Notify observers when completely replacng props

src/nub.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ import { ResultElement } from "./util/resultelement";
  */
 export abstract class Nub extends ComputeNode implements IObservable {
 
+    protected static concatPrms(p1: ParamsEquation[], p2: ParamsEquation[]): ParamsEquation[] {
+        const p3: ParamsEquation[] = p1;
+        for (const p of p2) {
+            p3.push(p);
+        }
+        return p3;
+    }
+
+    private static progressPercentageAccordedToChainCalculation = 50;
+
+    /** paramétrage de la dichotomie */
+    public dichoStartIntervalMaxSteps: number = 100;
+
+    /** pointer to parent Nub */
+    public parent: Nub;
+
     /** type of children elements, used by GUI for translation */
     protected _childrenType: string = "";
 
@@ -51,10 +67,16 @@ export abstract class Nub extends ComputeNode implements IObservable {
     public set properties(props: Props) {
         // copy observers
         const observers = this._props.getObservers();
-        this._props = props.clone();
+        // empty props
+        this._props.reset();
+        // restore observers
         for (const obs of observers) {
             this._props.addObserver(obs);
         }
+        // set new props values
+        for (const p of Object.keys(props.props)) {
+            this._props.setPropValue(p, props.getPropValue(p));
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -159,22 +181,6 @@ export abstract class Nub extends ComputeNode implements IObservable {
         }
     }
 
-    protected static concatPrms(p1: ParamsEquation[], p2: ParamsEquation[]): ParamsEquation[] {
-        const p3: ParamsEquation[] = p1;
-        for (const p of p2) {
-            p3.push(p);
-        }
-        return p3;
-    }
-
-    private static progressPercentageAccordedToChainCalculation = 50;
-
-    /** paramétrage de la dichotomie */
-    public dichoStartIntervalMaxSteps: number = 100;
-
-    /** pointer to parent Nub */
-    public parent: Nub;
-
     /** parameter that is to be computed by default - to be overloaded by child classes */
     protected _defaultCalculatedParam: ParamDefinition;
 
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ export abstract class Nub extends ComputeNode implements IObservable {
 
     public constructor(prms: ParamsEquation, dbg: boolean = false) {
         super(prms, dbg);
-        this._children = [];
+        this.deleteAllChildren();
         this._observable = new Observable();
         this._defaultCalculatedParam = this.getFirstAnalyticalParameter();
         this.resetDefaultCalculatedParam();
@@ -1166,6 +1172,11 @@ export abstract class Nub extends ComputeNode implements IObservable {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Removes all children */
+    public deleteAllChildren() {
+        this._children = [];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the position or the current structure (starting at 0)
      * in the parent Nub

src/props.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ export class Props implements IObservable {
         return this._observable.getObservers();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Remove all properties, does not notify of any change
+     */
+    public reset() {
+        this._props = {};
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clones properties into a new Props object
      */