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4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use JSON::XS;	7	use JSON::XS;
8		8
9	# exported functions, croak on error	9	# exported functions, they croak on error
		10	# and expect/generate UTF-8
10		11
11	$utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref;	12	$utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref;
12	$perl_hash_or_arrayref = from_json $utf8_encoded_json_text;	13	$perl_hash_or_arrayref = from_json $utf8_encoded_json_text;
13		14
		15	# objToJson and jsonToObj aliases to to_json and from_json
		16	# are exported for compatibility to the JSON module,
		17	# but should not be used in new code.
		18
14	# oo-interface	19	# OO-interface
15		20
16	$coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref;	21	$coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref;
17	$pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar);	22	$pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar);
18	$perl_scalar = $coder->decode ($unicode_json_text);	23	$perl_scalar = $coder->decode ($unicode_json_text);
19		24
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36		41
37	=head2 FEATURES	42	=head2 FEATURES
38		43
39	=over 4	44	=over 4
40		45
41	=item * correct handling of unicode issues	46	=item * correct unicode handling
42		47
43	This module knows how to handle Unicode, and even documents how and when	48	This module knows how to handle Unicode, and even documents how and when
44	it does so.	49	it does so.
45		50
46	=item * round-trip integrity	51	=item * round-trip integrity
47		52
48	When you serialise a perl data structure using only datatypes supported	53	When you serialise a perl data structure using only datatypes supported
49	by JSON, the deserialised data structure is identical on the Perl level.	54	by JSON, the deserialised data structure is identical on the Perl level.
50	(e.g. the string "2.0" doesn't suddenly become "2").	55	(e.g. the string "2.0" doesn't suddenly become "2" just because it looks
		56	like a number).
51		57
52	=item * strict checking of JSON correctness	58	=item * strict checking of JSON correctness
53		59
54	There is no guessing, no generating of illegal JSON strings by default,	60	There is no guessing, no generating of illegal JSON texts by default,
55	and only JSON is accepted as input by default (the latter is a security	61	and only JSON is accepted as input by default (the latter is a security
56	feature).	62	feature).
57		63
58	=item * fast	64	=item * fast
59		65
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66	interface.	72	interface.
67		73
68	=item * reasonably versatile output formats	74	=item * reasonably versatile output formats
69		75
70	You can choose between the most compact guarenteed single-line format	76	You can choose between the most compact guarenteed single-line format
71	possible (nice for simple line-based protocols), a pure-ascii format (for	77	possible (nice for simple line-based protocols), a pure-ascii format
72	when your transport is not 8-bit clean), or a pretty-printed format (for	78	(for when your transport is not 8-bit clean, still supports the whole
73	when you want to read that stuff). Or you can combine those features in	79	unicode range), or a pretty-printed format (for when you want to read that
74	whatever way you like.	80	stuff). Or you can combine those features in whatever way you like.
75		81
76	=back	82	=back
77		83
78	=cut	84	=cut
79		85
80	package JSON::XS;	86	package JSON::XS;
81		87
82	BEGIN {	88	use strict;
		89
83	$VERSION = '0.3';	90	our $VERSION = '1.4';
84	@ISA = qw(Exporter);	91	our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
85		92
86	@EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json);	93	our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json objToJson jsonToObj);
87	require Exporter;
88		94
89	require XSLoader;	95	use Exporter;
90	XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION;	96	use XSLoader;
91	}
92		97
93	=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE	98	=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
94		99
95	The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are	100	The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are
96	exported by default:	101	exported by default:
97		102
98	=over 4	103	=over 4
99		104
100	=item $json_string = to_json $perl_scalar	105	=item $json_text = to_json $perl_scalar
101		106
102	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to	107	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to
103	a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains	108	a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains
104	octets only). Croaks on error.	109	octets only). Croaks on error.
105		110
106	This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar) >>.	111	This function call is functionally identical to:
107		112
		113	$json_text = JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar)
		114
		115	except being faster.
		116
108	=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_string	117	=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_text
109		118
110	The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to	119	The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to
111	parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON string, returning the resulting simple	120	parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON text, returning the resulting simple
112	scalar or reference. Croaks on error.	121	scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
113		122
114	This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_string) >>.	123	This function call is functionally identical to:
		124
		125	$perl_scalar = JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_text)
		126
		127	except being faster.
