fix($browser.setUrl): make browser.setUrl more efficient

- browser should remember the last value retrieved via browser.getUrl
- browser should update window.location only if the new value is
  different from the current window.location value

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/Browser.js b/src/Browser.js
index 3e120e5b..55b65471 100644
--- a/src/Browser.js
+++ b/src/Browser.js
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ function Browser(window, document, body, XHR, $log) {
   var self = this,
       rawDocument = document[0],
       location = window.location,
-      setTimeout = window.setTimeout;
+      setTimeout = window.setTimeout,
+      lastLocationUrl;
 
   self.isMock = false;
 
@@ -201,10 +202,13 @@ function Browser(window, document, body, XHR, $log) {
    * Sets browser's url
    */
   self.setUrl = function(url) {
-    var existingURL = location.href;
+
+    var existingURL = lastLocationUrl;
     if (!existingURL.match(/#/)) existingURL += '#';
     if (!url.match(/#/)) url += '#';
-    location.href = url;
+    if (existingURL != url) {
+      location.href = url;
+    }
    };
 
   /**
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ function Browser(window, document, body, XHR, $log) {
    * @returns {string} Browser's url
    */
   self.getUrl = function() {
-    return location.href;
+    return lastLocationUrl = location.href;
   };