diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 4ee8d7b..15bfef0 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -85,6 +85,42 @@ exports.defineSecureProp = function( obj, prop, value )
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Parses object properties to determine how they should be interpreted in an
+ * Object Oriented manner
+ *
+ * @param  {Object}  data     properties with names as the key
+ * @param  {Object}  options  parser options and callbacks
+ *
+ * @return undefined
+ */
+exports.propParse = function( data, options )
+{
+    var callback_prop   = options.property || function() {},
+        callback_method = options.method   || function() {},
+        callback        = null;
+
+    // for each of the given properties, determine what type of property we're
+    // dealing with (in the classic OO sense)
+    for ( prop in data )
+    {
+        var value = data[ prop ];
+
+        if ( value instanceof Function )
+        {
+            callback = callback_method;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            callback = callback_prop;
+        }
+
+        // call the appropriate callback
+        callback( prop, value );
+    }
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Copies properties to the destination object
  *
diff --git a/test/test-util-prop-parse.js b/test/test-util-prop-parse.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc6e45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-util-prop-parse.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * Tests util.propParse
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz
+ *
+ *  This file is part of ease.js.
+ *
+ *  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ *  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ *  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author  Mike Gerwitz
+ * @package test
+ */
+
+require( './common' );
+
+var assert    = require( 'assert' ),
+    propParse = require( '../lib/util' ).propParse;
+
+var data = {
+    // scalars (properties)
+    propStr: 'string',
+    propBool: true,
+    propInt: 1,
+    propFloat: 1.23,
+
+    // array (property)
+    propArray: [],
+
+    // object (property)
+    propObj: {},
+
+    // concrete method
+    method: function() {},
+};
+
+
+var props   = {},
+    methods = {};
+
+propParse( data, {
+    property: function( name, value )
+    {
+        props[ name ] = value;
+    },
+
+    // concrete method
+    method: function( name, method )
+    {
+        methods[ name ] = method;
+    },
+} );
+
+
+// ensure properties were properly recognized
+[ 'propStr', 'propBool', 'propInt', 'propFloat', 'propArray', 'propObj' ]
+    .forEach( function( item )
+    {
+        assert.equal(
+            props[ item ],
+            data[ item ],
+            "Property parser properly detects class properties"
+        );
+    });
+
+assert.equal(
+    methods.method,
+    data.method,
+    "Property parser properly detects methods"
+);
+