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YAHOO.namespace('lang');
/**
* Provides methods to parse JSON strings and convert objects to JSON strings.
* @module json
* @requires yahoo
* @class YAHOO.lang.JSON
* @static
*/
YAHOO.lang.JSON = {
/**
* First step in the validation. Regex used to replace all escape
* sequences (i.e. "\\", etc) with '@' characters (a non-JSON character).
* @property RE_REPLACE_ESCAPES
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_ESCAPES : /\\./g,
/**
* Second step in the validation. Regex used to replace all simple
* values with ']' characters.
* @property RE_REPLACE_VALUES
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_VALUES : /"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g,
/**
* Third step in the validation. Regex used to remove all open square
* brackets following a colon, comma, or at the beginning of the string.
* @property RE_REPLACE_BRACKETS
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_BRACKETS : /(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g,
/**
* Final step in the validation. Regex used to test the string left after
* all previous replacements for invalid characters.
* @property RE_INVALID
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_INVALID : /^[\],:{}\s]*$/,
/**
* Regex used to replace special characters in strings for JSON
* stringification.
* @property _SPECIAL_CHARS
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_SPECIAL_CHARS : /["\\\x00-\x1f]/g,
/**
* Regex used to reconstitute serialized Dates.
* @property _PARSE_DATE
* @type {RegExp}
* @static
* @private
*/
_PARSE_DATE : /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})Z$/,
/**
* Character substitution map for common escapes and special characters.
* @property _CHARS
* @type {Object}
* @static
* @private
*/
_CHARS : {
'\b': '\\b',
'\t': '\\t',
'\n': '\\n',
'\f': '\\f',
'\r': '\\r',
'"' : '\\"',
'\\': '\\\\'
},
/**
* Traverses nested objects, applying a filter or mutation function to
* each value. The value returned from the function will replace the
* original value in the key:value pair. If the value returned is
* undefined, the key will be omitted from the returned object.
* @method _applyFilter
* @param data {MIXED} Any JavaScript data
* @param filter {Function} filter or mutation function
* @return {MIXED} The results of the filtered data
* @static
* @private
*/
_applyFilter : function (data, filter) {
var walk = function (k,v) {
var i, n;
if (v && typeof v === 'object') {
for (i in v) {
if (YAHOO.lang.hasOwnProperty(v,i)) {
n = walk(i, v[i]);
if (n === undefined) {
delete v[i];
} else {
v[i] = n;
}
}
}
}
return filter(k, v);
};
if (YAHOO.lang.isFunction(filter)) {
walk('',data);
}
return data;
},
/**
* Four step determination whether a string is valid JSON. In three steps,
* escape sequences, safe values, and properly placed open square brackets
* are replaced with placeholders or removed. Then in the final step, the
* result of all these replacements is checked for invalid characters.
* @method isValid
* @param str {String} JSON string to be tested
* @return {boolean} is the string safe for eval?
* @static
*/
isValid : function (str) {
if (!YAHOO.lang.isString(str)) {
return false;
}
return this._INVALID.test(str.
replace(this._ESCAPES,'@').
replace(this._VALUES,']').
replace(this._BRACKETS,''));
},
/**
* Serializes a Date instance as a UTC date string. Used internally by
* stringify. Override this method if you need Dates serialized in a
* different format.
* @method dateToString
* @param d {Date} The Date to serialize
* @return {String} stringified Date in UTC format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:SSZ
* @static
*/
dateToString : function (d) {
function _zeroPad(v) {
return v < 10 ? '0' + v : v;
}
return '"' + d.getUTCFullYear() + '-' +
_zeroPad(d.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
_zeroPad(d.getUTCDate()) + 'T' +
_zeroPad(d.getUTCHours()) + ':' +
_zeroPad(d.getUTCMinutes()) + ':' +
_zeroPad(d.getUTCSeconds()) + 'Z"';
},
/**
* Reconstitute Date instances from the default JSON UTC serialization.
* Reference this from a parse filter function to rebuild Dates during the
* parse operation.
* @method stringToDate
* @param str {String} String serialization of a Date
* @return {Date}
*/
stringToDate : function (str) {
if (this._PARSE_DATE.test(str)) {
var d = new Date();
d.setUTCFullYear(RegExp.$1, (RegExp.$2|0)-1, RegExp.$3);
d.setUTCHours(RegExp.$4, RegExp.$5, RegExp.$6);
return d;
}
},
/**
* Parse a JSON string, returning the native JavaScript representation.
