Access deep properties using a path
del()
, empty()
, push()
, insert()
functions when using the "inherited props" mode (e.g. when a new object-path
instance is created with the includeInheritedProps
option set to true
or when using the withInheritedProps
default instance. To help with preventing this type of vulnerability in the client code, also the get()
function will now throw an exception if an object's magic properties are accessed. The vulnerability does not exist in the default instance exposed by object path (e.g objectPath.del()
) if using version >= 0.11.0
.op.withInheritedProps.set({}, [['__proto__'], 'polluted'], true)
)set()
function when using the "inherited props" mode (e.g. when a new object-path
instance is created with the includeInheritedProps
option set to true
or when using the withInheritedProps
default instance. The vulnerability does not exist in the default instance exposed by object path (e.g objectPath.set()
) if using version >= 0.11.0
.object-path
object-path
deals with inherited properties (includeInheritedProps
)object-path
instance already configured to handle not-own object properties (withInheritedProps
)get
, set
, and push
by 2x-3xdel
, empty
, set
will not affect not-own object's properties (made them consistent with the other methods)npm install object-path --save
bower install object-path --save
typings install --save dt~object-path
var obj = { a: { b: "d", c: ["e", "f"], '\u1200': 'unicode key', 'dot.dot': 'key' } }; var objectPath = require("object-path"); //get deep property objectPath.get(obj, "a.b"); //returns "d" objectPath.get(obj, ["a", "dot.dot"]); //returns "key" objectPath.get(obj, 'a.\u1200'); //returns "unicode key" //get the first non-undefined value objectPath.coalesce(obj, ['a.z', 'a.d', ['a','b']], 'default'); //empty a given path (but do not delete it) depending on their type,so it retains reference to objects and arrays. //functions that are not inherited from prototype are set to null. //object instances are considered objects and just own property names are deleted objectPath.empty(obj, 'a.b'); // obj.a.b is now '' objectPath.empty(obj, 'a.c'); // obj.a.c is now [] objectPath.empty(obj, 'a'); // obj.a is now {} //works also with arrays objectPath.get(obj, "a.c.1"); //returns "f" objectPath.get(obj, ["a","c","1"]); //returns "f" //can return a default value with get objectPath.get(obj, ["a.c.b"], "DEFAULT"); //returns "DEFAULT", since a.c.b path doesn't exists, if omitted, returns undefined //set objectPath.set(obj, "a.h", "m"); // or objectPath.set(obj, ["a","h"], "m"); objectPath.get(obj, "a.h"); //returns "m" //set will create intermediate object/arrays objectPath.set(obj, "a.j.0.f", "m"); //will insert values in array objectPath.insert(obj, "a.c", "m", 1); // obj.a.c = ["e", "m", "f"] //push into arrays (and create intermediate objects/arrays) objectPath.push(obj, "a.k", "o"); //ensure a path exists (if it doesn't, set the default value you provide) objectPath.ensureExists(obj, "a.k.1", "DEFAULT"); var oldVal = objectPath.ensureExists(obj, "a.b", "DEFAULT"); // oldval === "d" //deletes a path objectPath.del(obj, "a.b"); // obj.a.b is now undefined objectPath.del(obj, ["a","c",0]); // obj.a.c is now ['f'] //tests path existence objectPath.has(obj, "a.b"); // true objectPath.has(obj, ["a","d"]); // false //bind object var model = objectPath({ a: { b: "d", c: ["e", "f"] } }); //now any method from above is supported directly w/o passing an object model.get("a.b"); //returns "d" model.get(["a.c.b"], "DEFAULT"); //returns "DEFAULT" model.del("a.b"); // obj.a.b is now undefined model.has("a.b"); // falseHow
object-path
deals with inherited properties
By default object-path
will only access an object's own properties. Look at the following example:
var proto = { notOwn: {prop: 'a'} } var obj = Object.create(proto); //This will return undefined (or the default value you specified), because notOwn is //an inherited property objectPath.get(obj, 'notOwn.prop'); //This will set the property on the obj instance and not the prototype. //In other words proto.notOwn.prop === 'a' and obj.notOwn.prop === 'b' objectPath.set(obj, 'notOwn.prop', 'b');
To configure object-path
to also deal with inherited properties, you need to create a new instance and specify the includeInheritedProps = true
in the options object:
var objectPath = require("object-path"); var objectPathWithInheritedProps = objectPath.create({includeInheritedProps: true})
Alternatively, object-path
exposes an instance already configured to handle inherited properties (objectPath.withInheritedProps
):
var objectPath = require("object-path"); var objectPathWithInheritedProps = objectPath.withInheritedProps
Once you have the new instance, you can access inherited properties as you access other properties:
var proto = { notOwn: {prop: 'a'} } var obj = Object.create(proto); //This will return 'a' objectPath.withInheritedProps.get(obj, 'notOwn.prop'); //This will set proto.notOwn.prop to 'b' objectPath.set(obj, 'notOwn.prop', 'b');
NOTE: For security reasons object-path
will throw an exception when trying to access an object's magic properties (e.g. __proto__
, constructor
) when in "inherited props" mode.
If you are looking for an immutable alternative of this library, you can take a look at: object-path-immutable
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