Over the years I have used a very simple pattern for serializing and deserializing model objects using JSON.

Summary

Provide an instance toJSON function and a static fromJSON function. The static function will leverage the fact that its context is the constructor function. It calls this to create a new instance with the deserialized config data.

Uses

• Store the model in Local Storage.
• Send the model as a parameter in a HTTP request.
• Override the object’s toString to return JSON instead of [object Object].

Example

Below is a bare-bones example to illustrate the usage of this pattern.