* Only minor modifications from http://www.json.org/json.js.
* @param s {string} JSON string data
* @param filter {function} (optional) function(k,v) passed each key value pair of object literals, allowing pruning or altering values
* @return {MIXED} the native JavaScript representation of the JSON string
* @throws SyntaxError
* @method parse
* @static
* @public
*/
parse : function (s,filter) {
// Ensure valid JSON
if (this.isValid(s)) {
// Eval the text into a JavaScript data structure, apply any
// filter function, and return
return this._applyFilter( eval('(' + s + ')'), filter );
}
// The text is not JSON parsable
throw new SyntaxError('parseJSON');
},
/**
* Converts an arbitrary value to a JSON string representation.
* Cyclical object or array references are replaced with null.
* If a whitelist is provided, only matching object keys will be included.
* If a depth limit is provided, objects and arrays at that depth will
* be stringified as empty.
* @method stringify
* @param o {MIXED} any arbitrary object to convert to JSON string
* @param w {Array} (optional) whitelist of acceptable object keys to include
* @param d {number} (optional) depth limit to recurse objects/arrays (practical minimum 1)
* @return {string} JSON string representation of the input
* @static
* @public
*/
stringify : function (o,w,d) {
var l = YAHOO.lang,
J = l.JSON,
m = J._CHARS,
str_re = this._SPECIAL_CHARS,
pstack = []; // Processing stack used for cyclical ref protection
// escape encode special characters
var _char = function (c) {
if (!m[c]) {
var a = c.charCodeAt();
m[c] = '\\u00' + Math.floor(a / 16).toString(16) +
(a % 16).toString(16);
}
return m[c];
};
// Enclose the escaped string in double quotes
var _string = function (s) {
return '"' + s.replace(str_re, _char) + '"';
};
// Use the configured date conversion
var _date = this.dateToString;
// Worker function. Fork behavior on data type and recurse objects and
// arrays per the configured depth.
var _stringify = function (o,w,d) {
var t = typeof o,
i,len,j, // array iteration
k,v, // object iteration
vt, // typeof v during iteration
a; // composition array for performance over string concat
// String
if (t === 'string') {
return _string(o);
}
// native boolean and Boolean instance
if (t === 'boolean' || o instanceof Boolean) {
return String(o);
}
// native number and Number instance
if (t === 'number' || o instanceof Number) {
return isFinite(o) ? String(o) : 'null';
}
// Date
if (o instanceof Date) {
return _date(o);
}
// Array
if (l.isArray(o)) {
// Check for cyclical references
for (i = pstack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
if (pstack[i] === o) {
return 'null';
}
}
// Add the array to the processing stack
pstack[pstack.length] = o;
a = [];
// Only recurse if we're above depth config
if (d > 0) {
for (i = o.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
a[i] = _stringify(o[i],w,d-1);
}
}
// remove the array from the stack
pstack.pop();
return '[' + a.join(',') + ']';
}
// Object
if (t === 'object' && o) {
// Check for cyclical references
for (i = pstack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
if (pstack[i] === o) {
return 'null';
}
}
// Add the object to the processing stack
pstack[pstack.length] = o;
a = [];
// Only recurse if we're above depth config
if (d > 0) {
// If whitelist provided, take only those keys
if (w) {
for (i = 0, j = 0, len = w.length; i < len; ++i) {
v = o[w[i]];
vt = typeof v;
// Omit invalid values
if (vt !== 'undefined' && vt !== 'function') {
a[j++] = _string(w[i]) + ':' + _stringify(v,w,d-1);
}
}
// Otherwise, take all valid object properties
// omitting the prototype chain properties
} else {
j = 0;
for (k in o) {
if (typeof k === 'string' && l.hasOwnProperty(o,k)) {
v = o[k];
vt = typeof v;
if (vt !== 'undefined' && vt !== 'function') {
a[j++] = _string(k) + ':' + _stringify(v,w,d-1);
}
}
}
}
}
// Remove the object from processing stack
pstack.pop();
return '{' + a.join(',') + '}';
}
return 'null';
};
// process the input
d = d >= 0 ? d : 1/0; // Default depth to POSITIVE_INFINITY
return _stringify(o,w,d);
}
};