solarite 0.5.2 → 0.7.1

package/src/NodeGroup.js

@@ -1,470 +1,624 @@
-import assert from "./assert.js";
-import Util, {flattenAndIndent, nodeToArrayTree, setIndent} from "./Util.js";
-import Shell from "./Shell.js";
-import RootNodeGroup from './RootNodeGroup.js';
-import Path from "./Path.js";
-import Globals from './Globals.js';
-import PathToComponent from "./PathToComponent.js";
-import PathToNodes from "./PathToNodes.js";
-
-/** @typedef {boolean|string|number|function|Object|Array|Date|Node|Template} Expr */
-
-/**
- * A group of Nodes instantiated from a Shell, with Expr's filled in.
- *
- * The range is determined by startNode and nodeMarker.
- * startNode - never null.  An empty text node is created before the first path if none exists.
- * nodeMarker - null if this Nodegroup is at the end of its parents' nodes.*/
-export default class NodeGroup {
-
-	/**
-	 * @Type {RootNodeGroup} */
-	rootNg;
-
-	/** @type {Path} */
-	parentPath;
-
-	/** @type {Node|HTMLElement} First node of NodeGroup. Should never be null. */
-	startNode;
-
-	/** @type {Node|HTMLElement} A node that never changes that this NodeGroup should always insert its nodes before.
-	 * An empty text node will be created to insertBefore if there's no other NodeMarker and this isn't at the last position.
-	 * TODO: But sometimes startNode and endNode point to the same node.  Document this inconsistency. */
-	endNode;
-
-	/** @type {Path[]} */
-	paths = [];
-
-	/** @type {string} Key that matches the template and the expressions. */
-	exactKey;
-
-	/** @type {string} Key that only matches the template. */
-	closeKey;
-
-	/**
-	 * @internal
-	 * @type {Node[]} Cached result of getNodes() used only for improving performance.*/
-	nodesCache;
-
-	/**
-	 * A map between <style> Elements and their text content.
-	 * This lets NodeGroup.updateStyles() see when the style text has changed.
-	 * @type {?Map<HTMLStyleElement, string>} */
-	styles;
-
-	/** @type {Template} */
-	template;
-
-	/**
-	 * Root node at the top of the hierarchy.
-	 * Should be moved to RootNodeGroup
-	 * @type {HTMLElement} */
-	root;
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Create an "instantiated" NodeGroup from a Template and add it to an element.
-	 * Don't call applyExprs() yet to apply expressions or instantiate components yet.
-	 * @param template {Template}  Create it from the html strings and expressions in this template.
-	 * @param parentPath {?Path}
-	 * @param el {?HTMLElement} Optional, pre-existing htmlElement that will be the root.
-	 * @param options {?object} Only used for RootNodeGroup */
-	constructor(template, parentPath=null, el=null, options=null) {
-		this.rootNg = parentPath?.parentNg?.rootNg || this;
-		this.parentPath = parentPath;
-
-		/*#IFDEV*/assert(this.rootNg);/*#ENDIF*/
-		this.template = template;
-		this.closeKey = template.getCloseKey();
-
-		// If it's just a text node, skip a bunch of unnecessary steps.
-		if (template.isText) {
-			this.startNode = this.endNode = Globals.doc.createTextNode(template.html[0]);
-		}
-
-		else {
-			// Get a cached version of the parsed and instantiated html, and Paths:
-			const shell = Shell.get(template.html);
-			const shellFragment = shell.fragment.cloneNode(true);
-
-			if (shellFragment.nodeType === 11) { // DocumentFragment
-				this.startNode = shellFragment.firstChild;
-				this.endNode = shellFragment.lastChild;
-			} else
-				this.startNode = this.endNode = shellFragment;
-
-
-			// Special setup for RootNodeGroup
-			if (this instanceof RootNodeGroup) {
-
-
-				let startingPathDepth = 0;
-				this.options = options;
-				if (shellFragment instanceof Text) {
-					if (!el)
-						throw new Error('Cannot create a standalone text node');
-
-					this.root = el;
-					if (shellFragment.nodeValue.length)
-						this.root.append(shellFragment);
-				}
-
-				else {
-					if (el) {
-						this.root = el;
-
-						// Save slot
-						// 1. Globals.currentSlotChildren is set if this is called via PathToComponent.applyComponent() calls render()
-						// 2. el.childNodes is set if render() is called manually for the first time.
-						let slotChildren;
-						if (Globals.currentSlotChildren || el.childNodes.length) {
-							slotChildren = Globals.doc.createDocumentFragment();
-							slotChildren.append(...(Globals.currentSlotChildren || el.childNodes));
-						}
-
-						// If el should replace the root node of the fragment.
