I have a json object that gets passed into a save function as
{
"markings": {
"headMarkings": "Brindle",
"leftForeMarkings": "",
"rightForeMarkings": "sock",
"leftHindMarkings": "sock",
"rightHindMarkings": "",
"otherMarkings": ""
}
** EDIT **
The system parses it and passes it to my function as a mapping. I don't actually have the JSON, although it wouldn't be difficult to build up the JSON myself, it just seems like overkill
* END EDIT **
The toString()
function ends up putting the results into the database as
"[rightForeMarkings:, otherMarkings:, leftForeMarkings:sock, leftHindMarkings:sock, rightHindMarkings:, headMarkings:brindle]"
I then want to save that as a string (fairly easy) by calling
params.markings.toString()
From here, I save the info and return the updated information.
My issue is that since I am storing the object in the DB as a string, I can't seem to get the markings back out as a map (to then be converted to JSON).
I have tried a few different things to no avail, although it is completely possible that I went about something incorrectlywith these...
Eval.me(Item.markings)
evaluate(Item.markings)
Item.markings.toList()
Thanks in advance for the help!