Convert ES6 Map to Object Literal

es6-map-to-object-literal.js

let map = new Map();
map.set("a", 1);
map.set("b", 2);
map.set("c", 3);

let obj = Array.from(map).reduce((obj, [key, value]) => (
  Object.assign(obj, { [key]: value }) // Be careful! Maps can have non-String keys; object literals can't.
), {});

console.log(obj); // => { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }

@marcusflat: It can not reverse the object to map if so.

function toMap(obj) {
  let map = new Map()
  for(let k of Object.keys(obj)) {
      obj[k] instanceof Object 
        ? map.set(k, toMap(obj[k]))
        : map.set(k, obj[k]);
  }
  return map
}

@marculsflat: your scene is that all object are the Map. but not all objects are the map in some scene.

treeMap =  {
'filepath': {
  name: 'filebasename',
  path: 'filepath',
  stat: new Stat(), // not map
  children: new Map(...)
}

ES6 ways

1. Object.fromEntries

const log = console.log;

const map = new Map();
// undefined
map.set(`a`, 1);
// Map(1) {"a" => 1}
map.set(`b`, 2);
// Map(1) {"a" => 1, "b" => 2}
map.set(`c`, 3);
// Map(2) {"a" => 1, "b" => 2, "c" => 3}

// Object.fromEntries ✅
const obj = Object.fromEntries(map);

log(`\nobj`, obj);
// obj { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }

2. ...spread & destructing assignment

const autoConvertMapToObject = (map) => {
  const obj = {};
  for (const item of [...map]) {
    const [
      key,
      value
    ] = item;
    obj[key] = value;
  }
  return obj;
}

const log = console.log;

const map = new Map();
// undefined
map.set(`a`, 1);
// Map(1) {"a" => 1}
map.set(`b`, 2);
// Map(1) {"a" => 1, "b" => 2}
map.set(`c`, 3);
// Map(2) {"a" => 1, "b" => 2, "c" => 3}

const obj = autoConvertMapToObject(map);
log(`\nobj`, obj);
// obj { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }

Major performance hit when you create a new object (with Object.assign) inside every iteration.

Because you're creating a new object literal when you call Array.reduce(fn, {}), you can safely mutate that accumulator object from within the reducer function.

This is WAYYYYY faster:

let obj = Array.from(map).reduce((obj, [key, value]) => {
  obj[key] = value;
  return obj;
}, {});

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this one helped me.

If a value in the map can be an array of maps you need:

const toObject = (map = new Map) => {
  if (!(map instanceof Map)) return map
  return Object.fromEntries(Array.from(map.entries(), ([k, v]) => {
    if (v instanceof Array) {
      return [k, v.map(toObject)]
    } else if (v instanceof Map) {
      return [k, toObject(v)]
    } else {
      return [k, v]
    }
  }))
}