Removing star listeners

src/MCT.js

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ define([
          * @memberof module:openmct.MCT#
          * @name objects
          */
-        this.objects = new api.ObjectAPI();
+        this.objects = new api.ObjectAPI(this.types);
 
         /**
          * An interface for retrieving and interpreting telemetry data associated

src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js

@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ define([
             var newStyleObject = utils.toNewFormat(legacyObject.getModel(), legacyObject.getId()),
                 keystring = utils.makeKeyString(newStyleObject.identifier);
 
-            this.eventEmitter.emit(keystring + ":*", newStyleObject);
+            this.eventEmitter.emit(keystring + ':$_synchronize_model', newStyleObject);
+            this.eventEmitter.emit(keystring + ':*', newStyleObject);
             this.eventEmitter.emit('mutation', newStyleObject);
         }.bind(this);
 

src/api/composition/CompositionCollection.js

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 
 define([
-    'lodash'
+    'lodash',
+    '../objects/MutableDomainObject'
 ], function (
-    _
+    _,
+    MutableDomainObject
 ) {
     /**
      * A CompositionCollection represents the list of domain objects contained
@@ -60,6 +62,17 @@ define([
         };
         this.onProviderAdd = this.onProviderAdd.bind(this);
         this.onProviderRemove = this.onProviderRemove.bind(this);
+        this.mutables = {};
+
+        if (this.domainObject instanceof MutableDomainObject.default &&
+            this.publicAPI.objects.isMutable(this.domainObject)) {
+            this.returnMutables = true;
+            this.domainObject.$observe('$_destroy', () => {
+                Object.values(this.mutables).forEach(mutable => {
+                    mutable.$destroy();
+                });
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,9 +87,6 @@ define([
         if (!this.listeners[event]) {
             throw new Error('Event not supported by composition: ' + event);
         }
-        if (!this.mutationListener) {
-            this._synchronize();
-        }
         if (this.provider.on && this.provider.off) {
             if (event === 'add') {
                 this.provider.on(
@@ -132,8 +142,6 @@ define([
 
         this.listeners[event].splice(index, 1);
         if (this.listeners[event].length === 0) {
-            this._destroy();
-
             // Remove provider listener if this is the last callback to
             // be removed.
             if (this.provider.off && this.provider.on) {
@@ -182,6 +190,13 @@ define([
             }
             this.provider.add(this.domainObject, child.identifier);
         } else {
+            if (this.returnMutables && this.publicAPI.objects.isMutable(child)) {
+                let keyString = this.publicAPI.objects.makeKeyString(child.identifier);
+                if (this.publicAPI.objects.isMutable(child)) {
+                    child = this.publicAPI.objects.mutable(child);
+                    this.mutables[keyString] = child;
+                }
+            }
             this.emit('add', child);
         }
     };
@@ -195,6 +210,7 @@ define([
      * @name load
      */
     CompositionCollection.prototype.load = function () {
+        this.cleanUpMutables();
         return this.provider.load(this.domainObject)
             .then(function (children) {
                 return Promise.all(children.map((c) => this.publicAPI.objects.get(c)));
@@ -225,6 +241,13 @@ define([
         if (!skipMutate) {
             this.provider.remove(this.domainObject, child.identifier);
         } else {
+            if (this.returnMutables && this.publicAPI.objects.isMutable(child)) {
+                let keyString = this.publicAPI.objects.makeKeyString(child);
+                if (this.mutables[keyString] !== undefined) {
+                    this.mutables[keyString].$destroy();
+                    delete this.mutables[keyString];
+                }
+            }
             this.emit('remove', child);
         }
     };
@@ -271,19 +294,6 @@ define([
         this.remove(child, true);
     };
 
-    CompositionCollection.prototype._synchronize = function () {
-        this.mutationListener = this.publicAPI.objects.observe(this.domainObject, '*', (newDomainObject) => {
-            this.domainObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(newDomainObject));
-        });
-    };
-
-    CompositionCollection.prototype._destroy = function () {
-        if (this.mutationListener) {
-            this.mutationListener();
-            delete this.mutationListener;
-        }
-    };
-
     /**
      * Emit events.
      * @private
@@ -298,5 +308,11 @@ define([
         });
     };
 
