Get a model back as plain JSON.

[nevf]

GDB changes a model so it is no longer a plain Javascript object which of course it has to. However I can't see a method to convert back to a plain JS object. I'm using:

var o_model = JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( model ) );

Am I missing something? If not how about adding a plainModel( model ) function to GDB to do this.

[JohnLouderback]

Hi Neville,

This is strange to hear. Interestingly enough, GDB doesn't do any conversions to the object you feed it. GDB only uses the object you supply to it as a reference and not a copy. I do believe the Object.observe() polyfill GDB uses does add some getter and setter methods, but I believe that's it. If your model was JSON stringifiable in the first place, it should remain so. Perhaps I misunderstand your question though. If I don't understand, could you please show me a commented example of the behavior?

Thanks, -John

[JohnLouderback]

If you meant that you'd like GDB to convert complex models to plain JavaScript object literals, I could make a method that does this, if you'd like.

[nevf]

Hi John, Yes it was the setter & getter methods that had me confused. This does indeed work fine as is, however a function to get plain JS object literal would probably be worthwhile.

[JohnLouderback]

I may add this feature in the future, but not today. If this feature is very important to Clibu, I can consider adding it much sooner. Let me know and I'll see what I can do. Perhaps I'll add this as an additional module as to not bloat the main library too much.