https://github.com/plastbox/jref

Internal reference mechanic for JSON.
https://github.com/plastbox/jref

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Internal reference mechanic for JSON.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/plastbox/jref
• Owner: plastbox
• Created: 2014-12-04T14:33:48.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-07-26T21:07:06.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-31T12:29:52.547Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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jref

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Internal reference mechanic for JSON.

Overloads JSON.parse/stringify.

JSON.stringify

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Builds a dictionary of all objects contained in the to-be-stringified object, with paths for each occurrence. Replaces every occurrence with the string "jref:shortest.path.to.object"

`var foo = {name: 'Ed', car: {color:'blue'}};`  

`foo.car.owner = foo; // This creates a circular reference.`  

`JSON.stringify(foo); // Returns "{"name":"Ed","car":{"color":"blue","owner":"jref:this"}}"`  

JSON.parse

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Recreates all jref-references, including primitives.

`var ed = JSON.parse('{"name":"Ed","car":{"color":"blue","owner":"jref:this","owner_name":"jref:this.name"}}');`  

`console.log(ed.car.owner.car.owner.car.owner); // The outmost object`  

`console.log(ed.car.owner_name); // 'Ed'`  

`ed.car.owner_name = 'Frank';`  

`console.log(ed.name); // 'Frank'`