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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
		88	use strict;
		89
82	BEGIN {	90	BEGIN {
83	$VERSION = '0.3';	91	our $VERSION = '1.22';
84	@ISA = qw(Exporter);	92	our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
85		93
86	@EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json);	94	our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json objToJson jsonToObj);
87	require Exporter;	95	require Exporter;
88		96
89	require XSLoader;	97	require XSLoader;
90	XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION;	98	XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION;
91	}	99	}
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95	The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are	103	The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are
96	exported by default:	104	exported by default:
97		105
98	=over 4	106	=over 4
99		107
100	=item $json_string = to_json $perl_scalar	108	=item $json_text = to_json $perl_scalar
101		109
102	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to	110	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to
103	a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains	111	a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains
104	octets only). Croaks on error.	112	octets only). Croaks on error.
105		113
106	This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar) >>.	114	This function call is functionally identical to:
107		115
		116	$json_text = JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar)
		117
		118	except being faster.
		119
108	=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_string	120	=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_text
109		121
110	The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to	122	The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to
111	parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON string, returning the resulting simple	123	parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON text, returning the resulting simple
112	scalar or reference. Croaks on error.	124	scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
113		125
114	This function call is functionally identical to C<< JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_string) >>.	126	This function call is functionally identical to:
		127
		128	$perl_scalar = JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_text)
		129
		130	except being faster.
115		131
116	=back	132	=back
		133
117		134
118	=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE	135	=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE
119		136
120	The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or	137	The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or
121	decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.	138	decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.
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128	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.	145	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
129		146
130	The mutators for flags all return the JSON object again and thus calls can	147	The mutators for flags all return the JSON object again and thus calls can
131	be chained:	148	be chained:
132		149
133	my $json = JSON::XS->new->utf8(1)->space_after(1)->encode ({a => [1,2]})	150	my $json = JSON::XS->new->utf8->space_after->encode ({a => [1,2]})
134	=> {"a": [1, 2]}	151	=> {"a": [1, 2]}
135		152
136	=item $json = $json->ascii ([$enable])	153	=item $json = $json->ascii ([$enable])
137		154
138	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will	155	If C<$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	156	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	157	unicode characters outside that range will be escaped using either a
141	\uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence, as per	158	single \uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence,
142	RFC4627.	159	as per RFC4627. The resulting encoded JSON text can be treated as a native
		160	unicode string, an ascii-encoded, latin1-encoded or UTF-8 encoded string,
		161	or any other superset of ASCII.
143		162
144	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode	163	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
145	characters unless necessary.	164	characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags. This results
		165	in a faster and more compact format.
146		166
		167	The main use for this flag is to produce JSON texts that can be
		168	transmitted over a 7-bit channel, as the encoded JSON texts will not
		169	contain any 8 bit characters.
		170
147	JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode (chr 0x10401)	171	JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode ([chr 0x10401])
148	=> \ud801\udc01	172	=> ["\ud801\udc01"]
		173
		174	=item $json = $json->latin1 ([$enable])
		175
		176	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode
		177	the resulting JSON text as latin1 (or iso-8859-1), escaping any characters
		178	outside the code range C<0..255>. The resulting string can be treated as a
		179	latin1-encoded JSON text or a native unicode string. The C<decode> method
		180	will not be affected in any way by this flag, as C<decode> by default
		181	expects unicode, which is a strict superset of latin1.
		182
		183	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
		184	characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags.
		185
		186	The main use for this flag is efficiently encoding binary data as JSON
		187	text, as most octets will not be escaped, resulting in a smaller encoded
		188	size. The disadvantage is that the resulting JSON text is encoded
		189	in latin1 (and must correctly be treated as such when storing and
		190	transfering), a rare encoding for JSON. It is therefore most useful when
		191	you want to store data structures known to contain binary data efficiently
		192	in files or databases, not when talking to other JSON encoders/decoders.
		193
		194	JSON::XS->new->latin1->encode (["\x{89}\x{abc}"]
		195	=> ["\x{89}\\u0abc"] # (perl syntax, U+abc escaped, U+89 not)
149		196
150	=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable])	197	=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable])
151		198
152	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode	199	If C<$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	200	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	201	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	202	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.	203	range C<0..255>, they are thus useful for bytewise/binary I/O. In future
		204	versions, enabling this option might enable autodetection of the UTF-16
		205	and UTF-32 encoding families, as described in RFC4627.