-						if (isReplaceEl(shellFragment, this.root.tagName)) {
-							this.root.append(...shellFragment.children[0].childNodes);
-
-							// Copy attributes
-							for (let attrib of shellFragment.children[0].attributes)
-								if (!this.root.hasAttribute(attrib.name))
-									this.root.setAttribute(attrib.name, attrib.value);
-
-							// Go one level deeper into all of shell's paths.
-							startingPathDepth = 1;
-						}
-
-						else {
-							let isEmpty = shellFragment.childNodes.length === 1 && shellFragment.childNodes[0].nodeType === 3 && shellFragment.childNodes[0].textContent === '';
-							if (!isEmpty)
-								this.root.append(...shellFragment.childNodes);
-						}
-
-
-						// Setup slot children (deprecated)
-						if (slotChildren) {
-							// Named slots
-							for (let slot of el.querySelectorAll('slot[name]')) {
-								let name = slot.getAttribute('name')
-								if (name) {
-									let slotChildren2 = slotChildren.querySelectorAll(`[slot='${name}']`);
-									slot.append(...slotChildren2);
-								}
-							}
-							// Unnamed slots
-							let unamedSlot = el.querySelector('slot:not([name])')
-							if (unamedSlot)
-								unamedSlot.append(slotChildren);
-							// No slots
-							else
-								el.append(slotChildren);
-						}
-					}
-
-					// Instantiate as a standalone element.
-					else {
-						let onlyChild = getSingleEl(shellFragment);
-						this.root = onlyChild || shellFragment; // We return the whole fragment when calling h() with a collection of nodes.
-						if (onlyChild)
-							startingPathDepth = 1;
-					}
-
-					// Exclude the path to ourself.  Otherwise we get infinite recursion.
-					// let paths = [...shell.paths];
-					// if (paths[0] instanceof PathToComponent)
-					// 	paths.shift();
-
-					this.setPathsFromFragment(this.root, shell.paths, startingPathDepth);
-					this.activateEmbeds(this.root, shell, startingPathDepth);
-				}
-				this.startNode = this.endNode = this.root;
-
-				Globals.rootNodeGroups.set(this.root, this);
-			} // end if RootNodeGroup
-
-			else if (shell) {
-				if (shell.paths.length) {
-					this.setPathsFromFragment(shellFragment, shell.paths);
-				}
-
-				this.activateEmbeds(shellFragment, shell);
-			}
-		}
-
-		//#IFDEV
-		this.verify();
-		//#ENDIF
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Use the paths to insert the given expressions.
-	 * Dispatches expression handling to other functions depending on the path type.
-	 * @param exprs {(*|*[]|function|Template)[]}
-	 * @param changed {boolean} If true, the expr's have changed since the last time thsi function was called.
-	 * @param includeNonComponents {boolean}
-	 * We still need to call PathToComponent.apply() even if changed=false so the user can handle the rendering. */
-	applyExprs(exprs, changed=true, includeNonComponents=true) {
-
-		/*#IFDEV*/
-		this.verify();
-		/*#ENDIF*/
-
-		let paths = this.paths;
-
-		// Things to consider:
-		// 1. Paths consume a varying number of expressions.
-		//    An PathToAttribs may use multipe expressions.  E.g. <div class="${1} ${2}">
-		//    While an PathToComponent uses zero.
-		// 2. An PathToComponent references other Paths that set its attribute values.
-		// 3. We apply them in reverse order so that a <select> box has its children created from an expression
-		//    before its instantiated and its value attribute is set via an expression.
-		let exprIndex = exprs.length; // Update exprs at paths.
-		let pathExprs = new Array(paths.length); // Store all the expressions that map to a single path.  Only paths to attribute values can have more than one.
-		for (let i = paths.length - 1, path; path = paths[i]; i--) {
-			if (i===0 && path instanceof PathToComponent && path.nodeMarker === this.getRootNode())
-				continue;
-
-			// Get the expressions associated with this path.
-			let exprCount = path.getExpressionCount();
-			pathExprs[i] = exprs.slice(exprIndex-exprCount, exprIndex); // slice() probably doesn't allocate if the JS vm implements copy on write.
-			exprIndex -= exprCount;
-
-			// Component expressions don't have a corresponding user-provided expression.
-			// They use expressions from the paths that provide their attributes.
-			if (path instanceof PathToComponent) {
-				let attribExprs = pathExprs.slice(i+1, i+1 + path.attribPaths.length); // +1 b/c we move forward from the component path.
-				path.apply(attribExprs, true, changed);
-			}
-			else if (includeNonComponents)
-				path.apply(pathExprs[i]);
-		}
-
-		// If there's leftover expressions, there's probably an issue with the Shell that created this NodeGroup,
-		// and the number of paths not matching.
-		/*#IFDEV*/
-		assert(exprIndex === 0);
-		/*#ENDIF*/
-
-
-		if (includeNonComponents) {
-
-			// TODO: Only do this if we have Paths within styles?
