How to restore original object/type from JSON?

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You need to use a reviver function:

// Registry of types
var Types = {};

function MyClass(foo, bar) {
  this._foo = foo;
  this._bar = bar;
}
Types.MyClass = MyClass;

MyClass.prototype.getFoo = function() {
  return this._foo;
}

// Method which will provide a JSON.stringifiable object
MyClass.prototype.toJSON = function() {
  return {
    __type: 'MyClass',
    foo: this._foo,
    bar: this._bar
  };
};

// Method that can deserialize JSON into an instance
MyClass.revive = function(data) {
  // TODO: do basic validation
  return new MyClass(data.foo, data.bar);
};

var instance = new MyClass('blah', 'blah');

// JSON obtained by stringifying an instance
var json = JSON.stringify(instance); // "{"__type":"MyClass","foo":"blah","bar":"blah"}";

var obj = JSON.parse(json, function(key, value) {
  return key === '' && value.hasOwnProperty('__type')
    ? Types[value.__type].revive(value)
    : this[key];
});

obj.getFoo(); // blah

No other way really…

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