157		206
158	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will return the JSON	207	If C<$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	208	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	209	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.	210	to be done yourself, e.g. using the Encode module.
162		211
163	Example, output UTF-16-encoded JSON:	212	Example, output UTF-16BE-encoded JSON:
		213
		214	use Encode;
		215	$jsontext = encode "UTF-16BE", JSON::XS->new->encode ($object);
		216
		217	Example, decode UTF-32LE-encoded JSON:
		218
		219	use Encode;
		220	$object = JSON::XS->new->decode (decode "UTF-32LE", $jsontext);
164		221
165	=item $json = $json->pretty ([$enable])	222	=item $json = $json->pretty ([$enable])
166		223
167	This enables (or disables) all of the C<indent>, C<space_before> and	224	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	225	C<space_after> (and in the future possibly more) flags in one call to
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184	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will use a multiline	241	If C<$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	242	format as output, putting every array member or object/hash key-value pair
186	into its own line, identing them properly.	243	into its own line, identing them properly.
187		244
188	If C<$enable> is false, no newlines or indenting will be produced, and the	245	If C<$enable> is false, no newlines or indenting will be produced, and the
189	resulting JSON strings is guarenteed not to contain any C<newlines>.	246	resulting JSON text is guarenteed not to contain any C<newlines>.
190		247
191	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	248	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
192		249
193	=item $json = $json->space_before ([$enable])	250	=item $json = $json->space_before ([$enable])
194		251
195	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will add an extra	252	If C<$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.	253	optional space before the C<:> separating keys from values in JSON objects.
197		254
198	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra	255	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
199	space at those places.	256	space at those places.
200		257
201	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings. You will also most	258	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts. You will also
202	likely combine this setting with C<space_after>.	259	most likely combine this setting with C<space_after>.
203		260
204	Example, space_before enabled, space_after and indent disabled:	261	Example, space_before enabled, space_after and indent disabled:
205		262
206	{"key" :"value"}	263	{"key" :"value"}
207		264
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213	members.	270	members.
214		271
215	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra	272	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not add any extra
216	space at those places.	273	space at those places.
217		274
218	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	275	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
219		276
220	Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:	277	Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:
221		278
222	{"key": "value"}	279	{"key": "value"}
223		280
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229	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will output key-value	286	If C<$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	287	pairs in the order Perl stores them (which will likely change between runs
231	of the same script).	288	of the same script).
232		289
233	This option is useful if you want the same data structure to be encoded as	290	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,	291	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,	292	the same hash migh be encoded differently even if contains the same data,
236	as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl.	293	as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl.
237		294
238	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON strings.	295	This setting has no effect when decoding JSON texts.
239		296
240	=item $json = $json->allow_nonref ([$enable])	297	=item $json = $json->allow_nonref ([$enable])
241		298
242	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method can convert a	299	If C<$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,	300	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	301	which is an extension to RFC4627. Likewise, C<decode> will accept those JSON
245	values instead of croaking.	302	values instead of croaking.
246		303
247	If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will croak if it isn't	304	If C<$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	305	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	306	or array. Likewise, C<decode> will croak if given something that is not a
250	JSON object or array.	307	JSON object or array.
251		308
252	Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>,	309	Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>,
253	resulting in an invalid JSON text:	310	resulting in an invalid JSON text:
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256	=> "Hello, World!"	313	=> "Hello, World!"
257		314
258	=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])	315	=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])
259		316
260	Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for	317	Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for
261	strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either	318	strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either
262	C<encode> or C<decode> to their minimum size possible. This can save	319	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	320	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	321	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	322	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	323	UTF-X or in octet-form. The latter cannot store everything but uses less
267	space in general.	324	space in general (and some buggy Perl or C code might even rely on that
		325	internal representation being used).
268		326
		327	The actual definition of what shrink does might change in future versions,
		328	but it will always try to save space at the expense of time.
		329
269	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), the string returned by C<encode> will be shrunk-to-fit,	330	If C<$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.	331	be shrunk-to-fit, while all strings generated by C<decode> will also be
		332	shrunk-to-fit.