-			this.updateStyles();
-
-			// Invalidate the nodes cache because we just changed it.
-			this.nodesCache = null;
-
-		}
-
-		/*#IFDEV*/
-		this.verify();
-		/*#ENDIF*/
-	}
-
-	// TODO: Give it a better name.
-	applyExprs2(exprs) {
-
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get all the nodes inclusive between startNode and endNode.
-	 * TODO: when not using nodesCache, could this use less memory with yield?
-	 * But we'd need to save the reference to the next Node in case it's removed.
-	 * @return {(Node|HTMLElement)[]} */
-	getNodes() {
-		// applyExprs() invalidates this cache.
-		let result = this.nodesCache;
-		if (result) // This does speed up the partialUpdate benchmark by 10-15%.
-			return result;
-
-		result = [];
-		let current = this.startNode
-		let afterLast = this.endNode?.nextSibling
-		while (current && current !== afterLast) {
-			result.push(current)
-			current = current.nextSibling
-		}
-
-		this.nodesCache = result;
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the root element of the NodeGroup's RootNodeGroup.
-	 * @returns {HTMLElement|DocumentFragment} */
-	getRootNode() {
-		return this.rootNg.root;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @returns {RootNodeGroup} */
-	getRootNodeGroup() {
-		return this.rootNg;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Copy paths in fragment to this.paths.
-	 * @param fragment {DocumentFragment|HTMLElement}
-	 * @param paths
-	 * @param startingPathDepth {int} */
-	setPathsFromFragment(fragment, paths, startingPathDepth=0) {
-		let pathLength = paths.length; // For faster iteration
-		this.paths.length = pathLength;
-		for (let i=0; i<pathLength; i++) {
-			let path = paths[i].clone(fragment, startingPathDepth)
-			path.parentNg = this;
-			this.paths[i] = path;
-		}
-	}
-
-	updateStyles() {
-		if (this.styles)
-			for (let [style, oldText] of this.styles) {
-				let newText = style.textContent;
-				if (oldText !== newText)
-					Util.bindStyles(style, this.getRootNodeGroup().root);
-			}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param root {HTMLElement|DocumentFragment}
-	 * @param shell {Shell}
-	 * @param pathOffset {int} */
-	activateEmbeds(root, shell, pathOffset=0) {
-
-		let rootEl = this.rootNg.root;
-		if (rootEl) {
-			let options = this.rootNg.options;
-
-			// ids
-			if (options?.ids !== false) {
-				for (let path of shell.ids) {
-					if (pathOffset)
-						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
-					let el = Path.resolve(root, path);
-					Util.bindId(rootEl, el);
-				}
-			}
-
-			// styles
-			if (options?.styles !== false) {
-				if (shell.styles.length)
-					this.styles = new Map();
-				for (let path of shell.styles) {
-					if (pathOffset)
-						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
-
-					/** @type {HTMLStyleElement} */
-					let style = Path.resolve(root, path);
-					if (rootEl.nodeType === 1) {
-						Util.bindStyles(style, rootEl);
-						this.styles.set(style, style.textContent);
-					}
-				}
-
-			}
-			// scripts
-			if (options?.scripts !== false) {
-				for (let path of shell.scripts) {
-					if (pathOffset)
-						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
-					let script = Path.resolve(root, path);
-					eval(script.textContent)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	//#IFDEV
-	getParentNode() {
-		return this.startNode?.parentNode
-	}
-
-	get debug() {
-		return [
-			`parentNode: ${this.parentNode?.tagName?.toLowerCase()}`,
-			'nodes:',
-			...setIndent(this.getNodes().map(item => {
-				if (item?.nodeType) {
-
-					let tree = nodeToArrayTree(item, nextNode => {
-
-						let path = this.paths.find(path=>(path instanceof PathToNodes) && path.getNodes().includes(nextNode));
-						if (path)
-							return [`Path.nodes:`]
-
-						return [];
-					})
-
-					// TODO: How to indend nodes belonging to a path vs those that just occur after the path?
-					return flattenAndIndent(tree)
-				}
-				else if (item instanceof Path)
-					return setIndent(item.debug, 1)
-			}).flat(), 1)
-		]
-	}
-
-	get debugNodes() { return this.getNodes() }
-
-
-	get debugNodesHtml() { return this.getNodes().map(n => n.outerHTML || n.textContent) }
-
-	verify() {
-		if (!window.verify)
-			return;
-
-		assert(this.startNode)
-		assert(this.endNode)
-		//assert(this.startNode !== this.endNode) // This can be true.
-		assert(this.startNode.parentNode === this.endNode.parentNode)
-
-		// Only if connected:
-		assert(!this.startNode.parentNode || this.startNode === this.endNode || this.startNode.compareDocumentPosition(this.endNode) === Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING)
-
-		// if (this.parentPath)
-		// 	assert(this.parentPath.nodeGroups.includes(this));
-
-		for (let path of this.paths) {
-			assert(path.parentNg === this)
-
-			// Fails for detached NodeGroups.
