Separated the model and the Container entity in order to remove any mutation operation

src/App.tsx

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-import React, { Children } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import './App.scss';
 import Sidebar from './Components/Sidebar/Sidebar';
 import { ElementsSidebar } from './Components/ElementsSidebar/ElementsSidebar';
 import { AvailableContainer } from './Interfaces/AvailableContainer';
 import { Configuration } from './Interfaces/Configuration';
-import { Container } from './Components/SVG/Elements/Container';
 import { SVG } from './Components/SVG/SVG';
 import { History } from './Components/History/History';
+import { ContainerModel, IContainerModel, MakeIterator } from './Components/SVG/Elements/ContainerModel';
+import Properties from './Interfaces/Properties';
 
 interface IAppProps {
 }
 
 export interface IHistoryState {
-  MainContainer: Container | null,
+  MainContainer: IContainerModel | null,
-  SelectedContainer: Container | null,
+  SelectedContainer: IContainerModel | null,
   TypeCounters: Record<string, number>
 }
 
@@ -56,10 +57,9 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
     // Fetch the configuration from the API
     fetchConfiguration().then((configuration: Configuration) => {
       // Set the main container from the given properties of the API
-      const MainContainer = new Container(
+      const MainContainer = new ContainerModel(
+        null,
         {
-          parent: null,
-          properties: {
           id: 'main',
           x: 0,
           y: 0,
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
           height: configuration.MainContainer.Height,
           fillOpacity: 0,
           stroke: 'black'
-          },
-          children: []
         }
       );
 
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
    * Select a container
    * @param container Selected container
    */
-  public SelectContainer(container: Container) {
+  public SelectContainer(container: ContainerModel) {
     const history = this.getCurrentHistory();
     const current = history[history.length - 1];
     this.setState({
@@ -141,30 +139,21 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
 
     if (current.SelectedContainer === null ||
       current.SelectedContainer === undefined) {
-      throw new Error('Property was changed before selecting a Container');
+      throw new Error('[OnPropertyChange] Property was changed before selecting a Container');
     }
 
     if (current.MainContainer === null ||
       current.MainContainer === undefined) {
-      throw new Error('Property was changed before the main container was added');
+      throw new Error('[OnPropertyChange] Property was changed before the main container was added');
     }
 
-    const pair = {} as Record<string, string | number>;
-    pair[key] = value;
-    const properties = Object.assign(current.SelectedContainer.props.properties, pair);
-    const props = {
-      ...current.SelectedContainer.props,
-      properties
-    };
-
-    const newSelectedContainer = new Container(props);
-
-    const parent = current.SelectedContainer.props.parent;
     if (parent === null) {
+      const clone: IContainerModel = structuredClone(current.SelectedContainer);
+      (clone.properties as any)[key] = value;
       this.setState({
         history: history.concat([{
-          SelectedContainer: newSelectedContainer,
+          SelectedContainer: clone,
-          MainContainer: newSelectedContainer,
+          MainContainer: clone,
           TypeCounters: current.TypeCounters
         }]),
         historyCurrentStep: history.length
@@ -172,15 +161,27 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
       return;
     }
 
-    const index = parent.props.children.indexOf(current.SelectedContainer);
+    const clone: IContainerModel = structuredClone(current.MainContainer);
-    parent.props.children[index] = newSelectedContainer;
+    const it = MakeIterator(clone);
+    let container: ContainerModel | null = null;
+    for (const child of it) {
+      if (child.properties.id === current.SelectedContainer.properties.id) {
+        container = child as ContainerModel;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (container === null) {
+      throw new Error('[OnPropertyChange] Container model was not found among children of the main container!');
+    }
+
+    (container.properties as any)[key] = value;
 
-    const newMainContainer = new Container(Object.assign({}, current.MainContainer.props));
     this.setState(
       {
         history: history.concat([{
-          SelectedContainer: newSelectedContainer,
+          SelectedContainer: container,
-          MainContainer: newMainContainer,
+          MainContainer: clone,
           TypeCounters: current.TypeCounters
         }]),
         historyCurrentStep: history.length
@@ -221,36 +222,52 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
     } else {
       newCounters[type]++;
     }
+    const count = newCounters[type];
+
+    // Create maincontainer model
+    const structure: IContainerModel = structuredClone(current.MainContainer);
+    const clone = Object.assign(new ContainerModel(null, {} as Properties), structure);
+
+    // Find the parent
+    const it = MakeIterator(clone);
+    let parent: ContainerModel | null = null;
+    for (const child of it) {
+      if (child.properties.id === current.SelectedContainer.properties.id) {
+        parent = child as ContainerModel;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (parent === null) {
+      throw new Error('[OnPropertyChange] Container model was not found among children of the main container!');
+    }
 