		128
		129	=item $is_boolean = JSON::XS::is_bool $scalar
		130
		131	Returns true if the passed scalar represents either JSON::XS::true or
		132	JSON::XS::false, two constants that act like C<1> and C<0>, respectively
		133	and are used to represent JSON C<true> and C<false> values in Perl.
		134
		135	See MAPPING, below, for more information on how JSON values are mapped to
		136	Perl.
115		137
116	=back	138	=back
		139
117		140
118	=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE	141	=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE
119		142
120	The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or	143	The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or
121	decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.	144	decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.
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128	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.	151	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
129		152
130	The mutators for flags all return the JSON object again and thus calls can	153	The mutators for flags all return the JSON object again and thus calls can
131	be chained:	154	be chained:
132		155
133	my $json = JSON::XS->new->utf8(1)->space_after(1)->encode ({a => [1,2]})	156	my $json = JSON::XS->new->utf8->space_after->encode ({a => [1,2]})
134	=> {"a": [1, 2]}	157	=> {"a": [1, 2]}
135		158
136	=item $json = $json->ascii ([$enable])	159	=item $json = $json->ascii ([$enable])
137		160
138	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will	161	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will not
139	not generate characters outside the code range C<0..127>. Any unicode	162	generate characters outside the code range C<0..127> (which is ASCII). Any
140	characters outside that range will be escaped using either a single	163	unicode characters outside that range will be escaped using either a
141	\uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence, as per	164	single \uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence,
142	RFC4627.	165	as per RFC4627. The resulting encoded JSON text can be treated as a native
		166	unicode string, an ascii-encoded, latin1-encoded or UTF-8 encoded string,
		167	or any other superset of ASCII.
143		168
144	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode	169	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
145	characters unless necessary.	170	characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags. This results
		171	in a faster and more compact format.
146		172
		173	The main use for this flag is to produce JSON texts that can be
		174	transmitted over a 7-bit channel, as the encoded JSON texts will not
		175	contain any 8 bit characters.
		176
147	JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode (chr 0x10401)	177	JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode ([chr 0x10401])
148	=> \ud801\udc01	178	=> ["\ud801\udc01"]
		179
		180	=item $json = $json->latin1 ([$enable])
		181
		182	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode
		183	the resulting JSON text as latin1 (or iso-8859-1), escaping any characters
		184	outside the code range C<0..255>. The resulting string can be treated as a
		185	latin1-encoded JSON text or a native unicode string. The C<decode> method
		186	will not be affected in any way by this flag, as C<decode> by default
		187	expects unicode, which is a strict superset of latin1.
		188
		189	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
		190	characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags.
		191
		192	The main use for this flag is efficiently encoding binary data as JSON
		193	text, as most octets will not be escaped, resulting in a smaller encoded
		194	size. The disadvantage is that the resulting JSON text is encoded
		195	in latin1 (and must correctly be treated as such when storing and
		196	transfering), a rare encoding for JSON. It is therefore most useful when
		197	you want to store data structures known to contain binary data efficiently
		198	in files or databases, not when talking to other JSON encoders/decoders.
		199
		200	JSON::XS->new->latin1->encode (["\x{89}\x{abc}"]
		201	=> ["\x{89}\\u0abc"] # (perl syntax, U+abc escaped, U+89 not)
149		202
150	=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable])	203	=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable])
151		204
152	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode	205	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode
153	the JSON string into UTF-8, as required by many protocols, while the	206	the JSON result into UTF-8, as required by many protocols, while the
154	C<decode> method expects to be handled an UTF-8-encoded string. Please	207	C<decode> method expects to be handled an UTF-8-encoded string. Please
155	note that UTF-8-encoded strings do not contain any characters outside the	208	note that UTF-8-encoded strings do not contain any characters outside the
156	range C<0..255>, they are thus useful for bytewise/binary I/O.	209	range C<0..255>, they are thus useful for bytewise/binary I/O. In future
		210	versions, enabling this option might enable autodetection of the UTF-16
		211	and UTF-32 encoding families, as described in RFC4627.
157		212
158	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will return the JSON	213	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will return the JSON
159	string as a (non-encoded) unicode string, while C<decode> expects thus a	214	string as a (non-encoded) unicode string, while C<decode> expects thus a
160	unicode string. Any decoding or encoding (e.g. to UTF-8 or UTF-16) needs	215	unicode string. Any decoding or encoding (e.g. to UTF-8 or UTF-16) needs
161	to be done yourself, e.g. using the Encode module.	216	to be done yourself, e.g. using the Encode module.
