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1;;; json.el --- JavaScript Object Notation parser / generator
2
ab422c4d 3;; Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Edward O'Connor <ted@oconnor.cx>
d72e9e92 6;; Version: 1.4
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7;; Keywords: convenience
8
9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
eb3fa2cf 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
02761f85 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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15
16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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23
24;;; Commentary:
25
26;; This is a library for parsing and generating JSON (JavaScript Object
27;; Notation).
28
29;; Learn all about JSON here: <URL:http://json.org/>.
30
31;; The user-serviceable entry points for the parser are the functions
32;; `json-read' and `json-read-from-string'. The encoder has a single
33;; entry point, `json-encode'.
34
35;; Since there are several natural representations of key-value pair
36;; mappings in elisp (alist, plist, hash-table), `json-read' allows you
37;; to specify which you'd prefer (see `json-object-type' and
38;; `json-array-type').
39
40;; Similarly, since `false' and `null' are distinct in JSON, you can
41;; distinguish them by binding `json-false' and `json-null' as desired.
42
43;;; History:
44
45;; 2006-03-11 - Initial version.
46;; 2006-03-13 - Added JSON generation in addition to parsing. Various
47;; other cleanups, bugfixes, and improvements.
48;; 2006-12-29 - XEmacs support, from Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>.
49;; 2008-02-21 - Installed in GNU Emacs.
0bc06380 50;; 2011-10-17 - Patch `json-alist-p' and `json-plist-p' to avoid recursion -tzz
d72e9e92 51;; 2012-10-25 - Added pretty-printed reformatting -Ryan Crum (ryan@ryancrum.org)
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52
53;;; Code:
54
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55
56;; Compatibility code
57
58(defalias 'json-encode-char0 'encode-char)
59(defalias 'json-decode-char0 'decode-char)
60
61
62;; Parameters
63
64(defvar json-object-type 'alist
65 "Type to convert JSON objects to.
c8de140b 66Must be one of `alist', `plist', or `hash-table'. Consider let-binding
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67this around your call to `json-read' instead of `setq'ing it.")
68
69(defvar json-array-type 'vector
70 "Type to convert JSON arrays to.
c8de140b 71Must be one of `vector' or `list'. Consider let-binding this around
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72your call to `json-read' instead of `setq'ing it.")
73
74(defvar json-key-type nil
75 "Type to convert JSON keys to.
76Must be one of `string', `symbol', `keyword', or nil.
77
78If nil, `json-read' will guess the type based on the value of
79`json-object-type':
80
81 If `json-object-type' is: nil will be interpreted as:
82 `hash-table' `string'
83 `alist' `symbol'
84 `plist' `keyword'
85
86Note that values other than `string' might behave strangely for
c8de140b 87Sufficiently Weird keys. Consider let-binding this around your call to
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88`json-read' instead of `setq'ing it.")
89
90(defvar json-false :json-false
91 "Value to use when reading JSON `false'.
92If this has the same value as `json-null', you might not be able to tell
c8de140b 93the difference between `false' and `null'. Consider let-binding this
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94around your call to `json-read' instead of `setq'ing it.")
95
96(defvar json-null nil
97 "Value to use when reading JSON `null'.
98If this has the same value as `json-false', you might not be able to
c8de140b 99tell the difference between `false' and `null'. Consider let-binding
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100this around your call to `json-read' instead of `setq'ing it.")
101
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cccaebd2 103 "Value to use as an element separator when encoding.")
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105(defvar json-encoding-default-indentation " "
106 "The default indentation level for encoding.
107Used only when `json-encoding-pretty-print' is non-nil.")
108
109(defvar json--encoding-current-indentation "\n"
110 "Internally used to keep track of the current indentation level of encoding.
111Used only when `json-encoding-pretty-print' is non-nil.")
112
113(defvar json-encoding-pretty-print nil
114 "If non-nil, then the output of `json-encode' will be pretty-printed.")
115
116(defvar json-encoding-lisp-style-closings nil
117 "If non-nil, ] and } closings will be formatted lisp-style,
118without indentation.")
119
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121
122;;; Utilities
123
124(defun json-join (strings separator)
125 "Join STRINGS with SEPARATOR."
