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1=encoding utf-8
2
1=head1 NAME 3=head1 NAME
2 4
3JSON::XS - JSON serialising/deserialising, done correctly and fast 5JSON::XS - JSON serialising/deserialising, done correctly and fast
6
7JSON::XS - 正しくて高速な JSON シリアライザ/デシリアライザ
8 (http://fleur.hio.jp/perldoc/mix/lib/JSON/XS.html)
4 9
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 10=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 11
7 use JSON::XS; 12 use JSON::XS;
8 13
9 # exported functions, they croak on error 14 # exported functions, they croak on error
10 # and expect/generate UTF-8 15 # and expect/generate UTF-8
11 16
12 $utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref; 17 $utf8_encoded_json_text = to_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref;
13 $perl_hash_or_arrayref = from_json $utf8_encoded_json_text; 18 $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 19
19 # OO-interface 20 # OO-interface
20 21
21 $coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref; 22 $coder = JSON::XS->new->ascii->pretty->allow_nonref;
22 $pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar); 23 $pretty_printed_unencoded = $coder->encode ($perl_scalar);
85 86
86package JSON::XS; 87package JSON::XS;
87 88
88use strict; 89use strict;
89 90
90BEGIN {
91 our $VERSION = '1.11'; 91our $VERSION = '1.5';
92 our @ISA = qw(Exporter); 92our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
93 93
94 our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json objToJson jsonToObj); 94our @EXPORT = qw(to_json from_json);
95 require Exporter;
96 95
97 require XSLoader; 96use Exporter;
98 XSLoader::load JSON::XS::, $VERSION; 97use XSLoader;
99}
100 98
101=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE 99=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
102 100
103The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are 101The following convinience methods are provided by this module. They are
104exported by default: 102exported by default:
105 103
106=over 4 104=over 4
107 105
108=item $json_text = to_json $perl_scalar 106=item $json_text = to_json $perl_scalar
109 107
110Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference to 108Converts the given Perl data structure to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string
111a hash or array) to a UTF-8 encoded, binary string (that is, the string contains 109(that is, the string contains octets only). Croaks on error.
112octets only). Croaks on error.
113 110
114This function call is functionally identical to: 111This function call is functionally identical to:
115 112
116 $json_text = JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar) 113 $json_text = JSON::XS->new->utf8->encode ($perl_scalar)
117 114
118except being faster. 115except being faster.
119 116
120=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_text 117=item $perl_scalar = from_json $json_text
121 118
122The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries to 119The opposite of C<to_json>: expects an UTF-8 (binary) string and tries
123parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON text, returning the resulting simple 120to parse that as an UTF-8 encoded JSON text, returning the resulting
124scalar or reference. Croaks on error. 121reference. Croaks on error.
125 122
126This function call is functionally identical to: 123This function call is functionally identical to:
127 124
128 $perl_scalar = JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_text) 125 $perl_scalar = JSON::XS->new->utf8->decode ($json_text)
129 126
130except being faster. 127except being faster.
131 128
129=item $is_boolean = JSON::XS::is_bool $scalar
130
131Returns true if the passed scalar represents either JSON::XS::true or
132JSON::XS::false, two constants that act like C<1> and C<0>, respectively
133and are used to represent JSON C<true> and C<false> values in Perl.
134
135See MAPPING, below, for more information on how JSON values are mapped to
136Perl.
137
132=back 138=back
139
140
141=head1 A FEW NOTES ON UNICODE AND PERL
142
143Since this often leads to confusion, here are a few very clear words on
144how Unicode works in Perl, modulo bugs.
145
146=over 4
147
148=item 1. Perl strings can store characters with ordinal values > 255.
149
150This enables you to store unicode characters as single characters in a
151Perl string - very natural.
152
153=item 2. Perl does I<not> associate an encoding with your strings.
154
155Unless you force it to, e.g. when matching it against a regex, or printing
156the scalar to a file, in which case Perl either interprets your string as
157locale-encoded text, octets/binary, or as Unicode, depending on various
158settings. In no case is an encoding stored together with your data, it is
159I<use> that decides encoding, not any magical metadata.