-			// NodeGroups get detached when their nodes are removed by udomdiff()
-			let parentNode = this.getParentNode();
-			if (parentNode)
-				assert(this.getParentNode().contains(path.getParentNode()))
-			path.verify();
-			// TODO: Make sure path nodes are all within our own node range.
-		}
-		return true;
-	}
-	//#ENDIF
-}
-
-
-
-
-function getSingleEl(fragment) {
-	let nonempty = [];
-	for (let n of fragment.childNodes) {
-		if (n.nodeType === 1 || n.nodeType === 3 && n.textContent.trim().length) {
-			if (nonempty.length)
-				return null;
-			nonempty.push(n);
-		}
-	}
-	return nonempty[0];
-}
-
-/**
- * Does the fragment have one child that's an element matching the tagname of el?
- * @param fragment {DocumentFragment}
- * @param tagName {string}
- * @returns {boolean} */
-function isReplaceEl(fragment, tagName) {
-	return fragment.children.length===1
-		&& tagName.includes('-')
-		&& fragment.children[0].tagName.replace('-SOLARITE-PLACEHOLDER', '') === tagName;
-}
+import assert from "./assert.js";
+import Util, {flattenAndIndent, nodeToArrayTree, setIndent} from "./Util.js";
+import {exprSame} from "./Template.js";
+import Shell from "./Shell.js";
+import Path from "./Path.js";
+import Globals from './Globals.js';
+import PathToComponent from "./PathToComponent.js";
+import PathToNodes from "./PathToNodes.js";
+
+/** @typedef {boolean|string|number|function|Object|Array|Date|Node|Template} Expr */
+
+/**
+ * A group of Nodes instantiated from a Shell, with Expr's filled in.
+ *
+ * The range is determined by startNode and nodeMarker.
+ * startNode - never null.  An empty text node is created before the first path if none exists.
+ * nodeMarker - null if this Nodegroup is at the end of its parents' nodes.*/
+export default class NodeGroup {
+
+	/**
+	 * @Type {RootNodeGroup} */
+	rootNg;
+
+	/** @type {Path} */
+	parentPath;
+
+	/** @type {Node|HTMLElement} First node of NodeGroup. Should never be null. */
+	startNode;
+
+	/** @type {Node|HTMLElement} A node that never changes that this NodeGroup should always insert its nodes before.
+	 * An empty text node will be created to insertBefore if there's no other NodeMarker and this isn't at the last position.
+	 * TODO: But sometimes startNode and endNode point to the same node.  Document this inconsistency. */
+	endNode;
+
+	/** @type {?Path[]} Null for text NodeGroups; created by setPathsFromFragment(). */
+	paths = null;
+
+	/** @type {string} Key that only matches the template. */
+	closeKey;
+
+	/** @type {*} List key from the template's key=${} expression; written by PathToKey,
+	 * matched by PathToNodes.applyKeyed().  Undefined for unkeyed NodeGroups. */
+	key;
+
+	/** @type {boolean} True if any of this NodeGroup's own paths is a PathToComponent. */
+	hasComponentPaths = false;
+
+	/** @type {boolean} True if every path consumes exactly one expression and none are components. */
+	pathsSingleExpr = false;
+
+	/** @type {boolean} True until applyExprs() finishes the first time.
+	 * While true, ancestor node caches can't reference this NodeGroup's nodes, so they don't need invalidation. */
+	firstApply = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * @internal
+	 * @type {Node[]} Cached result of getNodes() used only for improving performance.*/
+	nodesCache;
+
+	/**
+	 * A map between <style> Elements and their text content.
+	 * This lets NodeGroup.updateStyles() see when the style text has changed.
+	 * @type {?Map<HTMLStyleElement, string>} */
+	styles;
+
+	/** @type {Template} */
+	template;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an "instantiated" NodeGroup from a Template and add it to an element.
+	 * Don't call applyExprs() yet to apply expressions or instantiate components yet.
+	 * @param template {Template}  Create it from the html strings and expressions in this template.
+	 * @param parentPath {?Path}
+	 * @param el {?HTMLElement} Optional, pre-existing htmlElement that will be the root.
+	 * @param options {?object} Only used for RootNodeGroup */
+	constructor(template, parentPath=null, el=null, options=null) {
+		this.rootNg = parentPath?.parentNg?.rootNg || this;
+		this.parentPath = parentPath;
+
+		/*#IFDEV*/assert(this.rootNg);/*#ENDIF*/
+		this.template = template;
+
+		// JSX templates carry their list key on the Template (tagged templates instead set it via
+		// a PathToKey during applyExprs).  Adopt it so the keyed reconciler sees ng.key uniformly.