126 (mapconcat 'identity strings separator))
127
128(defun json-alist-p (list)
398d17da 129 "Non-null if and only if LIST is an alist."
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130 (while (consp list)
131 (setq list (if (consp (car list))
132 (cdr list)
133 'not-alist)))
134 (null list))
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136(defun json-plist-p (list)
398d17da 137 "Non-null if and only if LIST is a plist."
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138 (while (consp list)
139 (setq list (if (and (keywordp (car list))
140 (consp (cdr list)))
141 (cddr list)
142 'not-plist)))
143 (null list))
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145(defmacro json--with-indentation (body)
146 `(let ((json--encoding-current-indentation
147 (if json-encoding-pretty-print
148 (concat json--encoding-current-indentation
149 json-encoding-default-indentation)
150 "")))
151 ,body))
152
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153;; Reader utilities
154
155(defsubst json-advance (&optional n)
156 "Skip past the following N characters."
ac611f4f 157 (forward-char n))
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159(defsubst json-peek ()
160 "Return the character at point."
161 (let ((char (char-after (point))))
162 (or char :json-eof)))
163
164(defsubst json-pop ()
165 "Advance past the character at point, returning it."
166 (let ((char (json-peek)))
167 (if (eq char :json-eof)
168 (signal 'end-of-file nil)
169 (json-advance)
170 char)))
171
172(defun json-skip-whitespace ()
173 "Skip past the whitespace at point."
b111d5d0 174 (skip-chars-forward "\t\r\n\f\b "))
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176\f
177
178;; Error conditions
179
180(put 'json-error 'error-message "Unknown JSON error")
181(put 'json-error 'error-conditions '(json-error error))
182
183(put 'json-readtable-error 'error-message "JSON readtable error")
184(put 'json-readtable-error 'error-conditions
185 '(json-readtable-error json-error error))
186
187(put 'json-unknown-keyword 'error-message "Unrecognized keyword")
188(put 'json-unknown-keyword 'error-conditions
189 '(json-unknown-keyword json-error error))
190
191(put 'json-number-format 'error-message "Invalid number format")
192(put 'json-number-format 'error-conditions
193 '(json-number-format json-error error))
194
fe7a3057 195(put 'json-string-escape 'error-message "Bad Unicode escape")
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196(put 'json-string-escape 'error-conditions
197 '(json-string-escape json-error error))
198
199(put 'json-string-format 'error-message "Bad string format")
200(put 'json-string-format 'error-conditions
201 '(json-string-format json-error error))
202
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203(put 'json-key-format 'error-message "Bad JSON object key")
204(put 'json-key-format 'error-conditions
205 '(json-key-format json-error error))
206
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207(put 'json-object-format 'error-message "Bad JSON object")
208(put 'json-object-format 'error-conditions
209 '(json-object-format json-error error))
210
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213;;; Keywords
214
215(defvar json-keywords '("true" "false" "null")
216 "List of JSON keywords.")
217
218;; Keyword parsing
219
220(defun json-read-keyword (keyword)
221 "Read a JSON keyword at point.
222KEYWORD is the keyword expected."
223 (unless (member keyword json-keywords)
224 (signal 'json-unknown-keyword (list keyword)))
225 (mapc (lambda (char)
226 (unless (char-equal char (json-peek))
227 (signal 'json-unknown-keyword
228 (list (save-excursion
229 (backward-word 1)
f62e3e0a 230 (thing-at-point 'word)))))
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231 (json-advance))
232 keyword)
233 (unless (looking-at "\\(\\s-\\|[],}]\\|$\\)")
234 (signal 'json-unknown-keyword
235 (list (save-excursion
236 (backward-word 1)
f62e3e0a 237 (thing-at-point 'word)))))
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238 (cond ((string-equal keyword "true") t)
239 ((string-equal keyword "false") json-false)
240 ((string-equal keyword "null") json-null)))
241
242;; Keyword encoding
243
244(defun json-encode-keyword (keyword)
245 "Encode KEYWORD as a JSON value."
246 (cond ((eq keyword t) "true")
247 ((eq keyword json-false) "false")
248 ((eq keyword json-null) "null")))
249
250;;; Numbers
251
252;; Number parsing
253
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254(defun json-read-number (&optional sign)
255 "Read the JSON number following point.
c8de140b 256The optional SIGN argument is for internal use.