160
161=item 3. The internal utf-8 flag has no meaning with regards to the
162encoding of your string.
163
164Just ignore that flag unless you debug a Perl bug, a module written in
165XS or want to dive into the internals of perl. Otherwise it will only
166confuse you, as, despite the name, it says nothing about how your string
167is encoded. You can have unicode strings with that flag set, with that
168flag clear, and you can have binary data with that flag set and that flag
169clear. Other possibilities exist, too.
170
171If you didn't know about that flag, just the better, pretend it doesn't
172exist.
173
174=item 4. A "Unicode String" is simply a string where each character can be
175validly interpreted as a Unicode codepoint.
176
177If you have UTF-8 encoded data, it is no longer a Unicode string, but a
178Unicode string encoded in UTF-8, giving you a binary string.
179
180=item 5. A string containing "high" (> 255) character values is I<not> a UTF-8 string.
181
182Its a fact. Learn to live with it.
183
184=back
185
186I hope this helps :)
133 187
134 188
135=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE 189=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE
136 190
137The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or 191The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or
154 208
155If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will not 209If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will not
156generate characters outside the code range C<0..127> (which is ASCII). Any 210generate characters outside the code range C<0..127> (which is ASCII). Any
157unicode characters outside that range will be escaped using either a 211unicode characters outside that range will be escaped using either a
158single \uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence, 212single \uXXXX (BMP characters) or a double \uHHHH\uLLLLL escape sequence,
159as per RFC4627. 213as per RFC4627. The resulting encoded JSON text can be treated as a native
214unicode string, an ascii-encoded, latin1-encoded or UTF-8 encoded string,
215or any other superset of ASCII.
160 216
161If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode 217If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
162characters unless required by the JSON syntax. This results in a faster 218characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags. This results
163and more compact format. 219in a faster and more compact format.
220
221The main use for this flag is to produce JSON texts that can be
222transmitted over a 7-bit channel, as the encoded JSON texts will not
223contain any 8 bit characters.
164 224
165 JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode ([chr 0x10401]) 225 JSON::XS->new->ascii (1)->encode ([chr 0x10401])
166 => ["\ud801\udc01"] 226 => ["\ud801\udc01"]
227
228=item $json = $json->latin1 ([$enable])
229
230If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode
231the resulting JSON text as latin1 (or iso-8859-1), escaping any characters
232outside the code range C<0..255>. The resulting string can be treated as a
233latin1-encoded JSON text or a native unicode string. The C<decode> method
234will not be affected in any way by this flag, as C<decode> by default
235expects unicode, which is a strict superset of latin1.
236
237If C<$enable> is false, then the C<encode> method will not escape Unicode
238characters unless required by the JSON syntax or other flags.
239
240The main use for this flag is efficiently encoding binary data as JSON
241text, as most octets will not be escaped, resulting in a smaller encoded
242size. The disadvantage is that the resulting JSON text is encoded
243in latin1 (and must correctly be treated as such when storing and
244transfering), a rare encoding for JSON. It is therefore most useful when
245you want to store data structures known to contain binary data efficiently
246in files or databases, not when talking to other JSON encoders/decoders.
247
248 JSON::XS->new->latin1->encode (["\x{89}\x{abc}"]
249 => ["\x{89}\\u0abc"] # (perl syntax, U+abc escaped, U+89 not)
167 250
168=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable]) 251=item $json = $json->utf8 ([$enable])
169 252
170If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode 253If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will encode
171the JSON result into UTF-8, as required by many protocols, while the 254the JSON result into UTF-8, as required by many protocols, while the
247 330
248Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled: 331Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled:
249 332
250 {"key": "value"} 333 {"key": "value"}
251 334
335=item $json = $json->relaxed ([$enable])
336
337If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will accept some
338extensions to normal JSON syntax (see below). C<encode> will not be
339affected in anyway. I<Be aware that this option makes you accept invalid
340JSON texts as if they were valid!>. I suggest only to use this option to
341parse application-specific files written by humans (configuration files,
342resource files etc.)
