From 126a2d3b7b5959d3009b8ae6ceb8ca8d4fbdc4fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chfhtw <christopher.hacker@technikum-wien.at>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:23:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add deepToRaw function to helpers/ObjectUtils

---
 public/js/helpers/ObjectUtils.js | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/js/helpers/ObjectUtils.js b/public/js/helpers/ObjectUtils.js
index 348d18843..c68e92e1e 100644
--- a/public/js/helpers/ObjectUtils.js
+++ b/public/js/helpers/ObjectUtils.js
@@ -1,31 +1,72 @@
-export default {
-	/**
-	* Performs a deep merge of objects and returns new object. Does not modify
-	* objects (immutable) and merges arrays via concatenation.
-	*
-	* @param {...object} objects - Objects to merge
-	* @returns {object} New object with merged key/values
-	*/
-	mergeDeep(...objects) {
-		const isObject = obj => obj && typeof obj === 'object';
-		
-		return objects.reduce((prev, obj) => {
-			Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
-				const pVal = prev[key];
-				const oVal = obj[key];
-				
-				if (Array.isArray(pVal) && Array.isArray(oVal)) {
-					prev[key] = pVal.concat(...oVal);
-				}
-				else if (isObject(pVal) && isObject(oVal)) {
-					prev[key] = this.mergeDeep(pVal, oVal);
-				}
-				else {
-					prev[key] = oVal;
-				}
-			});
+/**
+ * Performs a deep merge of objects and returns new object. Does not modify
+ * objects (immutable) and merges arrays via concatenation.
+ *
+ * @param {...object} objects - Objects to merge
+ * @returns {object} New object with merged key/values
+ */
+function mergeDeep(...objects) {
+	const isObject = obj => obj && typeof obj === 'object';
+	
+	return objects.reduce((prev, obj) => {
+		Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
+			const pVal = prev[key];
+			const oVal = obj[key];
 			
-			return prev;
-		}, {});
-	}
+			if (Array.isArray(pVal) && Array.isArray(oVal)) {
+				prev[key] = pVal.concat(...oVal);
+			}
+			else if (isObject(pVal) && isObject(oVal)) {
+				prev[key] = this.mergeDeep(pVal, oVal);
+			}
+			else {
+				prev[key] = oVal;
+			}
+		});
+		
+		return prev;
+	}, {});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extends VUEs toRaw() function to nested Proxies
+ * @see https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/10gzynk/deep_cloning_objects_in_javascript_the_modern_way/
+ *
+ * @param object		sourceObj - Object to transform
+ * @returns object
+ */
+function deepToRaw(sourceObj) {
+	const objectIterator = input => {
+		if (Array.isArray(input))
+			return input.map(objectIterator);
+		if (Vue.isRef(input) || Vue.isReactive(input) || Vue.isProxy(input))
+			return objectIterator(Vue.toRaw(input));
+		if (input && typeof input === 'object') {
+			/** use custom handling of 'Date' objects to avoid data loss if treating it like any other object.
+			 * reminder:
+			 * typeof (new Date())        ==> 'object'
+			 * Object.keys(new Date())    ==> []
+			 */
+			if (input instanceof Date)
+				return input;
+
+			return Object.keys(input).reduce((acc, key) => {
+				acc[key] = objectIterator(input[key]);
+				return acc;
+			}, {});
+		}
+
+		return input;
+	};
+	
+	return objectIterator(sourceObj);
+}
+
+export {
+	mergeDeep,
+	deepToRaw
+}
+export default {
+	mergeDeep,
+	deepToRaw
 }
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