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The JavaScript Object-Function Format (JSOFF). It's a drop-in replacement for JSON that supports functions.

Installation

Install with your favorite manager; easy as pork:

npm install jsoff
yarn add jsoff

Usage

It's a drop-in replacement for JSON, so you can use JSOFF anywhere you use JSON. If you find something missing, let me know. Here are examples.

Round-Trip Example

Require the JSOFF module. Create an object with functions. You can use

const JSOFF  = require('jsoff');

var obj = {
  abc: 123,
  def: function (a,b) { return a * 2 + b * 3; },
  ghi: a => { return a * 2 },
  jkl: (a,b) => { return ((d,e) => { return a*d + b*e })(2,4) }
};

var str = JSOFF.stringify(obj);
// str is now:  
// '{"abc":123,"def":"function (a,b) { return a * 2 + b * 3; }","ghi":"a => { return a * 2 }","jkl":"(a,b) => { return ((d,e) => { return a*d + b*e })(2,4) }"}');
});

var clone = JSOFF.parse(str);
clone.def(10,5)   // 35
clone.ghi(5)      // 10
clone.jkl(10,20)  // 100

Pretty straight-forward. It will let you round-trip functions with enclosed variables, but you won't like it. Caveat emptor. Anyway, a nice kid like you wouldn't do that, would you? What are you, some kind of jamoke?

TODO

It doesn't currently handle unembraced ES6 arrow functions like this:

{
  abc :  a  => { return 'this will work' },
  def : (a) => { return 'so will this' },
  ghi :  a  => "but this won't"
}

It shouldn't be hard, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Pull requests welcome!

License

MIT.