flattenObject

flattenObject.js

function isObject(value) {
    return (value && value.constructor && value.constructor === Object) === true;
}

function isArray(value) {
    return value instanceof Array;
}

function isPrimitive(value) {
    return !isObject(value) && !isArray(value);
}


function flattenObject(object) {
    var flattened = {};

    function _flatten(object, path) {
        if (isObject(object)) {
            var keys = Object.keys(object);
            while (next = keys.pop()) {
                path.push('[\'' + next + '\']');
                _flatten(object[next], path);
                path.pop();
            }
        } else if (isArray(object)) {
            for (var i = 0, max = object.length; i < max; i += 1) {
                path.push('[' + i + ']');
                _flatten(object[i], path);
                path.pop();
            }
        } else if (isPrimitive(object)) {
            flattened[path.join('')] = object;
        }
    }

    _flatten(object, []);

    return flattened;
}

flattenObject(object);