Serialize RegExp to string in JSON. Closes #119.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/JSON.js b/src/JSON.js
index 8606319a..b2647104 100644
--- a/src/JSON.js
+++ b/src/JSON.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ function toJsonArray(buf, obj, pretty, stack){
   var type = typeof obj;
   if (obj === _null) {
     buf.push($null);
+  } else if (obj instanceof RegExp) {
+      buf.push(angular['String']['quoteUnicode'](obj.toString()));
   } else if (type === $function) {
     return;
   } else if (type === $boolean) {
diff --git a/test/JsonSpec.js b/test/JsonSpec.js
index 17bb97b6..052c239c 100644
--- a/test/JsonSpec.js
+++ b/test/JsonSpec.js
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ describe('json', function(){
     assertEquals('[1,"b"]', toJson([1,"b"]));
   });
 
+  it('should parse RegExp', function() {
+    assertEquals('"/foo/"', toJson(/foo/));
+    assertEquals('[1,"/foo/"]', toJson([1,new RegExp("foo")]));
+  });
+
   it('should parse IgnoreFunctions', function() {
     assertEquals('[null,1]', toJson([function(){},1]));
     assertEquals('{}', toJson({a:function(){}}));