Extract identical code into shared function

src/examples/ReactiveExample.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Bar } from '../BaseCharts'
-import reactiveData from '../mixins/reactiveData'
+import { reactiveData } from '../mixins'
 
 export default {
   extends: Bar,

src/examples/ReactivePropExample.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Bar } from '../BaseCharts'
-import reactiveProp from '../mixins/reactiveProp'
+import { reactiveProp } from '../mixins'
 
 export default {
   extends: Bar,

src/mixins/index.js

@@ -1,5 +1,89 @@
-import reactiveData from './reactiveData.js'
-import reactiveProp from './reactiveProp.js'
+function dataHandler (newData, oldData) {
+  if (oldData) {
+    let chart = this.$data._chart
+
+    // Get new and old DataSet Labels
+    let newDatasetLabels = newData.datasets.map((dataset) => {
+      return dataset.label
+    })
+
+    let oldDatasetLabels = oldData.datasets.map((dataset) => {
+      return dataset.label
+    })
+
+    // Stringify 'em for easier compare
+    const oldLabels = JSON.stringify(oldDatasetLabels)
+    const newLabels = JSON.stringify(newDatasetLabels)
+
+    // Check if Labels are equal and if dataset length is equal
+    if (newLabels === oldLabels && oldData.datasets.length === newData.datasets.length) {
+      newData.datasets.forEach((dataset, i) => {
+        // Get new and old dataset keys
+        const oldDatasetKeys = Object.keys(oldData.datasets[i])
+        const newDatasetKeys = Object.keys(dataset)
+
+        // Get keys that aren't present in the new data
+        const deletionKeys = oldDatasetKeys.filter((key) => {
+          return key !== '_meta' && newDatasetKeys.indexOf(key) === -1
+        })
+
+        // Remove outdated key-value pairs
+        deletionKeys.forEach((deletionKey) => {
+          delete chart.data.datasets[i][deletionKey]
+        })
+
+        // Update attributes individually to avoid re-rendering the entire chart
+        for (const attribute in dataset) {
+          if (dataset.hasOwnProperty(attribute)) {
+            chart.data.datasets[i][attribute] = dataset[attribute]
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      if (newData.hasOwnProperty('labels')) {
+        chart.data.labels = newData.labels
+      }
+      if (newData.hasOwnProperty('xLabels')) {
+        chart.data.xLabels = newData.xLabels
+      }
+      if (newData.hasOwnProperty('yLabels')) {
+        chart.data.yLabels = newData.yLabels
+      }
+      chart.update()
+    } else {
+      chart.destroy()
+      this.renderChart(this.chartData, this.options)
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (this.$data._chart) {
+      this.$data._chart.destroy()
+    }
+    this.renderChart(this.chartData, this.options)
+  }
+}
+
+export const reactiveData = {
+  data () {
+    return {
+      chartData: null
+    }
+  },
+
+  watch: {
+    'chartData': dataHandler
+  }
+}
+
+export const reactiveProp = {
+  props: {
+    chartData: {
+      required: true
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    'chartData': dataHandler
+  }
+}
 
 export default {
   reactiveData,