+    CompositionCollection.prototype.cleanUpMutables = function () {
+        Object.values(this.mutables).forEach(mutable => {
+            mutable.$destroy();
+        });
+    }
+
     return CompositionCollection;
 });

src/api/objects/MutableDomainObject.js

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2019, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is 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.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import utils from './object-utils.js';
+
+const ANY_OBJECT_EVENT = 'mutation';
+
+class MutableDomainObject {
+    constructor(eventEmitter) {
+        Object.defineProperties(this, {
+            _eventEmitter: {
+                value: eventEmitter,
+                // Property should not be serialized
+                enumerable: false
+            },
+            _observers: {
+                value: [],
+                // Property should not be serialized
+                enumerable: false
+            },
+            isMutable: {
+                value: true,
+                // Property should not be serialized
+                enumerable: false
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    $observe(path, callback) {
+        var fullPath = qualifiedEventName(this, path);
+        var eventOff =
+            this._eventEmitter.off.bind(this._eventEmitter, fullPath, callback);
+
+        this._eventEmitter.on(fullPath, callback);
+        this._observers.push(eventOff);
+
+        return eventOff;
+    }
+    $set(path, value) {
+        _.set(this, path, value);
+        _.set(this, 'modified', Date.now());
+
+        //Emit secret synchronization event first, so that all objects are in sync before subsequent events fired.
+        this._eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this, '$_synchronize_model'), this);
+
+        //Emit a general "any object" event
+        this._eventEmitter.emit(ANY_OBJECT_EVENT, this);
+        //Emit wildcard event, with path so that callback knows what changed
+        this._eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this, '*'), this, path, value);
+
+        //Emit events specific to properties affected
+        let parentPropertiesList = path.split('.');
+        for (let index = parentPropertiesList.length; index > 0; index--) {
+            let parentPropertyPath = parentPropertiesList.slice(0, index).join('.');
+            this._eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this, parentPropertyPath), _.get(this, parentPropertyPath));
+        }
+
+        //TODO: Emit events for listeners of child properties when parent changes.
+        // Do it at observer time - also register observers for parent attribute path.
+    }
+    $destroy() {
+        this._observers.forEach(observer => observer());
+        delete this._eventEmitter;
+        delete this._observers;
+        this._eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this, '$_destroy'));
+    }
+
+    static createMutable(object, mutationTopic) {
+        let mutable = Object.create(new MutableDomainObject(mutationTopic));
+        Object.assign(mutable, object);
+        mutable.$observe('$_synchronize_model', (updatedObject) => {
+            let clone = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(updatedObject));
+            let deleted = _.difference(Object.keys(updatedObject), Object.keys(updatedObject));
+            deleted.forEach((propertyName) => delete mutable[propertyName]);
+            Object.assign(mutable, clone);
+        })
+        return mutable;
+    }
+}
+
+function qualifiedEventName(object, eventName) {
+    var keystring = utils.makeKeyString(object.identifier);
+
+    return [keystring, eventName].join(':');
+}
+
+export default MutableDomainObject;

src/api/objects/MutableObject.js

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
- * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2018, United States Government
- * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
- * Administration. All rights reserved.
- *
- * Open MCT is 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.
- *
- * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
- * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
- * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
- * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
- *****************************************************************************/
-
-define([
-    './object-utils.js',
-    'lodash'
-], function (
-    utils,
-    _
-) {
-    var ANY_OBJECT_EVENT = "mutation";
-
-    /**
-     * The MutableObject wraps a DomainObject and provides getters and
-     * setters for
-     * @param eventEmitter
-     * @param object
-     * @interface MutableObject
-     */
-    function MutableObject(eventEmitter, object) {
-        this.eventEmitter = eventEmitter;
-        this.object = object;
-        this.unlisteners = [];
-    }
-
-    function qualifiedEventName(object, eventName) {
-        var keystring = utils.makeKeyString(object.identifier);
-
-        return [keystring, eventName].join(':');
-    }
-
-    MutableObject.prototype.stopListening = function () {
-        this.unlisteners.forEach(function (unlisten) {
-            unlisten();
-        });
-        this.unlisteners = [];
-    };
-
-    /**
-     * Observe changes to this domain object.
-     * @param {string} path the property to observe
-     * @param {Function} callback a callback to invoke when new values for
-     *        this property are observed
-     * @method on
-     * @memberof module:openmct.MutableObject#
-     */
-    MutableObject.prototype.on = function (path, callback) {
-        var fullPath = qualifiedEventName(this.object, path);
-        var eventOff =
-            this.eventEmitter.off.bind(this.eventEmitter, fullPath, callback);
-
-        this.eventEmitter.on(fullPath, callback);
-        this.unlisteners.push(eventOff);
-    };
-
-    /**
-     * Modify this domain object.
-     * @param {string} path the property to modify
-     * @param {*} value the new value for this property
-     * @method set
-     * @memberof module:openmct.MutableObject#
-     */
-    MutableObject.prototype.set = function (path, value) {
-        _.set(this.object, path, value);
-        _.set(this.object, 'modified', Date.now());
-
-        var handleRecursiveMutation = function (newObject) {
-            this.object = newObject;
-        }.bind(this);
-
-        //Emit wildcard event
-        this.eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), this.object);
-        //Emit a general "any object" event
-        this.eventEmitter.emit(ANY_OBJECT_EVENT, this.object);
-
-        this.eventEmitter.on(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
-        //Emit event specific to property
-        this.eventEmitter.emit(qualifiedEventName(this.object, path), value);
-        this.eventEmitter.off(qualifiedEventName(this.object, '*'), handleRecursiveMutation);
-    };
-
-    return MutableObject;
-});

