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extend( target, sources )

Copies the properties from a set of source objects over to the target object. Properties of sources later in the arguments list overwrite existing properties in the target and earlier source objects.

Parameters

  • target {Object}: the target object to modify

  • sources {...Object}: the source objects to copy over

Returns

  • {Object}: the modified target object

options( options, defaults )

Returns all properties from options with missing properties completed from defaults. If options is null or undefined, an empty object is automatically created. options and defaults are not modified.

Example:

object.options( { validate: true }, {
   validate: false,
   highlight: true
} );
// =>
// {
//    validate: true,
//    highlight: true
// }

Parameters

  • options {Object}: the options object to use as source, may be null or undefined

  • defaults {Object}: the defaults to take missing properties from

Returns

  • {Object}: the completed options object

map( object, mappingFunction )

Applies a given function to each entry in the object and returns a new objects reflecting the changes made by the mapping function. On each iteration the mapping function is passed the value, the key and the complete object as arguments. It then must return an array where the first item is the new key and the second item the new value for the resulting object.

Example:

object.map( { x: 1, y: 2 } , function( value, key ) {
   return [ key, value + 1 ];
} );
// => { x: 2, y: 3 }

Parameters

  • object {Object}: the object to run the mapping function on

  • mappingFunction {Function}: the mapping function to run on each key-value pair

Returns

  • {Object}: a new object reflecting the results of the mapping

forEach( object, iteratorFunction )

Iterates over the keys of an object and calls the given iterator function for each entry. On each iteration the iterator function is passed the value, the key and the complete object as arguments. If object is an array, the native Array.prototype.forEach function is called and hence the keys are the numeric indices of the array.

Parameters

  • object {Object}: the object to run the iterator function on

  • iteratorFunction {Function}: the iterator function to run on each key-value pair

path( obj, path, [optionalDefault] )

Finds a property in a nested object structure by a given path. A path is a string of keys, separated by a dot from each other, used to traverse that object and find the value of interest. An additional default is returned, if otherwise the value would yield undefined.

Parameters

  • obj {Object}: the object to traverse

  • path {String}: the path to search for

  • optionalDefault {*}: the value to return instead of undefined if nothing is found

Returns

  • {*}: the value at the given path

setPath( obj, path, value )

Sets a property in a nested object structure at a given path to a given value. A path is a string of keys, separated by a dot from each other, used to traverse that object and find the place where the value should be set. Any missing subtrees along the path are created.

Parameters

  • obj {Object}: the object to modify

  • path {String}: the path to set a value at

  • value {*}: the value to set at the given path

Returns

  • {*}: the full object (for chaining)

deepClone( obj )

Returns a deep clone of the given object. Note that the current implementation is intended to be used for simple object literals only. There is no guarantee that cloning objects instantiated via constructor function works and cyclic references will lead to endless recursion.

Parameters

  • obj {*}: the object to clone

Returns

  • {*}: the clone

deepFreeze( obj, [optionalRecursive] )

Freezes an object, optionally recursively, in any browser capable of freezing objects. In any other browser this method simply returns its first value, i.e. is an identity operation.

Parameters

  • obj {Object}: the object to freeze

  • optionalRecursive {Boolean}: freezes recursively if true. Default is false

Returns

  • {Object}: the input (possibly) frozen