271		333
272	If C<$enable> is false, then the normal perl allocation algorithms are used.	334	If C<$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.	335	If you work with your data, then this is likely to be faster.
274		336
275	In the future, this setting might control other things, such as converting	337	In the future, this setting might control other things, such as converting
276	strings that look like integers or floats into integers or floats	338	strings that look like integers or floats into integers or floats
277	internally (there is no difference on the Perl level), saving space.	339	internally (there is no difference on the Perl level), saving space.
278		340
		341	=item $json = $json->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])
		342
		343	Sets the maximum nesting level (default C<512>) accepted while encoding
		344	or decoding. If the JSON text or Perl data structure has an equal or
		345	higher nesting level then this limit, then the encoder and decoder will
		346	stop and croak at that point.
		347
		348	Nesting level is defined by number of hash- or arrayrefs that the encoder
		349	needs to traverse to reach a given point or the number of C<{> or C<[>
		350	characters without their matching closing parenthesis crossed to reach a
		351	given character in a string.
		352
		353	Setting the maximum depth to one disallows any nesting, so that ensures
		354	that the object is only a single hash/object or array.
		355
		356	The argument to C<max_depth> will be rounded up to the next nearest power
		357	of two.
		358
		359	See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
		360
279	=item $json_string = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)	361	=item $json_text = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)
280		362
281	Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference	363	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	364	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	365	converted into JSON string or number sequences, while references to arrays
284	become JSON arrays and references to hashes become JSON objects. Undefined	366	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>	367	Perl values (e.g. C<undef>) become JSON C<null> values. Neither C<true>
286	nor C<false> values will be generated.	368	nor C<false> values will be generated.
287		369
288	=item $perl_scalar = $json->decode ($json_string)	370	=item $perl_scalar = $json->decode ($json_text)
289		371
290	The opposite of C<encode>: expects a JSON string and tries to parse it,	372	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.	373	returning the resulting simple scalar or reference. Croaks on error.
292		374
293	JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become	375	JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become
294	Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes	376	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>.	377	C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>.
296		378
		379	=item ($perl_scalar, $characters) = $json->decode_prefix ($json_text)
		380
		381	This works like the C<decode> method, but instead of raising an exception
		382	when there is trailing garbage after the first JSON object, it will
		383	silently stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed
		384	so far.
		385
		386	This is useful if your JSON texts are not delimited by an outer protocol
		387	(which is not the brightest thing to do in the first place) and you need
		388	to know where the JSON text ends.
		389
		390	JSON::XS->new->decode_prefix ("[1] the tail")
		391	=> ([], 3)
		392
297	=back	393	=back
		394
298		395
299	=head1 MAPPING	396	=head1 MAPPING
300		397
301	This section describes how JSON::XS maps Perl values to JSON values and	398	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	399	vice versa. These mappings are designed to "do the right thing" in most
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312	=over 4	409	=over 4
313		410
314	=item object	411	=item object
315		412
316	A JSON object becomes a reference to a hash in Perl. No ordering of object	413	A JSON object becomes a reference to a hash in Perl. No ordering of object
317	keys is preserved.	414	keys is preserved (JSON does not preserver object key ordering itself).
318		415
319	=item array	416	=item array
320		417
321	A JSON array becomes a reference to an array in Perl.	418	A JSON array becomes a reference to an array in Perl.
322		419
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356	=over 4	453	=over 4
357		454
358	=item hash references	455	=item hash references
359		456
360	Perl hash references become JSON objects. As there is no inherent ordering	457	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	458	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	459	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	460	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	461	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	462	the same datastructure will serialise to the same JSON text (given same
366	JSON::XS), but this incurs a runtime overhead.	463	settings and version of JSON::XS), but this incurs a runtime overhead
		464	and is only rarely useful, e.g. when you want to compare some JSON text
		465	against another for equality.
367		466
368	=item array references	467	=item array references
369		468
370	Perl array references become JSON arrays.	469	Perl array references become JSON arrays.
		470
		471	=item other references
		472
		473	Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an
		474	exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and
		475	C<1>, which get turned into C<false> and C<true> atoms in JSON. You can
		476	also use C<JSON::XS::false> and C<JSON::XS::true> to improve readability.
