Proposal function:

$.obj = function(obj) {

return (typeof obj === "string") ? $.parseJSON(obj) : obj;

}

Can be useful when using a lot of server-generated variables and such, outputted through for example PHP's json_encode. Implementing a function as follows:

$.test = function(obj) {

obj = $.obj(obj);

alert(obj.foo);

alert(obj.bar);

}

One simple extra call allows functions to take both obj's or JSON data directly. Especially useful if you are mixing normal and server-generated content. Using $.obj in a call directly:

$.test($.obj(...))

Now you don't need to keep track of what is JSON and what isn't.

This is of course an easy enough function for everybody to define themselves, but I think a standard API function for this would be beneficial.