+		if (template.key !== undefined)
+			this.key = template.key;
+
+		// If it's just a text node, skip a bunch of unnecessary steps.
+		// el can be an existing Text node to adopt, from PathToNodes' bare-text fast path.
+		if (template.isText) {
+			this.closeKey = template.getCloseKey();
+			this.startNode = this.endNode = el || Globals.doc.createTextNode(template.html[0]);
+		}
+
+		else {
+			// Get a cached version of the parsed and instantiated html, and Paths:
+			const shell = Shell.get(template.html, template.svgMode);
+
+			// The shell caches the close key so each new template doesn't repeat the WeakMap lookup.
+			this.closeKey = shell.closeKey ??= template.getCloseKey();
+
+			this.hasComponentPaths = shell.hasComponentPaths;
+			this.pathsSingleExpr = shell.pathsSingleExpr;
+
+			// A lone root element is cloned directly, skipping a throwaway fragment wrapper.
+			// Only for child NodeGroups; RootNodeGroup's grafting expects a fragment.
+			if (shell.singleRoot && parentPath !== null) {
+				const clone = shell.fragment.firstChild.cloneNode(true);
+				this.startNode = this.endNode = clone;
+
+				// Stampable shells skip path creation entirely; the first applyExprs() routes
+				// to applyStamp(), and paths are materialized only if the group is rewritten.
+				if (shell.stampable !== true)
+					this.setPathsFromFragment(clone, shell, 0, true);
+			}
+			else {
+				const shellFragment = shell.fragment.cloneNode(true);
+
+				if (shellFragment.nodeType === 11) { // DocumentFragment
+					this.startNode = shellFragment.firstChild;
+					this.endNode = shellFragment.lastChild;
+				} else
+					this.startNode = this.endNode = shellFragment;
+
+				this.instantiate(shell, shellFragment, el, options);
+			}
+		}
+
+		//#IFDEV
+		this.verify();
+		//#ENDIF
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set up paths and embeds from the cloned fragment.
+	 * RootNodeGroup overrides this with its more involved setup.
+	 * @param shell {Shell}
+	 * @param shellFragment {DocumentFragment|HTMLElement|Text}
+	 * @param el {?HTMLElement} Unused here; used by RootNodeGroup.
+	 * @param options {?object} Unused here; used by RootNodeGroup. */
+	instantiate(shell, shellFragment, el, options) {
+		// A non-stampable group must keep a non-null paths array; null is the stamped/text
+		// sentinel, and reuse would otherwise route a path-less group through rewriteStamp(),
+		// which only exists for stampable shells.  Zero-expression shells have no paths to build.
+		if (shell.paths.length)
+			this.setPathsFromFragment(shellFragment, shell);
+		else
+			this.paths = [];
+
+		if (shell.hasEmbeds)
+			this.activateEmbeds(shellFragment, shell);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Use the paths to insert the given expressions.
+	 * Dispatches expression handling to other functions depending on the path type.
+	 * @param exprs {(*|*[]|function|Template)[]}
+	 * @param includeNonComponents {boolean} False to only apply component paths,
+	 * used when the non-component exprs are known to be unchanged. */
+	applyExprs(exprs, includeNonComponents=true) {
+
+		/*#IFDEV*/
+		this.verify();
+		/*#ENDIF*/
+
+		let paths = this.paths;
+
+		// Fast path: every path consumes exactly one expression and none are components,
+		// so skip the bookkeeping that maps expressions to paths.
+		if (this.pathsSingleExpr) {
+			if (includeNonComponents) {
+				if (paths === null) { // Created from a stampable shell; no paths yet.
+					this.applyStamp(exprs);
+					return;
+				}
+				for (let i = paths.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+					paths[i].applySingle(exprs[i]);
+
+				if (this.styles)
+					this.updateStyles();
+
+				// Invalidate the nodes cache because we just changed it.
+				this.nodesCache = null;
+			}
+			this.firstApply = false;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!paths) { // Text NodeGroups have no paths.
+			this.firstApply = false;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Things to consider:
+		// 1. Paths consume a varying number of expressions.
+		//    An PathToAttribs may use multipe expressions.  E.g. <div class="${1} ${2}">
+		//    While an PathToComponent uses zero.
+		// 2. An PathToComponent references other Paths that set its attribute values.
+		// 3. We apply them in reverse order so that a <select> box has its children created from an expression
+		//    before its instantiated and its value attribute is set via an expression.
+		let exprIndex = exprs.length; // Update exprs at paths.
+		let pathExprs = new Array(paths.length); // Store all the expressions that map to a single path.  Only paths to attribute values can have more than one.
+		for (let i = paths.length - 1, path; path = paths[i]; i--) {
+			if (i===0 && path instanceof PathToComponent && path.nodeMarker === this.getRootNode())
+				continue;
+
+			// Get the expressions associated with this path.