		477
		478	to_json [\0,JSON::XS::true] # yields [false,true]
371		479
372	=item blessed objects	480	=item blessed objects
373		481
374	Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their	482	Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their
375	underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might	483	underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might
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408	$x *= 1; # same thing, the choise is yours.	516	$x *= 1; # same thing, the choise is yours.
409		517
410	You can not currently output JSON booleans or force the type in other,	518	You can not currently output JSON booleans or force the type in other,
411	less obscure, ways. Tell me if you need this capability.	519	less obscure, ways. Tell me if you need this capability.
412		520
413	=item circular data structures
414
415	Those will be encoded until memory or stackspace runs out.
416
417	=back	521	=back
		522
418		523
419	=head1 COMPARISON	524	=head1 COMPARISON
420		525
421	As already mentioned, this module was created because none of the existing	526	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	527	JSON modules could be made to work correctly. First I will describe the
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448		553
449	Has problems handling many Perl values (e.g. regex results and other magic	554	Has problems handling many Perl values (e.g. regex results and other magic
450	values will make it croak).	555	values will make it croak).
451		556
452	Does not even generate valid JSON (C<{1,2}> gets converted to C<{1:2}>	557	Does not even generate valid JSON (C<{1,2}> gets converted to C<{1:2}>
453	which is not a valid JSON string.	558	which is not a valid JSON text.
454		559
455	Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not	560	Unmaintained (maintainer unresponsive for many months, bugs are not
456	getting fixed).	561	getting fixed).
457		562
458	=item JSON::Syck 0.21	563	=item JSON::Syck 0.21
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460	Very buggy (often crashes).	565	Very buggy (often crashes).
461		566
462	Very inflexible (no human-readable format supported, format pretty much	567	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	568	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	569	single-line compact format for use in a protocol, and preferably a way to
465	generate ASCII-only JSON strings).	570	generate ASCII-only JSON texts).
466		571
467	Completely broken (and confusingly documented) Unicode handling (unicode	572	Completely broken (and confusingly documented) Unicode handling (unicode
468	escapes are not working properly, you need to set ImplicitUnicode to	573	escapes are not working properly, you need to set ImplicitUnicode to
469	I<different> values on en- and decoding to get symmetric behaviour).	574	I<different> values on en- and decoding to get symmetric behaviour).
470		575
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493		598
494	Very inflexible.	599	Very inflexible.
495		600
496	No roundtripping.	601	No roundtripping.
497		602
498	Does not generate valid JSON (key strings are often unquoted, empty keys	603	Does not generate valid JSON texts (key strings are often unquoted, empty keys
499	result in nothing being output)	604	result in nothing being output)
500		605
501	Does not check input for validity.	606	Does not check input for validity.
502		607
503	=back	608	=back
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507	It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following	612	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	613	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	614	in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own
510	system.	615	system.
511		616
512	First is a comparison between various modules using a very simple JSON	617	First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short
		618	single-line JSON string:
		619
		620	{"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], \
		621	"id": null, [1,11,234,-5,1e5,1e7, true, false]}
		622
513	string, showing the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS is	623	It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses the
514	the functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 is the OO interface with	624	functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface with
515	pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled).	625	pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled). Higher is better:
516		626
		627	-----------+------------+------------+
517	module \| encode \| decode \|	628	module \| encode \| decode \|
518	-----------\|------------\|------------\|	629	-----------\|------------\|------------\|
519	JSON \| 14006 \| 6820 \|	630	JSON \| 10597.029 \| 5740.903 \|
520	JSON::DWIW \| 200937 \| 120386 \|	631	JSON::DWIW \| 78251.940 \| 98457.840 \|
521	JSON::PC \| 85065 \| 129366 \|	632	JSON::PC \| 70611.178 \| 92794.336 \|
522	JSON::Syck \| 59898 \| 44232 \|	633	JSON::Syck \| 28767.517 \| 38199.490 \|
523	JSON::XS \| 1171478 \| 342435 \|	634	JSON::XS \| 419430.400 \| 265462.278 \|
524	JSON::XS/2 \| 730760 \| 328714 \|	635	JSON::XS/2 \| 279620.267 \| 265462.278 \|
		636	JSON::XS/3 \| 388361.481 \| 265462.278 \|
		637	Storable \| 16294.887 \| 16844.594 \|
525	-----------+------------+------------+	638	-----------+------------+------------+
526		639
527	That is, JSON::XS is 6 times faster than than JSON::DWIW and about 80	640	That is, JSON::XS is about five times faster than JSON::DWIW on encoding,
		641	about three times faster on decoding, and about fourty times faster
528	times faster than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting.	642	than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. It also compares
		643	favourably to Storable for small amounts of data.
