@lightningjs/blits 1.30.2 → 1.31.0

package/src/lib/codegenerator/generator.js

@@ -1,788 +1,788 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2023 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-let counter
-let isDev
-
-export default function (templateObject = { children: [] }, devMode = false) {
-  const ctx = {
-    renderCode: [
-      'const elms = []',
-      'let componentType',
-      'const rootComponent = component',
-      'let propData',
-      'let slotComponent',
-      'let inSlot = false',
-      'let slotChildCounter = 0',
-    ],
-    effectsCode: [],
-    context: { props: [], components: this.components },
-  }
-
-  counter = -1
-  isDev = devMode
-  if (isDev === true) {
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-      function propInComponent(prop, kind="dynamic") {
-        const property = prop.includes('.') ? prop.split('.')[0] : prop
-        if (kind === 'reactive' || prop.includes('.') === false) {
-          if (property in component === false) {
-            Log.warn('Property ' +  property + ' was accessed during render but is not defined on instance')
-          }
-        } else {
-          const nestedKeys = prop.split('.')
-          let base = component
-          for(let i =0; i<nestedKeys.length;i++){
-            if (base[nestedKeys[i]] === undefined) {
-              Log.warn('Property ' +  nestedKeys.slice(0,i+1).join('.') + ' was accessed during render but is not defined on instance')
-            }
-            base = base[nestedKeys[i]]
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    `)
-  }
-  generateCode.call(ctx, templateObject)
-  ctx.renderCode.push('return elms')
-
-  return {
-    render: new Function(
-      'parent',
-      'component',
-      'context',
-      'components',
-      'effect',
-      'getRaw',
-      'Log',
-      ctx.renderCode.join('\n')
-    ),
-    effects: ctx.effectsCode.map(
-      (code) =>
-        new Function('component', 'elms', 'context', 'components', 'rootComponent', 'effect', code)
-    ),
-    context: ctx.context,
-  }
-}
-
-// This is used to get only variable from expression
-const extractVariables = function (value) {
-  const regEx = /\$\$?\w+(\.\w+)?/g
-  const matches = value.match(regEx)
-  if (matches !== null) {
-    const shaderRegex = /\$shader/
-    return matches.filter((match) => !shaderRegex.test(match))
-  } else {
-    return false
-  }
-}
-
-const verifyVariables = function (value, renderCode, type = 'dynamic') {
-  const variablesToBeVerified = extractVariables(value)
-  if (variablesToBeVerified !== false) {
-    for (let i = 0; i < variablesToBeVerified.length; i++) {
-      let variable = variablesToBeVerified[i]
-      if (type === 'reactive' && variable.includes('.')) {
-        variable = variable.split('.')[0]
-      }
-      renderCode.push(`propInComponent('${variable.replace('$', '')}', '${type}')`)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-const generateElementCode = function (
-  templateObject,
-  parent = false,
-  options = { key: false, component: 'component.', forceEffect: false, forloop: false }
-) {
-  const renderCode = options.forceEffect ? this.effectsCode : this.renderCode
-  if (parent) {
-    renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
-  }
-
-  if ('key' in templateObject) options.key = interpolate(templateObject.key, options.component)
-  const elm = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
-
-  if (options.key) {
-    renderCode.push(`
-      if(elms[${counter}] === undefined) {
-        elms[${counter}] = {}
-      }
-    `)
-  }
-
-  renderCode.push(`const elementConfig${counter} = {}`)
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push(`if(${elm} === undefined) {`)
-  }
-
-  renderCode.push(`
-    ${elm} = this.element({parent: parent || 'root'}, inSlot === true ? slotComponent : component)
-  `)
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push('}')
-  }
-
-  const children = templateObject['children']
-  delete templateObject['children']
-
-  if (templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot') {
-    renderCode.push(`elementConfig${counter}[Symbol.for('isSlot')] = true`)
-  }
-
-  Object.keys(templateObject).forEach((key) => {
-    if (key === 'slot') {
-      renderCode.push(`
-        elementConfig${counter}['parent'] = slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')] !== undefined && Array.isArray(slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')]) === true && slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')].filter(slot => slot.ref === '${templateObject.slot}').shift() || parent
-      `)
-    }
-
-    if (key === 'key') return
-
-    const value = templateObject[key]
-
-    if (isReactiveKey(key)) {
-      if (options.holder && key === ':color') return
-      if (options.holder) {
-        this.effectsCode.push(`
-        if(typeof skip${counter} === 'undefined' ||
-          skip${counter}.indexOf('${key.substring(1)}') === -1)
-          ${elm}.set('${key.substring(1)}', ${interpolate(templateObject[key], options.component)})
-        `)
-      } else {
-        this.effectsCode.push(`
-            ${elm}.set('${key.substring(1)}', ${interpolate(
-          templateObject[key],
-          options.component
-        )})
-          `)
-      }
-      // value.includes('.') === false &&
-      if (isDev === true && options.component !== 'scope.' && value.includes('$')) {
-        verifyVariables(value, renderCode, 'reactive')
-      }
-      renderCode.push(
-        `elementConfig${counter}['${key.substring(1)}'] = ${interpolate(value, options.component)}`
-      )
-    } else {
-      if (isDev === true && options.component !== 'scope.' && value.includes('$')) {
-        verifyVariables(value, renderCode)
