resolve-property

Safely reach into a nested object and retrieve a property, which could be an object, method, string, number or boolean value. Returns undefined if any of the intermediate subobjects or the intended target are not present.

Installation

'npm install resolve-property'

Server-side usage

var resolve = require('resolve-property');

var o = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 } } };
resolve(o, 'qwe', 'asd', 'zxc');
// returns 123

Clone the repo

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Examples

//
// Category 1 : When property value is a number
//

var o = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 } } };
resolve(o, 'qwe', 'asd', 'zxc'); // returns 123

var obj = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 }, 'rty' : 47 } };
resolve(obj, 'qwe', 'rty'); // returns 47

//
// Category 2 : When property value is a string
//

var obj2 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 'hello' } } };
resolve(obj2, 'qwe', 'asd', 'zxc'); // returns 'hello'

var obj3 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 }, 'rty' : 'world' } };
resolve(obj3, 'qwe', 'rty'); // returns 'world'

//
// Category 3 : When specified property is not present
//

var obj4 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 'hello' } } };
resolve(obj4, 'qwe', 'qwe'); // returns undefined

var obj5 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 }, 'rty' : 'world' } };
resolve(obj5, 'qwe', 'rtym'); // returns undefined


//
// Category 4 : When specified property is a method
//

var obj6 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 'hello', method1 : function() { console.log('Hello World');} } } };
resolve(obj6, 'qwe', 'asd', 'method1'); // returns function method1

var obj7 = { qwe : { asd : { zxc : 123 }, method1 : function() {console.log('Hello Again');} } };
resolve(obj7, 'qwe', 'method1'); // returns function method1

License(MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Gaurav Luthra

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