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Created October 19, 2011 15:44
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Convert element to object then to json
function elementToObject(element, o) {
var el = $(element);
var o = {
tagName: el.tagName
};
var i = 0;
for (i ; i < el.attributes.length; i++) {
o[el.attributes[i].name] = el.attributes[i].value;
}
var children = el.childElements();
if (children.length) {
o.children = [];
i = 0;
for (i ; i < children.length; i++) {
child = $(children[i]);
o.children[i] = elementToObject(child, o.children) ;
}
}
return o;
}
/*
exemple:
a = elementToObject(document.body);
Object.toJSON(a);
*/
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