+			let exprCount = path.getExpressionCount();
+			pathExprs[i] = exprs.slice(exprIndex-exprCount, exprIndex); // slice() probably doesn't allocate if the JS vm implements copy on write.
+			exprIndex -= exprCount;
+
+			// Component expressions don't have a corresponding user-provided expression.
+			// They use expressions from the paths that provide their attributes.
+			if (path instanceof PathToComponent) {
+				let attribExprs = pathExprs.slice(i+1, i+1 + path.attribPaths.length); // +1 b/c we move forward from the component path.
+				path.apply(attribExprs);
+			}
+			else if (includeNonComponents)
+				path.apply(pathExprs[i]);
+		}
+
+		// If there's leftover expressions, there's probably an issue with the Shell that created this NodeGroup,
+		// and the number of paths not matching.
+		/*#IFDEV*/
+		assert(exprIndex === 0);
+		/*#ENDIF*/
+
+
+		if (includeNonComponents) {
+
+			// TODO: Only do this if we have Paths within styles?
+			this.updateStyles();
+
+			// Invalidate the nodes cache because we just changed it.
+			this.nodesCache = null;
+
+		}
+		this.firstApply = false;
+
+		/*#IFDEV*/
+		this.verify();
+		/*#ENDIF*/
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Write expressions into a freshly stamped (or pooled path-less) NodeGroup through the
+	 * shell's shared stamper paths, allocating no per-instance Path objects.
+	 * Child-node expressions must be primitives (one text write each); anything else
+	 * falls back to materializing real paths and applying normally.
+	 * @param exprs {Expr[]} */
+	applyStamp(exprs) {
+		let template = this.template;
+		let shell = Shell.get(template.html, template.svgMode);
+
+		// 1. Bail to real paths when any child-node expression isn't a primitive.
+		let nodesIdx = shell.nodesPathIdx;
+		for (let i=0; i<nodesIdx.length; i++) {
+			let t = typeof exprs[nodesIdx[i]];
+			if (t !== 'string' && t !== 'number') {
+				let paths = this.materializePaths(shell);
+				for (let i = paths.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+					paths[i].applySingle(exprs[i]);
+				this.nodesCache = null;
+				this.firstApply = false;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 2. Resolve target nodes, then write each expression.
+		let slots = this.resolveStampSlots(shell);
+		let paths = shell.paths, stampers = shell.stampPaths;
+		for (let i = paths.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			let stamper = stampers[i];
+			let marker = slots[paths[i].markerSlot];
+
+			// A wholeParent text path's marker is the (freshly cloned, empty) only-child slot:
+			// write its text directly, skipping applySingle's branching and the shared-stamper
+			// bookkeeping.  Child exprs are primitive here (step 1 bailed otherwise).
+			if (stamper.wholeParent) {
+				let v = exprs[i];
+				if (typeof v === 'number')
+					v += '';
+				marker.textContent = v;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			stamper.nodeMarker = marker;
+			stamper.parentNg = this;
+			stamper.applySingle(exprs[i]);
+		}
+
+		this.nodesCache = null;
+		this.firstApply = false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * In-place rewrite of a stamped (path-less) NodeGroup through the shared stampers,
+	 * comparing expressions and writing only the changed ones.  The group stays path-less.
+	 * @param template {Template} The new template; the caller assigns it to this.template.
+	 * @return {boolean} False when a child-node expression isn't primitive; the caller
+	 * must then materialize paths and apply normally. */
+	rewriteStamp(template) {
+		let shell = Shell.get(template.html, template.svgMode);
+		let newExprs = template.exprs;
+		let nodesIdx = shell.nodesPathIdx;
+		for (let i=0; i<nodesIdx.length; i++) {
+			let t = typeof newExprs[nodesIdx[i]];
+			if (t !== 'string' && t !== 'number')
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		let oldExprs = this.template.exprs;
+		let paths = shell.paths, stampers = shell.stampPaths;
+		let slots = null; // Nodes are resolved only if something actually changed.
+		for (let i = paths.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			if (!exprSame(oldExprs[i], newExprs[i])) {
+				if (slots === null)
+					slots = this.resolveStampSlots(shell);
+				let stamper = stampers[i];
+				let marker = slots[paths[i].markerSlot];
+
+				// Fast path for a wholeParent text path whose child already exists (the common
+				// rewrite case): set its value directly, skipping applySingle's branching and
+				// textNode bookkeeping.  exprSame above already proved it changed.
+				if (stamper.wholeParent) {
+					let v = newExprs[i], tn = marker.firstChild;
+					if (typeof v === 'number')
+						v += '';
+					if (tn !== null && tn.nodeType === 3 && tn === marker.lastChild)
+						tn.nodeValue = v;
+					else {
+						// Empty/absent text child: fall back to the stamper, then clear its per-row
+						// state immediately so the shared stamper doesn't carry into the next row.
