Benchmark: Lodash cloneDeep vs JSON Clone big object 12345

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var MyObject = {"web-app": {
  "servlet": [   
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxCDS",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.CDSServlet",
      "init-param": {
        "configGlossary:installationAt": "Philadelphia, PA",
        "configGlossary:adminEmail": "ksm@pobox.com",
        "configGlossary:poweredBy": "Cofax",
        "configGlossary:poweredByIcon": "/images/cofax.gif",
        "configGlossary:staticPath": "/content/static",
        "templateProcessorClass": "org.cofax.WysiwygTemplate",
        "templateLoaderClass": "org.cofax.FilesTemplateLoader",
        "templatePath": "templates",
        "templateOverridePath": "",
        "defaultListTemplate": "listTemplate.htm",
        "defaultFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.htm",
        "useJSP": false,
        "jspListTemplate": "listTemplate.jsp",
        "jspFileTemplate": "articleTemplate.jsp",
        "cachePackageTagsTrack": 200,
        "cachePackageTagsStore": 200,
        "cachePackageTagsRefresh": 60,
        "cacheTemplatesTrack": 100,
        "cacheTemplatesStore": 50,
        "cacheTemplatesRefresh": 15,
        "cachePagesTrack": 200,
        "cachePagesStore": 100,
        "cachePagesRefresh": 10,
        "cachePagesDirtyRead": 10,
        "searchEngineListTemplate": "forSearchEnginesList.htm",
        "searchEngineFileTemplate": "forSearchEngines.htm",
        "searchEngineRobotsDb": "WEB-INF/robots.db",
        "useDataStore": true,
        "dataStoreClass": "org.cofax.SqlDataStore",
        "redirectionClass": "org.cofax.SqlRedirection",
        "dataStoreName": "cofax",
        "dataStoreDriver": "com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver",
        "dataStoreUrl": "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://LOCALHOST:1433;DatabaseName=goon",
        "dataStoreUser": "sa",
        "dataStorePassword": "dataStoreTestQuery",
        "dataStoreTestQuery": "SET NOCOUNT ON;select test='test';",
        "dataStoreLogFile": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/datastore.log",
        "dataStoreInitConns": 10,
        "dataStoreMaxConns": 100,
        "dataStoreConnUsageLimit": 100,
        "dataStoreLogLevel": "debug",
        "maxUrlLength": 500}},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxEmail",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.EmailServlet",
      "init-param": {
      "mailHost": "mail1",
      "mailHostOverride": "mail2"}},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxAdmin",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.AdminServlet"},
 
    {
      "servlet-name": "fileServlet",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.FileServlet"},
    {
      "servlet-name": "cofaxTools",
      "servlet-class": "org.cofax.cms.CofaxToolsServlet",
      "init-param": {
        "templatePath": "toolstemplates/",
        "log": 1,
        "logLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/CofaxTools.log",
        "logMaxSize": "",
        "dataLog": 1,
        "dataLogLocation": "/usr/local/tomcat/logs/dataLog.log",
        "dataLogMaxSize": "",
        "removePageCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=pages&id=",
        "removeTemplateCache": "/content/admin/remove?cache=templates&id=",
        "fileTransferFolder": "/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/content/fileTransferFolder",
        "lookInContext": 1,
        "adminGroupID": 4,
        "betaServer": true}}],
  "servlet-mapping": {
    "cofaxCDS": "/",
    "cofaxEmail": "/cofaxutil/aemail/*",
    "cofaxAdmin": "/admin/*",
    "fileServlet": "/static/*",
    "cofaxTools": "/tools/*"},
 
  "taglib": {
    "taglib-uri": "cofax.tld",
    "taglib-location": "/WEB-INF/tlds/cofax.tld"}}};

var myCopy = null;

Tests:

Lodash cloneDeep
myCopy = _.cloneDeep(MyObject);
Json clone
myCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MyObject));

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Lodash cloneDeep
Json clone

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.1:latest, generated one year ago):

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Let's break down what this benchmark is testing.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark is comparing the performance of two methods for cloning a large JavaScript object, `MyObject`. The two methods are:

1. **Lodash cloneDeep**: Using the `_cloneDeep` function from the Lodash library to create a deep copy of the original object.
2. **JSON Clone**: Using the built-in `JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj))` method to create a shallow copy of the original object.

**What options are compared?**

The benchmark is comparing the execution speed ( Executions Per Second ) of these two methods on a desktop computer running Chrome 80.

**Pros and Cons:**

* **Lodash cloneDeep**:
	+ Pros: Deeply copies the entire object, including nested properties.
	+ Cons: Requires importing the Lodash library, which may add extra overhead depending on the use case.
* **JSON Clone**:
	+ Pros: Lightweight and built-in, no additional dependencies required.
	+ Cons: Creates a shallow copy, meaning it only copies the top-level properties and does not clone nested objects.

**Other considerations:**

The benchmark uses a large object with many nested properties to test both methods. The results show that Lodash `cloneDeep` is faster than JSON cloning, likely due to its optimized implementation and use of native functions.

**Library used:**

In this case, the library used is **Lodash**, specifically its `_cloneDeep` function, which is designed for deep copying of objects.

No special JS features or syntax are used in this benchmark.

Related benchmarks:

Lodash cloneDeep vs JSON Clone big object 12345 (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Lodash cloneDeep vs Json clone

Created: 6 years ago by: Guest

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Lodash cloneDeep

Json clone

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.1:latest, generated one year ago):