(value, newValue);
+    }
+    return newValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Function to merge two objects. An alternate to lodash.merge
+ * @param target - The object to be merged into
+ * @param sources - The objects to merge into target
+ * @returns The merged object
+ */
+export const merge = <T>(target: T, ...sources: DeepPartial<T>[]): T => {
+    for (const source of sources) {
+        for (const key in source) {
+            if (source[key] === null || source[key] === undefined) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            target[key as keyof T] = replaceValue(target[key as keyof T], source[key]!) as T[keyof T];
+        }
+    }
+    return target;
+};