-      }
-      renderCode.push(`elementConfig${counter}['${key}'] = ${cast(value, key, options.component)}`)
-    }
-  })
-
-  if (options.holder === true) {
-    renderCode.push(`
-    const skip${counter} = []
-    if(typeof cmp${counter} !== 'undefined') {
-      for(let key in cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props) {
-        delete elementConfig${counter}[cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props[key]]
-        skip${counter}.push(cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props[key])
-      }
-    }
-    `)
-  }
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push(`if(${elm}.nodeId === undefined) {`)
-  }
-
-  renderCode.push(`${elm}.populate(elementConfig${counter})`)
-
-  renderCode.push(`
-    if(inSlot === true) {
-      slotChildCounter -= 1
-    }
-  `)
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push('}')
-  }
-
-  if (children) {
-    generateCode.call(this, { children }, `${elm}`, options)
-  }
-}
-
-const generateComponentCode = function (
-  templateObject,
-  parent = false,
-  options = {
-    key: false,
-    component: 'component.',
-    forceEffect: false,
-    holder: false,
-    forloop: false,
-  }
-) {
-  const renderCode = options.forceEffect ? this.effectsCode : this.renderCode
-
-  renderCode.push(`
-    const cmp${counter} =
-      (context.components && context.components['${
-        templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]
-      }']) || components['${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}']
-  `)
-
-  if ('key' in templateObject) {
-    options.key = interpolate(templateObject.key, options.component)
-  }
-
-  const children = templateObject.children
-  delete templateObject.children
-  generateElementCode.call(this, templateObject, parent, { ...options, ...{ holder: true } })
-
-  parent = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
-
-  counter++
-
-  const elm = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
-
-  if (options.key) {
-    renderCode.push(`
-      if(elms[${counter}] === undefined) {
-        elms[${counter}] = {}
-      }
-    `)
-  }
-
-  if (parent) {
-    renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
-  }
-
-  renderCode.push(`const props${counter} = {}`)
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push(`if(${elm} === undefined) {`)
-  }
-
-  Object.keys(templateObject).forEach((key) => {
-    if (isReactiveKey(key)) {
-      this.effectsCode.push(`
-        ${elm}[Symbol.for('props')]['${key.substring(1)}'] = ${interpolate(
-        templateObject[key],
-        options.component
-      )}`)
-      renderCode.push(`
-        propData = ${interpolate(templateObject[key], options.component)}
-        if (Array.isArray(propData) === true) {
-          propData = getRaw(propData).slice(0)
-        }
-        props${counter}['${key.substring(1)}'] = propData`)
-    } else {
-      renderCode.push(
-        `props${counter}['${key}'] = ${cast(templateObject[key], key, options.component)}`
-      )
-    }
-  })
-
-  renderCode.push(`
-    componentType = props${counter}['is'] || '${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}'
-
-    let component${counter}
-    if(typeof componentType === 'string') {
-      component${counter} = context.components && context.components[componentType] || components[componentType]
-      if(!component${counter}) {
-        throw new Error('Component "${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}" not found')
-      }
-    } else if(typeof componentType === 'function' && componentType[Symbol.for('isComponent')] === true) {
-      component${counter} = componentType
-    }
-
-    ${elm} = component${counter}.call(null, {props: props${counter}}, ${parent}, component)
-
-    if (${elm}[Symbol.for('slots')][0]) {
-      parent = ${elm}[Symbol.for('slots')][0]
-      slotComponent = ${elm}
-      inSlot = true
-    } else {
-      parent = ${elm}[Symbol.for('children')][0]
-    }
-  `)
-
-  if (options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push('}')
-  }
-
-  if (children) {
-    if (!options.forloop) {
-      renderCode.push(`
-        if(inSlot === true) {
-          slotChildCounter = ${children.length}  + 1
-        }
-      `)
-    }
-    counter++
-    generateElementCode.call(this, { children }, false, { ...options })
-  }
-
-  if (!options.forloop) {
-    renderCode.push(`
-      if (inSlot === true && slotChildCounter === 0) {
-        inSlot = false
-      }
-    `)
-  }
-}
-
-const generateForLoopCode = function (templateObject, parent) {
-  const forLoop = templateObject[':for']
-  delete templateObject[':for']
-  const range = templateObject['range'] || templateObject[':range'] || '{}'
-  delete templateObject['range']
-  delete templateObject[':range']
-
-  const key = templateObject['key']
-  const forKey = interpolate(key, 'scope.')
-
-  const shallow = !!!(
-    templateObject['$shallow'] && templateObject['$shallow'].toLowerCase() === 'false'
-  )
-  delete templateObject['$shallow']
-
-  delete templateObject['key']
-  const regex = /(.+)\s+in\s+(.+)/gi
-  //   const regex = /(:?\(*)(.+)\s+in\s+(.+)/gi
-
-  const result = regex.exec(forLoop)
-
-  // can be improved with a smarter regex
-  const [item, index] = result[1]
-    .replace('(', '')
-    .replace(')', '')
-    .split(/\s*,\s*/)
-
-  const scopeRegex = new RegExp(`(scope\\.(?!${item}\\.|${index}|key)(\\w+))`, 'gi')
-
-  // local context
-  const ctx = {
-    renderCode: [],
-    effectsCode: [],
-    context: { props: [], components: this.components },
-  }
-
-  if (parent) {
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
-  }
-
-  // If the index variable is not defined, the key attribute would not reference it.
