woocommerce/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/assets/js/base/hooks/use-shallow-equal.ts

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/**
* External dependencies
*/
import { useRef } from '@wordpress/element';
import isShallowEqual from '@wordpress/is-shallow-equal';
/**
* A custom hook that compares the provided value across renders and returns the
* previous instance if shallow equality with previous instance exists.
*
* This is particularly useful when non-primitive types are used as
* dependencies for react hooks.
*
* @param {*} value Value to keep the same if satisfies shallow equality.
*
* @return {*} The previous cached instance of the value if the current has shallow equality with it.
*/
export function useShallowEqual< T >( value: T ): T {
const ref = useRef< T >( value );
if ( ! isShallowEqual( value, ref.current ) ) {
ref.current = value;
}
return ref.current;
}