A special case of serializing a form for a javascript object

Question

based on the $.fn.serializeObject()function on this question , I would like to be able to support "dot notation" in my form names, for example:

<form>
    <input name="Property.Items[0].Text" value="item 1" />
    <input name="Property.Items[0].Value" value="1" />
    <input name="Property.Items[1].Text" value="item 2" />
    <input name="Property.Items[1].Value" value="2" />
</form>

given that it $('form').serializeArray()creates the following:

[{"name":"Property.Items[0].Text","value":"item 1"},
 {"name":"Property.Items[0].Value","value":"1"},
 {"name":"Property.Items[1].Text","value":"item 2"},
 {"name":"Property.Items[1].Value","value":"2"}]

how can i achieve the desired result below:

{Property: {Items: [{Text: 'item 1', Value: '1'},
                    {Text: 'item 2', Value: '2'}]} }

Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: to be specific, the desired code will be added to the extension serializeObject, so in addition to how it works now, it will also support the above agreement. here's an existing method for convenience.

$.fn.serializeObject = function() {
    var o = {};
    var a = this.serializeArray();
    $.each(a, function() {
        if (o[this.name]) {
            if (!o[this.name].push) {
                o[this.name] = [o[this.name]];
            }
            o[this.name].push(this.value || '');
        } else {
            o[this.name] = this.value || '';
        }
    });
    return o;
};

EDIT 2: giving the answer, here is my current implementation:

$.fn.serializeObject = function() {
  var o = {};
  var a = this.serializeArray();
  var regArray = /^([^\[\]]+)\[(\d+)\]$/;

  $.each(a, function(i) {
      var name = this.name;
      var value = this.value;

      // let also allow for "dot notation" in the input names
      var props = name.split('.');
      var position = o;
      while (props.length) {
          var key = props.shift();
          var matches;
          if (matches = regArray.exec(key)) {
              var p = matches[1];
              var n = matches[2];
              if (!position[p]) position[p] = [];
              if (!position[p][n]) position[p][n] = {};
              position = position[p][n];
          } else {
              if (!props.length) {
                  if (!position[key]) position[key] = value || '';
                  else if (position[key]) {
                      if (!position[key].push) position[key] = [position[key]];
                      position[key].push(value || '');
                  }
              } else {
                  if (!position[key]) position[key] = {};
                  position = position[key];
              }
          }
      }
  });
  return o;
};

you can see it in action here

Answer 1

. :

var serialized = $.fn.serializeObject(),
            properties = {},
            property = [],
            position = {},
            key = '',
            n = 0,
            matchName = '',
            i = 0;

        for (i = 0; i < serialized.length; i += 1) {
            property = serialized[i].name.split('.');
            position = properties;
            while (property.length) {
                key = property.shift();
                if (key.match(/\[\d+\]/) && key.match(/\[\d+\]/).join().match(/\d+/g) ) {
                    matchName = key.match(/\w+/)[0]
                    n = parseInt(key.match(/\[\d+\]/).join().match(/\d+/g), 10);
                    if (!position[matchName]) {
                        position[matchName] = [];
                    }

                    if (!position[matchName][n]) {
                        position[matchName][n] = {}
                    }

                    position = position[matchName][n]
                } else {
                    if (!property.length) {
                        position[key] = serialized[i].value
                    } else {
                        if (!position[key]) {
                            position[key] = {};
                        }
                        position = position[key]
                    }
                }

            }
        }

        console.log(properties);