src/api/objects/ObjectAPI.js

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
 define([
     'lodash',
     './object-utils',
-    './MutableObject',
+    './MutableDomainObject',
     './RootRegistry',
     './RootObjectProvider',
     'EventEmitter'
 ], function (
     _,
     utils,
-    MutableObject,
+    MutableDomainObject,
     RootRegistry,
     RootObjectProvider,
     EventEmitter
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ define([
      * @memberof module:openmct
      */
 
-    function ObjectAPI() {
+    function ObjectAPI(typeRegistry) {
+        this.typeRegistry = typeRegistry;
         this.eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
         this.providers = {};
         this.rootRegistry = new RootRegistry();
@@ -157,6 +158,19 @@ define([
         return provider.get(identifier);
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Will fetch object, returning it as a MutableDomainObject IF the object is mutable.
+     */
+    ObjectAPI.prototype.getAsMutable = function (identifier) {
+        return this.get(identifier).then((object) => {
+            if (this.isMutable(object)) {
+                return this.mutable(object);
+            } else {
+                return object;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     ObjectAPI.prototype.delete = function () {
         throw new Error('Delete not implemented');
     };
@@ -177,6 +191,20 @@ define([
         this.rootRegistry.addRoot(key);
     };
 
+    ObjectAPI.prototype.mutable = function (object) {
+        if (!this.isMutable) {
+            throw `Error: Attempted to create mutable from immutable object ${object.name}`;
+        }
+        return MutableDomainObject.default.createMutable(object, this.eventEmitter);
+    }
+
+    ObjectAPI.prototype.isMutable = function (object) {
+        // Checking for mutability is a bit broken right now. This is an 80% solution,
+        // but does not work in many cases.
+        const type = this.typeRegistry.get(object.type);
+        return type && type.definition.creatable === true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Modify a domain object.
      * @param {module:openmct.DomainObject} object the object to mutate
@@ -186,9 +214,17 @@ define([
      * @memberof module:openmct.ObjectAPI#
      */
     ObjectAPI.prototype.mutate = function (domainObject, path, value) {
-        var mutableObject =
+        if (!this.isMutable(domainObject)) {
-            new MutableObject(this.eventEmitter, domainObject);
+            throw `Error: Attempted to mutate immutable object ${domainObject.name}`;
-        return mutableObject.set(path, value);
+        }
+        console.warn('DEPRECATION WARNING: The .mutate() function in the Object API is now deprecated. Please use mutable() ');
+        if (domainObject instanceof MutableDomainObject.default) {
+            domainObject.$set(path, value);
+        } else {
+            let mutable = this.mutable(domainObject);
+            mutable.$set(path, value);
+            mutable.$destroy();
+        }
     };
 
     /**
@@ -201,10 +237,14 @@ define([
      * @memberof module:openmct.ObjectAPI#
      */
     ObjectAPI.prototype.observe = function (domainObject, path, callback) {
-        var mutableObject =
+        console.warn('DEPRECATION WARNING: The .observe() function in the Object API is now deprecated. Please use mutable() ');
-            new MutableObject(this.eventEmitter, domainObject);
+        if (domainObject instanceof MutableDomainObject.default) {
-        mutableObject.on(path, callback);
+            return domainObject.$observe(path, callback);
-        return mutableObject.stopListening.bind(mutableObject);
+        } else {
+            let mutable = this.mutable(domainObject);
+            mutable.$observe(path, callback);
+            return () => mutable.$destroy();
+        }
     };
 
