allow collections without objects

corinis · Jul 25, 2013 · c671fd0 · c671fd0
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diff --git a/sample.html b/sample.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://raw.github.com/corinis/jsForm/master/src/jquery.jsForm.js"></script>
+<script src="src/jquery.jsForm.js"></script>
 <script>
 $(function(){
 	// some json data
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 		description: "long Description\nMultiline",	// textarea
 		links: [{href:'http://www.gargan.org',description:'Gargan.org'},{href:'http://www.github.com',description:'GitHub'}],	// lists
 		active: true,	// checkbox
-		state: "VISIBLE"	// selects (enums)
+		state: "VISIBLE",	// selects (enums)
+		quips: ["Don't left school interfere with your education!", "Can you repeat the question? I was thinking about cookies.", "In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker."]
 	};
 
 	// initialize the form, prefix is optional and defaults to data
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 </script>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h1>Simpel Form Test</h1>
+<h1>Simple Form Test</h1>
 <div id="details">
 	Name: <input name="data.name"/><br/>
 	<input type="checkbox" name="data.active"/> active<br/>
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ <h1>Simpel Form Test</h1>
 	</fieldset>
 	<button class="add" data-field="data.links">add a link</button><br/>
 	Additional field: <input name="data.addedField"/>
+
+	<fieldset>
+		<legend>Quips</legend>
+		<ul class="collection" data-field="data.quips">
+			<li><input name="quips."/></li>
+		</ul>
+		<button class="add" data-field="data.quips">add a quip</button><br/>
+	</fieldset>
+
 </div>
 <button id="show">Show Object</button>
 </body>

diff --git a/src/jquery.jsForm.js b/src/jquery.jsForm.js
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@
 
 			// skip empty
 			if(name.length < 1) {
-				return;
+				pojo = $(this).val();
+				return false;
 			}
 
 			var val = $(this).val();
@@ -631,6 +632,8 @@
 				// more should not be necessary	
 			}
 		});
+
+		return pojo;
 	};
 
 
@@ -895,7 +898,7 @@
 				}
 
 				var ele = {};
-				that._createPojoFromInput($(this), fieldname, ele);
+				ele = that._createPojoFromInput($(this), fieldname, ele);
 
 				// also collect sub-collections
 				that._getCollection($(this), fieldname, ele, ignoreInvalid);
@@ -1289,7 +1292,7 @@
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve a value from a given object by using dot-notation
 	 * @param obj the object to start with
-	 * @param the child to get (dot notation)
+	 * @param the child to get (dot notation) 
 	 * @param create set to true and non-existant levels will be created (always returns non-null)
 	 * @private
 	 */
@@ -1301,6 +1304,10 @@
 		if (!obj) {
 			return "";
 		}
+		// reference the object itself
+		if(expr === "")
+			return obj;
+
 		ret = obj[expr];
 		if(!ret) {
 			try {