/*
JavaScript Application Cookbook
By Jerry Bradenbaugh
Publisher: O'Reilly
Series: Cookbooks
ISBN: 1-56592-577-7
*/
objects.js Example
// objects.js
// This function creates new objects
function makeObj() {
if (arguments.length % 2 != 0) {
arguments[arguments.length] = "";
}
for ( var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i += 2 ) {
this[arguments[i]] = arguments[i + 1] ;
}
return this;
}
// This function recursively inspects passed objects
// and stores property information in a string. This string is
// returned after there are no more object properties to examine
function parseObj(obj) {
objCount = 0;
var objStr = '';
for (prop in obj) {
objStr += 'Property: ' + prop + ' Type: ' + typeof(obj[prop]) +
' Value: ' + obj[prop] + '
if (typeof(obj[prop]) == "object") {
objStr += parseObj(obj[prop]);
}
}
return objStr;
}
// This function displays object properties accumulated from parseObj()
function objProfile() {
var objTable = 'Object Profile
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
objTable += '
' + (i + 1) + ') ' + arguments[i] + '
objTable += '' + parseObj(eval(arguments[i])) + '
}
objTable += '
';
return objTable;
}