Deeply freeze object

source/event-emitter.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+import type { DeeplyReadonly } from './types.ts';
+
+import { deepFreeze } from './misc.ts';
+
 export type EventMap = Record<string, unknown>;
 
-type Listener<T> = (detail: Readonly<T>) => void;
+type Listener<T> = (detail: DeeplyReadonly<T>) => void;
 
 /**
  * Internally permits listeners for individual event payloads to be stored
  * in a collection typed with the union of all event payloads.
  */
 type StoredListener<T> = {
-    bivarianceHack(detail: Readonly<T>): void;
+    bivarianceHack(detail: DeeplyReadonly<T>): void;
 }['bivarianceHack'];
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ export class EventEmitter<T extends EventMap> {
      * @returns An off callback that can be called to stop listening for events.
      */
     once<K extends keyof T>(type: K, listener: Listener<T[K]>, debounceMilliseconds?: number): OffCallback {
-        const wrappedListener: Listener<T[K]> = (detail: Readonly<T[K]>) => {
+        const wrappedListener: Listener<T[K]> = (detail: DeeplyReadonly<T[K]>) => {
             this.off(type, listener);
             listener(detail);
         };
@@ -151,8 +155,11 @@ export class EventEmitter<T extends EventMap> {
         const listeners = this.#listeners.get(type);
         if (!listeners) return false;
 
-        // Freeze the payload to make it readonly.
-        const readonlyPayload = Object.freeze(payload);
+        // Clone the payload to avoid freezing the original object.
+        const payloadClone = structuredClone(payload);
+
+        // Freeze the cloned payload to make it readonly.
+        const readonlyPayload = deepFreeze(payloadClone);
 
         // Emit the event to all listeners.
         listeners.forEach((entry) => {
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ export class EventEmitter<T extends EventMap> {
      * @param timeoutMs - The timeout in milliseconds.
      * @returns The event payload.
      */
-    async waitFor<K extends keyof T>(type: K, predicate: (payload: Readonly<T[K]>) => boolean, timeoutMs?: number): Promise<Readonly<T[K]>> {
+    async waitFor<K extends keyof T>(type: K, predicate: (payload: DeeplyReadonly<T[K]>) => boolean, timeoutMs?: number): Promise<DeeplyReadonly<T[K]>> {
         // Create a promise to wait for the event to be emitted.
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             let timeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
@@ -225,7 +232,7 @@ export class EventEmitter<T extends EventMap> {
         // Create a timeout variable.
         let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
 
-        return (detail: Readonly<T[K]>) => {
+        return (detail: DeeplyReadonly<T[K]>) => {
             // If a debounce timer is already pending, clear it before scheduling the next one.
             if (timeout !== undefined) {
                 clearTimeout(timeout);

source/misc.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { DeeplyReadonly } from "./types";
+
 /**
  * Validate the value is within the bounds, returning true if it is within the bounds, false otherwise
  *
@@ -30,3 +32,27 @@ export const tryAsync = async (fn: () => unknown, onError?: (error: Error) => vo
         onError?.(errorInstance);
     }
 };
+
+/**
+ * Recursively freezes an object by iterating over all properties and freezing them.
+ * @param obj - The object to freeze.
+ * @returns The frozen object.
+ */
+export const deepFreeze = <T>(value: T): DeeplyReadonly<T> => {
+    if (
+        value !== null &&
+        (typeof value === 'object' || typeof value === 'function')
+    ) {
+        for (const key of Reflect.ownKeys(value)) {
+        const descriptor = Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(value, key);
+
+        if (descriptor && 'value' in descriptor) {
+            deepFreeze(descriptor.value);
+        }
+        }
+
+        Object.freeze(value);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}

source/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * A deeply readonly type.
+ * @template T - The type to make deeply readonly.
+ * @returns The deeply readonly type.
+ */
+export type DeeplyReadonly<T> = {
+  readonly [K in keyof T]:
+    T[K] extends (...args: never[]) => unknown
+      ? T[K]
+      : DeeplyReadonly<T[K]>;
+};