# Yahoo! UI Library

### yui 3.0.0b1

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## Class Object

Adds the following Object utilities to the YUI instance

### Methods

#### ()

`static Object () ( o )`
Y.Object(o) returns a new object based upon the supplied object.

Parameters:
  `o <object>` the supplier object

Returns: `Object`
  the new object

#### _extract

`private static boolean|Array _extract ( o , what )`
Extracts the keys, values, or size from an object

Parameters:
  `o <object>` the object
  `what <object>` what to extract (0: keys, 1: values, 2: size)

Returns: `boolean|Array`
  the extracted info

#### each

`static YUI each ( o , f , c , proto )`
Executes a function on each item. The function receives the value, the key, and the object as paramters (in that order).

Parameters:
  `o <object>` the object to iterate
  `f <function>` the function to execute
  `c <object>` the execution context
  `proto <boolean>` include proto

Returns: `YUI`
  the YUI instance

#### getValue

`Any getValue ( o , path )`
Retrieves the sub value at the provided path, from the value object provided.

Parameters:
  `o <object>` The object from which to extract the property value
  `path <Array>` A path array, specifying the object traversal path from which to obtain the sub value.

Returns: `Any`
  The value stored in the path, undefined if not found. Returns the source object if an empty path is provided.

#### hasKey

`static boolean hasKey ( o , k )`
Returns true if the object contains a given key

Parameters:
  `o <object>` an object
  `k <object>` the key to query

Returns: `boolean`
  true if the object contains the key

#### hasValue

`static boolean hasValue ( o , v )`
Returns true if the object contains a given value

Parameters:
  `o <object>` an object
  `v <object>` the value to query

Returns: `boolean`
  true if the object contains the value

#### keys

`static string[] keys ( o )`
Returns an array containing the object's keys

Parameters:
  `o <object>` an object

Returns: `string[]`
  the keys

#### owns

`static boolean owns ( o , p )`
Determines whether or not the property was added to the object instance. Returns false if the property is not present in the object, or was inherited from the prototype.

Parameters:
  `o <any>` The object being testing
  `p <string>` the property to look for

Returns: `boolean`
  true if the object has the property on the instance

Deprecated Safari 1.x support has been removed, so this is simply a wrapper for the native implementation. Use the native implementation directly instead.

#### setValue

`Object setValue ( o , path , val )`
Sets the sub-attribute value at the provided path on the value object. Returns the modified value object, or undefined if the path is invalid.

Parameters:
  `o <object>` The object on which to set the sub value.
  `path <Array>` A path array, specifying the object traversal path at which to set the sub value.
  `val <Any>` The new value for the sub-attribute.

Returns: `Object`
  The modified object, with the new sub value set, or undefined, if the path was invalid.

#### size

`static int size ( o )`
Returns the size of an object

Parameters:
  `o <object>` an object

Returns: `int`
  the size

#### values

`static Array values ( o )`
Returns an array containing the object's values

Parameters:
  `o <object>` an object

Returns: `Array`
  the values

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