+						stamper.nodeMarker = marker;
+						stamper.parentNg = this;
+						stamper.applySingle(newExprs[i]);
+						stamper.textNode = null;
+						stamper.textValue = null;
+						stamper.nodesCache = null;
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				stamper.nodeMarker = marker;
+				stamper.parentNg = this;
+				stamper.applySingle(newExprs[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the shell's resolve program from this NodeGroup's root element.
+	 * Only valid for singleRoot shells, whose ops always start with the root's own pair.
+	 * @param shell {Shell}
+	 * @return {Node[]} The shell's shared scratch slots array. */
+	resolveStampSlots(shell) {
+		let slots = shell.resolveSlots;
+		slots[1] = this.startNode;
+		let ops = shell.resolveOps;
+		// firstChild/nextSibling pointer walk; see setPathsFromFragment for why not childNodes[i].
+		for (let i=2, s=2; i<ops.length; i+=2, s++) {
+			let node = slots[ops[i]].firstChild;
+			for (let k=ops[i+1]; k>0; k--)
+				node = node.nextSibling;
+			slots[s] = node;
+		}
+		return slots;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create the real Path objects for a NodeGroup that was created by applyStamp().
+	 * Called lazily, the first time the group is rewritten in place.
+	 * Recovers the bare-text state of child-node paths that stamped a primitive.
+	 * @param shell {?Shell}
+	 * @return {Path[]} */
+	materializePaths(shell=null) {
+		shell ??= Shell.get(this.template.html, this.template.svgMode);
+		let slots = this.resolveStampSlots(shell);
+		let paths = shell.paths;
+		let pathLength = paths.length;
+		let result = this.paths = new Array(pathLength);
+		for (let i=0; i<pathLength; i++) {
+			let p = paths[i];
+			let path = p.cloneWithNodes(p.beforeSlot >= 0 ? slots[p.beforeSlot] : null, slots[p.markerSlot]);
+			path.parentNg = this;
+			result[i] = path;
+		}
+
+		// A wholeParent child-node path that stamped a primitive left exactly one Text child.
+		for (let idx of shell.nodesPathIdx) {
+			let path = result[idx];
+			let tn = path.nodeMarker.firstChild;
+			if (tn !== null && tn.nodeType === 3 && tn === path.nodeMarker.lastChild) {
+				path.textNode = tn;
+				path.textValue = tn.nodeValue;
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get all the nodes inclusive between startNode and endNode.
+	 * TODO: when not using nodesCache, could this use less memory with yield?
+	 * But we'd need to save the reference to the next Node in case it's removed.
+	 * @return {(Node|HTMLElement)[]} */
+	getNodes() {
+		// applyExprs() invalidates this cache.
+		let result = this.nodesCache;
+		if (result) // This does speed up the partialUpdate benchmark by 10-15%.
+			return result;
+
+		result = [];
+		let current = this.startNode
+		let afterLast = this.endNode?.nextSibling
+		while (current && current !== afterLast) {
+			result.push(current)
+			current = current.nextSibling
+		}
+
+		this.nodesCache = result;
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the root element of the NodeGroup's RootNodeGroup.
+	 * @returns {HTMLElement|DocumentFragment} */
+	getRootNode() {
+		return this.rootNg.root;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @returns {RootNodeGroup} */
+	getRootNodeGroup() {
+		return this.rootNg;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Copy paths in fragment to this.paths.
+	 * @param fragment {DocumentFragment|HTMLElement}
+	 * @param shell {Shell}
+	 * @param startingPathDepth {int}
+	 * @param isRootClone {boolean} True when fragment is a direct clone of a singleRoot
+	 * shell's root element: it fills slot 1 itself and the first op pair is skipped. */
+	setPathsFromFragment(fragment, shell, startingPathDepth=0, isRootClone=false) {
+		let paths = shell.paths;
+		let pathLength = paths.length; // For faster iteration
+		let result = this.paths = new Array(pathLength);
+
+		// Fast path: run the shell's precomputed resolve program (see Shell.buildResolveProgram).
+		// Each Path.clone() would walk childNodes from the fragment root to its target node,
+		// re-traversing the same ancestors for every path.  The program instead resolves each
+		// unique node exactly once into the slots array:  ops is flat [parentSlot, childIndex]
+		// pairs in dependency order, pair i filling slot i+1, with slot 0 being the fragment.
+		// Paths then copy themselves via cloneWithNodes() using their precomputed slot indexes.
+		// Only built for component-free shells, since PathToComponent.clone() has special
+		// attribPaths behavior; pathOffset!==0 (root grafting) also uses the fallback.
+		let ops = shell.resolveOps;
+		if (ops && startingPathDepth === 0) {
+			let slots = shell.resolveSlots;
+			let i = 0, s = 1;
+			if (isRootClone) { // Slot 1 is the root element itself; skip its op pair.
