jQuery.isPlainObject()

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jQuery.isPlainObject()

Categories: Utilities

jQuery.isPlainObject( object ) Returns: Boolean

Description: Check to see if an object is a plain object (created using "{}" or "new Object").

  • version added: 1.4jQuery.isPlainObject( object )

    • object
      Type: PlainObject
      The object that will be checked to see if it's a plain object.

Note: Host objects (or objects used by browser host environments to complete the execution environment of ECMAScript) have a number of inconsistencies which are difficult to robustly feature detect cross-platform. As a result of this, $.isPlainObject() may evaluate inconsistently across browsers in certain instances.

An example of this is a test against document.location using $.isPlainObject() as follows:

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                                      console.log($.isPlainObject(document.location));

which throws an invalid pointer exception in IE8. With this in mind, it's important to be aware of any of the gotchas involved in using $.isPlainObject() against older browsers. A couple basic examples that do function correctly cross-browser can be found below.

Example:

Check an object to see if it's a plain object.

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                                      jQuery.isPlainObject({}) // true
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      jQuery.isPlainObject("test") // false
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