343
344If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will only accept
345valid JSON texts.
346
347Currently accepted extensions are:
348
349=over 4
350
351=item * list items can have an end-comma
352
353JSON I<separates> array elements and key-value pairs with commas. This
354can be annoying if you write JSON texts manually and want to be able to
355quickly append elements, so this extension accepts comma at the end of
356such items not just between them:
357
358 [
359 1,
360 2, <- this comma not normally allowed
361 ]
362 {
363 "k1": "v1",
364 "k2": "v2", <- this comma not normally allowed
365 }
366
367=item * shell-style '#'-comments
368
369Whenever JSON allows whitespace, shell-style comments are additionally
370allowed. They are terminated by the first carriage-return or line-feed
371character, after which more white-space and comments are allowed.
372
373 [
374 1, # this comment not allowed in JSON
375 # neither this one...
376 ]
377
378=back
379
252=item $json = $json->canonical ([$enable]) 380=item $json = $json->canonical ([$enable])
253 381
254If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will output JSON objects 382If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will output JSON objects
255by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead. 383by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead.
256 384
280Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>, 408Example, encode a Perl scalar as JSON value with enabled C<allow_nonref>,
281resulting in an invalid JSON text: 409resulting in an invalid JSON text:
282 410
283 JSON::XS->new->allow_nonref->encode ("Hello, World!") 411 JSON::XS->new->allow_nonref->encode ("Hello, World!")
284 => "Hello, World!" 412 => "Hello, World!"
413
414=item $json = $json->allow_blessed ([$enable])
415
416If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then the C<encode> method will not
417barf when it encounters a blessed reference. Instead, the value of the
418B<convert_blessed> option will decide wether C<null> (C<convert_blessed>
419disabled or no C<to_json> method found) or a representation of the
420object (C<convert_blessed> enabled and C<to_json> method found) is being
421encoded. Has no effect on C<decode>.
422
423If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will throw an
424exception when it encounters a blessed object.
425
426=item $json = $json->convert_blessed ([$enable])
427
428If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode>, upon encountering a
429blessed object, will check for the availability of the C<TO_JSON> method
430on the object's class. If found, it will be called in scalar context
431and the resulting scalar will be encoded instead of the object. If no
432C<TO_JSON> method is found, the value of C<allow_blessed> will decide what
433to do.
434
435The C<TO_JSON> method may safely call die if it wants. If C<TO_JSON>
436returns other blessed objects, those will be handled in the same
437way. C<TO_JSON> must take care of not causing an endless recursion cycle
438(== crash) in this case. The name of C<TO_JSON> was chosen because other
439methods called by the Perl core (== not by the user of the object) are
440usually in upper case letters and to avoid collisions with the C<to_json>
441function.
442
443This setting does not yet influence C<decode> in any way, but in the
444future, global hooks might get installed that influence C<decode> and are
445enabled by this setting.
446
447If C<$enable> is false, then the C<allow_blessed> setting will decide what
448to do when a blessed object is found.
449
450=item $json = $json->filter_json_object ([$coderef->($hashref)])
451
452When C<$coderef> is specified, it will be called from C<decode> each
453time it decodes a JSON object. The only argument is a reference to the
454newly-created hash. If the code references returns a single scalar (which
455need not be a reference), this value (i.e. a copy of that scalar to avoid
456aliasing) is inserted into the deserialised data structure. If it returns
457an empty list (NOTE: I<not> C<undef>, which is a valid scalar), the
458original deserialised hash will be inserted. This setting can slow down
459decoding considerably.
460
461When C<$coderef> is omitted or undefined, any existing callback will
462be removed and C<decode> will not change the deserialised hash in any
463way.
