CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

javascript list to object map

var arr = [
    { key: 'foo', val: 'bar' },
    { key: 'hello', val: 'world' }
];

var result = arr.reduce(function(map, obj) {
    map[obj.key] = obj.val;
    return map;
}, {});

console.log(result); // { foo:'bar', hello:'world' }