Serialization work in progress

js/Utility.js

@@ -6,4 +6,40 @@ export default class Utility {
     static getScale(element) {
         return getComputedStyle(element).getPropertyValue('--ueb-scale')
     }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a value in an object
+     * @param {String[]} keys The chained keys to access from object in order to set the value
+     * @param {any} value Value to be set
+     * @param {Object} target Object holding the data 
+     * @param {Boolean} create Whether to create or not the key in case it doesn't exist
+     * @returns {Boolean} Returns true on succes, false otherwise
+     */
+    static objectSet = (keys, value, target) => {
+        if (keys.length == 1) {
+            if (keys[0] in target) {
+                target[keys[0]] = value
+                return true
+            }
+        } else if (keys.length > 0) {
+            return Utility.objectSet(keys.slice(1), value, target[keys[0]])
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a value from an object, gives defaultValue in case of failure
+     * @param {String[]} keys The chained keys to access from object in order to get the value
+     * @param {any} defaultValue Value to return in case from doesn't have it
+     * @param {Object} from Object holding the data 
+     * @returns {any} The value in from corresponding to the keys or defaultValue otherwise
+     */
+    static objectGet = (keys, defaultValue, from) => {
+        if (keys.length == 0 || !(keys[0] in from)) {
+            return defaultValue
+        }
+        return Utility.objectGet(keys.slice(1), defaultValue, from[keys[0]])
+    }
 }