borto_circular_serialize

This NPM module allow circular reference between object contrary to JSON.stringify I don't use JSON.stringify and JSON.parse internally so you can use it with old IE versions if your script is cliend side

Installation: npm install borto_circular_serialize

First of all import the module: var obj = require('borto_circular_serialize'), serializeObj = obj.serializeObj, parseStr = obj.parseStr ;

Or with ES6: import {serializeObj,parseStr} from 'borto_circular_serialize';

In order to save you cyclic object use serializeObj:

var a = {b:25,c:6};
a.d=a; //a contain himself at d position
var stringBackup = serializeObj(a);

The content will be [{b:25, c:6, d:'allObj[0]'}]

As you can see when an element can not be stored because of circular references or multiple references to the same element, we replace it.

And to restore: var restoredObject = parseStr(b)

Sometimes you want keep the class of object you serialize.

Just add the property serializationName to your object or your class var theClass = function(){}; theClass.prototype.serializationName = "theClass"; var d = new theClass() /* * or d.serializationName = "theClass" */ d.chaine = "Hello I am just a string" var encodeObj = serializeObj(d)

And to restore you have to pass the prototype that match with the serialization name as second argument var decodeObj = parseStr(encodeObj, { theClass: theClass.prototype/sameName that serializationName property/ });

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