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9 # exported functions, they croak on error 9 # exported functions, they croak on error
10 # and expect/generate UTF-8 10 # and expect/generate UTF-8
11 11
12 $utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref; 12 $utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref;
13 $perl_hash_or_arrayref = from_json $utf8_encoded_json_text; 13 $perl_hash_or_arrayref = from_json $utf8_encoded_json_text;
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
19 # OO-interface 15 # OO-interface
20 16
21 $coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref; 17 $coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref;
22 $pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar); 18 $pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar);
85 81
86package JSON::XS; 82package JSON::XS;
87 83
88use strict; 84use strict;
89 85
90our $VERSION = '1.4'; 86our $VERSION = '1.5';
91our @ISA = qw(Exporter); 87our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
92 88
93our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json objToJson jsonToObj); 89our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json);
94 90
95use Exporter; 91use Exporter;
96use XSLoader; 92use XSLoader;
97 93
98=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE 94=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
282 278
283Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled: 279Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:
284 280
285 {"key": "value"} 281 {"key": "value"}
286 282
283=item $json = $json->relaxed ([$enable])
284
285If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will accept some
286extensions to normal JSON syntax (see below). C<encode> will not be
287affected in anyway. I<Be aware that this option makes you accept invalid
288JSON texts as if they were valid!>. I suggest only to use this option to
289parse application-specific files written by humans (configuration files,
290resource files etc.)
291
292If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will only accept
293valid JSON texts.
294
295Currently accepted extensions are:
296
297=over 4
298
299=item * list items can have an end-comma
300
301JSON I<separates> array elements and key-value pairs with commas. This
302can be annoying if you write JSON texts manually and want to be able to
303quickly append elements, so this extension accepts comma at the end of
304such items not just between them:
305
306 [
307 1,
308 2, <- this comma not normally allowed
309 ]
310 {
311 "k1": "v1",
312 "k2": "v2", <- this comma not normally allowed
313 }
314
315=back
316
287=item $json = $json->canonical ([$enable]) 317=item $json = $json->canonical ([$enable])
288 318
289If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will output JSON objects 319If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will output JSON objects
290by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead. 320by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead.
291 321
351future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are 381future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are
352enabled by this setting. 382enabled by this setting.
353 383
354If C<$enable> is false, then the C<allow_blessed> setting will decide what 384If C<$enable> is false, then the C<allow_blessed> setting will decide what
355to do when a blessed object is found. 385to do when a blessed object is found.
386
387=item $json = $json->filter_json_object ([$coderef->($hashref)])
388
389When C<$coderef> is specified, it will be called from C<decode> each
390time it decodes a JSON object. The only argument is a reference to the
391newly-created hash. If the code references returns a single scalar (which
392need not be a reference), this value (i.e. a copy of that scalar to avoid
393aliasing) is inserted into the deserialised data structure. If it returns
394an empty list (NOTE: I<not> C<undef>, which is a valid scalar), the
395original deserialised hash will be inserted. This setting can slow down
396decoding considerably.
397
398When C<$coderef> is omitted or undefined, any existing callback will
399be removed and C<decode> will not change the deserialised hash in any
400way.
401
402Example, convert all JSON objects into the integer 5:
403
404 my $js = JSON::XS->new->filter_json_object (sub { 5 });
405 # returns [5]
406 $js->decode ('[{}]')
407 # throw an exception because allow_nonref is not enabled
408 # so a lone 5 is not allowed.
409 $js->decode ('{"a":1, "b":2}');
410
411=item $json = $json->filter_json_single_key_object ($key [=> $coderef->($value)])
412
413Works remotely similar to C<filter_json_object>, but is only called for
414JSON objects having a single key named C<$key>.
415
416This C<$coderef> is called before the one specified via
417C<filter_json_object>, if any. It gets passed the single value in the JSON
418object. If it returns a single value, it will be inserted into the data
419structure. If it returns nothing (not even C<undef> but the empty list),
420the callback from C<filter_json_object> will be called next, as if no
421single-key callback were specified.
422
423If C<$coderef> is omitted or undefined, the corresponding callback will be
424disabled. There can only ever be one callback for a given key.
425
426As this callback gets called less often then the C<filter_json_object>
427one, decoding speed will not usually suffer as much. Therefore, single-key
428objects make excellent targets to serialise Perl objects into, especially
429as single-key JSON objects are as close to the type-tagged value concept
430as JSON gets (its basically an ID/VALUE tuple). Of course, JSON does not
431support this in any way, so you need to make sure your data never looks
432like a serialised Perl hash.
433
434Typical names for the single object key are C<__class_whatever__>, or
435C<$__dollars_are_rarely_used__$> or C<}ugly_brace_placement>, or even
436things like C<__class_md5sum(classname)__>, to reduce the risk of clashing
437with real hashes.
438
439Example, decode JSON objects of the form C<< { "__widget__" => <id> } >>
440into the corresponding C<< $WIDGET{<id>} >> object:
441
442 # return whatever is in $WIDGET{5}:
443 JSON::XS
444 ->new
445 ->filter_json_single_key_object (__widget__ => sub {
446 $WIDGET{ $_[0] }
447 })
448 ->decode ('{"__widget__": 5')
449
450 # this can be used with a TO_JSON method in some "widget" class
451 # for serialisation to json:
452 sub WidgetBase::TO_JSON {
453 my ($self) = @_;
454
455 unless ($self->{id}) {
456 $self->{id} = ..get..some..id..;
457 $WIDGET{$self->{id}} = $self;
458 }
459
460 { __widget__ => $self->{id} }
461 }
356 462
357=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable]) 463=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])
358 464
359Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for 465Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for
360strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either 466strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either
481are represented by the same codepoints in the Perl string, so no manual 587are represented by the same codepoints in the Perl string, so no manual
482decoding is necessary. 588decoding is necessary.
483 589
484=item number 590=item number
485 591
486A JSON number becomes either an integer or numeric (floating point) 592A JSON number becomes either an integer, numeric (floating point) or
487scalar in perl, depending on its range and any fractional parts. On the 593string scalar in perl, depending on its range and any fractional parts. On
488Perl level, there is no difference between those as Perl handles all the 594the Perl level, there is no difference between those as Perl handles all
489conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and might 595the conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and
490represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers. 596might represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers.
597
598If the number consists of digits only, JSON::XS will try to represent
599it as an integer value. If that fails, it will try to represent it as
600a numeric (floating point) value if that is possible without loss of
601precision. Otherwise it will preserve the number as a string value.
602
603Numbers containing a fractional or exponential part will always be
604represented as numeric (floating point) values, possibly at a loss of
605precision.
606
607This might create round-tripping problems as numbers might become strings,
608but as Perl is typeless there is no other way to do it.
491 609
492=item true, false 610=item true, false
493 611
494These JSON atoms become C<JSON::XS::true> and C<JSON::XS::false>, 612These JSON atoms become C<JSON::XS::true> and C<JSON::XS::false>,
495respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers 613respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers

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