System.SelectOption to JSON Object

Convert System.SelectOption array into properly formatted JavaScript array of Objects.

by Dominic Myers

HTML

<p><strong>Raw SF SelectOption data:</strong></p>
<div id="sfData"></div>
<p><strong>SF data converted to string with an array of objects using Regex:</strong></p>
<div id="sfDataToStr"></div>
<p><strong>SF data converted to proper array of Objects:</strong></p>
<div id="strToObj"></div>

JavaScript

var sfData = 
    '[System.SelectOption[value="-- None --", label="-- None --", disabled="false"],' + 
    ' System.SelectOption[value="Special 1", label="Special 1", disabled="false"],' + 
    ' System.SelectOption[value="Special 2", label="Special 2", disabled="false"],' + 
    ' System.SelectOption[value="Special 3", label="Special 3", disabled="false"]]';
$(function(){
    $("#sfData").
        append(sfData).
        prepend($("<p></p>", {
            "text": "TYPE: " + typeof sfData}));
    var sfDataToStr = sfData.
        replace(/System.SelectOption\[(\w+)=/g, "{\"$1\":").
        replace(/\],\s?/g, "},").
        replace(/\",\s?(\w+)=/g, "\",\"$1\":").
        replace(/\]\]/g, "}]");
    $("#sfDataToStr").
        append(sfDataToStr).
        prepend($("<p></p>", {
            "text": "TYPE: " + typeof sfDataToStr}));
    var strToObj = JSON.parse(sfDataToStr);
    $("#strToObj").
        append(JSON.stringify(strToObj)).
        prepend($("<p></p>", {
            "text": "TYPE: " + typeof strToObj}));
});