Adam Tuttle's deORM

deORM

/*** Source: http://fusiongrokker.com/post/deorm ***/
	public function deORM( obj = this, depth = 1, depthLimit = 10 ){
		var deWormed = {};
		if (depth >= depthLimit){
			return {};
		}
		if (isSimpleValue( obj )){
			deWormed = obj;
		}
		else if (isObject( obj )){
			var md = getMetadata( obj );
			do {
				if (md.keyExists('properties')){
					for (var prop in md.properties){
						if (structKeyExists(obj, 'get' & prop.name)){
							if ( !prop.keyExists('fieldtype') || prop.fieldtype == "id" ){
								deWormed[ prop.name ] = invoke(obj, "get#prop.name#");
							}
						}
					}
				}
				if (md.keyExists('extends')){
					md = md.extends;
				}
			} while(md.keyExists('extends'));
		}
		else if (isStruct( obj )){
			for (var key in obj){
				deWormed[ key ] = deORM( obj[key], depth+1, depthLimit );
			}
		}
		else if (isArray( obj )){
			var deWormed = [];
			for (var el in obj){
				deWormed.append( deORM( el, depth+1, depthLimit ) );
			}
		}
		else{
			deWormed = getMetadata( obj );
		}
		return deWormed;
	}