     /**

src/api/objects/ObjectAPISpec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2019, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is 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.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+define([
+    './ObjectAPI'
+], function (
+    ObjectAPI
+) {
+    fdescribe('The Object API', function () {
+        describe('Mutable Object', function () {
+            let testObject;
+            let mutable;
+            let objectAPI;
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                objectAPI = new ObjectAPI();
+                testObject = {
+                    identifier: {
+                        namespace: 'test-namespace',
+                        key: 'test-key'
+                    },
+                    otherAttribute: 'other-attribute-value',
+                    objectAttribute: {
+                        embeddedObject: {
+                            embeddedKey: 'embedded-value'
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+                mutable = objectAPI.mutable(testObject);
+            });
+
+            it('retains own properties', function () {
+                expect(mutable.hasOwnProperty('identifier')).toBe(true);
+                expect(mutable.hasOwnProperty('otherAttribute')).toBe(true);
+                expect(mutable.identifier).toEqual(testObject.identifier);
+                expect(mutable.otherAttribute).toEqual(testObject.otherAttribute);
+            });
+
+            it('is identical to original object when serialized', function () {
+                expect(JSON.stringify(mutable)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(testObject));
+            });
+
+            it('is identical to original object when serialized', function () {
+                expect(JSON.stringify(mutable)).toEqual(JSON.stringify(testObject));
+            });
+
+            describe('uses events', function () {
+                let testObjectDuplicate;
+                let mutableSecondInstance;
+
+                beforeEach(function () {
+                    // Duplicate object to guarantee we are not sharing object instance, which would invalidate test
+                    testObjectDuplicate = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(testObject));
+                    mutableSecondInstance = objectAPI.mutable(testObjectDuplicate);
+                });
+
+                it('to stay synchronized when mutated', function () {
+                    mutable.$set('otherAttribute', 'new-attribute-value');
+                    expect(mutableSecondInstance.otherAttribute).toBe('new-attribute-value');
+                });
+
+                it('to indicate when a property changes', function () {
+                    let mutationCallback = jasmine.createSpy('mutation-callback');
+
+                    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+                        mutationCallback.and.callFake(resolve);
+                        mutableSecondInstance.observe('otherAttribute', mutationCallback);
+                        mutable.$set('otherAttribute', 'some-new-value')
+                    }).then(function () {
+                        expect(mutationCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('some-new-value');
+                    });
+                });
+
+                it('to indicate when a child property has changed', function () {
+                    let embeddedKeyCallback = jasmine.createSpy('embeddedKeyCallback');
+                    let embeddedObjectCallback = jasmine.createSpy('embeddedObjectCallback');
+                    let objectAttributeCallback = jasmine.createSpy('objectAttribute');
+
+                    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+                        objectAttributeCallback.and.callFake(resolve);
+
+                        mutableSecondInstance.observe('objectAttribute.embeddedObject.embeddedKey', embeddedKeyCallback);
+                        mutableSecondInstance.observe('objectAttribute.embeddedObject', embeddedObjectCallback);
+                        mutableSecondInstance.observe('objectAttribute', objectAttributeCallback);
+
+                        mutable.$set('objectAttribute.embeddedObject.embeddedKey', 'updated-embedded-value');
+                    }).then(function () {
+                        expect(embeddedKeyCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('updated-embedded-value');
+                        expect(embeddedObjectCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                            embeddedKey: 'updated-embedded-value'
+                        });
+                        expect(objectAttributeCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                            embeddedObject: {
+                                embeddedKey: 'updated-embedded-value'
+                            }
+                        });
+                    });
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    })
+});

src/plugins/LADTable/components/LADRow.vue

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 <template>
     <tr @contextmenu.prevent="showContextMenu">
-        <td>{{name}}</td>
+        <td>{{domainObject.name}}</td>
         <td>{{timestamp}}</td>
         <td :class="valueClass">
             {{value}}
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export default {
         currentObjectPath.unshift(this.domainObject);
 
         return {
-            name: this.domainObject.name,
             timestamp: '---',
             value: '---',
             valueClass: '',
@@ -70,9 +69,6 @@ export default {
                 this.valueClass = '';
             }
         },
-        updateName(name){
-            this.name = name;
-        },
         updateTimeSystem(timeSystem) {
             this.value = '---';
             this.timestamp = '---';
@@ -98,14 +94,6 @@ export default {
             .telemetry
             .limitEvaluator(this.domainObject);
 
-        this.stopWatchingMutation = openmct
-            .objects
-            .observe(
-                this.domainObject,
-                '*',
-                this.updateName
-            );
-
         this.openmct.time.on('timeSystem', this.updateTimeSystem);
 
         this.timestampKey = this.openmct.time.timeSystem().key;
@@ -126,7 +114,6 @@ export default {
             .then((array) => this.updateValues(array[array.length - 1]));
     },
     destroyed() {
-        this.stopWatchingMutation();
         this.unsubscribe();
         this.openmct.off('timeSystem', this.updateTimeSystem);
     }