464
465Example, convert all JSON objects into the integer 5:
466
467 my $js = JSON::XS->new->filter_json_object (sub { 5 });
468 # returns [5]
469 $js->decode ('[{}]')
470 # throw an exception because allow_nonref is not enabled
471 # so a lone 5 is not allowed.
472 $js->decode ('{"a":1, "b":2}');
473
474=item $json = $json->filter_json_single_key_object ($key [=> $coderef->($value)])
475
476Works remotely similar to C<filter_json_object>, but is only called for
477JSON objects having a single key named C<$key>.
478
479This C<$coderef> is called before the one specified via
480C<filter_json_object>, if any. It gets passed the single value in the JSON
481object. If it returns a single value, it will be inserted into the data
482structure. If it returns nothing (not even C<undef> but the empty list),
483the callback from C<filter_json_object> will be called next, as if no
484single-key callback were specified.
485
486If C<$coderef> is omitted or undefined, the corresponding callback will be
487disabled. There can only ever be one callback for a given key.
488
489As this callback gets called less often then the C<filter_json_object>
490one, decoding speed will not usually suffer as much. Therefore, single-key
491objects make excellent targets to serialise Perl objects into, especially
492as single-key JSON objects are as close to the type-tagged value concept
493as JSON gets (its basically an ID/VALUE tuple). Of course, JSON does not
494support this in any way, so you need to make sure your data never looks
495like a serialised Perl hash.
496
497Typical names for the single object key are C<__class_whatever__>, or
498C<$__dollars_are_rarely_used__$> or C<}ugly_brace_placement>, or even
499things like C<__class_md5sum(classname)__>, to reduce the risk of clashing
500with real hashes.
501
502Example, decode JSON objects of the form C<< { "__widget__" => <id> } >>
503into the corresponding C<< $WIDGET{<id>} >> object:
504
505 # return whatever is in $WIDGET{5}:
506 JSON::XS
507 ->new
508 ->filter_json_single_key_object (__widget__ => sub {
509 $WIDGET{ $_[0] }
510 })
511 ->decode ('{"__widget__": 5')
512
513 # this can be used with a TO_JSON method in some "widget" class
514 # for serialisation to json:
515 sub WidgetBase::TO_JSON {
516 my ($self) = @_;
517
518 unless ($self->{id}) {
519 $self->{id} = ..get..some..id..;
520 $WIDGET{$self->{id}} = $self;
521 }
522
523 { __widget__ => $self->{id} }
524 }
285 525
286=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable]) 526=item $json = $json->shrink ([$enable])
287 527
288Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for 528Perl usually over-allocates memory a bit when allocating space for
289strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either 529strings. This flag optionally resizes strings generated by either
322given character in a string. 562given character in a string.
323 563
324Setting the maximum depth to one disallows any nesting, so that ensures 564Setting the maximum depth to one disallows any nesting, so that ensures
325that the object is only a single hash/object or array. 565that the object is only a single hash/object or array.
326 566
327The argument to C<max_depth> will be rounded up to the next nearest power 567The argument to C<max_depth> will be rounded up to the next highest power
328of two. 568of two. If no argument is given, the highest possible setting will be
569used, which is rarely useful.
570
571See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
572
573=item $json = $json->max_size ([$maximum_string_size])
574
575Set the maximum length a JSON text may have (in bytes) where decoding is
576being attempted. The default is C<0>, meaning no limit. When C<decode>
577is called on a string longer then this number of characters it will not
578attempt to decode the string but throw an exception. This setting has no
579effect on C<encode> (yet).
580
581The argument to C<max_size> will be rounded up to the next B<highest>
582power of two (so may be more than requested). If no argument is given, the
583limit check will be deactivated (same as when C<0> is specified).
329 584
330See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful. 585See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
331 586
332=item $json_text = $json->encode ($perl_scalar) 587=item $json_text = $json->encode ($perl_scalar)
333 588
345 600
346JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become 601JSON numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. JSON arrays become
347Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes 602Perl arrayrefs and JSON objects become Perl hashrefs. C<true> becomes
348C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>. 603C<1>, C<false> becomes C<0> and C<null> becomes C<undef>.
