wwwroot/js/lib/jquery.gzserialize.js

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+(function($) {
+
+    $.fn.serialize = function(options) {
+        return $.param(this.serializeArray(options));
+    };
+
+    $.fn.serializeArray = function(options) {
+        var o = $.extend({
+            checkboxesAsBools: false
+        }, options || {});
+
+        var rselectTextarea = /select|textarea/i;
+        var rinput = /text|hidden|password|date|search/i;
+
+        return this.map(function() {
+                return this.elements ? $.makeArray(this.elements) : this;
+            })
+            .filter(function() {
+                return this.name && !this.disabled &&
+                    (this.checked || (o.checkboxesAsBools && this.type === 'checkbox') || rselectTextarea.test(this.nodeName) || rinput.test(this.type));
+            })
+            .map(function(i, elem) {
+
+                var val = $(this).val();
+
+                //this block changed here by me to break out the overly tight but obscure code
+
+                if (val == null) return null;
+
+                if ($.isArray(val)) {
+                    //Array return
+                    return $.map(val, function(val, i) {
+                        return {
+                            name: elem.name,
+                            value: val
+                        };
+                    })
+                } else {
+
+                    if (o.checkboxesAsBools && this.type === 'checkbox') {
+                        return {
+                            name: elem.name,
+                            value: (this.checked ? 'true' : 'false')
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    //for now dates are handled at the backend
+                    //by convention of field name ending in "Date" (sentDate, readDate etc)
+                    // if (this.type === 'date') {
+                    //     return {
+                    //         name: elem.name,
+                    //         value: (val === '' ? '' : val) //empty dates sb null for mongo db backend
+                    //     }
+                    // }
+
+
+                    //default all other types
+                    return {
+                        name: elem.name,
+                        value: val
+                    }
+                }
+
+
+                // /changed by me
+
+
+                //ORIGINAL BLOCK:
+                //  return val == null ?
+                //  null :
+                //  $.isArray(val) ?
+                //  $.map(val, function (val, i) {
+                //      return { name: elem.name, value: val };
+                //  }) :
+                //  {
+
+                //      name: elem.name,
+                //      value: (o.checkboxesAsBools && this.type === 'checkbox') ? //moar ternaries!
+                //             (this.checked ? 'true' : 'false') :
+                //             val
+                //  };
+
+
+            }).get();
+    };
+
+})(jQuery);