JSON + Set & Map

json-set-map.md

JSON + Set & Map

Serialize + deserialize sets and maps. See this blog post.

function replacer(key, value) {
  if (value instanceof Map) {
    return { __type: 'Map', value: Object.fromEntries(value) }
  }
  if (value instanceof Set) {
    return { __type: 'Set', value: Array.from(value) }
  }
  return value
}

function reviver(key, value) {
  if (value?.__type === 'Set') { 
    return new Set(value.value) 
  }
  if (value?.__type === 'Map') { 
    return new Map(Object.entries(value.value)) 
  }
  return value
}

const obj = { set: new Set([1, 2]), map: new Map([['key', 'value']]) }
const str = JSON.stringify(obj, replacer)
const newObj = JSON.parse(str, reviver)
// { set: new Set([1, 2]), map: new Map([['key', 'value']]) }