-  if (index !== undefined) {
-    const indexRegex = new RegExp(`\\$${index}(?!['\\w])`)
-    const indexResult = indexRegex.exec(key)
-    if (Array.isArray(indexResult)) {
-      ctx.renderCode.push(
-        `console.warn(" Using '${index}' in the key, like key=${key},  is not recommended")`
-      )
-    }
-  }
-
-  const forStartCounter = counter
-
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-    const created${forStartCounter} = []
-
-    let from${forStartCounter}
-    let to${forStartCounter}
-
-    const forloop${forStartCounter} = (collection = [], elms, created) => {
-      const rawCollection = getRaw(collection)
-      const keys = new Set()
-      let l = rawCollection.length
-
-      const range = ${interpolate(range)} || {}
-      from${forStartCounter} = range['from'] || 0
-      to${forStartCounter} = 'to' in range ? range['to'] : rawCollection.length
-
-      while(l--) {
-        const ${item} = rawCollection[l]
-  `)
-  // push reference of index variable
-  if (index !== undefined) {
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        const ${index} = l
-    `)
-  }
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        if(l < to${forStartCounter} && l >= from${forStartCounter}) {
-          keys.add('' +  ${interpolate(key, '') || 'l'})
-        }
-      }
-  `)
-
-  // keep track of the index in the render code so we can inject
-  // the code that takes care of destroying elements (generated later on)
-  // in the right spot
-  const indexToInjectDestroyCode = ctx.renderCode.length
-
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-      created.length = 0
-      const length = rawCollection.length
-      const effects = []
-      for(let __index = 0; __index < length; __index++) {
-        if(__index < from${forStartCounter} || __index >= to${forStartCounter}) continue
-        const scope = Object.create(component)
-        parent = ${parent}
-        scope['${item}'] = rawCollection[__index]
-  `)
-  // If the index variable is declared, include it in the scope object
-  if (index !== '') {
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        scope['${index}'] = __index
-    `)
-  }
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        scope['key'] = '' + ${forKey || '__index'}
-  `)
-  if ('ref' in templateObject && templateObject.ref.indexOf('$') === -1) {
-    // automatically map the ref for each item in the loop based on the given ref key
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        scope['__ref'] = '${templateObject.ref}' + __index
-    `)
-    templateObject.ref = '$__ref'
-  }
-
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        created.push(scope.key)
-  `)
-
-  if (
-    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Element' ||
-    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot' ||
-    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text'
-  ) {
-    if (templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text') {
-      templateObject.__textnode = 'true'
-    }
-    generateElementCode.call(ctx, templateObject, parent, {
-      key: 'scope.key',
-      component: 'scope.',
-      forceEffect: false,
-      forloop: true,
-    })
-  } else {
-    generateComponentCode.call(ctx, templateObject, false, {
-      key: 'scope.key',
-      component: 'scope.',
-      forceEffect: false,
-      forloop: true,
-    })
-  }
-
-  // separate effects that only rely on variables in the itteration
-  const innerScopeEffects = ctx.effectsCode.filter(
-    (effect) => [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)].length === 0
-  )
-
-  // separate effects that (also) rely on variables in the outer scope
-  const outerScopeEffects = ctx.effectsCode.filter(
-    (effect) => [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)].length !== 0
-  )
-
-  if (shallow === false) {
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-      scope['${item}'] = null
-      scope['${item}'] = collection[__index]
-  `)
-  }
-
-  // inner scope variables are part of the main forloop
-  innerScopeEffects.forEach((effect, index) => {
-    const key = effect.indexOf(`scope.${index}`) > -1 ? `'${interpolate(result[2], '')}'` : null
-    if (effect.indexOf("Symbol.for('props')") === -1) {
-      ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        let eff${index} = () => {
-          ${effect}
-        }
-        effect(eff${index}, ${key})
-        effects.push(eff${index})
-        component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${index})
-      `)
-    } else {
-      // props shouldn't be wrapped in an effect, but simply passed on
-      ctx.renderCode.push(`
-        ${effect}
-      `)
-    }
-  })
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-    }
-    return effects
-  }`)
-
-  // generate code that destroys items
-  const destroyCode = []
-  destroyCode.push(`
-      let i = created.length
-
-      while (i--) {
-        if (keys.has(created[i]) === false) {
-          const key = created[i]
-  `)
-  const forEndCounter = counter
-
-  for (let i = forStartCounter; i <= forEndCounter; i++) {
-    destroyCode.push(`
-          elms[${i}][key] && elms[${i}][key].destroy()
-          delete elms[${i}][key]
-      `)
-  }
-  destroyCode.push(`
-      }
-    }
-  `)
-
-  // inject the destroy code in the correct spot
-  ctx.renderCode.splice(indexToInjectDestroyCode, 0, ...destroyCode)
-
-  let effectKey = `${interpolate(result[2], '')}`
-
-  // Get the last property from nested path
-  if (effectKey && effectKey.includes('.')) {
-    effectKey = effectKey.match(/[^.]+$/)[0]
-  }
-
-  // get the reference to range from and to
-  const effectKeysRegex = /\$([^,} ]+)/g
-  const effectKeys = [...range.matchAll(effectKeysRegex)].map((match) => `'${match[1]}'`)
-
-  ctx.renderCode.push(`
-    let forEffects${forStartCounter}
-    const eff${forStartCounter} = () => {
-      component[Symbol.for('removeGlobalEffects')](forEffects${forStartCounter})
-      forEffects${forStartCounter} = null
-      forEffects${forStartCounter} = forloop${forStartCounter}(${cast(
-    result[2],
-    ':for'
-  )}, elms, created${forStartCounter})
-    }
-
-    component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${forStartCounter})
-
-    effect(eff${forStartCounter}, ['${effectKey}', ${effectKeys.join(',')}] )
-  `)
-
-  outerScopeEffects.forEach((effect, outerScopeEffectsIndex) => {
-    const matches = [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)]
-
-    let l = matches.length
-    const refs = []
-    while (l--) {
-      const match = matches[l]
-      const ref = `component.${match[2]}`
-      refs.indexOf(ref) === -1 && refs.push(ref)
-      // don't update the effect to point to component, if we're referring to a scope item
-      if (match[2] !== item) {
-        effect =
-          effect.substring(0, match.index) + ref + effect.substring(match.index + match[1].length)
-      }
-    }
-
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-      const eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex} = () => {