529		644
530	Using a longer test string (roughly 8KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals	645	Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals
531	search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg):	646	search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg):
532		647
533	module \| encode \| decode \|	648	module \| encode \| decode \|
534	-----------\|------------\|------------\|	649	-----------\|------------\|------------\|
535	JSON \| 673 \| 38 \|	650	JSON \| 254.685 \| 37.665 \|
536	JSON::DWIW \| 5271 \| 770 \|	651	JSON::DWIW \| 1014.244 \| 1087.678 \|
537	JSON::PC \| 9901 \| 2491 \|	652	JSON::PC \| 3602.116 \| 2307.352 \|
538	JSON::Syck \| 2360 \| 786 \|	653	JSON::Syck \| 558.035 \| 776.263 \|
539	JSON::XS \| 37398 \| 3202 \|	654	JSON::XS \| 5747.196 \| 3543.684 \|
540	JSON::XS/2 \| 13765 \| 3153 \|	655	JSON::XS/2 \| 3968.121 \| 3589.170 \|
		656	JSON::XS/3 \| 6105.246 \| 3561.134 \|
		657	Storable \| 4456.337 \| 5320.020 \|
541	-----------+------------+------------+	658	-----------+------------+------------+
542		659
543	Again, JSON::XS leads by far in the encoding case, while still beating	660	Again, JSON::XS leads by far.
544	every other module in the decoding case.
545		661
546	=head1 RESOURCE LIMITS	662	On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules
		663	(such as JSON::PC) seem to decode faster than JSON::XS, but the result
		664	will be broken due to missing (or wrong) unicode handling. Others refuse
		665	to decode or encode properly, so it was impossible to prepare a fair
		666	comparison table for that case.
547		667
548	JSON::XS does not impose any limits on the size of JSON texts or Perl	668
549	values they represent - if your machine can handle it, JSON::XS will	669	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
550	encode or decode it. Future versions might optionally impose structure	670
551	depth and memory use resource limits.	671	When you are using JSON in a protocol, talking to untrusted potentially
		672	hostile creatures requires relatively few measures.
		673
		674	First of all, your JSON decoder should be secure, that is, should not have
		675	any buffer overflows. Obviously, this module should ensure that and I am
		676	trying hard on making that true, but you never know.
		677
		678	Second, you need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should
		679	limit the size of JSON texts you accept, or make sure then when your
		680	resources run out, thats just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that
		681	can crash safely). The size of a JSON text in octets or characters is
		682	usually a good indication of the size of the resources required to decode
		683	it into a Perl structure.
		684
		685	Third, JSON::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and
		686	arrays. The C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64
		687	machine with 8MB of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but
		688	only 14k nested JSON objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak
		689	to free the temporary). If that is exceeded, the program crashes. to be
		690	conservative, the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process
		691	has a smaller stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the
		692	C<max_depth> method.
		693
		694	And last but least, something else could bomb you that I forgot to think
		695	of. In that case, you get to keep the pieces. I am always open for hints,
		696	though...
		697
552		698
553	=head1 BUGS	699	=head1 BUGS
554		700
555	While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does	701	While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does
556	not mean its bug-free, only that I think its design is bug-free. It is	702	not mean its bug-free, only that I think its design is bug-free. It is
557	still very young and not well-tested. If you keep reporting bugs they will	703	still relatively early in its development. If you keep reporting bugs they
558	be fixed swiftly, though.	704	will be fixed swiftly, though.
559		705
560	=cut	706	=cut
		707
		708	sub true() { \1 }
		709	sub false() { \0 }
561		710
562	1;	711	1;
563		712
564	=head1 AUTHOR	713	=head1 AUTHOR
565		714

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