NAME
JSON::XS::ByteString - A more predictable and convenient XS implementation for JSON
SYNOPSIS
use JSON::XS::ByteString qw(encode_json encode_json_unblessed decode_json decode_json_safe);
$json_string = encode_json($perl_data);
$perl_data = decode_json($json_string);
$json_string = encode_json_unblessed($perl_data);
# the same behavior as encode_json
# but encode blessed references as reference strings,
# like 'Object=HASH(0xffffffff)'
DESCRIPTION
This module is a XS implementation for JSON. It provide a more predictable behavior than JSON::XS by always producing strings in JSON for normal scalars. And you can force it to produce numbers in JSON by putting references to numbers.
All the string data are treated as UTF-8 octets and just copy them in and out directly, except "
, \
and characters that ord($char) < 32
decode_json
won't die with invalid json string.
DESIGN CONSIDERATION
I didn't transfer the numeric value from json_decode
back to string values
Because in the pure Perl world, there's insignificant difference between numeric or string. So I think we don't need to do it since the result will be used in Perl.
I didn't transfer the numeric value from json_decode
back to reference values
Let json_decode
preserve the identical structure as it received.
FUNCTIONS
$json_string = encode_json($perl_data)
Get a JSON string from a perl data structure. Treat blessed objects as normal references.
$json_string = encode_json_unblessed($perl_data)
Get a JSON string from a perl data structure. Treat blessed objects as strings (such as 'Object=HASH(0xffffffff)')
$perl_data = decode_json($json_string)
Get the perl data structure back from a JSON string.
If the given string is not a valid JSON string, it will return a partial data without exceptions right before it encountered the unrecognized character.
$perl_data = decode_json_safe($json_string)
The same as decode_json
This function is only for compatible with older versions.
SEE ALSO
This mod's github repository https://github.com/CindyLinz/Perl-JSON-XS-ByteString
AUTHOR
Cindy Wang (CindyLinz)
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2014-2017 by Cindy Wang (CindyLinz)
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.