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April 26, 2011 15:51
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Override localStorage and sessionStorage's getter and setter function to allow for objects/arrays to be stored as well.
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| /* json_storage.js | |
| * @danott | |
| * 26 APR 2011 | |
| * | |
| * Building on a thread from Stack Overflow, override localStorage and sessionStorage's | |
| * getter and setter functions to allow for storing objects and arrays. | |
| * | |
| * Original thread: | |
| * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2010892/storing-objects-in-html5-localstorage | |
| */ | |
| Storage.prototype._setItem = Storage.prototype.setItem; | |
| Storage.prototype.setItem = function(key, value) | |
| { | |
| this._setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value)); | |
| } | |
| Storage.prototype._getItem = Storage.prototype.getItem; | |
| Storage.prototype.getItem = function(key) | |
| { | |
| try | |
| { | |
| return JSON.parse(this._getItem(key)); | |
| } | |
| catch(e) | |
| { | |
| return this._getItem(key); | |
| } | |
| } |
It shouldn't, it's overriding a method not an accessor.
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does not work on
localStorage.someVar = 'someVal'format