added utils.getPropertyPath()

@@ -128,6 +128,32 @@
     exports.format = format;
 
     /**
+     * Retrieves the value of an Object foreign property using a bot-separated
+     * path string.
+     *
+     * Beware, this function doesn't handle object key names containing a dot.
+     *
+     * @param  Object  obj   The source object
+     * @param  String  path  Dot separated path, eg. "x.y.z"
+     */
+    function getPropertyPath(obj, path) {
+        if (!isObject(obj) || !isString(path)) {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+        var value = obj;
+        path.split('.').forEach(function(property) {
+            if (typeof value === "object" && property in value) {
+                value = value[property];
+            } else {
+                value = undefined;
+                return;
+            }
+        });
+        return value;
+    }
+    exports.getPropertyPath = getPropertyPath;
+
+    /**
      * Inherit the prototype methods from one constructor into another.
      *
      * @param {function} ctor Constructor function which needs to inherit the

@@ -29,6 +29,43 @@ t.comment('fillBlanks()');
     }
 })();
 
+t.comment('getPropertyPath()');
+(function() {
+    testCases = [
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({}, 'a.b.c'),
+            output: undefined
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath([1, 2, 3], 'a.b.c'),
+            output: undefined
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({ a: { b: { c: 1 } }, c: 2 }, 'a.b.c'),
+            output: 1
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({ a: { b: { c: 1 } }, c: 2 }, 'a.b.x'),
+            output: undefined
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({ a: { b: { c: 1 } }, c: 2 }, 'a.b'),
+            output: { c: 1 }
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({ 'a-b': { 'c-d': 1} }, 'a-b.c-d'),
+            output: 1
+        },
+        {
+            input:  utils.getPropertyPath({ 'a.b': { 'c.d': 1} }, 'a.b.c.d'),
+            output: undefined
+        }
+    ];
+    testCases.forEach(function(testCase) {
+        t.assertEquals(testCase.input, testCase.output, 'getPropertyPath() gets a property using a path');
+    });
+})();
+
 t.comment('isArray()');
 (function() {
     t.assertEquals(utils.isArray([]), true, 'isArray() checks for an Array');