7712319d 257
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258N.B.: Only numbers which can fit in Emacs Lisp's native number
259representation will be parsed correctly."
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260 ;; If SIGN is non-nil, the number is explicitly signed.
261 (let ((number-regexp
262 "\\([0-9]+\\)?\\(\\.[0-9]+\\)?\\([Ee][+-]?[0-9]+\\)?"))
263 (cond ((and (null sign) (char-equal (json-peek) ?-))
264 (json-advance)
265 (- (json-read-number t)))
266 ((and (null sign) (char-equal (json-peek) ?+))
267 (json-advance)
268 (json-read-number t))
269 ((and (looking-at number-regexp)
270 (or (match-beginning 1)
271 (match-beginning 2)))
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272 (goto-char (match-end 0))
273 (string-to-number (match-string 0)))
7712319d 274 (t (signal 'json-number-format (list (point)))))))
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275
276;; Number encoding
277
278(defun json-encode-number (number)
279 "Return a JSON representation of NUMBER."
280 (format "%s" number))
281
282;;; Strings
283
284(defvar json-special-chars
285 '((?\" . ?\")
286 (?\\ . ?\\)
287 (?/ . ?/)
288 (?b . ?\b)
289 (?f . ?\f)
290 (?n . ?\n)
291 (?r . ?\r)
292 (?t . ?\t))
293 "Characters which are escaped in JSON, with their elisp counterparts.")
294
295;; String parsing
296
297(defun json-read-escaped-char ()
298 "Read the JSON string escaped character at point."
299 ;; Skip over the '\'
300 (json-advance)
301 (let* ((char (json-pop))
302 (special (assq char json-special-chars)))
303 (cond
304 (special (cdr special))
305 ((not (eq char ?u)) char)
306 ((looking-at "[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]")
307 (let ((hex (match-string 0)))
308 (json-advance 4)
309 (json-decode-char0 'ucs (string-to-number hex 16))))
310 (t
311 (signal 'json-string-escape (list (point)))))))
312
313(defun json-read-string ()
314 "Read the JSON string at point."
315 (unless (char-equal (json-peek) ?\")
316 (signal 'json-string-format (list "doesn't start with '\"'!")))
317 ;; Skip over the '"'
318 (json-advance)
319 (let ((characters '())
320 (char (json-peek)))
321 (while (not (char-equal char ?\"))
322 (push (if (char-equal char ?\\)
323 (json-read-escaped-char)
324 (json-pop))
325 characters)
326 (setq char (json-peek)))
327 ;; Skip over the '"'
328 (json-advance)
329 (if characters
330 (apply 'string (nreverse characters))
331 "")))
332
333;; String encoding
334
335(defun json-encode-char (char)
336 "Encode CHAR as a JSON string."
337 (setq char (json-encode-char0 char 'ucs))
338 (let ((control-char (car (rassoc char json-special-chars))))
339 (cond
9cad61d6 340 ;; Special JSON character (\n, \r, etc.).
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342 (format "\\%c" control-char))
9cad61d6 343 ;; ASCIIish printable character.
e28e67b3 344 ((and (> char 31) (< char 127))
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9cad61d6 346 ;; Fallback: UCS code point in \uNNNN form.
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347 (t
348 (format "\\u%04x" char)))))
349
350(defun json-encode-string (string)
351 "Return a JSON representation of STRING."
352 (format "\"%s\"" (mapconcat 'json-encode-char string "")))
353
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354(defun json-encode-key (object)
355 "Return a JSON representation of OBJECT.
356If the resulting JSON object isn't a valid JSON object key,
357this signals `json-key-format'."
358 (let ((encoded (json-encode object)))
359 (unless (stringp (json-read-from-string encoded))
360 (signal 'json-key-format (list object)))
361 encoded))
362
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363;;; JSON Objects
364
365(defun json-new-object ()
366 "Create a new Elisp object corresponding to a JSON object.
367Please see the documentation of `json-object-type'."
368 (cond ((eq json-object-type 'hash-table)
369 (make-hash-table :test 'equal))
370 (t
371 (list))))
372
373(defun json-add-to-object (object key value)
374 "Add a new KEY -> VALUE association to OBJECT.