+				slots[1] = fragment;
+				i = 2;
+				s = 2;
+			}
+			else
+				slots[0] = fragment;
+			// Resolve each node via firstChild/nextSibling pointer walks instead of
+			// childNodes[index]; the live NodeList indexing is markedly slower, and indices
+			// are small (markers are elements, often the first child after whitespace stripping).
+			for (; i<ops.length; i+=2, s++) {
+				let node = slots[ops[i]].firstChild;
+				for (let k=ops[i+1]; k>0; k--)
+					node = node.nextSibling;
+				slots[s] = node;
+			}
+			for (let i=0; i<pathLength; i++) {
+				let p = paths[i];
+				let path = p.cloneWithNodes(p.beforeSlot >= 0 ? slots[p.beforeSlot] : null, slots[p.markerSlot]);
+				path.parentNg = this;
+				result[i] = path;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+			for (let i=0; i<pathLength; i++) {
+				let path = paths[i].clone(fragment, startingPathDepth)
+				path.parentNg = this;
+				result[i] = path;
+			}
+	}
+
+	updateStyles() {
+		if (this.styles)
+			for (let [style, oldText] of this.styles) {
+				let newText = style.textContent;
+				if (oldText !== newText)
+					Util.bindStyles(style, this.getRootNodeGroup().root);
+			}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param root {HTMLElement|DocumentFragment}
+	 * @param shell {Shell}
+	 * @param pathOffset {int} */
+	activateEmbeds(root, shell, pathOffset=0) {
+
+		let rootEl = this.rootNg.root;
+		if (rootEl) {
+			let options = this.rootNg.options;
+
+			// ids
+			if (options?.ids !== false) {
+				for (let path of shell.ids) {
+					if (pathOffset)
+						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
+					let el = Path.resolve(root, path);
+					Util.bindId(rootEl, el);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// styles
+			if (options?.styles !== false) {
+				if (shell.styles.length)
+					this.styles = new Map();
+				for (let path of shell.styles) {
+					if (pathOffset)
+						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
+
+					/** @type {HTMLStyleElement} */
+					let style = Path.resolve(root, path);
+					if (rootEl.nodeType === 1) {
+						Util.bindStyles(style, rootEl);
+						this.styles.set(style, style.textContent);
+					}
+				}
+
+			}
+			// scripts
+			if (options?.scripts !== false) {
+				for (let path of shell.scripts) {
+					if (pathOffset)
+						path = path.slice(0, -pathOffset);
+					let script = Path.resolve(root, path);
+					// Indirect eval runs in global scope (correct for a <script> tag) and, unlike a direct
+					// eval, doesn't force terser to keep every top-level name in the bundle unmangled.
+					(0, eval)(script.textContent)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	//#IFDEV
+	getParentNode() {
+		return this.startNode?.parentNode
+	}
+
+	get debug() {
+		return [
+			`parentNode: ${this.parentNode?.tagName?.toLowerCase()}`,
+			'nodes:',
+			...setIndent(this.getNodes().map(item => {
+				if (item?.nodeType) {
+
+					let tree = nodeToArrayTree(item, nextNode => {
+
+						let path = this.paths.find(path=>(path instanceof PathToNodes) && path.getNodes().includes(nextNode));
+						if (path)
+							return [`Path.nodes:`]
+
+						return [];
+					})
+
+					// TODO: How to indend nodes belonging to a path vs those that just occur after the path?
+					return flattenAndIndent(tree)
+				}
+				else if (item instanceof Path)
+					return setIndent(item.debug, 1)
+			}).flat(), 1)
+		]
+	}
+
+	get debugNodes() { return this.getNodes() }
+
+
+	get debugNodesHtml() { return this.getNodes().map(n => n.outerHTML || n.textContent) }
+
+	verify() {
+		if (!window.verify)
+			return;
+
+		assert(this.startNode)
+		assert(this.endNode)
+		//assert(this.startNode !== this.endNode) // This can be true.
+		assert(this.startNode.parentNode === this.endNode.parentNode)
+
+		// Only if connected:
+		assert(!this.startNode.parentNode || this.startNode === this.endNode || this.startNode.compareDocumentPosition(this.endNode) === Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING)
+
+		// if (this.parentPath)
+		// 	assert(this.parentPath.nodeGroups.includes(this));
+
+		for (let path of this.paths || []) {
+			assert(path.parentNg === this)
+
+			// Fails for detached NodeGroups.
+			// NodeGroups get detached when their nodes are removed by reconcileNodes()
+			let parentNode = this.getParentNode();
+			if (parentNode)
+				assert(this.getParentNode().contains(path.getParentNode()))
+			path.verify();
+			// TODO: Make sure path nodes are all within our own node range.
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	//#ENDIF
+}
+
+
+
+