162		217
163	Example, output UTF-16-encoded JSON:	218	Example, output UTF-16BE-encoded JSON:
		219
		220	use Encode;
		221	$jsontext = encode "UTF-16BE", JSON::XS->new->encode ($object);
		222
		223	Example, decode UTF-32LE-encoded JSON:
		224
		225	use Encode;
		226	$object = JSON::XS->new->decode (decode "UTF-32LE", $jsontext);
164		227
165	=item $json = $json->pretty ([$enable])	228	=item $json = $json->pretty ([$enable])
166		229
167	This enables (or disables) all of the C<indent>, C<space_before> and	230	This enables (or disables) all of the C<indent>, C<space_before> and
168	C<space_after> (and in the future possibly more) flags in one call to	231	C<space_after> (and in the future possibly more) flags in one call to
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184	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will use a multiline	247	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will use a multiline
185	format as output, putting every array member or object/hash key-value pair	248	format as output, putting every array member or object/hash key-value pair
186	into its own line, identing them properly.	249	into its own line, identing them properly.
187		250
188	If C<$enable> is false, no newlines or indenting will be produced, and the	251	If C<$enable> is false, no newlines or indenting will be produced, and the
189	resulting JSON strings is guarenteed not to contain any C<newlines>.	252	resulting JSON text is guarenteed not to contain any C<newlines>.
190		253
191	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	254	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
192		255
193	=item $json = $json->space_before ([$enable])	256	=item $json = $json->space_before ([$enable])
194		257
195	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will add an extra	258	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will add an extra
196	optional space before the C<:> separating keys from values in JSON objects.	259	optional space before the C<:> separating keys from values in JSON objects.
197		260
198	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra	261	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
199	space at those places.	262	space at those places.
200		263
201	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings. You will also most	264	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts. You will also
202	likely combine this setting with C<space_after>.	265	most likely combine this setting with C<space_after>.
203		266
204	Example, space_before enabled, space_after and indent disabled:	267	Example, space_before enabled, space_after and indent disabled:
205		268
206	{"key" :"value"}	269	{"key" :"value"}
207		270
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213	members.	276	members.
214		277
215	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra	278	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
216	space at those places.	279	space at those places.
217		280
218	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	281	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
219		282
220	Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:	283	Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:
221		284
222	{"key": "value"}	285	{"key": "value"}
223		286
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229	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will output key-value	292	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will output key-value
230	pairs in the order Perl stores them (which will likely change between runs	293	pairs in the order Perl stores them (which will likely change between runs
231	of the same script).	294	of the same script).
232		295
233	This option is useful if you want the same data structure to be encoded as	296	This option is useful if you want the same data structure to be encoded as
234	the same JSON string (given the same overall settings). If it is disabled,	297	the same JSON text (given the same overall settings). If it is disabled,
235	the same hash migh be encoded differently even if contains the same data,	298	the same hash migh be encoded differently even if contains the same data,
236	as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl.	299	as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl.
237		300
238	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	301	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
239		302
240	=item $json = $json->allow_nonref ([$enable])	303	=item $json = $json->allow_nonref ([$enable])
241		304
242	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method can convert a	305	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method can convert a
243	non-reference into its corresponding string, number or null JSON value,	306	non-reference into its corresponding string, number or null JSON value,
244	which is an extension to RFC4627. Likewise, C<decode> will accept those JSON	307	which is an extension to RFC4627. Likewise, C<decode> will accept those JSON
245	values instead of croaking.	308	values instead of croaking.
246		309
247	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will croak if it isn't	310	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will croak if it isn't
248	passed an arrayref or hashref, as JSON strings must either be an object	311	passed an arrayref or hashref, as JSON texts must either be an object
249	or array. Likewise, C<decode> will croak if given something that is not a	312	or array. Likewise, C<decode> will croak if given something that is not a
250	JSON object or array.	313	JSON object or array.
251		314
252	Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>,	315	Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>,
253	resulting in an invalid JSON text:	316	resulting in an invalid JSON text:
254		317
255	JSON::XS->new->allow_nonref->encode ("Hello, World!")	318	JSON::XS->new->allow_nonref->encode ("Hello, World!")
256	=> "Hello, World!"	319	=> "Hello, World!"
