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6 6
7 use JSON::XS; 7 use JSON::XS;
8 8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 10
11This module converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa. Its
12primary goal is to be I<correct> and its secondary goal is to be
13I<fast>. To reach the latter goal it was written in C.
14
15As this is the n-th-something JSON module on CPAN, what was the reason
16to write yet another JSON module? While it seems there are many JSON
17modules, none of them correctly handle all corner cases, and in most cases
18their maintainers are unresponsive, gone missing, or not listening to bug
19reports for other reasons.
20
21See COMPARISON, below, for a comparison to some other JSON modules.
22
23=head2 FEATURES
24
11=over 4 25=over 4
26
27=item * correct handling of unicode issues
28
29This module knows how to handle Unicode, and even documents how it does so.
30
31=item * round-trip integrity
32
33When you serialise a perl data structure using only datatypes supported
34by JSON, the deserialised data structure is identical on the Perl level.
35(e.g. the string "2.0" doesn't suddenly become "2").
36
37=item * strict checking of JSON correctness
38
39There is no guessing, no generating of illegal JSON strings by default,
40and only JSON is accepted as input (the latter is a security feature).
41
42=item * fast
43
44compared to other JSON modules, this module compares favourably.
45
46=item * simple to use
47
48This module has both a simple functional interface as well as an OO
49interface.
50
51=item * reasonably versatile output formats
52
53You can choose between the most compact format possible, a pure-ascii
54format, or a pretty-printed format. Or you can combine those features in
55whatever way you like.
56
57=back
12 58
13=cut 59=cut
14 60
15package JSON::XS; 61package JSON::XS;
16 62
17BEGIN { 63BEGIN {
18 $VERSION = '0.1'; 64 $VERSION = '0.1';
19 @ISA = qw(Exporter); 65 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
20 66
67 @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json);
21 require Exporter; 68 require Exporter;
22 69
23 require XSLoader; 70 require XSLoader;
24 XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION; 71 XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION;
25} 72}
26 73
27=item 74=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
75
76The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are
77exported by default:
78
79=over 4
80
81=item $json_string = to_json $perl_scalar
82
83Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to
84a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains
85octets only). Croaks on error.
86
87This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8
88(1)->encode ($perl_scalar) >>.
89
90=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_string
91
92The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to
93parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON string, returning the resulting simple
94scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
95
96This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8
97(1)->decode ($json_string) >>.
98
99=back
100
101=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE
102
103The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or
104decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.
105
106=over 4
107
108=item $json = new JSON::XS
109
110Creates a new JSON::XS object that can be used to de/encode JSON
111strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
112
113The mutators for flags all return the JSON object again and thus calls can
114be chained:
115
116 my $json = JSON::XS->new->utf8(1)->pretty(1)->encode ({a => [1,2]})
117 => {"a" : [1, 2]}
118
119=item $json = $json->ascii ($enable)
120
121If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will not generate
122characters outside the code range C<0..127>. Any unicode characters
123outside that range will be escaped using either a single \uXXXX (BMP
124characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence, as per RFC4627.
125
126If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
127characters unless necessary.
128
129=item $json = $json->utf8 ($enable)
130
131If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will encode the JSON
132string into UTF-8, as required by many protocols, while the C<decode>
133method expects to be handled an UTF-8-encoded string. Please note that
134UTF-8-encoded strings do not contain any characters outside the range
135C<0..255>, they are thus useful for bytewise/binary I/O.
136
137If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will return the JSON
138string as a (non-encoded) unicode string, while C<decode> expects thus a
139unicode string. Any decoding or encoding (e.g. to UTF-8 or UTF-16) needs
140to be done yourself, e.g. using the Encode module.
141
142=item $json = $json->pretty ($enabla)
143
144This enables (or disables) all of the C<indent>, C<space_before> and
145C<space_after> (and in the future possibly more) settings in one call to
146generate the most readable (or most compact) form possible.
147
148=item $json = $json->indent ($enable)
149
150If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will use a multiline
151format as output, putting every array member or object/hash key-value pair
152into its own line, identing them properly.
153
154If C<$enable> is false, no newlines or indenting will be produced, and the
155resulting JSON strings is guarenteed not to contain any C<newlines>.
156
157This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.
158
159=item $json = $json->space_before ($enable)
160
161If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will add an extra
162optional space before the C<:> separating keys from values in JSON objects.
163
164If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
165space at those places.
166
167This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings. You will also most
168likely combine this setting with C<space_after>.
169
170=item $json = $json->space_after ($enable)
171
172If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will add an extra
173optional space after the C<:> separating keys from values in JSON objects
174and extra whitespace after the C<,> separating key-value pairs and array
175members.
176
177If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
178space at those places.
179
180This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.
181
182=item $json = $json->canonical ($enable)
183
184If C<$enable> is true, then the C<encode> method will output JSON objects
185by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead.
186
187If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will output key-value
188pairs in the order Perl stores them (which will likely change between runs
189of the same script).
190
191This option is useful if you want the same data structure to be encoded as
192the same JSON string (given the same overall settings). If it is disabled,
193the same hash migh be encoded differently even if contains the same data,
194as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl.
195
196This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.
197
198=item $json_string = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)
199
200Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference
201to a hash or array) to its JSON representation. Simple scalars will be
202converted into JSON string or number sequences, while references to arrays
203become JSON arrays and references to hashes become JSON objects. Undefined
204Perl values (e.g. C<undef>) become JSON C<null> values. Neither C<true>
205nor C<false> values will be generated.
206
207=item $perl_scalar = $json->decode ($json_string)
208
209The opposite of C<encode>: expects a JSON string and tries to parse it,
210returning the resulting simple scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
211
212JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become
213Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes
214C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>.
215
216=back
28 217
29=cut 218=cut
30 219
31use JSON::DWIW;
32use Benchmark;
33
34use utf8;
35#my $json = '{"ü":1,"a":[1,{"3":4},2],"b":5,"üü":2}';
36my $json = '{"test":9555555555555555555,"hu" : -1e+5, "arr" : [ 1,2,3,4,5]}';
37
38my $js = JSON::XS->new;
39warn $js->indent (0);
40warn $js->canonical (0);
41warn $js->ascii (0);
42warn $js->space_after (0);
43use Data::Dumper;
44warn Dumper $js->decode ($json);
45warn Dumper $js->encode ($js->decode ($json));
46#my $x = {"üü" => 2, "ü" => 1, "a" => [1,{3,4},2], b => 5};
47
48#my $js2 = JSON::DWIW->new;
49#
50#timethese 200000, {
51# a => sub { $js->encode ($x) },
52# b => sub { $js2->to_json ($x) },
53#};
54
551; 2201;
56
57=back
58 221
59=head1 AUTHOR 222=head1 AUTHOR
60 223
61 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 224 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
62 http://home.schmorp.de/ 225 http://home.schmorp.de/

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