alfresco-ng2-components/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-core/src/utils/object-utils.ts

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export class ObjectUtils {
    /**
     * Gets a value from an object by composed key
     * ObjectUtils.getValue({ item: { nodeType: 'cm:folder' }}, 'item.nodeType') ==> 'cm:folder'
     * @param target
     * @param key
     * @returns {string}
     */
    static getValue(target: any, key: string): any {

        if (!target) {
            return undefined;
        }

        let keys = key.split('.');
        key = '';

        do {
            key += keys.shift();
            let value = target[key];
            if (value !== undefined && (typeof value === 'object' || !keys.length)) {
                target = value;
                key = '';
            } else if (!keys.length) {
                target = undefined;
            } else {
                key += '.';
            }
        } while (keys.length);

        return target;
    }
}