257		320
		321	=item $json = $json->allow_blessed ([$enable])
		322
		323	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will not
		324	barf when it encounters a blessed reference. Instead, the value of the
		325	B<convert_blessed> option will decide wether C<null> (C<convert_blessed>
		326	disabled or no C<to_json> method found) or a representation of the
		327	object (C<convert_blessed> enabled and C<to_json> method found) is being
		328	encoded. Has no effect on C<decode>.
		329
		330	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will throw an
		331	exception when it encounters a blessed object.
		332
		333	=item $json = $json->convert_blessed ([$enable])
		334
		335	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode>, upon encountering a
		336	blessed object, will check for the availability of the C<TO_JSON> method
		337	on the object's class. If found, it will be called in scalar context
		338	and the resulting scalar will be encoded instead of the object. If no
		339	C<TO_JSON> method is found, the value of C<allow_blessed> will decide what
		340	to do.
		341
		342	The C<TO_JSON> method may safely call die if it wants. If C<TO_JSON>
		343	returns other blessed objects, those will be handled in the same
		344	way. C<TO_JSON> must take care of not causing an endless recursion cycle
		345	(== crash) in this case. The name of C<TO_JSON> was chosen because other
		346	methods called by the Perl core (== not by the user of the object) are
		347	usually in upper case letters and to avoid collisions with the C<to_json>
		348	function.
		349
		350	This setting does not yet influence C<decode> in any way, but in the
		351	future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are
		352	enabled by this setting.
		353
		354	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<allow_blessed> setting will decide what
		355	to do when a blessed object is found.
		356
258	=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])	357	=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])
259		358
260	Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for	359	Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for
261	strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either	360	strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either
262	C<encode> or C<decode> to their minimum size possible. This can save	361	C<encode> or C<decode> to their minimum size possible. This can save
263	memory when your JSON strings are either very very long or you have many	362	memory when your JSON texts are either very very long or you have many
264	short strings. It will also try to downgrade any strings to octet-form	363	short strings. It will also try to downgrade any strings to octet-form
265	if possible: perl stores strings internally either in an encoding called	364	if possible: perl stores strings internally either in an encoding called
266	UTF-X or in octet-form. The latter cannot store everything but uses less	365	UTF-X or in octet-form. The latter cannot store everything but uses less
267	space in general.	366	space in general (and some buggy Perl or C code might even rely on that
		367	internal representation being used).
268		368
		369	The actual definition of what shrink does might change in future versions,
		370	but it will always try to save space at the expense of time.
		371
269	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), the string returned by C<encode> will be shrunk-to-fit,	372	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), the string returned by C<encode> will
270	while all strings generated by C<decode> will also be shrunk-to-fit.	373	be shrunk-to-fit, while all strings generated by C<decode> will also be
		374	shrunk-to-fit.
271		375
272	If C<$enable> is false, then the normal perl allocation algorithms are used.	376	If C<$enable> is false, then the normal perl allocation algorithms are used.
273	If you work with your data, then this is likely to be faster.	377	If you work with your data, then this is likely to be faster.
274		378
275	In the future, this setting might control other things, such as converting	379	In the future, this setting might control other things, such as converting
276	strings that look like integers or floats into integers or floats	380	strings that look like integers or floats into integers or floats
277	internally (there is no difference on the Perl level), saving space.	381	internally (there is no difference on the Perl level), saving space.
278		382
		383	=item $json = $json->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])
		384
		385	Sets the maximum nesting level (default C<512>) accepted while encoding
		386	or decoding. If the JSON text or Perl data structure has an equal or
		387	higher nesting level then this limit, then the encoder and decoder will
		388	stop and croak at that point.
		389
		390	Nesting level is defined by number of hash- or arrayrefs that the encoder
		391	needs to traverse to reach a given point or the number of C<{> or C<[>
		392	characters without their matching closing parenthesis crossed to reach a
		393	given character in a string.
		394
		395	Setting the maximum depth to one disallows any nesting, so that ensures
		396	that the object is only a single hash/object or array.
		397
		398	The argument to C<max_depth> will be rounded up to the next highest power
		399	of two. If no argument is given, the highest possible setting will be
		400	used, which is rarely useful.
		401
		402	See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
		403
		404	=item $json = $json->max_size ([$maximum_string_size])
		405
		406	Set the maximum length a JSON text may have (in bytes) where decoding is
		407	being attempted. The default is C<0>, meaning no limit. When C<decode>
		408	is called on a string longer then this number of characters it will not
		409	attempt to decode the string but throw an exception. This setting has no
		410	effect on C<encode> (yet).
