Enhanced object literals support

index.js

@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ var UID                 = Math.floor(Math.random() * 0x10000000000).toString(16)
 var PLACE_HOLDER_REGEXP = new RegExp('"@__(F|R|D)-' + UID + '-(\\d+)__@"', 'g');
 
 var IS_NATIVE_CODE_REGEXP = /\{\s*\[native code\]\s*\}/g;
+var IS_PURE_FUNCTION = /function.*?\(/;
 var UNSAFE_CHARS_REGEXP   = /[<>\/\u2028\u2029]/g;
 
+var RESERVED_SYMBOLS = ['*', 'async'];
+
 // Mapping of unsafe HTML and invalid JavaScript line terminator chars to their
 // Unicode char counterparts which are safe to use in JavaScript strings.
 var ESCAPED_CHARS = {
@@ -68,6 +71,32 @@ module.exports = function serialize(obj, options) {
         return value;
     }
 
+    function serializeFunc(fn) {
+      var serializedFn = fn.toString();
+      if (IS_NATIVE_CODE_REGEXP.test(serializedFn)) {
+          throw new TypeError('Serializing native function: ' + fn.name);
+      }
+
+      // pure functions, example: {key: function() {}}
+      if(IS_PURE_FUNCTION.test(serializedFn)) {
+          return serializedFn;
+      }
+
+      var argsStartsAt = serializedFn.indexOf('(');
+      var def = serializedFn.substr(0, argsStartsAt).trim().split(' ').filter(val => val.length > 0);
+      var nonReservedSymbols = def.filter(val => RESERVED_SYMBOLS.indexOf(val) === -1);
+
+      // enhanced literal objects, example: {key() {}}
+      if(nonReservedSymbols.length > 0) {
+          return (def.indexOf('async') > -1 ? 'async ' : '') + 'function'
+            + (def.join('').indexOf('*') > -1 ? '*' : '')
+            + serializedFn.substr(argsStartsAt);
+      }
+
+      // arrow functions
+      return serializedFn;
+    }
+
     var str;
 
     // Creates a JSON string representation of the value.
@@ -108,12 +137,7 @@ module.exports = function serialize(obj, options) {
         }
 
         var fn           = functions[valueIndex];
-        var serializedFn = fn.toString();
-
-        if (IS_NATIVE_CODE_REGEXP.test(serializedFn)) {
-            throw new TypeError('Serializing native function: ' + fn.name);
-        }
 
-        return serializedFn;
+        return serializeFunc(fn);
     });
 }

test/unit/serialize.js

@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ describe('serialize( obj )', function () {
             try { serialize(Number); } catch (e) { err = e; }
             expect(err).to.be.an.instanceOf(TypeError);
         });
+
+        it('should serialize enhanced literal objects', function () {
+            var obj = {
+                foo() { return true; },
+                *bar() { return true; }
+            };
+
+            expect(serialize(obj)).to.equal('{"foo":function() { return true; },"bar":function*() { return true; }}');
+        });
+
+        it('should deserialize enhanced literal objects', function () {
+            var obj;
+            eval('obj = ' + serialize({ hello() { return true; } }));
+
+            expect(obj.hello()).to.equal(true);
+        });
     });
 
     describe('regexps', function () {