From cfa64527afe667bdd428335db5b0a74ebfa4d429 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis Chatriot <louis.chatriot@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 21:49:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Can serialize numbers, strings, booleans, nulls and dates

---
 lib/model.js | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 2edf1b1..a931f9a 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -4,15 +4,44 @@
  * Copying
  */
 
+var dateToJSON = function () { return { $$date: this.toString() }; }
+  , originalDateToJSON = Date.prototype.toJSON
+
+
 function serialize (obj) {
-  return JSON.stringify(obj);
+  var res;
+
+  // Keep track of the fact this is a Date object
+  Date.prototype.toJSON = dateToJSON;
+
+  res = JSON.stringify(obj, function (k, v) {
+    if (typeof v === 'string' || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'boolean' || v === null) { return v; }
+    if (v && v.constructor && v.constructor.name === 'Date') { return { $$date: v.toString() }; }
+
+    return v;
+  });
+
+  // Return Date to its original state
+  Date.prototype.toJSON = originalDateToJSON;
+
+  return res;
 }
 
 function deserialize (rawData) {
-  return JSON.parse(rawData);
+  return JSON.parse(rawData, function (k, v) {
+    if (k === '$$date') { return new Date(v); }
+    if (typeof v === 'string' || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'boolean' || v === null) { return v; }
+    if (v && v.$$date) { return v.$$date; }
+
+    return v;
+  });
 }
 
 
+
+
+
+
 // Interface
 module.exports.serialize = serialize;
 module.exports.deserialize = deserialize;