375Returns the updated object, which you should save, e.g.:
376 (setq obj (json-add-to-object obj \"foo\" \"bar\"))
377Please see the documentation of `json-object-type' and `json-key-type'."
378 (let ((json-key-type
379 (if (eq json-key-type nil)
380 (cdr (assq json-object-type '((hash-table . string)
381 (alist . symbol)
382 (plist . keyword))))
383 json-key-type)))
384 (setq key
385 (cond ((eq json-key-type 'string)
386 key)
387 ((eq json-key-type 'symbol)
388 (intern key))
389 ((eq json-key-type 'keyword)
390 (intern (concat ":" key)))))
391 (cond ((eq json-object-type 'hash-table)
392 (puthash key value object)
393 object)
394 ((eq json-object-type 'alist)
395 (cons (cons key value) object))
396 ((eq json-object-type 'plist)
397 (cons key (cons value object))))))
398
399;; JSON object parsing
400
401(defun json-read-object ()
402 "Read the JSON object at point."
403 ;; Skip over the "{"
404 (json-advance)
405 (json-skip-whitespace)
406 ;; read key/value pairs until "}"
407 (let ((elements (json-new-object))
408 key value)
409 (while (not (char-equal (json-peek) ?}))
410 (json-skip-whitespace)
411 (setq key (json-read-string))
412 (json-skip-whitespace)
413 (if (char-equal (json-peek) ?:)
414 (json-advance)
415 (signal 'json-object-format (list ":" (json-peek))))
416 (setq value (json-read))
417 (setq elements (json-add-to-object elements key value))
418 (json-skip-whitespace)
419 (unless (char-equal (json-peek) ?})
420 (if (char-equal (json-peek) ?,)
421 (json-advance)
422 (signal 'json-object-format (list "," (json-peek))))))
423 ;; Skip over the "}"
424 (json-advance)
425 elements))
426
427;; Hash table encoding
428
429(defun json-encode-hash-table (hash-table)
430 "Return a JSON representation of HASH-TABLE."
d72e9e92 431 (format "{%s%s}"
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432 (json-join
433 (let (r)
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434 (json--with-indentation
435 (maphash
436 (lambda (k v)
437 (push (format
438 (if json-encoding-pretty-print
439 "%s%s: %s"
440 "%s%s:%s")
441 json--encoding-current-indentation
442 (json-encode-key k)
443 (json-encode v))
444 r))
445 hash-table))
02761f85 446 r)
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447 json-encoding-separator)
448 (if (or (not json-encoding-pretty-print)
449 json-encoding-lisp-style-closings)
450 ""
451 json--encoding-current-indentation)))
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453;; List encoding (including alists and plists)
454
455(defun json-encode-alist (alist)
456 "Return a JSON representation of ALIST."
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457 (format "{%s%s}"
458 (json-join
459 (json--with-indentation
460 (mapcar (lambda (cons)
461 (format (if json-encoding-pretty-print
462 "%s%s: %s"
463 "%s%s:%s")
464 json--encoding-current-indentation
465 (json-encode-key (car cons))
466 (json-encode (cdr cons))))
467 alist))
468 json-encoding-separator)
469 (if (or (not json-encoding-pretty-print)
470 json-encoding-lisp-style-closings)
471 ""
472 json--encoding-current-indentation)))
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474(defun json-encode-plist (plist)
475 "Return a JSON representation of PLIST."
476 (let (result)
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477 (json--with-indentation
478 (while plist
479 (push (concat
480 json--encoding-current-indentation
481 (json-encode-key (car plist))
482 (if json-encoding-pretty-print
483 ": "
484 ":")
485 (json-encode (cadr plist)))
486 result)
487 (setq plist (cddr plist))))
488 (concat "{"
489 (json-join (nreverse result) json-encoding-separator)
490 (if (and json-encoding-pretty-print
491 (not json-encoding-lisp-style-closings))
492 json--encoding-current-indentation
493 "")
494 "}")))
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495
496(defun json-encode-list (list)
497 "Return a JSON representation of LIST.
498Tries to DWIM: simple lists become JSON arrays, while alists and plists
499become JSON objects."
