JavaScript: How to serialize maps of maps of maps of ...
Recently I had to serialize a map in JavaScript. On the Internet I found code similar to this: /* json-map.js */ export const replacer = (key, value) => { if(value instanceof Map) { return { dataType: 'Map', value: Array.from(value.entries()), }; } else { return value; } } export const reviver = (key, value) => { if(typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) { if (value.dataType === 'Map') { return new Map(value.value); } } return value; } Now I had the problem that this works for maps of arrays, but not for maps of maps. I pondered over it for a while and then came up with a recursive solution that does not only work for maps of maps, but also for maps of maps of maps, maps of maps of maps of maps, and so on: /* json-map.js */ export const replacer = (key, value) => { if(value inst...