-        void ${refs.join(', ')}
-        for(let __index = 0; __index < ${interpolate(result[2])}.length; __index++) {
-          if(__index < from${forStartCounter} || __index >= to${forStartCounter}) continue
-          const scope = {}
-          scope['${index}'] = __index
-          scope['${item}'] = ${interpolate(result[2])}[__index]
-          scope['key'] = ${forKey || '__index'}
-    `)
-
-    ctx.renderCode.push(`
-          ${effect}
-        }
-      }
-      component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex})
-      effect(eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex})
-    `)
-  })
-
-  this.renderCode.push(ctx.renderCode.join('\n'))
-}
-
-const generateCode = function (templateObject, parent = false, options = {}) {
-  templateObject.children &&
-    templateObject.children.forEach((childTemplateObject) => {
-      counter++
-
-      if (Object.keys(childTemplateObject).indexOf(':for') > -1) {
-        generateForLoopCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent)
-      } else {
-        if (
-          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Element' ||
-          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot' ||
-          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text' ||
-          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Layout'
-        ) {
-          if (childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text') {
-            childTemplateObject.__textnode = 'true'
-          }
-          if (childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Layout') {
-            childTemplateObject.__layout = 'true'
-          }
-          generateElementCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent, options)
-        } else {
-          generateComponentCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent, options)
-        }
-      }
-    })
-}
-
-const interpolate = (val, component = 'component.') => {
-  if (val === undefined) return val
-  const replaceString = /('.*?')+/gi
-  const replaceDollar = /\$(\$(?=\$)|\$?)/g
-  const matches = val.matchAll(replaceString)
-  const restore = []
-
-  let i = 0
-
-  // replace string and store in temp
-  for (const match of matches) {
-    restore.push(match[0])
-    val = val.replace(match[0], `[@@REPLACEMENT${i}@@]`)
-    i++
-  }
-
-  // replace dollar signs using the regex and function
-  val = val.replace(replaceDollar, (match, group1) => {
-    // single dollar sign
-    if (group1 === '') {
-      return component
-    }
-    // consecutive dollar sign, replace only the first $
-    else if (group1 === '$') {
-      return component + '$'
-    }
-  })
-
-  // restore string replacement
-  restore.forEach((el, idx) => {
-    val = val.replace(`[@@REPLACEMENT${idx}@@]`, el)
-  })
-
-  return val
-}
-
-const cast = (val = '', key = false, component = 'component.') => {
-  const dynamicArgumentRegex = /\$\w+/gi
-  let castedValue
-
-  // inline content
-  if (key === 'content') {
-    if (val.startsWith('$')) {
-      castedValue = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
-    } else {
-      // unescaped single quotes must be escaped while preserving escaped backslashes
-      const escapedVal = val
-        .replace(/\\\\/g, '__DOUBLE_BACKSLASH__')
-        .replace(/(^|[^\\])'/g, "$1\\'")
-        .replace(/__DOUBLE_BACKSLASH__/g, '\\\\')
-      castedValue = `'${parseInlineContent(escapedVal, component)}'`
-    }
-  }
-  // numeric
-  else if (key !== 'color' && /[^0-9%\s.eE]/.test(val) === false && !isNaN(parseFloat(val))) {
-    castedValue = parseFloat(val)
-    if (val.endsWith('%')) {
-      const map = {
-        w: 'width',
-        width: 'width',
-        x: 'width',
-        h: 'height',
-        height: 'height',
-        y: 'height',
-      }
-      const base = map[key]
-      if (base) {
-        castedValue = `parent.node.${base} * (${castedValue} / 100)`
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  // boolean true
-  else if (val.toLowerCase() === 'true') {
-    castedValue = true
-  }
-  // boolean false
-  else if (val.toLowerCase() === 'false') {
-    castedValue = false
-  }
-  // @-listener
-  else if (key.startsWith('@') && val) {
-    const c = component.slice(0, -1)
-    castedValue = `${c}['${val.replace('$', '')}'] && ${c}['${val.replace('$', '')}'].bind(${c})`
-  }
-  // dynamic value
-  else if (val.startsWith('$')) {
-    castedValue = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
-  }
-  // dynamic value in object
-  else if (dynamicArgumentRegex.exec(val)) {
-    const rex = /\w+\s*:\s*(?:[^\s,}]+|".*?"|'.*?')/g
-    const results = val.match(rex)
-    castedValue = {}
-    if (results) {
-      for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
-        const members = results[i].split(/\s*:\s*/)
-        if (members) {
-          populateFields(members[0], members[1], component, castedValue)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return interpolateObject(castedValue)
-  }
-  // static string
-  else {
-    castedValue = `"${val}"`
-  }
-
-  return castedValue
-}
-
-const isReactiveKey = (str) => str.startsWith(':')
-
-const parseInlineContent = (val, component) => {
-  const dynamicParts = /\{\{\s*(\$\S+)\s*\}\}/g
-  const matches = [...val.matchAll(dynamicParts)]
-
-  if (matches.length) {
-    for (let [match, arg] of matches) {
-      val = val.replace(match, `${arg.replace('$', `'+${component}`)}+'`)
-    }
-  }
-  return val
-}
-
-// Populate value into target's prop
-const populateFields = (prop, val, component, target) => {
-  if (val.startsWith('$')) {
-    target[prop] = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
-  } else {
-    target[prop] = val
-  }
-}
-
-const interpolateObject = (input) => {
-  const interpolatedResults = []
-  Object.keys(input).forEach((key) => {
-    interpolatedResults.push(`${key}: ${input[key]}`)
-  })
-
-  return ` { ${interpolatedResults.join(', ')} }`
-}
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+let counter
+let isDev
+
+export default function (templateObject = { children: [] }, devMode = false) {
+  const ctx = {
+    renderCode: [
+      'const elms = []',
+      'let componentType',
+      'const rootComponent = component',
+      'let propData',
+      'let slotComponent',
+      'let inSlot = false',
+      'let slotChildCounter = 0',
+    ],
+    effectsCode: [],
+    context: { props: [], components: this.components },
+  }
+
+  counter = -1
+  isDev = devMode
+  if (isDev === true) {
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+      function propInComponent(prop, kind="dynamic") {
+        const property = prop.includes('.') ? prop.split('.')[0] : prop
+        if (kind === 'reactive' || prop.includes('.') === false) {
+          if (property in component === false) {
+            Log.warn('Property ' +  property + ' was accessed during render but is not defined on instance')
+          }
+        } else {
+          const nestedKeys = prop.split('.')
