Type: Object

A collection of Object functions.

Tutorial/Demo

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See Also

• Object

Object Function: getFromPath

Returns a value of an object by its path.

Syntax

Object.getFromPath(myObject, path);

Arguments

1. object - (object) The object to search in
2. path - (string, array) the path to the key for the value you wish to retrieve

Returns

• (null or mixed) if the path has no value, null is returned; otherwise the value that corresponds to the path is returned.

Example

Object.getFromPath({
    food: {
        fruits: {
            apples: "red",
            lemon: "yellow"
        }
    }
}, 'food.fruits.apples'); // 'red'
 
Object.getFromPath({food: {pizza: 'yum!!'}}, ['food', 'pizza']); // 'yum!!'

Object Function: cleanValues

Removes values from the object.

Syntax

Object.cleanValues(myObject, method);

Arguments

1. object - (object) The original object that should be cleaned up
2. method - (function) The function that each value in the Hash is passed. If it returns true the value is kept. Defaults to check if the value != null.

Returns

• (object) - The cleaned object

Example

Object.cleanValues({
    foo: 'bar',
    something: 'else',
    missing: null
});
 
//remove all values < 0
Object.cleanValues({
    a: -1,
    b: 2,
    c: 0,
    d: -5
}, function(value){
    if (typeOf(value) != "number") return true;
    return value > 0;
});

Object Function: erase

Deletes a property from the object.

Syntax

Object.erase(object, key)

Example

var alphabet = {a: 'a', b: 'b', c: 'c'};
Object.erase(alphabet, 'b');
// alphabet == {a: 'a', c: 'c'};

Returns

• (object) - The object.

Object Function: run

Runs all the methods that are values of the object while passing any additional arguments passed to this function.

Syntax

Object.run(object[, arg1[, arg2[, ...]]])

Example

var initMyPage = {
    setupNav: function(){
        //set up the nav
    },
    setupSearch: function(){
        //set up the search
    }
};
 
window.addEvent('domready', function(){
    Object.run(initMyPage);
});

Returns

• (object) - The object.