/**
 * Copyright 2013-2014 Facebook, Inc.
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * @providesModule shouldUpdateReactComponent
 * @typechecks static-only
 */

"use strict";

/**
 * Given a `prevElement` and `nextElement`, determines if the existing
 * instance should be updated as opposed to being destroyed or replaced by a new
 * instance. Both arguments are elements. This ensures that this logic can
 * operate on stateless trees without any backing instance.
 *
 * @param {?object} prevElement
 * @param {?object} nextElement
 * @return {boolean} True if the existing instance should be updated.
 * @protected
 */
function shouldUpdateReactComponent(prevElement, nextElement) {
  if (prevElement && nextElement &&
      prevElement.type === nextElement.type &&
      prevElement.key === nextElement.key &&
      prevElement._owner === nextElement._owner) {
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}

module.exports = shouldUpdateReactComponent;