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How do I test for an empty Javascript object from JSON?

Is there an easy way to check if an object has no properties, in Javascript? Or in other words, an easy way to check if a map/associative array is empty? For example, let's say you had the following:

var nothingHere = {};

var somethingHere = {foo: bar};

Is there an easy way to tell which one is empty? The only thing I can think of is something like this:

function isEmpty(map) {

   var empty = true;



   for(var key in map) {

      empty = false;

      break;

   }



   return empty;

}

Is there a better way (like a native property/function or something)?