When passing a set of options as an object like this:
var options={
sortRules:[
{...}, // rule 1
{...}, // rule 2
// etc.
],
filterRules:[
{...}, // rule 1
{...}, // rule 2
// etc.
],
etc.
};
The main issue at hand is determining the most efficient way to check if any rule within the object hierarchy contains an "encodedName" property. If such a property exists, I need to promptly retrieve a dictionary of codes via a Web service. However, if no "encodedName" property is present, then the dictionary is unnecessary.
Is there a faster method than looping through all objects and sub-objects in search of the "encodedName" property? One alternative idea could involve using JSON.stringify to convert the object into a string and then utilizing indexOf to look for the specific "encodedName" string. Would this approach be more efficient than iterating through sub-objects?