Returns JSON OBJ and its parents based on a data set, key and match.

resursiveFind.js

//#region function recursiveFind
function recursiveFind(data, key, childKey, match, result) {

  ///<summary>Returns JSON obj and its parents based on a data set, key and match.</summary>
	///<param name="data" type="Object" optional="false">the data object you want to find within</param>
	///<param name="key" type="String" optional="false">the key for the data you want to match against eg. 'id' will look for data.id</param>
	///<param name="childKey" type="String" optional="false">the data object you want to find within</param>
	///<param name="match" type="Any" optional="false">the data object you want to find within</param>
	///<returns type="Object">returns the found result</returns>

	var parents = [];
	var depth = 0;
	var recurse = function (data, key, childKey, match, result) {
		// Build Parents
		depth++;

		// Check this Object
		if (data[key] === match) {
			result = data;
		}
		else if (depth === 1) {
			parents.push(data);

		}

		// If not found check children
		if (result === undefined) {
			if (data[childKey]) {
				$.each(data[childKey], function (k, v) {
					if (v[key] === match) {
						result = v;
						return false;
					} else {
						result = recurse(v, key, childKey, match, result);
						if (result) {
							parents.push(v);
							return false;
						}
					}
				});
			}
		}

		// Set parents object into the result
		if (result) {
			result.parents = $.extend([], parents);
		}

		// Clean up parents object
		depth--;
		if (depth === 0) {
			parents.length = 0;
		}
		return result;
	};
	return recurse(data, key, childKey, match, result);
}
//#endregion