349 604
605=item ($perl_scalar, $characters) = $json->decode_prefix ($json_text)
606
607This works like the C<decode> method, but instead of raising an exception
608when there is trailing garbage after the first JSON object, it will
609silently stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed
610so far.
611
612This is useful if your JSON texts are not delimited by an outer protocol
613(which is not the brightest thing to do in the first place) and you need
614to know where the JSON text ends.
615
616 JSON::XS->new->decode_prefix ("[1] the tail")
617 => ([], 3)
618
350=back 619=back
351 620
352 621
353=head1 MAPPING 622=head1 MAPPING
354 623
359 628
360For the more enlightened: note that in the following descriptions, 629For the more enlightened: note that in the following descriptions,
361lowercase I<perl> refers to the Perl interpreter, while uppcercase I<Perl> 630lowercase I<perl> refers to the Perl interpreter, while uppcercase I<Perl>
362refers to the abstract Perl language itself. 631refers to the abstract Perl language itself.
363 632
633
364=head2 JSON -> PERL 634=head2 JSON -> PERL
365 635
366=over 4 636=over 4
367 637
368=item object 638=item object
380are represented by the same codepoints in the Perl string, so no manual 650are represented by the same codepoints in the Perl string, so no manual
381decoding is necessary. 651decoding is necessary.
382 652
383=item number 653=item number
384 654
385A JSON number becomes either an integer or numeric (floating point) 655A JSON number becomes either an integer, numeric (floating point) or
386scalar in perl, depending on its range and any fractional parts. On the 656string scalar in perl, depending on its range and any fractional parts. On
387Perl level, there is no difference between those as Perl handles all the 657the Perl level, there is no difference between those as Perl handles all
388conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and might 658the conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and
389represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers. 659might represent more values exactly than (floating point) numbers.
660
661If the number consists of digits only, JSON::XS will try to represent
662it as an integer value. If that fails, it will try to represent it as
663a numeric (floating point) value if that is possible without loss of
664precision. Otherwise it will preserve the number as a string value.
665
666Numbers containing a fractional or exponential part will always be
667represented as numeric (floating point) values, possibly at a loss of
668precision.
669
670This might create round-tripping problems as numbers might become strings,
671but as Perl is typeless there is no other way to do it.
390 672
391=item true, false 673=item true, false
392 674
393These JSON atoms become C<0>, C<1>, respectively. Information is lost in 675These JSON atoms become C<JSON::XS::true> and C<JSON::XS::false>,
394this process. Future versions might represent those values differently, 676respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers
395but they will be guarenteed to act like these integers would normally in 677C<1> and C<0>. You can check wether a scalar is a JSON boolean by using
396Perl. 678the C<JSON::XS::is_bool> function.
397 679
398=item null 680=item null
399 681
400A JSON null atom becomes C<undef> in Perl. 682A JSON null atom becomes C<undef> in Perl.
401 683
402=back 684=back
685
403 686
404=head2 PERL -> JSON 687=head2 PERL -> JSON
405 688
406The mapping from Perl to JSON is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a 689The mapping from Perl to JSON is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a
407truly typeless language, so we can only guess which JSON type is meant by 690truly typeless language, so we can only guess which JSON type is meant by
432C<1>, which get turned into C<false> and C<true> atoms in JSON. You can 715C<1>, which get turned into C<false> and C<true> atoms in JSON. You can
433also use C<JSON::XS::false> and C<JSON::XS::true> to improve readability. 716also use C<JSON::XS::false> and C<JSON::XS::true> to improve readability.
434 717
435 to_json [\0,JSON::XS::true] # yields [false,true] 718 to_json [\0,JSON::XS::true] # yields [false,true]
436 719
720=item JSON::XS::true, JSON::XS::false
721
722These special values become JSON true and JSON false values,
723respectively. You can also use C<\1> and C<\0> directly if you want.