		411
		412	The argument to C<max_size> will be rounded up to the next B<highest>
		413	power of two (so may be more than requested). If no argument is given, the
		414	limit check will be deactivated (same as when C<0> is specified).
		415
		416	See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
		417
279	=item $json_string = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)	418	=item $json_text = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)
280		419
281	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference	420	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference
282	to a hash or array) to its JSON representation. Simple scalars will be	421	to a hash or array) to its JSON representation. Simple scalars will be
283	converted into JSON string or number sequences, while references to arrays	422	converted into JSON string or number sequences, while references to arrays
284	become JSON arrays and references to hashes become JSON objects. Undefined	423	become JSON arrays and references to hashes become JSON objects. Undefined
285	Perl values (e.g. C<undef>) become JSON C<null> values. Neither C<true>	424	Perl values (e.g. C<undef>) become JSON C<null> values. Neither C<true>
286	nor C<false> values will be generated.	425	nor C<false> values will be generated.
287		426
288	=item $perl_scalar = $json->decode ($json_string)	427	=item $perl_scalar = $json->decode ($json_text)
289		428
290	The opposite of C<encode>: expects a JSON string and tries to parse it,	429	The opposite of C<encode>: expects a JSON text and tries to parse it,
291	returning the resulting simple scalar or reference. Croaks on error.	430	returning the resulting simple scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
292		431
293	JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become	432	JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become
294	Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes	433	Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes
295	C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>.	434	C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>.
296		435
		436	=item ($perl_scalar, $characters) = $json->decode_prefix ($json_text)
		437
		438	This works like the C<decode> method, but instead of raising an exception
		439	when there is trailing garbage after the first JSON object, it will
		440	silently stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed
		441	so far.
		442
		443	This is useful if your JSON texts are not delimited by an outer protocol
		444	(which is not the brightest thing to do in the first place) and you need
		445	to know where the JSON text ends.
		446
		447	JSON::XS->new->decode_prefix ("[1] the tail")
		448	=> ([], 3)
		449
297	=back	450	=back
		451
298		452
299	=head1 MAPPING	453	=head1 MAPPING
300		454
301	This section describes how JSON::XS maps Perl values to JSON values and	455	This section describes how JSON::XS maps Perl values to JSON values and
302	vice versa. These mappings are designed to "do the right thing" in most	456	vice versa. These mappings are designed to "do the right thing" in most
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305		459
306	For the more enlightened: note that in the following descriptions,	460	For the more enlightened: note that in the following descriptions,
307	lowercase I<perl> refers to the Perl interpreter, while uppcercase I<Perl>	461	lowercase I<perl> refers to the Perl interpreter, while uppcercase I<Perl>
308	refers to the abstract Perl language itself.	462	refers to the abstract Perl language itself.
309		463
		464
310	=head2 JSON -> PERL	465	=head2 JSON -> PERL
311		466
312	=over 4	467	=over 4
313		468
314	=item object	469	=item object
315		470
316	A JSON object becomes a reference to a hash in Perl. No ordering of object	471	A JSON object becomes a reference to a hash in Perl. No ordering of object
317	keys is preserved.	472	keys is preserved (JSON does not preserver object key ordering itself).
318		473
319	=item array	474	=item array
320		475
321	A JSON array becomes a reference to an array in Perl.	476	A JSON array becomes a reference to an array in Perl.
322		477
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334	conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and might	489	conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and might
335	represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers.	490	represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers.
336		491
337	=item true, false	492	=item true, false
338		493
339	These JSON atoms become C<0>, C<1>, respectively. Information is lost in	494	These JSON atoms become C<JSON::XS::true> and C<JSON::XS::false>,
340	this process. Future versions might represent those values differently,	495	respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers
341	but they will be guarenteed to act like these integers would normally in	496	C<1> and C<0>. You can check wether a scalar is a JSON boolean by using
