Easiest way to convert json data into objects with methods attached?
- by John Mee
What's the quickest and easiest way to convert my json, containing the data of the objects, into actual objects with methods attached?
By way of example, I get data for a fruitbowl with an array of fruit objects which in turn contain an array of seeds thus:
{"fruitbowl": [{
"name": "apple",
"color": "red",
"seeds": []
},{
"name": "orange",
"color": "orange",
"seeds": [
{"size":"small","density":"hard"},
{"size":"small","density":"soft"}
]}
}
That's all nice and good but down on the client we do stuff with this fruit, like eat it and plant trees...
var fruitbowl = []
function Fruit(name, color, seeds){
this.name = name
this.color = color
this.seeds = seeds
this.eat = function(){
// munch munch
}
}
function Seed(size, density){
this.size = size
this.density = density
this.plant = function(){
// grow grow
}
}
My ajax's success routine currently is currently looping over the thing and constructing each object in turn and it doesn't handle the seeds yet, because before I go looping over seed constructors I'm thinking
Is there not a better way?
success: function(data){
fruitbowl.length = 0
$.each(data.fruitbowl, function(i, f){
fruitbowl.push(new Fruit(f.name, f.color, f.seeds))
})
I haven't explored looping over the objects as they are and attaching all the methods. Would that work?
