Class: Object

Methods

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<static> copyRawJSON(rawJSON)

Copies the raw JSON object by value (instead of copy by reference).

NOTE: Works on raw JSON objects alone.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
rawJSON	Object	To be copied by value.

Since:

• 1.0.0

Returns:

Newly copied by value object.

Type

Object

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<static> freeze(obj [, deep])

Freezes the given object making it immutable. This operation is by default shallow and does not affect objects referenced by the given object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
obj	Object			The object to freeze.
deep	Boolean	<optional>	false	Pass true to freeze sub-objects recursively.

Since:

• 1.0.0

Returns:

The given object obj.

Type

Object

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<static> getKey(obj, value)

Returns the first matching key corresponding to the given value.

Example usage:

 var obj1 = { "key1" : "value1", "key2" : "value2"};

 var val1 = "value2";

 var key = mindsmine.Object.getKey(obj1, val1);

 // key now contains the object: "key2"

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
obj	Object	The object from which to retrieve the key.
value	Object	The value to find.

Since:

• 1.0.0

Returns:

First matching key. If no matching value is found, null is returned.

Type

Object | null

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<static> getNullSafe(obj)

Returns a non-null object, even if the object being passed is a null object.

If the passed-in object is a non-null object, then it is returned as-is.

Example usage:

 var obj1 = { "key1" : "value1", "key2" : "value2"};
 var obj2 = null;

 var obj3 = mindsmine.Object.getNullSafe(obj1);

 var obj4 = mindsmine.Object.getNullSafe(obj2);

 // obj3 now contains the object: { "key1" : "value1", "key2" : "value2"}
 // obj4 now contains the object: {}

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
obj	Object	The object to safeguard against null.

Since:

• 1.0.0

Returns:

If obj is null then {} (empty object).

Type

Object

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<static> isPrimitive(value)

Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript primitive object - a string, number or boolean.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
value	Object	The value to test.

Since:

• 1.0.0

Returns:

Type

Boolean