Flatten and re-inflate an n-dimensional nested object

gistfile1.js

mush = function(){
	/* Author: David Dolphin (ddol)
	 *
	 * Use this however you see fit, for any reason without attribution. If it works for you, great!
	 * 
	 * I wrote this so I could (un)pack settings from fancy-settings[1] for settings that contained nested objects.
	 * This is necessary because Chrome's localStorage is a simple key, value store and does not support nesting.
	 * To be used in conjunction with .toObject() and .fromObject()
	 * 
	 * [1] https://github.com/frankkohlhepp/fancy-settings
	 */

	this.raze = function(obj){
	 	// Takes an n-dimensional nested object and flattens it into a non nested object 
	 	// I know the evals here are nasty, if you have a better solution, please get in touch (@ddol on twitter).

		var flat = {};

		var addObjects = function(parentKey, subObject){
			for(var key in subObject){
				fullKey = (Boolean(parentKey) ? parentKey + '.' + key : key);

				if(isObjectNotList(subObject[key])){
					addObjects(fullKey, subObject[key]);
				} else {
					flat[fullKey] = subObject[key];
				}
			}
		}

		var isObjectNotList = function(testObject){
			return((testObject instanceof Object) &&
				  !(testObject instanceof Array));
		}

		addObjects('', obj);

		return flat;
	}

	this.raise = function(obj){
		// Takes an object flattened with raze and re-creates the original object.
		var inflated = {};

		var counteractToString = function(test){
			if(typeof(test) == "string"){
				return String('"' + test + '"');
			} else if(test instanceof Array){			
				return String('[' + test + ']');
			} else {
				return test;
			}
		}


		for(var key in obj){
			var splitKey = key.split('.');
			for (i=0;i<splitKey.length;i++){
				partialKey = splitKey.slice(0,i+1).join("']['");
				var undefinedCheck=0;

				eval("undefinedCheck = inflated['" + partialKey + "']");
				if(undefinedCheck === undefined){
					eval("inflated['" + partialKey + "'] = Object()");
				}
			}

			var exeString ="inflated['" + key.replace(/\./g, "']['") + "'] = " + JSON.stringify(obj[key]);
			eval(exeString);
		} 
	
		return inflated;
	}

}