     // Create the container
-    const parent = current.SelectedContainer;
+    const newContainer = new ContainerModel(
-    const count = newCounters[type];
-    const container = new Container({
       parent,
-      properties: {
+      {
         id: `${type}-${count}`,
         x: 0,
         y: 0,
         width: properties?.Width,
-        height: parent.props.properties.height,
+        height: parent.properties.height,
         ...properties.Style
-      },
+      } as Properties,
-      children: [],
+      [],
-      userData: {
+      {
         type
       }
-    });
+    );
 
     // And push it the the parent children
-    parent.props.children.push(container);
+    parent.children.push(newContainer);
 
     // Update the state
-    const newMainContainer = new Container(Object.assign({}, current.MainContainer.props));
     this.setState({
       history: history.concat([{
-        MainContainer: newMainContainer,
+        MainContainer: clone,
         TypeCounters: newCounters,
-        SelectedContainer: current.SelectedContainer
+        SelectedContainer: parent
       }]),
       historyCurrentStep: history.length
     } as IAppState);
@@ -283,7 +300,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<IAppProps> {
           isOpen={this.state.isSVGSidebarOpen}
           onClick={() => this.ToggleElementsSidebar()}
           onPropertyChange={(key: string, value: string) => this.OnPropertyChange(key, value)}
-          selectContainer={(container: Container) => this.SelectContainer(container)}
+          selectContainer={(container: ContainerModel) => this.SelectContainer(container)}
         />
         <button className='fixed z-10 top-4 right-12 text-lg bg-slate-200 hover:bg-slate-300 transition-all drop-shadow-md hover:drop-shadow-lg py-2 px-3 rounded-lg' onClick={() => this.ToggleElementsSidebar()}>&#9776; Elements</button>
         <SVG selected={current.SelectedContainer}>

src/Components/ElementsSidebar/ElementsSidebar.tsx

@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import { Properties } from '../Properties/Properties';
-import { Container } from '../SVG/Elements/Container';
+import { IContainerModel, getDepth, MakeIterator } from '../SVG/Elements/ContainerModel';
 
 interface IElementsSidebarProps {
-  MainContainer: Container | null,
+  MainContainer: IContainerModel | null,
   isOpen: boolean,
-  SelectedContainer: Container | null,
+  SelectedContainer: IContainerModel | null,
   onClick: () => void,
   onPropertyChange: (key: string, value: string) => void,
-  selectContainer: (container: Container) => void
+  selectContainer: (container: IContainerModel) => void
 }
 
 export class ElementsSidebar extends React.Component<IElementsSidebarProps> {
-  public iterateChilds(handleContainer: (container: Container) => void): React.ReactNode {
+  public iterateChilds(handleContainer: (container: IContainerModel) => void): React.ReactNode {
     if (!this.props.MainContainer) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const it = this.props.MainContainer.MakeIterator();
+    const it = MakeIterator(this.props.MainContainer);
     for (const container of it) {
-      handleContainer(container);
+      handleContainer(container as IContainerModel);
     }
   }
 
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ export class ElementsSidebar extends React.Component<IElementsSidebarProps> {
     const isOpenClasses = this.props.isOpen ? 'right-0' : '-right-64';
 
     const containerRows: React.ReactNode[] = [];
-    this.iterateChilds((container: Container) => {
+    this.iterateChilds((container: IContainerModel) => {
-      const depth: number = container.getDepth();
+      const depth: number = getDepth(container);
-      const key = container.props.properties.id.toString();
+      const key = container.properties.id.toString();
       const text = '|\t'.repeat(depth) + key;
       const selectedClass: string = this.props.SelectedContainer !== null &&
-        this.props.SelectedContainer.props.properties.id === container.props.properties.id
+        this.props.SelectedContainer.properties.id === container.properties.id
         ? 'bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-600'
         : 'bg-slate-400 hover:bg-slate-600';
       containerRows.push(
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class ElementsSidebar extends React.Component<IElementsSidebarProps> {
         <div className='overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden text-slate-200 flex-grow divide-y divide-solid divide-slate-500'>
           { containerRows }
         </div>
-        <Properties properties={this.props.SelectedContainer?.GetProperties()} onChange={this.props.onPropertyChange}></Properties>
+        <Properties properties={this.props.SelectedContainer?.properties} onChange={this.props.onPropertyChange}></Properties>
       </div>
     );
   }

src/Components/SVG/Elements/Container.tsx

@@ -1,92 +1,22 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Properties from '../../../Interfaces/Properties';
+import { getDepth, IContainerModel } from './ContainerModel';
 import { Dimension } from './Dimension';
 
