J'ai trouvé cette discussion parce que j'avais besoin d'un moyen de comparer en profondeur des tableaux et des objets. En utilisant les exemples présentés ici, j'ai trouvé ce qui suit (divisé en 3 méthodes pour plus de clarté) :
jQuery.extend({
compare : function (a,b) {
var obj_str = '[object Object]',
arr_str = '[object Array]',
a_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(a),
b_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(b);
if ( a_type !== b_type) { return false; }
else if (a_type === obj_str) {
return $.compareObject(a,b);
}
else if (a_type === arr_str) {
return $.compareArray(a,b);
}
return (a === b);
}
});
jQuery.extend({
compareArray: function (arrayA, arrayB) {
var a,b,i,a_type,b_type;
// References to each other?
if (arrayA === arrayB) { return true;}
if (arrayA.length != arrayB.length) { return false; }
// sort modifies original array
// (which are passed by reference to our method!)
// so clone the arrays before sorting
a = jQuery.extend(true, [], arrayA);
b = jQuery.extend(true, [], arrayB);
a.sort();
b.sort();
for (i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i+=1) {
a_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(a[i]);
b_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(b[i]);
if (a_type !== b_type) {
return false;
}
if ($.compare(a[i],b[i]) === false) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
});
jQuery.extend({
compareObject : function(objA,objB) {
var i,a_type,b_type;
// Compare if they are references to each other
if (objA === objB) { return true;}
if (Object.keys(objA).length !== Object.keys(objB).length) { return false;}
for (i in objA) {
if (objA.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
if (typeof objB[i] === 'undefined') {
return false;
}
else {
a_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(objA[i]);
b_type = Object.prototype.toString.apply(objB[i]);
if (a_type !== b_type) {
return false;
}
}
}
if ($.compare(objA[i],objB[i]) === false){
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
});
Essais
var a={a : {a : 1, b: 2}},
b={a : {a : 1, b: 2}},
c={a : {a : 1, b: 3}},
d=[1,2,3],
e=[2,1,3];
console.debug('a and b = ' + $.compare(a,b)); // a and b = true
console.debug('b and b = ' + $.compare(b,b)); // b and b = true
console.debug('b and c = ' + $.compare(b,c)); // b and c = false
console.debug('c and d = ' + $.compare(c,d)); // c and d = false
console.debug('d and e = ' + $.compare(d,e)); // d and e = true