@ou-imdt/utils/lib/getPropertyPathTarget.js

Utility library for interactive media development

import splitPropertyPath from './splitPropertyPath';
import getObjectProperty from './getObjectProperty';

/**
 * gets the target object(s) on a property path by splitting the path
 * @param {string} path - a property path
 * @returns {object}
 */
export default function getPropertyPathTarget(path = '', root) {
  const parts = splitPropertyPath(path, { withGroups: true });
  const prop = parts.pop().key;
  const subpath = parts.reduce((str, { part }) => str += part, '');
  const target = getObjectProperty(root, subpath);
  return { target, prop };
}