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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<!-- Online here: http://code.eligrey.com/testcases/all/isObjectLiteral.html -->
<title>isObjectLiteral</title>
<style type="text/css">
li { background: green; } li.FAIL { background: red; }
iframe { display: none; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="results"></ul>
<script type="text/javascript">
function isObjectLiteral(obj) {
if (typeof obj !== "object" || obj === null)
return false;
var hasOwnProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
ObjProto = obj;
while (true) // get obj's Object constructor's prototype
if (Object.getPrototypeOf(ObjProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(ObjProto)) === null)
break;
if (Object.getPrototypeOf(obj) !== ObjProto)
return false
else if (!Object.getPrototypeOf.isNative) // workaround if non-native Object.getPrototypeOf
for (var prop in obj)
if (!hasOwnProp.call(obj, prop) && !hasOwnProp.call(ObjProto, prop)) // inherited elsewhere
return false;
return true;
};
if (!Object.getPrototypeOf) {
if (typeof this.__proto__ === "object") {
Object.getPrototypeOf = function (obj) {
return obj.__proto__;
};
Object.getPrototypeOf.isNative = true;
} else {
Object.getPrototypeOf = function (obj) {
var constructor = obj.constructor,
oldConstructor;
if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, "constructor")) {
oldConstructor = constructor;
if (!(delete obj.constructor)) // reset constructor
return null; // can't delete obj.constructor, return null
constructor = obj.constructor; // get real constructor
obj.constructor = oldConstructor; // restore constructor
}
return constructor ? constructor.prototype : null; // needed for IE
};
Object.getPrototypeOf.isNative = false;
}
} else if (!("isNative" in Object.getPrototypeOf))
Object.getPrototypeOf.isNative = true;
// Function serialization is not permitted
// Does not work across all browsers
Function.prototype.toString = function(){};
// The use case that we want to match
log("{}", {}, true);
// Instantiated objects shouldn't be matched
log("new Date", new Date, false);
var fn = function(){};
// Makes the function a little more realistic
// (and harder to detect, incidentally)
fn.prototype = {someMethod: function(){}};
// Functions shouldn't be matched
log("fn", fn, false);
// Again, instantiated objects shouldn't be matched
log("new fn", new fn, false);
var fn2 = function(){};
fn.prototype.someMethod = function(){};
log("new fn2", new fn2, false);
var fn3 = function(){};
fn3.prototype = {}; // impossible to detect (?) without native Object.getPrototypeOf
log("new fn3 (only passes with native Object.getPrototypeOf)", new fn3, false);
log("null", null, false);
log("undefined", undefined, false);
/* Note:
* The restriction against instantiated functions is
* due to the fact that this method will be used for
* deep-cloning an object. Instantiated objects will
* just have their reference copied over, whereas
* plain objects will need to be completely cloned.
*/
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
var doc = iframe.contentDocument || iframe.contentWindow.document;
doc.open();
doc.write("<body onload='window.top.iframeDone(Object);'>");
doc.close();
function iframeDone(otherObject){
// Objects from other windows should be matched
log("new otherObject", new otherObject, true);
}
function log(msg, a, b) {
var pass = isObjectLiteral(a) === b ? "PASS" : "FAIL";
document.getElementById("results").innerHTML +=
"<li class='" + pass + "'>" + msg + "</li>";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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