$$unflatten

Accepts an object with dot separated field names and merges them into an hierarchical object

Usage

{ 
  "$$unflatten": /* Object with dot separated field names */,
  "target": null /* object */,
  "path": null /* string */
}

"$$unflatten([target],[path]):{input}"

note

Concrete values in the usage example are default values.

Returns

object

Arguments

Argument	Type	Values	Required / Default Value	Description
Primary	object		Yes	Object with dot separated field names
target	object		null	A target to merge into
path	string		null	The root path in the target to merge into

Examples

Input

Definition

Output

{
  "value": "bbb"
}

{
  "$$unflatten": {
    "a.a1": 123,
    "a.a2": [
      1,
      2,
      3,
      {
        "c": true
      }
    ],
    "b": "$.value"
  }
}

{
  "a": {
    "a1": 123,
    "a2": [
      1,
      2,
      3,
      {
        "c": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "b": "bbb"
}

Test

{
  "a.a1": 123,
  "a.a2.b.c": true,
  "b": "bbb"
}

{
  "$$unflatten": "$",
  "path": "x",
  "target": {
    "y": 0
  }
}

{
  "y": 0,
  "x": {
    "a": {
      "a1": 123,
      "a2": {
        "b": {
          "c": true
        }
      }
    },
    "b": "bbb"
  }
}

Test

{
  "a.a1": 123,
  "a.a2.b.c": true,
  "b": "bbb"
}

"$$unflatten:$"

{
  "a": {
    "a1": 123,
    "a2": {
      "b": {
        "c": true
      }
    }
  },
  "b": "bbb"
}

Test