-interface IContainerProps {
+export interface IContainerProps {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
+  model: IContainerModel
-  parent: Container | null,
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
-  children: Container[],
-  properties: Properties,
-  userData?: Record<string, string | number>
 }
 
 const GAP = 50;
 
 export class Container extends React.Component<IContainerProps> {
-  /**
-   * Returns A copy of the properties of the Container
-   * @returns A copy of the properties of the Container
-   */
-  public GetProperties(): Properties {
-    const properties : Properties = {
-      ...this.props.properties
-    };
-    return properties;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a Generator iterating of over the children depth-first
-   */
-  public * MakeIterator(): Generator<Container, void, unknown> {
-    const queue: Container[] = [this];
-    const visited = new Set<Container>(queue);
-    while (queue.length > 0) {
-      const container = queue.pop() as Container;
-
-      yield container;
-
-      // if this reverse() gets costly, replace it by a simple for
-      container.props.children.reverse().forEach((child) => {
-        if (visited.has(child)) {
-          return;
-        }
-        visited.add(child);
-        queue.push(child);
-      });
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the depth of the container
-   * @returns The depth of the container
-   */
-  public getDepth() {
-    let depth = 0;
-
-    let current: Container | null = this.props.parent;
-    while (current != null) {
-      depth++;
-      current = current.props.parent;
-    }
-
-    return depth;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the absolute position by iterating to the parent
-   * @returns The absolute position of the container
-   */
-  public getAbsolutePosition(): [number, number] {
-    let x = Number(this.props.properties.x);
-    let y = Number(this.props.properties.y);
-    let current = this.props.parent;
-    while (current != null) {
-      x += Number(current.props.properties.x);
-      y += Number(current.props.properties.y);
-      current = current.props.parent;
-    }
-    return [x, y];
-  }
-
   /**
    * Render the container
    * @returns Render the container
    */
   public render(): React.ReactNode {
-    const containersElements = this.props.children.map(child => child.render());
+    const containersElements = this.props.model.children.map(child => new Container({ model: child } as IContainerProps).render());
-    const xText = Number(this.props.properties.width) / 2;
+    const xText = Number(this.props.model.properties.width) / 2;
-    const yText = Number(this.props.properties.height) / 2;
+    const yText = Number(this.props.model.properties.height) / 2;
 
     // g style
     const defaultStyle = {
@@ -98,7 +28,7 @@ export class Container extends React.Component<IContainerProps> {
     // Rect style
     const style = Object.assign(
       JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(defaultStyle)),
-      this.props.properties
+      this.props.model.properties
     );
     style.x = 0;
     style.y = 0;
@@ -106,18 +36,18 @@ export class Container extends React.Component<IContainerProps> {
     delete style.width;
 
     // Dimension props
-    const id = `dim-${this.props.properties.id}`;
+    const id = `dim-${this.props.model.properties.id}`;
     const xStart: number = 0;
-    const xEnd = Number(this.props.properties.width);
+    const xEnd = Number(this.props.model.properties.width);
-    const y = -(GAP * (this.getDepth() + 1));
+    const y = -(GAP * (getDepth(this.props.model) + 1));
     const strokeWidth = 1;
-    const text = (this.props.properties.width ?? 0).toString();
+    const text = (this.props.model.properties.width ?? 0).toString();
 
     return (
       <g
         style={defaultStyle}
-        transform={`translate(${this.props.properties.x}, ${this.props.properties.y})`}
+        transform={`translate(${this.props.model.properties.x}, ${this.props.model.properties.y})`}
-        key={`container-${this.props.properties.id}`}
+        key={`container-${this.props.model.properties.id}`}
       >
         <Dimension
           id={id}
@@ -128,8 +58,8 @@ export class Container extends React.Component<IContainerProps> {
           text={text}
         />
         <rect
-          width={this.props.properties.width}
+          width={this.props.model.properties.width}
-          height={this.props.properties.height}
+          height={this.props.model.properties.height}
           style={style}
         >
         </rect>
@@ -137,7 +67,7 @@ export class Container extends React.Component<IContainerProps> {
           x={xText}
           y={yText}
         >
-          {this.props.properties.id}
+          {this.props.model.properties.id}
         </text>
         { containersElements }
       </g>