342	Perl.	497	the C<JSON::XS::is_bool> function.
343		498
344	=item null	499	=item null
345		500
346	A JSON null atom becomes C<undef> in Perl.	501	A JSON null atom becomes C<undef> in Perl.
347		502
348	=back	503	=back
		504
349		505
350	=head2 PERL -> JSON	506	=head2 PERL -> JSON
351		507
352	The mapping from Perl to JSON is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a	508	The mapping from Perl to JSON is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a
353	truly typeless language, so we can only guess which JSON type is meant by	509	truly typeless language, so we can only guess which JSON type is meant by
…		…
356	=over 4	512	=over 4
357		513
358	=item hash references	514	=item hash references
359		515
360	Perl hash references become JSON objects. As there is no inherent ordering	516	Perl hash references become JSON objects. As there is no inherent ordering
361	in hash keys, they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random order that	517	in hash keys (or JSON objects), they will usually be encoded in a
362	can change between runs of the same program but stays generally the same	518	pseudo-random order that can change between runs of the same program but
363	within the single run of a program. JSON::XS can optionally sort the hash	519	stays generally the same within a single run of a program. JSON::XS can
364	keys (determined by the I<canonical> flag), so the same datastructure	520	optionally sort the hash keys (determined by the I<canonical> flag), so
365	will serialise to the same JSON text (given same settings and version of	521	the same datastructure will serialise to the same JSON text (given same
366	JSON::XS), but this incurs a runtime overhead.	522	settings and version of JSON::XS), but this incurs a runtime overhead
		523	and is only rarely useful, e.g. when you want to compare some JSON text
		524	against another for equality.
367		525
368	=item array references	526	=item array references
369		527
370	Perl array references become JSON arrays.	528	Perl array references become JSON arrays.
		529
		530	=item other references
		531
		532	Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an
		533	exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and
		534	C<1>, which get turned into C<false> and C<true> atoms in JSON. You can
		535	also use C<JSON::XS::false> and C<JSON::XS::true> to improve readability.
		536
		537	to_json [\0,JSON::XS::true] # yields [false,true]
		538
		539	=item JSON::XS::true, JSON::XS::false
		540
		541	These special values become JSON true and JSON false values,
		542	respectively. You cna alos use C<\1> and C<\0> directly if you want.
371		543
372	=item blessed objects	544	=item blessed objects
373		545
374	Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their	546	Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their
375	underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might	547	underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might
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408	$x *= 1; # same thing, the choise is yours.	580	$x *= 1; # same thing, the choise is yours.
409		581
410	You can not currently output JSON booleans or force the type in other,	582	You can not currently output JSON booleans or force the type in other,
411	less obscure, ways. Tell me if you need this capability.	583	less obscure, ways. Tell me if you need this capability.
412		584
413	=item circular data structures
414
415	Those will be encoded until memory or stackspace runs out.
416
417	=back	585	=back
		586
418		587
419	=head1 COMPARISON	588	=head1 COMPARISON
420		589
421	As already mentioned, this module was created because none of the existing	590	As already mentioned, this module was created because none of the existing
422	JSON modules could be made to work correctly. First I will describe the	591	JSON modules could be made to work correctly. First I will describe the
…		…
448		617
449	Has problems handling many Perl values (e.g. regex results and other magic	618	Has problems handling many Perl values (e.g. regex results and other magic
450	values will make it croak).	619	values will make it croak).
451		620
452	Does not even generate valid JSON (C<{1,2}> gets converted to C<{1:2}>	621	Does not even generate valid JSON (C<{1,2}> gets converted to C<{1:2}>
453	which is not a valid JSON string.	622	which is not a valid JSON text.
454		623
455	Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not	624	Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not
456	getting fixed).	625	getting fixed).
457		626
458	=item JSON::Syck 0.21	627	=item JSON::Syck 0.21
…		…
460	Very buggy (often crashes).	629	Very buggy (often crashes).
461		630
462	Very inflexible (no human-readable format supported, format pretty much	631	Very inflexible (no human-readable format supported, format pretty much
463	undocumented. I need at least a format for easy reading by humans and a	632	undocumented. I need at least a format for easy reading by humans and a
464	single-line compact format for use in a protocol, and preferably a way to	633	single-line compact format for use in a protocol, and preferably a way to
465	generate ASCII-only JSON strings).	634	generate ASCII-only JSON texts).
466		635
467	Completely broken (and confusingly documented) Unicode handling (unicode	636	Completely broken (and confusingly documented) Unicode handling (unicode
468	escapes are not working properly, you need to set ImplicitUnicode to	637	escapes are not working properly, you need to set ImplicitUnicode to
469	I<different> values on en- and decoding to get symmetric behaviour).	638	I<different> values on en- and decoding to get symmetric behaviour).