+          let base = component
+          for(let i =0; i<nestedKeys.length;i++){
+            if (base[nestedKeys[i]] === undefined) {
+              Log.warn('Property ' +  nestedKeys.slice(0,i+1).join('.') + ' was accessed during render but is not defined on instance')
+            }
+            base = base[nestedKeys[i]]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `)
+  }
+  generateCode.call(ctx, templateObject)
+  ctx.renderCode.push('return elms')
+
+  return {
+    render: new Function(
+      'parent',
+      'component',
+      'context',
+      'components',
+      'effect',
+      'getRaw',
+      'Log',
+      ctx.renderCode.join('\n')
+    ),
+    effects: ctx.effectsCode.map(
+      (code) =>
+        new Function('component', 'elms', 'context', 'components', 'rootComponent', 'effect', code)
+    ),
+    context: ctx.context,
+  }
+}
+
+// This is used to get only variable from expression
+const extractVariables = function (value) {
+  const regEx = /\$\$?\w+(\.\w+)?/g
+  const matches = value.match(regEx)
+  if (matches !== null) {
+    const shaderRegex = /\$shader/
+    return matches.filter((match) => !shaderRegex.test(match))
+  } else {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+const verifyVariables = function (value, renderCode, type = 'dynamic') {
+  const variablesToBeVerified = extractVariables(value)
+  if (variablesToBeVerified !== false) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < variablesToBeVerified.length; i++) {
+      let variable = variablesToBeVerified[i]
+      if (type === 'reactive' && variable.includes('.')) {
+        variable = variable.split('.')[0]
+      }
+      renderCode.push(`propInComponent('${variable.replace('$', '')}', '${type}')`)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const generateElementCode = function (
+  templateObject,
+  parent = false,
+  options = { key: false, component: 'component.', forceEffect: false, forloop: false }
+) {
+  const renderCode = options.forceEffect ? this.effectsCode : this.renderCode
+  if (parent) {
+    renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
+  }
+
+  if ('key' in templateObject) options.key = interpolate(templateObject.key, options.component)
+  const elm = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
+
+  if (options.key) {
+    renderCode.push(`
+      if(elms[${counter}] === undefined) {
+        elms[${counter}] = {}
+      }
+    `)
+  }
+
+  renderCode.push(`const elementConfig${counter} = {}`)
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push(`if(${elm} === undefined) {`)
+  }
+
+  renderCode.push(`
+    ${elm} = this.element({parent: parent || 'root'}, inSlot === true ? slotComponent : component)
+  `)
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push('}')
+  }
+
+  const children = templateObject['children']
+  delete templateObject['children']
+
+  if (templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot') {
+    renderCode.push(`elementConfig${counter}[Symbol.for('isSlot')] = true`)
+  }
+
+  Object.keys(templateObject).forEach((key) => {
+    if (key === 'slot') {
+      renderCode.push(`
+        elementConfig${counter}['parent'] = slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')] !== undefined && Array.isArray(slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')]) === true && slotComponent[Symbol.for('slots')].filter(slot => slot.ref === '${templateObject.slot}').shift() || parent
+      `)
+    }
+
+    if (key === 'key') return
+
+    const value = templateObject[key]
+
+    if (isReactiveKey(key)) {
+      if (options.holder && key === ':color') return
+      if (options.holder) {
+        this.effectsCode.push(`
+        if(typeof skip${counter} === 'undefined' ||
+          skip${counter}.indexOf('${key.substring(1)}') === -1)
+          ${elm}.set('${key.substring(1)}', ${interpolate(templateObject[key], options.component)})
+        `)
+      } else {
+        this.effectsCode.push(`
+            ${elm}.set('${key.substring(1)}', ${interpolate(
+          templateObject[key],
+          options.component
+        )})
+          `)
+      }
+      // value.includes('.') === false &&
+      if (isDev === true && options.component !== 'scope.' && value.includes('$')) {
+        verifyVariables(value, renderCode, 'reactive')
+      }
+      renderCode.push(
+        `elementConfig${counter}['${key.substring(1)}'] = ${interpolate(value, options.component)}`
+      )
+    } else {
+      if (isDev === true && options.component !== 'scope.' && value.includes('$')) {
+        verifyVariables(value, renderCode)
+      }
+      renderCode.push(`elementConfig${counter}['${key}'] = ${cast(value, key, options.component)}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  if (options.holder === true) {
+    renderCode.push(`
+    const skip${counter} = []
+    if(typeof cmp${counter} !== 'undefined') {
+      for(let key in cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props) {
+        delete elementConfig${counter}[cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props[key]]
+        skip${counter}.push(cmp${counter}[Symbol.for('config')].props[key])
+      }
+    }
+    `)
+  }
