From 0d89ff68bebf756cde365b4727de78ca89b46b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glint Dev <dev@glint.local>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:36:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: define VNode, FlatVDom types with Element round-trip
 conversion

---
 src/interpreter/types.rs | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/interpreter/types.rs b/src/interpreter/types.rs
index be230d2..d256463 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/types.rs
+++ b/src/interpreter/types.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
+use std::ops::Range;
 
 
 use super::reactive::{ElementId, ReactiveTracker};
@@ -214,6 +215,95 @@ pub struct Document<'a> {
     pub tracker:      ReactiveTracker,
 }
 
+pub type NodeId = u32;
+pub type PropertyIdx = usize;
+pub type NodeIdx = usize;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct VNode<'a> {
+    pub id: NodeId,
+    pub type_name: &'a str,
+    pub properties: Range<PropertyIdx>,
+    pub children_range: Range<NodeIdx>,
+    pub computed_style: ComputedStyle,
+    pub element_id: ElementId,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct FlatVDom<'a> {
+    pub nodes: Vec<VNode<'a>>,
+    pub properties: Vec<(String, String)>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> FlatVDom<'a> {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            nodes: Vec::new(),
+            properties: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_elements(elements: &[Element<'a>]) -> Self {
+        let mut fv = FlatVDom::new();
+        fv.append_elements(elements);
+        fv
+    }
+
+    fn append_elements(&mut self, elements: &[Element<'a>]) -> Range<NodeIdx> {
+        let start = self.nodes.len();
+        for el in elements {
+            let node_idx = self.nodes.len();
+            let prop_start = self.properties.len();
+            for (k, v) in &el.properties {
+                self.properties.push((k.clone().into_owned(), v.clone().into_owned()));
+            }
+            self.nodes.push(VNode {
+                id: 0,
+                type_name: el.type_name,
+                properties: prop_start..self.properties.len(),
+                children_range: 0..0,
+                computed_style: el.computed_style,
+                element_id: el.element_id,
+            });
+            let child_range = self.append_elements(&el.children);
+            self.nodes[node_idx].children_range = child_range;
+        }
+        start..self.nodes.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_elements(self) -> Vec<Element<'a>> {
+        Self::nodes_to_elements(&self.nodes, &self.properties, 0..self.nodes.len())
+    }
+
+    fn nodes_to_elements(nodes: &[VNode<'a>], props: &[(String, String)], range: Range<NodeIdx>) -> Vec<Element<'a>> {
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(range.len());
+        for idx in range {
+            let vn = &nodes[idx];
+            let mut el = Element::new(vn.type_name);
+            el.element_id = vn.element_id;
+            el.computed_style = vn.computed_style;
+            for i in vn.properties.clone() {
+                if i < props.len() {
+                    let (k, v) = &props[i];
+                    el.push_prop(k.clone(), v.clone());
+                }
+            }
+            let child_range = vn.children_range.clone();
+            el.children = Self::nodes_to_elements(nodes, props, child_range);
+            result.push(el);
+        }
+        result
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_node(&self, idx: NodeIdx) -> Option<&VNode<'a>> {
+        self.nodes.get(idx)
+    }
+
+    pub fn node_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.nodes.len()
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum InterpError {
     BadMagic,