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/DisplayLayout.vue

@@ -176,9 +176,8 @@
 
     export default {
         data() {
-            let domainObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.domainObject));
             return {
-                internalDomainObject: domainObject,
+                internalDomainObject: this.domainObject,
                 initSelectIndex: undefined,
                 selection: []
             };
@@ -566,9 +565,6 @@
             }
         },
         mounted() {
-            this.unlisten = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.internalDomainObject, '*', function (obj) {
-                this.internalDomainObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
-            }.bind(this));
             this.openmct.selection.on('change', this.setSelection);
             this.initializeItems();
             this.composition = this.openmct.composition.get(this.internalDomainObject);
@@ -580,7 +576,6 @@
             this.openmct.selection.off('change', this.setSelection);
             this.composition.off('add', this.addChild);
             this.composition.off('remove', this.removeChild);
-            this.unlisten();
         }
     }
 </script>

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/SubobjectView.vue

@@ -113,10 +113,13 @@
             }
         },
         mounted() {
-            this.openmct.objects.get(this.item.identifier)
+            this.openmct.objects.getAsMutable(this.item.identifier)
                 .then(this.setObject);
         },
         destroyed() {
+            if (this.domainObject.$destroy) {
+                this.domainObject.$destroy();
+            }
             if (this.removeSelectable) {
                 this.removeSelectable();
             }

src/plugins/displayLayout/components/TelemetryView.vue

@@ -248,12 +248,13 @@
             }
         },
         mounted() {
-            this.openmct.objects.get(this.item.identifier)
+            this.openmct.objects.getAsMutable(this.item.identifier)
                 .then(this.setObject);
             this.openmct.time.on("bounds", this.refreshData);
         },
         destroyed() {
             this.removeSubscription();
+            this.domainObject.$destroy();
 
             if (this.removeSelectable) {
                 this.removeSelectable();

src/plugins/filters/components/FiltersView.vue

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
             },
             getGlobalFiltersToRemove(keyString) {
                 let filtersToRemove = new Set();
-
+                if (this.children[keyString]){
                     this.children[keyString].metadataWithFilters.forEach(metadatum => {
                         let keepFilter = false
                         Object.keys(this.children).forEach(childKeyString => {
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
                             filtersToRemove.add(metadatum.key);
                         }
                     });
+                }
 
                 return Array.from(filtersToRemove);
             },
@@ -234,16 +235,14 @@
             this.composition.on('add', this.addChildren);
             this.composition.on('remove', this.removeChildren);
             this.composition.load();
-            this.unobserve = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.providedObject, 'configuration.filters', this.updatePersistedFilters);
+            this.unobserve = this.providedObject.$observe(this.providedObject, 'configuration.filters', this.updatePersistedFilters);
-            this.unobserveGlobalFilters = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.providedObject, 'configuration.globalFilters', this.updateGlobalFilters);
+            this.unobserveGlobalFilters = this.providedObject.$observe(this.providedObject, 'configuration.globalFilters', this.updateGlobalFilters);
-            this.unobserveAllMutation = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.providedObject, '*', (mutatedObject) => this.providedObject = mutatedObject);
         },
         beforeDestroy() {
             this.composition.off('add', this.addChildren);
             this.composition.off('remove', this.removeChildren);
             this.unobserve();
             this.unobserveGlobalFilters();
-            this.unobserveAllMutation();
         }
     }
 </script>

src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/flexibleLayout.vue

@@ -629,9 +629,6 @@ export default {
                 return size;
             }
         },
-        updateDomainObject(newDomainObject) {
-            this.domainObject = newDomainObject;
-        },
         moveContainer(toIndex, event) {
             let containerId = event.dataTransfer.getData('containerid');
             let container = this.containers.filter(c => c.id === containerId)[0];
@@ -664,14 +661,10 @@ export default {
         this.composition.on('add', this.addFrame);
 
         this.RemoveAction = new RemoveAction(this.openmct);
-
-        this.unobserve = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.domainObject, '*', this.updateDomainObject);
     },
     beforeDestroy() {
         this.composition.off('remove', this.removeChildObject);
         this.composition.off('add', this.addFrame);
-
-        this.unobserve();
     }
 }
 </script>