src/Components/SVG/Elements/ContainerModel.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import Properties from '../../../Interfaces/Properties';
+
+export interface IContainerModel {
+  children: IContainerModel[],
+  parent: IContainerModel | null,
+  properties: Properties,
+  userData: Record<string, string | number>
+}
+
+export class ContainerModel implements IContainerModel {
+  public children: IContainerModel[];
+  public parent: IContainerModel | null;
+  public properties: Properties;
+  public userData: Record<string, string | number>;
+
+  constructor(
+    parent: IContainerModel | null,
+    properties: Properties,
+    children: IContainerModel[] = [],
+    userData = {}) {
+    this.parent = parent;
+    this.properties = properties;
+    this.children = children;
+    this.userData = userData;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Returns a Generator iterating of over the children depth-first
+ */
+export function * MakeIterator(root: IContainerModel): Generator<IContainerModel, void, unknown> {
+  const queue: IContainerModel[] = [root];
+  const visited = new Set<IContainerModel>(queue);
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const container = queue.pop() as IContainerModel;
+
+    yield container;
+
+    // if this reverse() gets costly, replace it by a simple for
+    container.children.forEach((child) => {
+      if (visited.has(child)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      visited.add(child);
+      queue.push(child);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+   * Returns the depth of the container
+   * @returns The depth of the container
+   */
+export function getDepth(parent: IContainerModel) {
+  let depth = 0;
+
+  let current: IContainerModel | null = parent;
+  while (current != null) {
+    depth++;
+    current = current.parent;
+  }
+
+  return depth;
+}
+
+/**
+   * Returns the absolute position by iterating to the parent
+   * @returns The absolute position of the container
+   */
+export function getAbsolutePosition(container: IContainerModel): [number, number] {
+  let x = Number(container.properties.x);
+  let y = Number(container.properties.y);
+  let current = container.parent;
+  while (current != null) {
+    x += Number(current.properties.x);
+    y += Number(current.properties.y);
+    current = current.parent;
+  }
+  return [x, y];
+}

src/Components/SVG/Elements/DimensionLayer.tsx

@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Container } from './Container';
+import { ContainerModel, getDepth, MakeIterator } from './ContainerModel';
 import { Dimension } from './Dimension';
 
 interface IDimensionLayerProps {
   isHidden: boolean,
-  roots: Container | Container[] | null,
+  roots: ContainerModel | ContainerModel[] | null,
 }
 
 const GAP: number = 50;
 
-const getDimensionsNodes = (root: Container): React.ReactNode[] => {
+const getDimensionsNodes = (root: ContainerModel): React.ReactNode[] => {
-  const it = root.MakeIterator();
+  const it = MakeIterator(root);
   const dimensions: React.ReactNode[] = [];
   for (const container of it) {
     // WARN: this might be dangerous later when using other units/rules
-    const width = Number(container.props.properties.width);
+    const width = Number(container.properties.width);
 
-    const id = `dim-${container.props.properties.id}`;
+    const id = `dim-${container.properties.id}`;
-    const xStart: number = container.props.properties.x;
+    const xStart: number = container.properties.x;
     const xEnd = xStart + width;
-    const y = -(GAP * (container.getDepth() + 1));
+    const y = -(GAP * (getDepth(container) + 1));
     const strokeWidth = 1;
     const text = width.toString();
     const dimension = new Dimension({

src/Components/SVG/Elements/Selector.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Container } from './Container';
+import { IContainerModel, getAbsolutePosition } from './ContainerModel';
 
 interface ISelectorProps {
-  selected: Container | null
+  selected: IContainerModel | null
 }
 
 export const Selector: React.FC<ISelectorProps> = (props) => {
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export const Selector: React.FC<ISelectorProps> = (props) => {
     );
   }
 
-  const [x, y] = props.selected.getAbsolutePosition();
+  const [x, y] = getAbsolutePosition(props.selected);
   const [width, height] = [
-    props.selected.props.properties.width,
+    props.selected.properties.width,
-    props.selected.props.properties.height
+    props.selected.properties.height
   ];
   const style = {
     stroke: '#3B82F6', // tw blue-500

src/Components/SVG/SVG.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ReactSVGPanZoom, Tool, Value, TOOL_PAN } from 'react-svg-pan-zoom';
 import { Container } from './Elements/Container';
+import { ContainerModel } from './Elements/ContainerModel';
 import { Selector } from './Elements/Selector';
 
 interface ISVGProps {
-  children: Container | Container[] | null,
+  children: ContainerModel | ContainerModel[] | null,
-  selected: Container | null
+  selected: ContainerModel | null
 }
 
 interface ISVGState {
@@ -65,9 +66,9 @@ export class SVG extends React.Component<ISVGProps> {
 
     let children: React.ReactNode | React.ReactNode[] = [];
     if (Array.isArray(this.props.children)) {
-      children = this.props.children.map(child => child.render());
+      children = this.props.children.map(child => new Container({ model: child }).render());
     } else if (this.props.children !== null) {
-      children = this.props.children.render();
+      children = new Container({ model: this.props.children }).render();
     }
 
     return (