jsonSerialize

jsonSerialize.js

(function ($) {
    function doSerializeArrayItems($current, target) {
        $current.children().each(function (i, e) {
            var $e = $(e),
                tmp;
            if (e.hasAttribute('data-form-item')) {
                var o = {};
                target.push(o);
                doSerialize($e, o);
            }
            else if (tmp = $e.prop('name')) {
                console.log('Warning, ignoring named element in an array ' + tmp);
                console.log(e);
            }
        });
    }

    function doSerialize($current, obj) {
        var tmp, value;
        if ($current.attr('name')) {
            var newItems = $current.serializeArray();
            if (newItems.length) {
                $.each(newItems, function (i, e) {
                          var name = e.name,
                        value = e.value;
                    if (name.substring(name.length - 2) === '[]') {
                        name = name.substring(0, name.length - 2);
                        if (!obj[name]) {
                                  obj[name] = [];
                        }
                        obj[name].push(value);
                    }
                    else {
                        obj[name] = value;
                    }
                });
            }
        }
        else if (tmp = $current.data('formArray')) {
            var l = obj[tmp] = [];
            doSerializeArrayItems($current, l);
        }
        else {
            $current.children().each(function (i, e) {
                doSerialize($(e), obj);
            });
        }
    };

    $.fn.jsonSerialize = function jsonSerialize() {
                                var obj = {};
        if (! this.length) {
                return undefined;
        }
        doSerialize($(this[0]), obj);
        return obj;
      };
} ($));