how do you detect empty object

[martingaleh]

If kobe = {};

what function of kobe would make {} evaluate to true and {pao: "gasol"} evaluate to false?

[aj_nsc]

Interesting thread. Looks exactly like this one ->http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=193474

[mrhoo]

If it was a property of the object, the object wouldn't be empty.
You can check it from outside the object.

function isEmpty(obj){
    for(var p in obj){
        if(obj.hasOwnProperty(p)){
            return false
        }    
    }
    return true;
}

var o={};
alert(isEmpty(o));

/* returned value: (Boolean)
false
*/

[rnd me]

function isEmpty(obj){
    return JSON.stringify(obj)==="{}";
}