Flattens part of an object into the parent object.

jquery.flattenObjectPoint.js

/*
Name: jquery.flattenObjectPoint.js
Description: Flattens part of an object into the parent object.
Usage:
var foo = {
	a : ‘hello’,
	b: ‘world’
	c: {
		a : ‘hello’,
		b: ‘world’
	},
	d: ‘goodbye’
};

$.flattenObjectPoint(foo,’c’,true);

Output:
var foo = {
	a : ‘hello’,
	b: ‘world’
	c_a : ‘hello’,
	c_b: ‘world’
	d: ‘goodbye’
};
*/

(function($){
	$.flattenObjectPoint : function(parent,nodeName,prefix) {
		var node = parent[nodeName], leafName;
		if (node !== undefined) {
			$.each(node, function(i, leaf){
				leafName = (prefix !== undefined && prefix) ? nodeName + ‘_’ + i : i;
				parent[leafName] = leaf;
			});

			delete parent[nodeName];
		}

		return parent;
	}                        
})(jQuery);