Object-collection NPM

Javascript object collection.

Built from Lodash's object functions api.

so instead of _.extend(obj, data) you do data.extend({}).

All lodash helpers that mutates object returns this

When to use ObjectCollection.

ObjectCollection is best used when accessing large objects e.g Api data, Your config object e.t.c

Usage

const Obj = require("object-collection");

// Creates empty object
let data = new Obj();
// => {}

const User = {name: "John", age: 32, gender: "male"};

// Use already existing object.
const user = new Obj(User);
// => {name: "John", age: 32, gender: 'male'}

// OR Use is a static helper to create new collection instance
const user = Obj.use(User);
// => {name: "John", age: 32, gender: "male"}


user.has("name")
// => true

user.pick(['name', 'age']);
// => {name: "John", age: 32}


user.set({hobbies: ['code', 'eat', 'sleep']});
// => {name: "John", age: 32, gender: "male", hobbies: ['code', 'eat', 'sleep']}

You get the idea right? All object helpers in lodash are available on this

We also added a few more helpers. e.g

If a path in your object holds an object we can access it as a collection using .path helper

// Add contact_details to User
user.set('contact_details', {
    address: 'No 1 Astro World', 
    phone: '+123456789',
    country: 'US',
});

user.path("contact_details");
// Returns message value as a collection

user.get("contact_details.address");
//OR
user.path("contact_details").get('address');
// => No 1 Astro World

user.path("contact_details").pick(['phone', 'US'])
// => {phone: '+123456789', country: 'US'}