Simplify handling value nodes

package.json

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		"test:watch": "npm run test -- --watch",
 		"lint": "prettier --check ./src ./dist ./test",
 		"minify": "terser dist/morphlex.js -o dist/morphlex.min.js --config-file terser-config.json",
-		"prepare": "npm update && npm run build && npm run minify",
+		"prepare": "npm run build && npm run minify",
 		"ship": "npm run prepare && npm run test && npm run lint && npm publish",
 		"format": "prettier --write ./src ./dist ./test",
 		"size": "npm run prepare && gzip-size ./dist/morphlex.min.js --raw --include-original"

src/morphlex.ts

@@ -179,19 +179,18 @@ class Morph {
 		if (isElement(node) && isElement(ref) && node.localName === ref.localName) {
 			if (node.hasAttributes() || ref.hasAttributes()) this.#morphAttributes(node, ref);
 			if (isHead(node) && isHead(ref)) {
-				const refChildNodes: Map<string, ReadonlyNode<Element>> = new Map();
-				for (const child of ref.children) refChildNodes.set(child.outerHTML, child);
+				const refChildNodesMap: Map<string, ReadonlyNode<Element>> = new Map();
+				for (const child of ref.children) refChildNodesMap.set(child.outerHTML, child);
 				for (const child of node.children) {
 					const key = child.outerHTML;
-					const refChild = refChildNodes.get(key);
-					refChild ? refChildNodes.delete(key) : this.#removeNode(child);
+					const refChild = refChildNodesMap.get(key);
+					refChild ? refChildNodesMap.delete(key) : this.#removeNode(child);
 				}
-				for (const refChild of refChildNodes.values()) this.#appendChild(node, refChild.cloneNode(true));
+				for (const refChild of refChildNodesMap.values()) this.#appendChild(node, refChild.cloneNode(true));
 			} else if (node.hasChildNodes() || ref.hasChildNodes()) this.#morphChildNodes(node, ref);
 		} else {
-			if (isText(node) && isText(ref)) {
-				this.#updateProperty(node, "textContent", ref.textContent);
-			} else if (isComment(node) && isComment(ref)) {
+			if (node.nodeType === ref.nodeType && node.nodeValue !== null && ref.nodeValue !== null) {
+				// Handle text nodes, comments, and CDATA sections.
 				this.#updateProperty(node, "nodeValue", ref.nodeValue);
 			} else this.#replaceNode(node, ref.cloneNode(true));
 		}
@@ -239,8 +238,8 @@ class Morph {
 		else if (isTextArea(element) && isTextArea(ref)) {
 			this.#updateProperty(element, "value", ref.value);
 
-			const text = element.firstChild;
-			if (text && isText(text)) this.#updateProperty(text, "textContent", ref.value);
+			const text = element.firstElementChild;
+			if (text) this.#updateProperty(text, "textContent", ref.value);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ class Morph {
 
 			if (child && refChild) {
 				if (isElement(child) && isElement(refChild)) this.#morphChildElement(child, refChild, element);
-				else this.#morphNode(child, refChild);
+				else this.#morphNode(child, refChild); // TODO: performance optimization here
 			} else if (refChild) {
 				this.#appendChild(element, refChild.cloneNode(true));
 			} else if (child) {
@@ -383,18 +382,6 @@ class Morph {
 // so we use type guards instead. This keeps TypeScript happy, while doing
 // the necessary checks at runtime.
 
-function isText(node: Node): node is Text;
-function isText(node: ReadonlyNode<Node>): node is ReadonlyNode<Text>;
-function isText(node: Node | ReadonlyNode<Node>): boolean {
-	return node.nodeType === 3;
-}
-
-function isComment(node: Node): node is Comment;
-function isComment(node: ReadonlyNode<Node>): node is ReadonlyNode<Comment>;
-function isComment(node: Node | ReadonlyNode<Node>): boolean {
-	return node.nodeType === 8;
-}
-
 function isElement(node: Node): node is Element;
 function isElement(node: ReadonlyNode<Node>): node is ReadonlyNode<Element>;
 function isElement(node: Node | ReadonlyNode<Node>): boolean {

test/morphlex.test.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { fixture, html, expect } from "@open-wc/testing";
 import { morph } from "../";
 
 describe("morph", () => {
-	it.only("doesn't cause iframes to reload", async () => {
+	it("doesn't cause iframes to reload", async () => {
 		const original = await fixture(
 			`<div>
 				<h1></h1>