Object Prototype

setDotNotated

Object.defineProperty(Object.prototype, "setDotNotated", {
    value: function (dotNotation, value) {
        var arrayOfNames = dotNotation.split('.');
        var last = arrayOfNames.pop();
        var tmp = this;

        for (var i in arrayOfNames) {
            if (!arrayOfNames.hasOwnProperty(i))
                continue;

            if (!tmp[arrayOfNames[i]])
                tmp[arrayOfNames[i]] = {};

            tmp = tmp[arrayOfNames[i]];
        }

        tmp[last] = value;

        return this;
    }
});