Replace all line instances inside an object (and / or array) - JavaScript

Question

What is the best way to search a JavaScript object of unknown depth and properties and replace all instances of a given string?

It works, but is this the best way?

var obj = {
   'a' : 'The fooman poured the drinks.',
   'b' : {
      'c' : 'Dogs say fook, but what does the fox say?'
   }
}

console.log (JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj).replace(/foo/g, 'bar')));

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/93Uf4/3/

Answer 1

Next to what you yourself suggested, here is a classic loop approach. As mentioned by someone in the commentary, it is more stable because you do not run the risk of screwing the object and throwing an error, trying to parse it. On the other hand, some questions arise (see below).

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/**
  * Replaces all occurrences of needle (interpreted as a regular expression with replacement and returns the new object.
  * 
  * @param entity The object on which the replacements should be applied to
  * @param needle The search phrase (as a regular expression)
  * @param replacement Replacement value
  * @param affectsKeys[optional=true] Whether keys should be replaced
  * @param affectsValues[optional=true] Whether values should be replaced
  */
Object.replaceAll = function (entity, needle, replacement, affectsKeys, affectsValues) {
    affectsKeys = typeof affectsKeys === "undefined" ? true : affectsKeys;
    affectsValues = typeof affectsValues === "undefined" ? true : affectsValues;

    var newEntity = {},
        regExp = new RegExp( needle, 'g' );
    for( var property in entity ) {
        if( !entity.hasOwnProperty( property ) ) {
            continue;
        }

        var value = entity[property],
            newProperty = property;

        if( affectsKeys ) {
            newProperty = property.replace( regExp, replacement );
        }

        if( affectsValues ) {
            if( typeof value === "object" ) {
                value = Object.replaceAll( value, needle, replacement, affectsKeys, affectsValues );
            } else if( typeof value === "string" ) {
                value = value.replace( regExp, replacement );
            }
        }

        newEntity[newProperty] = value;
    }

    return newEntity;
};

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var replaced = Object.replaceAll( { fooman: "The dog is fooking" }, "foo", "bar" );

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// do you expect it to stay undefined or change type and become "undebazed"?
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: undefined }, "fin", "baz" ) );

// null or "nalala"?
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: null }, "ull", "alala" ) );

// true or false?
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: true }, "true", "false" ) );

// true or "foo"?
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: true }, "true", "foo" ) );

// 1337 or 1007?
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: 1337 }, "33", "00" ) );

// 1337 or "1foo7"
console.log( Object.replaceAll( { x: 1337 }, "33", "foo" ) );

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