Yahoo! UI Library

/**
 * Returns a simple string representation of the object or array.
 * Other types of objects will be returned unprocessed.  Arrays
 * are expected to be indexed.  Use object notation for
 * associative arrays.
 *
 * If included, the dump method is added to the YUI instance.
 *
 * @module dump
 */

    var L=Y.Lang, OBJ='{...}', FUN='f(){...}', COMMA=', ', ARROW=' => ',

    /**
     * The following methods are added to the YUI instance
     * @class YUI~dump
     */

    /**
     * Returns a simple string representation of the object or array.
     * Other types of objects will be returned unprocessed.  Arrays
     * are expected to be indexed.  Use object notation for
     * associative arrays.
     *
     * @TODO dumping a window is causing an unhandled exception in
     * FireFox.
     *
     * This method is in the 'dump' module, which is not bundled with
     * the core YUI object
     *
     * @method dump
     * @param o {object} The object to dump
     * @param d {int} How deep to recurse child objects, default 3
     * @return {string} the dump result
     */
    dump = function(o, d) {
        var i, len, s = [], type = L.type(o);

        // Cast non-objects to string
        // Skip dates because the std toString is what we want
        // Skip HTMLElement-like objects because trying to dump 
        // an element will cause an unhandled exception in FF 2.x
        if (!L.isObject(o)) {
            return o + "";
        } else if (type == "date") {
            return o;
        } else if (o.nodeType && o.tagName) {
            return o.tagName + '#' + o.id;
        } else if (o.document && o.navigator) {
            return 'window';
        } else if (o.location && o.body) {
            return 'document';
        } else if (type == "function") {
            return FUN;
        }

        // dig into child objects the depth specifed. Default 3
        d = (L.isNumber(d)) ? d : 3;

        // arrays [1, 2, 3]
        if (type == "array") {
            s.push("[");
            for (i=0,len=o.length;i<len;i=i+1) {
                if (L.isObject(o[i])) {
                    s.push((d > 0) ? L.dump(o[i], d-1) : OBJ);
                } else {
                    s.push(o[i]);
                }
                s.push(COMMA);
            }
            if (s.length > 1) {
                s.pop();
            }
            s.push("]");
        // regexp /foo/
        } else if (type == "regexp") {
            s.push(o.toString());
        // objects {k1 => v1, k2 => v2}
        } else {
            s.push("{");
            for (i in o) {
                if (o.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
                    try {
                        s.push(i + ARROW);
                        if (L.isObject(o[i])) {
                            s.push((d > 0) ? L.dump(o[i], d-1) : OBJ);
                        } else {
                            s.push(o[i]);
                        }
                        s.push(COMMA);
                    } catch(e) {
                        s.push('Error: ' + e.message);
                    }
                }
            }
            if (s.length > 1) {
                s.pop();
            }
            s.push("}");
        }

        return s.join("");
    };

    Y.dump = dump;
    L.dump = dump;