724
437=item blessed objects 725=item blessed objects
438 726
439Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their 727Blessed objects are not allowed. JSON::XS currently tries to encode their
440underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might 728underlying representation (hash- or arrayref), but this behaviour might
441change in future versions. 729change in future versions.
562 850
563Does not check input for validity. 851Does not check input for validity.
564 852
565=back 853=back
566 854
855
856=head2 JSON and YAML
857
858You often hear that JSON is a subset (or a close subset) of YAML. This is,
859however, a mass hysteria and very far from the truth. In general, there is
860no way to configure JSON::XS to output a data structure as valid YAML.
861
862If you really must use JSON::XS to generate YAML, you should use this
863algorithm (subject to change in future versions):
864
865 my $to_yaml = JSON::XS->new->utf8->space_after (1);
866 my $yaml = $to_yaml->encode ($ref) . "\n";
867
868This will usually generate JSON texts that also parse as valid
869YAML. Please note that YAML has hardcoded limits on (simple) object key
870lengths that JSON doesn't have, so you should make sure that your hash
871keys are noticably shorter than the 1024 characters YAML allows.
872
873There might be other incompatibilities that I am not aware of. In general
874you should not try to generate YAML with a JSON generator or vice versa,
875or try to parse JSON with a YAML parser or vice versa: chances are high
876that you will run into severe interoperability problems.
877
878
567=head2 SPEED 879=head2 SPEED
568 880
569It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following 881It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following
570tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program 882tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program
571in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own 883in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own
572system. 884system.
573 885
574First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short JSON 886First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short
575string: 887single-line JSON string:
576 888
577 {"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], "id": null} 889 {"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], \
890 "id": null, "array":[1,11,234,-5,1e5,1e7, true, false]}
578 891
579It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses the 892It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses
580functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface with 893the functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface
581pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled). Higher is better: 894with pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled, JSON::XS/3 enables
895shrink). Higher is better:
582 896
897 Storable | 15779.925 | 14169.946 |
898 -----------+------------+------------+
583 module | encode | decode | 899 module | encode | decode |
584 -----------|------------|------------| 900 -----------|------------|------------|
585 JSON | 11488.516 | 7823.035 | 901 JSON | 4990.842 | 4088.813 |
586 JSON::DWIW | 94708.054 | 129094.260 | 902 JSON::DWIW | 51653.990 | 71575.154 |
587 JSON::PC | 63884.157 | 128528.212 | 903 JSON::PC | 65948.176 | 74631.744 |
588 JSON::Syck | 34898.677 | 42096.911 | 904 JSON::PP | 8931.652 | 3817.168 |
589 JSON::XS | 654027.064 | 396423.669 | 905 JSON::Syck | 24877.248 | 27776.848 |
590 JSON::XS/2 | 371564.190 | 371725.613 | 906 JSON::XS | 388361.481 | 227951.304 |
907 JSON::XS/2 | 227951.304 | 218453.333 |
908 JSON::XS/3 | 338250.323 | 218453.333 |
909 Storable | 16500.016 | 135300.129 |
591 -----------+------------+------------+ 910 -----------+------------+------------+
592 911
593That is, JSON::XS is more than six times faster than JSON::DWIW on 912That is, JSON::XS is about five times faster than JSON::DWIW on encoding,
594encoding, more than three times faster on decoding, and about thirty times 913about three times faster on decoding, and over fourty times faster
595faster than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. 914than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. It also compares
915favourably to Storable for small amounts of data.