500 (cond ((null list) "null")
501 ((json-alist-p list) (json-encode-alist list))
502 ((json-plist-p list) (json-encode-plist list))
503 ((listp list) (json-encode-array list))
504 (t
505 (signal 'json-error (list list)))))
506
507;;; Arrays
508
509;; Array parsing
510
511(defun json-read-array ()
512 "Read the JSON array at point."
513 ;; Skip over the "["
514 (json-advance)
515 (json-skip-whitespace)
516 ;; read values until "]"
517 (let (elements)
518 (while (not (char-equal (json-peek) ?\]))
519 (push (json-read) elements)
520 (json-skip-whitespace)
521 (unless (char-equal (json-peek) ?\])
522 (if (char-equal (json-peek) ?,)
523 (json-advance)
524 (signal 'json-error (list 'bleah)))))
525 ;; Skip over the "]"
526 (json-advance)
527 (apply json-array-type (nreverse elements))))
528
529;; Array encoding
530
531(defun json-encode-array (array)
532 "Return a JSON representation of ARRAY."
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533 (if (and json-encoding-pretty-print
534 (> (length array) 0))
535 (concat
536 (json--with-indentation
537 (concat (format "[%s" json--encoding-current-indentation)
538 (json-join (mapcar 'json-encode array)
539 (format "%s%s"
540 json-encoding-separator
541 json--encoding-current-indentation))))
542 (format "%s]"
543 (if json-encoding-lisp-style-closings
544 ""
545 json--encoding-current-indentation)))
546 (concat "["
547 (mapconcat 'json-encode array json-encoding-separator)
548 "]")))
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550\f
551
552;;; JSON reader.
553
554(defvar json-readtable
555 (let ((table
556 '((?t json-read-keyword "true")
557 (?f json-read-keyword "false")
558 (?n json-read-keyword "null")
559 (?{ json-read-object)
560 (?\[ json-read-array)
561 (?\" json-read-string))))
562 (mapc (lambda (char)
563 (push (list char 'json-read-number) table))
7712319d 564 '(?- ?+ ?. ?0 ?1 ?2 ?3 ?4 ?5 ?6 ?7 ?8 ?9))
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565 table)
566 "Readtable for JSON reader.")
567
568(defun json-read ()
569 "Parse and return the JSON object following point.
570Advances point just past JSON object."
571 (json-skip-whitespace)
572 (let ((char (json-peek)))
573 (if (not (eq char :json-eof))
574 (let ((record (cdr (assq char json-readtable))))
575 (if (functionp (car record))
576 (apply (car record) (cdr record))
577 (signal 'json-readtable-error record)))
578 (signal 'end-of-file nil))))
579
580;; Syntactic sugar for the reader
581
582(defun json-read-from-string (string)
583 "Read the JSON object contained in STRING and return it."
584 (with-temp-buffer
585 (insert string)
586 (goto-char (point-min))
587 (json-read)))
588
589(defun json-read-file (file)
590 "Read the first JSON object contained in FILE and return it."
591 (with-temp-buffer
592 (insert-file-contents file)
593 (goto-char (point-min))
594 (json-read)))
595
596\f
597
598;;; JSON encoder
599
600(defun json-encode (object)
601 "Return a JSON representation of OBJECT as a string."
602 (cond ((memq object (list t json-null json-false))
603 (json-encode-keyword object))
604 ((stringp object) (json-encode-string object))
605 ((keywordp object) (json-encode-string
606 (substring (symbol-name object) 1)))
607 ((symbolp object) (json-encode-string
608 (symbol-name object)))
609 ((numberp object) (json-encode-number object))
610 ((arrayp object) (json-encode-array object))
611 ((hash-table-p object) (json-encode-hash-table object))
612 ((listp object) (json-encode-list object))
613 (t (signal 'json-error (list object)))))
614
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615;; Pretty printing
616
617(defun json-pretty-print-buffer ()
618 "Pretty-print current buffer."
619 (interactive)
620 (json-pretty-print (point-min) (point-max)))
621
622(defun json-pretty-print (begin end)
623 "Pretty-print selected region."
624 (interactive "r")
625 (atomic-change-group
626 (let ((json-encoding-pretty-print t)
627 (txt (delete-and-extract-region begin end)))
628 (insert (json-encode (json-read-from-string txt))))))
629
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630(provide 'json)
631
632;;; json.el ends here