src/plugins/flexibleLayout/components/frame.vue

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default {
     },
     mounted() {
         if (this.frame.domainObjectIdentifier) {
-            this.openmct.objects.get(this.frame.domainObjectIdentifier).then((object)=>{
+            this.openmct.objects.getAsMutable(this.frame.domainObjectIdentifier).then((object)=>{
                 this.setDomainObject(object);
             });
         }
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ export default {
         this.dragGhost = document.getElementById('js-fl-drag-ghost');
     },
     beforeDestroy() {
+        if (this.domainObject.$destroy) {
+            this.domainObject.$destroy();
+        }
+
         if (this.unsubscribeSelection) {
             this.unsubscribeSelection();
         }

src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js

@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ define([
             this.columns = {};
 
             this.removeColumnsForObject = this.removeColumnsForObject.bind(this);
-            this.objectMutated = this.objectMutated.bind(this);
-            //Make copy of configuration, otherwise change detection is impossible if shared instance is being modified.
-            this.oldConfiguration = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.getConfiguration()));
 
-            this.unlistenFromMutation = openmct.objects.observe(domainObject, '*', this.objectMutated);
+            this.unlistenFromMutation = domainObject.$observe('configuration', configuration => this.updateListeners(configuration));
         }
 
         getConfiguration() {
@@ -60,15 +57,8 @@ define([
          * @private
          * @param {*} object
          */
-        objectMutated(object) {
+        updateListeners(configuration) {
-            //Synchronize domain object reference. Duplicate object otherwise change detection becomes impossible.
+            this.emit('change', configuration);
-            this.domainObject = object;
-            //Was it the configuration that changed?
-            if (object.configuration !== undefined && !_.eq(object.configuration, this.oldConfiguration)) {
-                //Make copy of configuration, otherwise change detection is impossible if shared instance is being modified.
-                this.oldConfiguration = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.getConfiguration()));
-                this.emit('change', object.configuration);
-            }
         }
 
         addSingleColumnForObject(telemetryObject, column, position) {

src/selection/Selection.js

@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 define(
     [
         'EventEmitter',
-        'lodash'
+        'lodash',
+        '../api/objects/MutableDomainObject.js'
     ],
     function (
         EventEmitter,
-        _
+        _,
+        MutableDomainObject
     ) {
 
         /**
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ define(
                 this.selected = [selectable];
             }
 
+            if (this.temporaryMutables) {
+                this.temporaryMutables.forEach(mutable => mutable.$destroy());
+            }
+
             this.emit('change', this.selected);
         };
 
@@ -233,12 +239,6 @@ define(
             element.addEventListener('click', capture, true);
             element.addEventListener('click', selectCapture);
 
-            if (context.item) {
-                var unlisten = this.openmct.objects.observe(context.item, "*", function (newItem) {
-                    context.item = newItem;
-                });
-            }
-
             if (select) {
                 element.click();
             }
@@ -246,10 +246,6 @@ define(
             return function () {
                 element.removeEventListener('click', capture, true);
                 element.removeEventListener('click', selectCapture);
-
-                if (unlisten) {
-                    unlisten();
-                }
             };
         };
 

src/ui/components/ObjectLabel.vue

@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ export default {
         };
     },
     mounted() {
-        if (this.observedObject) {
-            let removeListener = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.observedObject, '*', (newObject) => {
-                this.observedObject = newObject;
-            });
-            this.$once('hook:destroyed', removeListener);
-        }
         this.previewAction = new PreviewAction(this.openmct);
     },
     computed: {

src/ui/components/ObjectView.vue

@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ export default {
                 delete this.removeSelectable;
             }
 
-            if (this.composition) {
-                this.composition._destroy();
-            }
-
             this.openmct.objectViews.off('clearData', this.clearData);
         },
         invokeEditModeHandler(editMode) {
@@ -80,7 +76,6 @@ export default {
             
             this.composition = this.openmct.composition.get(this.currentObject);
             if (this.composition) {
-                this.composition._synchronize();
                 this.loadComposition();
             }
 
@@ -130,20 +125,17 @@ export default {
                 delete this.removeSelectable;
             }
 
-            if (this.composition) {
-                this.composition._destroy();
-            }
-
             this.currentObject = object;
 
+            this.composition = this.openmct.composition.get(this.currentObject);
+            if (this.composition) {
+                this.loadComposition();
+            }
+
             if (currentObjectPath) {
                 this.currentObjectPath = currentObjectPath;
             }
 
