Enhancement: re-implement StructureUtil

[cyn0x8]

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What is your suggestion, and why should it be implemented?

StructureUtil was removed in the latest release, leaving no easy way to dynamically merge/deep-merge structures (iirc Reflect is blacklisted in hxc)

i was using it for backwards-compatible save data for a mod im working on... re-implementing this class would be extremely helpful so i dont have to null check a ton of variables lol

or, if anyone knows an alternative, please reply with it !!

[NotHyper-474]

If it's anything of use I found out StructureUtil was originally used in the SaveDataMigrator, but now it's been replaced by thx.Objects and uses its deepCombine function. I wonder if that could be used as a replacement for mods too.

Note: I'm in no way versed in FNF modding lol

[cyn0x8]

If it's anything of use I found out StructureUtil was originally used in the SaveDataMigrator, but now it's been replaced by thx.Objects and uses its deepCombine function. I wonder if that could be used as a replacement for mods too.

Note: I'm in no way versed in FNF modding lol

this works!! i was able to get it working with thx.Objects and thx.Types

// in utils hxc

public function obj_merge(a:Dynamic, b:Dynamic, exclusive:Bool = false):Dynamic {
    var ret:Dynamic = Objects.clone(a);
    
    for (path in obj_paths(exclusive ? a : b)) {
        Objects.setPath(ret, path, Objects.getPath(b, path));
    }
    
    return ret;
}

public function obj_paths(obj:Dynamic):Array<String> {
    var ret:Array<String> = [];
    
    for (key in Objects.fields(obj)) {
        ret.push(key);
        
        var val:Dynamic = Objects.getPath(obj, key);
        if (Types.isAnonymousObject(val)) {
            for (sub_key in obj_paths(val)) {
                ret.push(key + "." + sub_key);
            }
        }
    }
    
    return ret;
}

// in save hxc

save_data = ModuleHandler.getModule("SEVENTEEN_Util").scriptCall("obj_merge", [save_data, Save.instance.modOptions.get("17bucks"), clean_save]);

thoughhhh this essentially is doing what Reflect would be doing... i hope these classes dont get blacklisted either lol