Convert object array to hash map, indexed by an attribute value of the Object

Question

Use Case

The use case is to convert an array of objects into a hash map based on string or function provided to evaluate and use as the key in the hash map and val

Answer 1

Using simple Javascript

var createMapFromList = function(objectList, property) {
    var objMap = {};
    objectList.forEach(function(obj) {
      objMap[obj[property]] = obj;
    });
    return objMap;
  };
// objectList - the array  ;  property - property as the key