fix(angular.copy): support copying XML nodes

Closes #5429
angular · Sep 8, 2015 · df0921c · df0921c
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diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ function copy(source, destination, stackSource, stackDest) {
       } else if (isRegExp(source)) {
         destination = new RegExp(source.source, source.toString().match(/[^\/]*$/)[0]);
         destination.lastIndex = source.lastIndex;
+      } else if (source.cloneNode) {
+          destination = source.cloneNode();
       } else {
         var emptyObject = Object.create(getPrototypeOf(source));
         return copy(source, emptyObject, stackSource, stackDest);

diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -386,6 +386,13 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(aCopy).toBe(aCopy.self);
     });
 
+    it("should support XML nodes", function() {
+      var anElement = document.createElement("foo");
+      var theCopy = anElement.cloneNode();
+      expect(copy(anElement).outerHTML).toEqual(theCopy.outerHTML);
+      expect(copy(anElement)).not.toBe(anElement);
+    });
+
     it('should handle objects with multiple references', function() {
       var b = {};
       var a = [b, -1, b];