three.js/examples/jsm/nodes/core/NodeUtils.js

import { Color, Matrix3, Matrix4, Vector2, Vector3, Vector4 } from 'three';

export function getCacheKey( object, force = false ) {

	let cacheKey = '{';

	if ( object.isNode === true ) {

		cacheKey += object.id;

	}

	for ( const { property, childNode } of getNodeChildren( object ) ) {

		cacheKey += ',' + property.slice( 0, - 4 ) + ':' + childNode.getCacheKey( force );

	}

	cacheKey += '}';

	return cacheKey;

}

export function* getNodeChildren( node, toJSON = false ) {

	for ( const property in node ) {

		// Ignore private properties.
		if ( property.startsWith( '_' ) === true ) continue;

		const object = node[ property ];

		if ( Array.isArray( object ) === true ) {

			for ( let i = 0; i < object.length; i ++ ) {

				const child = object[ i ];

				if ( child && ( child.isNode === true || toJSON && typeof child.toJSON === 'function' ) ) {

					yield { property, index: i, childNode: child };

				}

			}

		} else if ( object && object.isNode === true ) {

			yield { property, childNode: object };

		} else if ( typeof object === 'object' ) {

			for ( const subProperty in object ) {

				const child = object[ subProperty ];

				if ( child && ( child.isNode === true || toJSON && typeof child.toJSON === 'function' ) ) {

					yield { property, index: subProperty, childNode: child };

				}

			}

		}

	}

}

export function getValueType( value ) {

	if ( value === undefined || value === null ) return null;

	const typeOf = typeof value;

	if ( value.isNode === true ) {

		return 'node';

	} else if ( typeOf === 'number' ) {

		return 'float';

	} else if ( typeOf === 'boolean' ) {

		return 'bool';

	} else if ( typeOf === 'string' ) {

		return 'string';

	} else if ( typeOf === 'function' ) {

		return 'shader';

	} else if ( value.isVector2 === true ) {

		return 'vec2';

	} else if ( value.isVector3 === true ) {

		return 'vec3';

	} else if ( value.isVector4 === true ) {

		return 'vec4';

	} else if ( value.isMatrix3 === true ) {

		return 'mat3';

	} else if ( value.isMatrix4 === true ) {

		return 'mat4';

	} else if ( value.isColor === true ) {

		return 'color';

	} else if ( value instanceof ArrayBuffer ) {

		return 'ArrayBuffer';

	}

	return null;

}

export function getValueFromType( type, ...params ) {

	const last4 = type ? type.slice( - 4 ) : undefined;

	if ( params.length === 1 ) { // ensure same behaviour as in NodeBuilder.format()

		if ( last4 === 'vec2' ) params = [ params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ] ];
		else if ( last4 === 'vec3' ) params = [ params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ] ];
		else if ( last4 === 'vec4' ) params = [ params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ], params[ 0 ] ];

	}

	if ( type === 'color' ) {

		return new Color( ...params );

	} else if ( last4 === 'vec2' ) {

		return new Vector2( ...params );

	} else if ( last4 === 'vec3' ) {

		return new Vector3( ...params );

	} else if ( last4 === 'vec4' ) {

		return new Vector4( ...params );

	} else if ( last4 === 'mat3' ) {

		return new Matrix3( ...params );

	} else if ( last4 === 'mat4' ) {

		return new Matrix4( ...params );

	} else if ( type === 'bool' ) {

		return params[ 0 ] || false;

	} else if ( ( type === 'float' ) || ( type === 'int' ) || ( type === 'uint' ) ) {

		return params[ 0 ] || 0;

	} else if ( type === 'string' ) {

		return params[ 0 ] || '';

	} else if ( type === 'ArrayBuffer' ) {

		return base64ToArrayBuffer( params[ 0 ] );

	}

	return null;

}

export function arrayBufferToBase64( arrayBuffer ) {

	let chars = '';

	const array = new Uint8Array( arrayBuffer );

	for ( let i = 0; i < array.length; i ++ ) {

		chars += String.fromCharCode( array[ i ] );

	}

	return btoa( chars );

}

export function base64ToArrayBuffer( base64 ) {

	return Uint8Array.from( atob( base64 ), c => c.charCodeAt( 0 ) ).buffer;

}