-            this.unlisten = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.currentObject, '*', (mutatedObject) => {
-                this.currentObject = mutatedObject;
-            });
-
             this.viewKey = viewKey;
             this.updateView(immediatelySelect);
         },

src/ui/inspector/Elements.vue

@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ export default {
             }
 
             if (this.parentObject) {
-                this.mutationUnobserver = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.parentObject, '*', (updatedModel) => {
-                    this.parentObject = updatedModel;
-                });
                 this.composition = this.openmct.composition.get(this.parentObject);
 
                 if (this.composition) {
@@ -141,8 +138,7 @@ export default {
         },
         addElement(element) {
             let keyString = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(element.identifier);
-            this.elementsCache[keyString] = 
+            this.elementsCache[keyString] = element;
-                JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(element));
             this.applySearch(this.currentSearch);
         },
         reorderElements() {
@@ -182,9 +178,6 @@ export default {
         this.openmct.editor.off('isEditing', this.setEditState);
         this.openmct.selection.off('change', this.showSelection);
 
-        if (this.mutationUnobserver) {
-            this.mutationUnobserver();
-        }
         if (this.compositionUnlistener) {
             this.compositionUnlistener();
         }

src/ui/layout/BrowseBar.vue

@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ const PLACEHOLDER_OBJECT = {};
                 this.showSaveMenu = false;
             },
             updateName(event) {
+                // TODO: handle isssues with contenteditable text escaping.
                 if (event.target.innerText !== this.domainObject.name && event.target.innerText.match(/\S/)) {
-                    this.openmct.objects.mutate(this.domainObject, 'name', event.target.innerText);
+                    this.domainObject.$set('name', event.target.innerText);
                 } else {
                     event.target.innerText = this.domainObject.name;
                 }
@@ -223,20 +224,7 @@ const PLACEHOLDER_OBJECT = {};
                 this.isEditing = isEditing;
             });
         },
-        watch: {
-            domainObject() {
-                if (this.mutationObserver) {
-                    this.mutationObserver();
-                }
-                this.mutationObserver = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.domainObject, '*', (domainObject) => {
-                    this.domainObject = domainObject;
-                });
-            }
-        },
         beforeDestroy: function () {
-            if (this.mutationObserver) {
-                this.mutationObserver();
-            }
             document.removeEventListener('click', this.closeViewAndSaveMenu);
             window.removeEventListener('click', this.promptUserbeforeNavigatingAway);
         }

src/ui/layout/mct-tree.vue

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
             getAllChildren() {
                 this.isLoading = true;
                 this.openmct.objects.get('ROOT')
+                    .then(root => this.openmct.objects.mutable(root))
                     .then(root => {
                         return this.openmct.composition.get(root).load()
                     })
@@ -223,8 +224,18 @@
                     });
             },
             getFilteredChildren() {
+                if (this.filteredTreeItems) {
+                    this.filteredTreeItems.forEach(filteredTreeItem => filteredTreeItem.destroy());
+                }
+
                 this.searchService.query(this.searchValue).then(children => {
-                    this.filteredTreeItems = children.hits.map(child => {
+                    this.filteredTreeItems = children.hits
+                        .map(child => { 
+                            if (this.openmct.objects.isMutable(child)) {
+                                this.openmct.objects.mutable(child);
+                            }
+                        })
+                        .map(child => {
                         
                         let context = child.object.getCapability('context'),
                             object = child.object.useCapability('adapter'),

src/ui/layout/tree-item.vue

@@ -66,11 +66,7 @@
             // TODO: set isAlias per tree-item
 
             this.domainObject = this.node.object;
-            let removeListener = this.openmct.objects.observe(this.domainObject, '*', (newObject) => {
-                this.domainObject = newObject;
-            });
 
-            this.$once('hook:destroyed', removeListener);
             if (this.openmct.composition.get(this.node.object)) {
                 this.hasChildren = true;
             }
@@ -82,6 +78,7 @@
             if (this.composition) {
                 this.composition.off('add', this.addChild);
                 this.composition.off('remove', this.removeChild);
+                this.children.forEach(child => child.object.$destroy());
                 delete this.composition;
             }
         },
@@ -101,6 +98,9 @@
         },
         methods: {
             addChild (child) {
+                if (this.openmct.objects.isMutable(child)) {
+                    child = this.openmct.objects.mutable(child);
+                }
                 this.children.push({
                     id: this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(child.identifier),
                     object: child,
@@ -110,8 +110,16 @@
             },
             removeChild(identifier) {
                 let removeId = this.openmct.objects.makeKeyString(identifier);
+                let removed = [];
                 this.children = this.children
-                    .filter(c => c.id !== removeId);
+                    .filter(c => {
+                        if(c.id !== removeId) {
+                            removed.push(c);
+                            return true
+                        }
+                        return false;
+                    });
+                removed.forEach(removedChild => removedChild.object.$destroy());
             },
             finishLoading () {
                 this.isLoading = false;