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push(`if(${elm}.nodeId === undefined) {`)
+  }
+
+  renderCode.push(`${elm}.populate(elementConfig${counter})`)
+
+  renderCode.push(`
+    if(inSlot === true) {
+      slotChildCounter -= 1
+    }
+  `)
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push('}')
+  }
+
+  if (children) {
+    generateCode.call(this, { children }, `${elm}`, options)
+  }
+}
+
+const generateComponentCode = function (
+  templateObject,
+  parent = false,
+  options = {
+    key: false,
+    component: 'component.',
+    forceEffect: false,
+    holder: false,
+    forloop: false,
+  }
+) {
+  const renderCode = options.forceEffect ? this.effectsCode : this.renderCode
+
+  renderCode.push(`
+    const cmp${counter} =
+      (context.components && context.components['${
+        templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]
+      }']) || components['${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}']
+  `)
+
+  if ('key' in templateObject) {
+    options.key = interpolate(templateObject.key, options.component)
+  }
+
+  const children = templateObject.children
+  delete templateObject.children
+  generateElementCode.call(this, templateObject, parent, { ...options, ...{ holder: true } })
+
+  parent = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
+
+  counter++
+
+  const elm = options.key ? `elms[${counter}][${options.key}]` : `elms[${counter}]`
+
+  if (options.key) {
+    renderCode.push(`
+      if(elms[${counter}] === undefined) {
+        elms[${counter}] = {}
+      }
+    `)
+  }
+
+  if (parent) {
+    renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
+  }
+
+  renderCode.push(`const props${counter} = {}`)
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push(`if(${elm} === undefined) {`)
+  }
+
+  Object.keys(templateObject).forEach((key) => {
+    if (isReactiveKey(key)) {
+      this.effectsCode.push(`
+        ${elm}[Symbol.for('props')]['${key.substring(1)}'] = ${interpolate(
+        templateObject[key],
+        options.component
+      )}`)
+      renderCode.push(`
+        propData = ${interpolate(templateObject[key], options.component)}
+        if (Array.isArray(propData) === true) {
+          propData = getRaw(propData).slice(0)
+        }
+        props${counter}['${key.substring(1)}'] = propData`)
+    } else {
+      renderCode.push(
+        `props${counter}['${key}'] = ${cast(templateObject[key], key, options.component)}`
+      )
+    }
+  })
+
+  renderCode.push(`
+    componentType = props${counter}['is'] || '${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}'
+
+    let component${counter}
+    if(typeof componentType === 'string') {
+      component${counter} = context.components && context.components[componentType] || components[componentType]
+      if(!component${counter}) {
+        throw new Error('Component "${templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')]}" not found')
+      }
+    } else if(typeof componentType === 'function' && componentType[Symbol.for('isComponent')] === true) {
+      component${counter} = componentType
+    }
+
+    ${elm} = component${counter}.call(null, {props: props${counter}}, ${parent}, component)
+
+    if (${elm}[Symbol.for('slots')][0]) {
+      parent = ${elm}[Symbol.for('slots')][0]
+      slotComponent = ${elm}
+      inSlot = true
+    } else {
+      parent = ${elm}[Symbol.for('children')][0]
+    }
+  `)
+
+  if (options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push('}')
+  }
+
+  if (children) {
+    if (!options.forloop) {
+      renderCode.push(`
+        if(inSlot === true) {
+          slotChildCounter = ${children.length}  + 1
+        }
+      `)
+    }
+    counter++
+    generateElementCode.call(this, { children }, false, { ...options })
+  }
+
+  if (!options.forloop) {
+    renderCode.push(`
+      if (inSlot === true && slotChildCounter === 0) {
+        inSlot = false
+      }
+    `)
+  }
+}
+
+const generateForLoopCode = function (templateObject, parent) {
+  const forLoop = templateObject[':for']
+  delete templateObject[':for']
+  const range = templateObject['range'] || templateObject[':range'] || '{}'
+  delete templateObject['range']
+  delete templateObject[':range']
+
+  const key = templateObject['key']
+  const forKey = interpolate(key, 'scope.')
+
+  const shallow = !!!(
+    templateObject['$shallow'] && templateObject['$shallow'].toLowerCase() === 'false'
+  )
+  delete templateObject['$shallow']
+
+  delete templateObject['key']
+  const regex = /(.+)\s+in\s+(.+)/gi
+  //   const regex = /(:?\(*)(.+)\s+in\s+(.+)/gi
+
+  const result = regex.exec(forLoop)
+
+  // can be improved with a smarter regex
+  const [item, index] = result[1]
+    .replace('(', '')
+    .replace(')', '')
+    .split(/\s*,\s*/)
+
+  const scopeRegex = new RegExp(`(scope\\.(?!${item}\\.|${index}|key)(\\w+))`, 'gi')
+
+  // local context
+  const ctx = {
+    renderCode: [],
+    effectsCode: [],
+    context: { props: [], components: this.components },
+  }
+
+  if (parent) {
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`parent = ${parent}`)
+  }
+
+  // If the index variable is not defined, the key attribute would not reference it.