596 916
597Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals 917Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals
598search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg): 918search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg):
599 919
600 module | encode | decode | 920 module | encode | decode |
601 -----------|------------|------------| 921 -----------|------------|------------|
602 JSON | 273.023 | 44.674 | 922 JSON | 55.260 | 34.971 |
603 JSON::DWIW | 1089.383 | 1145.704 | 923 JSON::DWIW | 825.228 | 1082.513 |
604 JSON::PC | 3097.419 | 2393.921 | 924 JSON::PC | 3571.444 | 2394.829 |
605 JSON::Syck | 514.060 | 843.053 | 925 JSON::PP | 210.987 | 32.574 |
606 JSON::XS | 6479.668 | 3636.364 | 926 JSON::Syck | 552.551 | 787.544 |
607 JSON::XS/2 | 3774.221 | 3599.124 | 927 JSON::XS | 5780.463 | 4854.519 |
928 JSON::XS/2 | 3869.998 | 4798.975 |
929 JSON::XS/3 | 5862.880 | 4798.975 |
930 Storable | 4445.002 | 5235.027 |
608 -----------+------------+------------+ 931 -----------+------------+------------+
609 932
610Again, JSON::XS leads by far. 933Again, JSON::XS leads by far (except for Storable which non-surprisingly
934decodes faster).
611 935
612On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules 936On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules
613(such as JSON::PC) seem to decode faster than JSON::XS, but the result 937(such as JSON::PC) seem to decode faster than JSON::XS, but the result
614will be broken due to missing (or wrong) unicode handling. Others refuse 938will be broken due to missing (or wrong) unicode handling. Others refuse
615to decode or encode properly, so it was impossible to prepare a fair 939to decode or encode properly, so it was impossible to prepare a fair
628Second, you need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should 952Second, you need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should
629limit the size of JSON texts you accept, or make sure then when your 953limit the size of JSON texts you accept, or make sure then when your
630resources run out, thats just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that 954resources run out, thats just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that
631can crash safely). The size of a JSON text in octets or characters is 955can crash safely). The size of a JSON text in octets or characters is
632usually a good indication of the size of the resources required to decode 956usually a good indication of the size of the resources required to decode
633it into a Perl structure. 957it into a Perl structure. While JSON::XS can check the size of the JSON
958text, it might be too late when you already have it in memory, so you
959might want to check the size before you accept the string.
634 960
635Third, JSON::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and 961Third, JSON::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and
636arrays. The C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64 962arrays. The C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64
637machine with 8MB of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but 963machine with 8MB of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but
638only 14k nested JSON objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak 964only 14k nested JSON objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak
640conservative, the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process 966conservative, the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process
641has a smaller stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the 967has a smaller stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the
642C<max_depth> method. 968C<max_depth> method.
643 969
644And last but least, something else could bomb you that I forgot to think 970And last but least, something else could bomb you that I forgot to think
645of. In that case, you get to keep the pieces. I am alway sopen for hints, 971of. In that case, you get to keep the pieces. I am always open for hints,
646though... 972though...
973
974If you are using JSON::XS to return packets to consumption
975by javascript scripts in a browser you should have a look at
976L<http://jpsykes.com/47/practical-csrf-and-json-security> to see wether
977you are vulnerable to some common attack vectors (which really are browser
978design bugs, but it is still you who will have to deal with it, as major
979browser developers care only for features, not about doing security
980right).
647 981
648 982
649=head1 BUGS 983=head1 BUGS
650 984
651While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does 985While the goal of this module is to be correct, that unfortunately does
653still relatively early in its development. If you keep reporting bugs they 987still relatively early in its development. If you keep reporting bugs they
654will be fixed swiftly, though. 988will be fixed swiftly, though.
655 989
656=cut 990=cut
657 991
992our $true = do { bless \(my $dummy = 1), "JSON::XS::Boolean" };
993our $false = do { bless \(my $dummy = 0), "JSON::XS::Boolean" };
994
658sub true() { \1 } 995sub true() { $true }
659sub false() { \0 } 996sub false() { $false }
997
998sub is_bool($) {
999 UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "JSON::XS::Boolean"
1000# or UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "JSON::Literal"
1001}
1002
1003XSLoader::load "JSON::XS", $VERSION;
1004
1005package JSON::XS::Boolean;
1006
1007use overload
1008 "0+" => sub { ${$_[0]} },
1009 "++" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} + 1 },
1010 "--" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} - 1 },
1011 fallback => 1;
660 1012
6611; 10131;
662 1014
663=head1 AUTHOR 1015=head1 AUTHOR
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