[refactor] Moved 'removeElement' to its own TS file; deduped logic

src/ActiveScriptsUI.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {workerScripts,
 import {Player}                    from "./Player";
 import {getServer}                 from "./Server";
 import {dialogBoxCreate}           from "../utils/DialogBox";
-import {createAccordionElement, removeElement,
+import {createAccordionElement,
         removeChildrenFromElement} from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
 import {arrayToString}             from "../utils/helpers/arrayToString";
 import {createElement}             from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {exceptionAlert}                             from "../utils/helpers/excep
 import {logBoxCreate}              from "../utils/LogBox";
 import numeral                     from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
 import {formatNumber}              from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
+import {removeElement}             from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 
 /* {
  *     serverName: {

src/Bladeburner.js

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import {KEY}                                        from "./Terminal";
 
 import {createProgressBarText}                      from "../utils/helpers/createProgressBarText";
 import {dialogBoxCreate}                            from "../utils/DialogBox";
-import {removeChildrenFromElement,
+import {removeChildrenFromElement}                  from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
-        removeElement}                              from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
 import {Reviver, Generic_toJSON,
         Generic_fromJSON}                           from "../utils/JSONReviver";
 import numeral                                      from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import {createPopup}                                from "../utils/uiHelpers/cre
 import {exceptionAlert}                             from "../utils/helpers/exceptionAlert";
 import {formatNumber}                               from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 import {getRandomInt}                               from "../utils/helpers/getRandomInt";
+import {removeElement}                              from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 import {removeElementById}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById";
 
 

src/Gang.js

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import {dialogBoxCreate}                        from "../utils/DialogBox";
 import {Reviver, Generic_toJSON,
         Generic_fromJSON}                       from "../utils/JSONReviver";
 import {removeChildrenFromElement,
-        createAccordionElement,
+        createAccordionElement}                 from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
-        removeElement}                          from "../utils/HelperFunctions";
 import {createElement}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/createElement";
 import {createPopup}                            from "../utils/uiHelpers/createPopup";
 import  numeral                                 from "numeral/min/numeral.min";
 import {formatNumber}                           from "../utils/StringHelperFunctions";
 import {getRandomInt}                           from "../utils/helpers/getRandomInt";
+import {removeElement}                          from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElement";
 import {removeElementById}                      from "../utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById";
 import {yesNoBoxCreate, yesNoTxtInpBoxCreate,
         yesNoBoxGetYesButton, yesNoBoxGetNoButton,

utils/HelperFunctions.js

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 //General helper functions
 import {isString}           from "./helpers/isString";
 
-function removeElement(elem) {
-    if (elem == null || !(elem instanceof Element)) {return;}
-    while(elem.firstChild) {elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);}
-    elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
-}
-
 function removeChildrenFromElement(el) {
     if (isString(el)) {
         el = document.getElementById(el);
@@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ function clearSelector(selector) {
     }
 }
 
-export {removeElement,
+export {createAccordionElement,
-        createAccordionElement,
         removeChildrenFromElement,
         clearSelector};

utils/uiHelpers/removeElement.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * For a given element, this function removes it AND its children
+ * @param elem The element to remove.
+ */
+export function removeElement(elem: Element | null) {
+    if (elem === null) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+        console.debug("The element passed into 'removeElement' was null.");
+
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!(elem instanceof Element)) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+        console.debug("The element passed into 'removeElement' was not an instance of an Element.");
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (elem.firstChild) {
+        elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);
+    }
+
+    if (elem.parentNode) {
+        elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
+    }
+}

utils/uiHelpers/removeElementById.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getElementById } from "./getElementById";
+import { removeElement } from "./removeElement";
 
-//
 /**
  * Given its id, this function removes an element AND its children
  * @param id The HTML identifier to search for and remove.
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ import { getElementById } from "./getElementById";
 export function removeElementById(id: string) {
     try {
         const elem: HTMLElement = getElementById(id);
-        while (elem.firstChild) {
+        removeElement(elem);
-            elem.removeChild(elem.firstChild);
-        }
-
-        if (elem.parentNode) {
-            elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);
-        }
     } catch (e) {
         // Probably should log this as we're trying to remove elements that don't exist.
     }