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Jquery SeiralizeObject to convert a form into a Array of Objects
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$.fn.serializeObject = function serializeObject() { | |
var data = {},pushes = {},named = {}; | |
patterns = { | |
validate: /^[a-z][a-z0-9_-]*(?:\[(?:\d*|[a-z0-9_]+)\])*$/i, | |
key: /[a-z0-9_-]+|(?=\[\])/gi, | |
push: /^$/, | |
fixed: /^\d+$/, | |
named: /^[a-z0-9_-]+$/i | |
}; | |
var pairs = this.find('input,select,textarea').serializeArray(); | |
if (!$.isArray(pairs)) { | |
throw new Error("Fields expects an Array"); | |
} | |
for (var i=0, len=pairs.length; i<len; i++) { | |
var pair = pairs[i],value; | |
//console.log( pair.name + " : " + patterns.validate.test(pair.name) ); | |
if (patterns.validate.test(pair.name)) { | |
var keys = pair.name.match(patterns.key), k; | |
if(keys.length == 1) { | |
var obj = {}; | |
obj[pair.name] = pair.value; | |
console.log(pair.name); | |
data = $.extend(true, data, obj); | |
} else { | |
var push_obj = []; | |
if (patterns.push.test(keys[(keys.length - 1)])) { | |
$(keys).each(function(i,val) { | |
if(i == (keys.length - 1)) return false; | |
if(jQuery.inArray( val, keys ) == 0 ) { | |
if(named[val] === undefined) { | |
return false; | |
} | |
push_obj = named[val]; | |
} else { | |
if(push_obj[val] === undefined) { | |
push_obj = []; | |
return false; | |
} else { | |
push_obj = push_obj[val]; | |
} | |
} | |
}); | |
} | |
keys.reverse(); | |
$(keys).each(function(i,val) { | |
var obj = {}; | |
if(jQuery.inArray( val, keys ) == 0 ) { | |
if (patterns.push.test(val)) { | |
push_obj.push(pair.value) | |
obj = push_obj; | |
} else { | |
obj[val] = pair.value; | |
} | |
} else { | |
obj[val] = prevObj; | |
} | |
if(jQuery.inArray( val, keys ) == (keys.length - 1)) { | |
named = $.extend(true, named, obj); | |
} | |
prevObj = obj | |
}); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
if($(named).length) { | |
data = $.extend(true, data, named); | |
} | |
return data; | |
}; |
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