+  if (index !== undefined) {
+    const indexRegex = new RegExp(`\\$${index}(?!['\\w])`)
+    const indexResult = indexRegex.exec(key)
+    if (Array.isArray(indexResult)) {
+      ctx.renderCode.push(
+        `console.warn(" Using '${index}' in the key, like key=${key},  is not recommended")`
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
+  const forStartCounter = counter
+
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+    const created${forStartCounter} = []
+
+    let from${forStartCounter}
+    let to${forStartCounter}
+
+    const forloop${forStartCounter} = (collection = [], elms, created) => {
+      const rawCollection = getRaw(collection)
+      const keys = new Set()
+      let l = rawCollection.length
+
+      const range = ${interpolate(range)} || {}
+      from${forStartCounter} = range['from'] || 0
+      to${forStartCounter} = 'to' in range ? range['to'] : rawCollection.length
+
+      while(l--) {
+        const ${item} = rawCollection[l]
+  `)
+  // push reference of index variable
+  if (index !== undefined) {
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        const ${index} = l
+    `)
+  }
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        if(l < to${forStartCounter} && l >= from${forStartCounter}) {
+          keys.add('' +  ${interpolate(key, '') || 'l'})
+        }
+      }
+  `)
+
+  // keep track of the index in the render code so we can inject
+  // the code that takes care of destroying elements (generated later on)
+  // in the right spot
+  const indexToInjectDestroyCode = ctx.renderCode.length
+
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+      created.length = 0
+      const length = rawCollection.length
+      const effects = []
+      for(let __index = 0; __index < length; __index++) {
+        if(__index < from${forStartCounter} || __index >= to${forStartCounter}) continue
+        const scope = Object.create(component)
+        parent = ${parent}
+        scope['${item}'] = rawCollection[__index]
+  `)
+  // If the index variable is declared, include it in the scope object
+  if (index !== '') {
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        scope['${index}'] = __index
+    `)
+  }
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        scope['key'] = '' + ${forKey || '__index'}
+  `)
+  if ('ref' in templateObject && templateObject.ref.indexOf('$') === -1) {
+    // automatically map the ref for each item in the loop based on the given ref key
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        scope['__ref'] = '${templateObject.ref}' + __index
+    `)
+    templateObject.ref = '$__ref'
+  }
+
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        created.push(scope.key)
+  `)
+
+  if (
+    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Element' ||
+    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot' ||
+    templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text'
+  ) {
+    if (templateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text') {
+      templateObject.__textnode = 'true'
+    }
+    generateElementCode.call(ctx, templateObject, parent, {
+      key: 'scope.key',
+      component: 'scope.',
+      forceEffect: false,
+      forloop: true,
+    })
+  } else {
+    generateComponentCode.call(ctx, templateObject, false, {
+      key: 'scope.key',
+      component: 'scope.',
+      forceEffect: false,
+      forloop: true,
+    })
+  }
+
+  // separate effects that only rely on variables in the itteration
+  const innerScopeEffects = ctx.effectsCode.filter(
+    (effect) => [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)].length === 0
+  )
+
+  // separate effects that (also) rely on variables in the outer scope
+  const outerScopeEffects = ctx.effectsCode.filter(
+    (effect) => [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)].length !== 0
+  )
+
+  if (shallow === false) {
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+      scope['${item}'] = null
+      scope['${item}'] = collection[__index]
+  `)
+  }
+
+  // inner scope variables are part of the main forloop
+  innerScopeEffects.forEach((effect, index) => {
+    const key = effect.indexOf(`scope.${index}`) > -1 ? `'${interpolate(result[2], '')}'` : null
+    if (effect.indexOf("Symbol.for('props')") === -1) {
+      ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        let eff${index} = () => {
+          ${effect}
+        }
+        effect(eff${index}, ${key})
+        effects.push(eff${index})
+        component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${index})
+      `)
+    } else {
+      // props shouldn't be wrapped in an effect, but simply passed on
+      ctx.renderCode.push(`
+        ${effect}
+      `)
+    }
+  })
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+    }
+    return effects
+  }`)
+
+  // generate code that destroys items
+  const destroyCode = []
+  destroyCode.push(`
+      let i = created.length
+
+      while (i--) {
+        if (keys.has(created[i]) === false) {
+          const key = created[i]
+  `)
+  const forEndCounter = counter
+
+  for (let i = forStartCounter; i <= forEndCounter; i++) {
+    destroyCode.push(`
+          elms[${i}][key] && elms[${i}][key].destroy()
+          delete elms[${i}][key]
+      `)
+  }
+  destroyCode.push(`
+      }
+    }
+  `)
+
+  // inject the destroy code in the correct spot
+  ctx.renderCode.splice(indexToInjectDestroyCode, 0, ...destroyCode)
+
+  let effectKey = `${interpolate(result[2], '')}`
+
+  // Get the last property from nested path
+  if (effectKey && effectKey.includes('.')) {
+    effectKey = effectKey.match(/[^.]+$/)[0]
+  }
+
+  // get the reference to range from and to
+  const effectKeysRegex = /\$([^,} ]+)/g
+  const effectKeys = [...range.matchAll(effectKeysRegex)].map((match) => `'${match[1]}'`)
+
+  ctx.renderCode.push(`
+    let forEffects${forStartCounter}
+    const eff${forStartCounter} = () => {
+      component[Symbol.for('removeGlobalEffects')](forEffects${forStartCounter})
+      forEffects${forStartCounter} = null
+      forEffects${forStartCounter} = forloop${forStartCounter}(${cast(
+    result[2],
+    ':for'
+  )}, elms, created${forStartCounter})
+    }
+
+    component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${forStartCounter})
+
+    effect(eff${forStartCounter}, ['${effectKey}', ${effectKeys.join(',')}] )
+  `)
+
+  outerScopeEffects.forEach((effect, outerScopeEffectsIndex) => {
+    const matches = [...effect.matchAll(scopeRegex)]
+