470		639
…		…
493		662
494	Very inflexible.	663	Very inflexible.
495		664
496	No roundtripping.	665	No roundtripping.
497		666
498	Does not generate valid JSON (key strings are often unquoted, empty keys	667	Does not generate valid JSON texts (key strings are often unquoted, empty keys
499	result in nothing being output)	668	result in nothing being output)
500		669
501	Does not check input for validity.	670	Does not check input for validity.
502		671
503	=back	672	=back
		673
		674
		675	=head2 JSON and YAML
		676
		677	You often hear that JSON is a subset (or a close subset) of YAML. This is,
		678	however, a mass hysteria and very far from the truth. In general, there is
		679	no way to configure JSON::XS to output a data structure as valid YAML.
		680
		681	If you really must use JSON::XS to generate YAML, you should use this
		682	algorithm (subject to change in future versions):
		683
		684	my $to_yaml = JSON::XS->new->utf8->space_after (1);
		685	my $yaml = $to_yaml->encode ($ref) . "\n";
		686
		687	This will usually generate JSON texts that also parse as valid
		688	YAML. Please note that YAML has hardcoded limits on (simple) object key
		689	lengths that JSON doesn't have, so you should make sure that your hash
		690	keys are noticably shorter than the 1024 characters YAML allows.
		691
		692	There might be other incompatibilities that I am not aware of. In general
		693	you should not try to generate YAML with a JSON generator or vice versa,
		694	or try to parse JSON with a YAML parser or vice versa: chances are high
		695	that you will run into severe interoperability problems.
		696
504		697
505	=head2 SPEED	698	=head2 SPEED
506		699
507	It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following	700	It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following
508	tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program	701	tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program
509	in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own	702	in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own
510	system.	703	system.
511		704
512	First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short JSON	705	First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short
513	string (83 bytes), showing the number of encodes/decodes per second	706	single-line JSON string:
		707
		708	{"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], \
		709	"id": null, "array":[1,11,234,-5,1e5,1e7, true, false]}
		710
		711	It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses
514	(JSON::XS is the functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 is the OO	712	the functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface
515	interface with pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled). Higher is	713	with pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled, JSON::XS/3 enables
516	better:	714	shrink). Higher is better:
517		715
		716	Storable \| 15779.925 \| 14169.946 \|
		717	-----------+------------+------------+
518	module \| encode \| decode \|	718	module \| encode \| decode \|
519	-----------\|------------\|------------\|	719	-----------\|------------\|------------\|
520	JSON \| 14006 \| 6820 \|	720	JSON \| 4990.842 \| 4088.813 \|
521	JSON::DWIW \| 200937 \| 120386 \|	721	JSON::DWIW \| 51653.990 \| 71575.154 \|
522	JSON::PC \| 85065 \| 129366 \|	722	JSON::PC \| 65948.176 \| 74631.744 \|
523	JSON::Syck \| 59898 \| 44232 \|	723	JSON::PP \| 8931.652 \| 3817.168 \|
524	JSON::XS \| 1171478 \| 342435 \|	724	JSON::Syck \| 24877.248 \| 27776.848 \|
525	JSON::XS/2 \| 730760 \| 328714 \|	725	JSON::XS \| 388361.481 \| 227951.304 \|
		726	JSON::XS/2 \| 227951.304 \| 218453.333 \|
		727	JSON::XS/3 \| 338250.323 \| 218453.333 \|
		728	Storable \| 16500.016 \| 135300.129 \|
526	-----------+------------+------------+	729	-----------+------------+------------+
527		730
528	That is, JSON::XS is 6 times faster than than JSON::DWIW and about 80	731	That is, JSON::XS is about five times faster than JSON::DWIW on encoding,
		732	about three times faster on decoding, and over fourty times faster
529	times faster than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting.	733	than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. It also compares
		734	favourably to Storable for small amounts of data.
530		735
531	Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals	736	Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals
532	search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg):	737	search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg):
533		738
534	module \| encode \| decode \|	739	module \| encode \| decode \|
535	-----------\|------------\|------------\|	740	-----------\|------------\|------------\|
536	JSON \| 673 \| 38 \|	741	JSON \| 55.260 \| 34.971 \|
537	JSON::DWIW \| 5271 \| 770 \|	742	JSON::DWIW \| 825.228 \| 1082.513 \|
538	JSON::PC \| 9901 \| 2491 \|	743	JSON::PC \| 3571.444 \| 2394.829 \|
539	JSON::Syck \| 2360 \| 786 \|	744	JSON::PP \| 210.987 \| 32.574 \|
540	JSON::XS \| 37398 \| 3202 \|	745	JSON::Syck \| 552.551 \| 787.544 \|
541	JSON::XS/2 \| 13765 \| 3153 \|	746	JSON::XS \| 5780.463 \| 4854.519 \|
		747	JSON::XS/2 \| 3869.998 \| 4798.975 \|
		748	JSON::XS/3 \| 5862.880 \| 4798.975 \|
		749	Storable \| 4445.002 \| 5235.027 \|
542	-----------+------------+------------+	750	-----------+------------+------------+
543		751
544	Again, JSON::XS leads by far in the encoding case, while still beating	752	Again, JSON::XS leads by far (except for Storable which non-surprisingly
545	every other module in the decoding case.	753	decodes faster).