src/ui/router/Browse.js

@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ define([
     return function install(openmct) {
         let navigateCall = 0;
         let browseObject;
-        let unobserve = undefined;
+        let mutable;
         let currentObjectPath;
 
         openmct.router.route(/^\/browse\/?$/, navigateToFirstChildOfRoot);
 
         openmct.router.route(/^\/browse\/(.*)$/, (path, results, params) => {
             let navigatePath = results[1];
+            clearMutationListeners();
             navigateToPath(navigatePath, params.view);
         });
 
@@ -27,10 +28,17 @@ define([
         });
 
         function viewObject(object, viewProvider) {
+            if (mutable) {
+                mutable.$destroy();
+                mutable = undefined;
+            }
+            if (openmct.objects.isMutable(object)) {
+                mutable = openmct.objects.mutable(object);
+            }
             currentObjectPath = openmct.router.path;
 
-            openmct.layout.$refs.browseObject.show(object, viewProvider.key, true, currentObjectPath);
+            openmct.layout.$refs.browseObject.show(mutable || object, viewProvider.key, true, currentObjectPath);
-            openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.domainObject = object;
+            openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.domainObject = mutable || object;
             openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.viewKey = viewProvider.key;
         }
 
@@ -38,37 +46,26 @@ define([
             navigateCall++;
             let currentNavigation = navigateCall;
 
-            if (unobserve) {
-                unobserve();
-                unobserve = undefined;
-            }
-
             //Split path into object identifiers
             if (!Array.isArray(path)) {
                 path = path.split('/');
             }
 
-            return pathToObjects(path).then((objects)=>{
+            return pathToObjects(path).then((objects) => {
                 if (currentNavigation !== navigateCall) {
                     return; // Prevent race.
                 }
-
-                let navigatedObject = objects[objects.length - 1];
-
                 // FIXME: this is a hack to support create action, intended to
                 // expose the current routed path.  We need to rewrite the
                 // navigation service and router to expose a clear and minimal
                 // API for this.
-                openmct.router.path = objects.reverse();
+                objects = objects.reverse();
+                openmct.router.path = objects;
 
-                unobserve = this.openmct.objects.observe(openmct.router.path[0], '*', (newObject) => {
+                browseObject = objects[0];
-                    openmct.router.path[0] = newObject;
+                openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.domainObject = browseObject;
-                });
 
-                openmct.layout.$refs.browseBar.domainObject = navigatedObject;
+                if (!browseObject) {
-                browseObject = navigatedObject;
-
-                if (!navigatedObject) {
                     openmct.layout.$refs.browseObject.clear();
                     return;
                 }
@@ -78,12 +75,12 @@ define([
 
                 document.title = browseObject.name; //change document title to current object in main view
 
-                if (currentProvider && currentProvider.canView(navigatedObject)) {
+                if (currentProvider && currentProvider.canView(browseObject)) {
-                    viewObject(navigatedObject,  currentProvider);
+                    viewObject(browseObject,  currentProvider);
                     return;
                 }
 
-                let defaultProvider = openmct.objectViews.get(navigatedObject)[0];
+                let defaultProvider = openmct.objectViews.get(browseObject)[0];
                 if (defaultProvider) {
                     openmct.router.updateParams({
                         view: defaultProvider.key
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ define([
 
         function pathToObjects(path) {
             return Promise.all(path.map((keyString)=>{
-                return openmct.objects.get(keyString);
+                return openmct.objects.getAsMutable(keyString);
             }));
         }
 
@@ -117,5 +114,15 @@ define([
                     });
             });
         }
+
+        function clearMutationListeners() {
+            if (openmct.router.path !== undefined) {
+                openmct.router.path.forEach((pathObject) => {
+                    if (pathObject.$destroy) {
+                        pathObject.$destroy();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
     }
 });

src/ui/toolbar/Toolbar.vue

@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
                 }
             },
             observeObject(domainObject, id) {
-                let unobserveObject = this.openmct.objects.observe(domainObject, '*', function(newObject) {
+                let unobserveObject = domainObject.$observe('*', function(newObject) {
-                    this.domainObjectsById[id].newObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(newObject));
+                    this.domainObjectsById[id].newObject = newObject;
                     this.updateToolbarAfterMutation();
                 }.bind(this));
                 this.unObserveObjects.push(unobserveObject);