refactor: take advantage of structured clone algorithm in the remote module (#20427)

lib/renderer/api/remote.js

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ const v8Util = process.electronBinding('v8_util')
 const { hasSwitch } = process.electronBinding('command_line')
 
 const { CallbacksRegistry } = require('@electron/internal/renderer/remote/callbacks-registry')
-const bufferUtils = require('@electron/internal/common/remote/buffer-utils')
-const errorUtils = require('@electron/internal/common/error-utils')
-const { isPromise } = require('@electron/internal/common/remote/is-promise')
+const { isPromise, isSerializableObject } = require('@electron/internal/common/remote/type-utils')
 const { ipcRendererInternal } = require('@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal')
 
 const callbacksRegistry = new CallbacksRegistry()
@@ -43,17 +41,17 @@ function wrapArgs (args, visited = new Set()) {
       }
       visited.delete(value)
       return meta
-    } else if (bufferUtils.isBuffer(value)) {
+    } else if (value instanceof Buffer) {
       return {
         type: 'buffer',
-        value: bufferUtils.bufferToMeta(value)
+        value
       }
-    } else if (value instanceof Date) {
+    } else if (isSerializableObject(value)) {
       return {
-        type: 'date',
-        value: value.getTime()
+        type: 'value',
+        value
       }
-    } else if ((value != null) && typeof value === 'object') {
+    } else if (typeof value === 'object') {
       if (isPromise(value)) {
         return {
           type: 'promise',
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ function wrapArgs (args, visited = new Set()) {
     } else {
       return {
         type: 'value',
-        value: value
+        value
       }
     }
   }
@@ -215,11 +213,10 @@ function metaToValue (meta) {
   const types = {
     value: () => meta.value,
     array: () => meta.members.map((member) => metaToValue(member)),
-    buffer: () => bufferUtils.metaToBuffer(meta.value),
+    buffer: () => Buffer.from(meta.value.buffer, meta.value.byteOffset, meta.value.byteLength),
     promise: () => Promise.resolve({ then: metaToValue(meta.then) }),
-    error: () => metaToPlainObject(meta),
-    date: () => new Date(meta.value),
-    exception: () => { throw errorUtils.deserialize(meta.value) }
+    error: () => metaToError(meta),
+    exception: () => { throw metaToError(meta.value) }
   }
 
   if (meta.type in types) {
@@ -261,12 +258,10 @@ function metaToValue (meta) {
   }
 }
 
-// Construct a plain object from the meta.
-function metaToPlainObject (meta) {
-  const obj = (() => meta.type === 'error' ? new Error() : {})()
-  for (let i = 0; i < meta.members.length; i++) {
-    const { name, value } = meta.members[i]
-    obj[name] = value
+function metaToError (meta) {
+  const obj = meta.value
+  for (const { name, value } of meta.members) {
+    obj[name] = metaToValue(value)
   }
   return obj
 }