546		754
547	On large strings containing lots of unicode characters, some modules	755	On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules
548	(such as JSON::PC) decode faster than JSON::XS, but the result will be	756	(such as JSON::PC) seem to decode faster than JSON::XS, but the result
549	broken due to missing unicode handling. Others refuse to decode or encode	757	will be broken due to missing (or wrong) unicode handling. Others refuse
550	properly, so it was impossible to prepare a fair comparison table for that	758	to decode or encode properly, so it was impossible to prepare a fair
551	case.	759	comparison table for that case.
552		760
553	=head1 RESOURCE LIMITS
554		761
555	JSON::XS does not impose any limits on the size of JSON texts or Perl	762	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
556	values they represent - if your machine can handle it, JSON::XS will	763
557	encode or decode it. Future versions might optionally impose structure	764	When you are using JSON in a protocol, talking to untrusted potentially
558	depth and memory use resource limits.	765	hostile creatures requires relatively few measures.
		766
		767	First of all, your JSON decoder should be secure, that is, should not have
		768	any buffer overflows. Obviously, this module should ensure that and I am
		769	trying hard on making that true, but you never know.
		770
		771	Second, you need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should
		772	limit the size of JSON texts you accept, or make sure then when your
		773	resources run out, thats just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that
		774	can crash safely). The size of a JSON text in octets or characters is
		775	usually a good indication of the size of the resources required to decode
		776	it into a Perl structure. While JSON::XS can check the size of the JSON
		777	text, it might be too late when you already have it in memory, so you
		778	might want to check the size before you accept the string.
		779
		780	Third, JSON::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and
		781	arrays. The C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64
		782	machine with 8MB of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but
		783	only 14k nested JSON objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak
		784	to free the temporary). If that is exceeded, the program crashes. to be
		785	conservative, the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process
		786	has a smaller stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the
		787	C<max_depth> method.
		788
		789	And last but least, something else could bomb you that I forgot to think
		790	of. In that case, you get to keep the pieces. I am always open for hints,
		791	though...
		792
		793	If you are using JSON::XS to return packets to consumption
		794	by javascript scripts in a browser you should have a look at
		795	L<http://jpsykes.com/47/practical-csrf-and-json-security> to see wether
		796	you are vulnerable to some common attack vectors (which really are browser
		797	design bugs, but it is still you who will have to deal with it, as major
		798	browser developers care only for features, not about doing security
		799	right).
		800
559		801
560	=head1 BUGS	802	=head1 BUGS
561		803
562	While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does	804	While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does
563	not mean its bug-free, only that I think its design is bug-free. It is	805	not mean its bug-free, only that I think its design is bug-free. It is
564	still very young and not well-tested. If you keep reporting bugs they will	806	still relatively early in its development. If you keep reporting bugs they
565	be fixed swiftly, though.	807	will be fixed swiftly, though.
566		808
567	=cut	809	=cut
		810
		811	our $true = do { bless \(my $dummy = 1), "JSON::XS::Boolean" };
		812	our $false = do { bless \(my $dummy = 0), "JSON::XS::Boolean" };
		813
		814	sub true() { $true }
		815	sub false() { $false }
		816
		817	sub is_bool($) {
		818	UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "JSON::XS::Boolean"
		819	# or UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "JSON::Literal"
		820	}
		821
		822	XSLoader::load "JSON::XS", $VERSION;
		823
		824	package JSON::XS::Boolean;
		825
		826	use overload
		827	"0+" => sub { ${$_[0]} },
		828	"++" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} + 1 },
		829	"--" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} - 1 },
		830	fallback => 1;
568		831
569	1;	832	1;
570		833
571	=head1 AUTHOR	834	=head1 AUTHOR
572		835

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