+    let l = matches.length
+    const refs = []
+    while (l--) {
+      const match = matches[l]
+      const ref = `component.${match[2]}`
+      refs.indexOf(ref) === -1 && refs.push(ref)
+      // don't update the effect to point to component, if we're referring to a scope item
+      if (match[2] !== item) {
+        effect =
+          effect.substring(0, match.index) + ref + effect.substring(match.index + match[1].length)
+      }
+    }
+
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+      const eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex} = () => {
+        void ${refs.join(', ')}
+        for(let __index = 0; __index < ${interpolate(result[2])}.length; __index++) {
+          if(__index < from${forStartCounter} || __index >= to${forStartCounter}) continue
+          const scope = {}
+          scope['${index}'] = __index
+          scope['${item}'] = ${interpolate(result[2])}[__index]
+          scope['key'] = ${forKey || '__index'}
+    `)
+
+    ctx.renderCode.push(`
+          ${effect}
+        }
+      }
+      component[Symbol.for('effects')].push(eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex})
+      effect(eff${forStartCounter}_${outerScopeEffectsIndex})
+    `)
+  })
+
+  this.renderCode.push(ctx.renderCode.join('\n'))
+}
+
+const generateCode = function (templateObject, parent = false, options = {}) {
+  templateObject.children &&
+    templateObject.children.forEach((childTemplateObject) => {
+      counter++
+
+      if (Object.keys(childTemplateObject).indexOf(':for') > -1) {
+        generateForLoopCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent)
+      } else {
+        if (
+          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Element' ||
+          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Slot' ||
+          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text' ||
+          childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Layout'
+        ) {
+          if (childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Text') {
+            childTemplateObject.__textnode = 'true'
+          }
+          if (childTemplateObject[Symbol.for('componentType')] === 'Layout') {
+            childTemplateObject.__layout = 'true'
+          }
+          generateElementCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent, options)
+        } else {
+          generateComponentCode.call(this, childTemplateObject, parent, options)
+        }
+      }
+    })
+}
+
+const interpolate = (val, component = 'component.') => {
+  if (val === undefined) return val
+  const replaceString = /('.*?')+/gi
+  const replaceDollar = /\$(\$(?=\$)|\$?)/g
+  const matches = val.matchAll(replaceString)
+  const restore = []
+
+  let i = 0
+
+  // replace string and store in temp
+  for (const match of matches) {
+    restore.push(match[0])
+    val = val.replace(match[0], `[@@REPLACEMENT${i}@@]`)
+    i++
+  }
+
+  // replace dollar signs using the regex and function
+  val = val.replace(replaceDollar, (match, group1) => {
+    // single dollar sign
+    if (group1 === '') {
+      return component
+    }
+    // consecutive dollar sign, replace only the first $
+    else if (group1 === '$') {
+      return component + '$'
+    }
+  })
+
+  // restore string replacement
+  restore.forEach((el, idx) => {
+    val = val.replace(`[@@REPLACEMENT${idx}@@]`, el)
+  })
+
+  return val
+}
+
+const cast = (val = '', key = false, component = 'component.') => {
+  const dynamicArgumentRegex = /\$\w+/gi
+  let castedValue
+
+  // inline content
+  if (key === 'content') {
+    if (val.startsWith('$')) {
+      castedValue = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
+    } else {
+      // unescaped single quotes must be escaped while preserving escaped backslashes
+      const escapedVal = val
+        .replace(/\\\\/g, '__DOUBLE_BACKSLASH__')
+        .replace(/(^|[^\\])'/g, "$1\\'")
+        .replace(/__DOUBLE_BACKSLASH__/g, '\\\\')
+      castedValue = `'${parseInlineContent(escapedVal, component)}'`
+    }
+  }
+  // numeric
+  else if (key !== 'color' && /[^0-9%\s.eE]/.test(val) === false && !isNaN(parseFloat(val))) {
+    castedValue = parseFloat(val)
+    if (val.endsWith('%')) {
+      const map = {
+        w: 'width',
+        width: 'width',
+        x: 'width',
+        h: 'height',
+        height: 'height',
+        y: 'height',
+      }
+      const base = map[key]
+      if (base) {
+        castedValue = `parent.node.${base} * (${castedValue} / 100)`
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  // boolean true
+  else if (val.toLowerCase() === 'true') {
+    castedValue = true
+  }
+  // boolean false
+  else if (val.toLowerCase() === 'false') {
+    castedValue = false
+  }
+  // @-listener
+  else if (key.startsWith('@') && val) {
+    const c = component.slice(0, -1)
+    castedValue = `${c}['${val.replace('$', '')}'] && ${c}['${val.replace('$', '')}'].bind(${c})`
+  }
+  // dynamic value
+  else if (val.startsWith('$')) {
+    castedValue = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
+  }
+  // dynamic value in object
+  else if (dynamicArgumentRegex.exec(val)) {
+    const rex = /\w+\s*:\s*(?:[^\s,}]+|".*?"|'.*?')/g
+    const results = val.match(rex)
+    castedValue = {}
+    if (results) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
+        const members = results[i].split(/\s*:\s*/)
+        if (members) {
+          populateFields(members[0], members[1], component, castedValue)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return interpolateObject(castedValue)
+  }
+  // static string
+  else {
+    castedValue = `"${val}"`
+  }
+
+  return castedValue
+}
+
+const isReactiveKey = (str) => str.startsWith(':')
+
+const parseInlineContent = (val, component) => {
+  const dynamicParts = /\{\{\s*(\$\S+)\s*\}\}/g
+  const matches = [...val.matchAll(dynamicParts)]
+
+  if (matches.length) {
+    for (let [match, arg] of matches) {
+      val = val.replace(match, `${arg.replace('$', `'+${component}`)}+'`)
+    }
+  }
+  return val
+}
+
+// Populate value into target's prop
+const populateFields = (prop, val, component, target) => {
+  if (val.startsWith('$')) {
+    target[prop] = `${component}${val.replace('$', '')}`
+  } else {
+    target[prop] = val
+  }
+}
+
+const interpolateObject = (input) => {
+  const interpolatedResults = []
+  Object.keys(input).forEach((key) => {
+    interpolatedResults.push(`${key}: ${input[key]}`)
+  })
+
+  return ` { ${interpolatedResults.join(', ')} }`
+}