json_tokener.h File Reference

Methods to parse an input string into a tree of json_object objects. More...

## Data Structures

struct | json_tokener_srec
struct | json_tokener

## Macros

#define | JSON_TOKENER_DEFAULT_DEPTH 32
#define | JSON_TOKENER_STRICT 0x01
#define | JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS 0x02
#define | JSON_TOKENER_VALIDATE_UTF8 0x10

## Typedefs

typedef struct json_tokener | json_tokener

## Enumerations

enum

json_tokener_error {
json_tokener_success , json_tokener_continue , json_tokener_error_depth , json_tokener_error_parse_eof ,
json_tokener_error_parse_unexpected , json_tokener_error_parse_null , json_tokener_error_parse_boolean , json_tokener_error_parse_number ,
json_tokener_error_parse_array , json_tokener_error_parse_object_key_name , json_tokener_error_parse_object_key_sep , json_tokener_error_parse_object_value_sep ,
json_tokener_error_parse_string , json_tokener_error_parse_comment , json_tokener_error_parse_utf8_string , json_tokener_error_size ,
json_tokener_error_memory
}

enum

json_tokener_state {
json_tokener_state_eatws , json_tokener_state_start , json_tokener_state_finish , json_tokener_state_null ,
json_tokener_state_comment_start , json_tokener_state_comment , json_tokener_state_comment_eol , json_tokener_state_comment_end ,
json_tokener_state_string , json_tokener_state_string_escape , json_tokener_state_escape_unicode , json_tokener_state_escape_unicode_need_escape ,
json_tokener_state_escape_unicode_need_u , json_tokener_state_boolean , json_tokener_state_number , json_tokener_state_array ,
json_tokener_state_array_add , json_tokener_state_array_sep , json_tokener_state_object_field_start , json_tokener_state_object_field ,
json_tokener_state_object_field_end , json_tokener_state_object_value , json_tokener_state_object_value_add , json_tokener_state_object_sep ,
json_tokener_state_array_after_sep , json_tokener_state_object_field_start_after_sep , json_tokener_state_inf
}

## Functions

JSON_EXPORT size_t | json_tokener_get_parse_end (struct json_tokener *tok)
JSON_EXPORT const char * | json_tokener_error_desc (enum json_tokener_error jerr)
JSON_EXPORT enum json_tokener_error | json_tokener_get_error (struct json_tokener *tok)
JSON_EXPORT struct json_tokener * | json_tokener_new (void)
JSON_EXPORT struct json_tokener * | json_tokener_new_ex (int depth)
JSON_EXPORT void | json_tokener_free (struct json_tokener *tok)
JSON_EXPORT void | json_tokener_reset (struct json_tokener *tok)
JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * | json_tokener_parse (const char *str)
JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * | json_tokener_parse_verbose (const char *str, enum json_tokener_error *error)
JSON_EXPORT void | json_tokener_set_flags (struct json_tokener *tok, int flags)
JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * | json_tokener_parse_ex (struct json_tokener *tok, const char *str, int len)

## Detailed Description

Methods to parse an input string into a tree of json_object objects.

## Macro Definition Documentation

## JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS

#define JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS 0x02

Use with JSON_TOKENER_STRICT to allow trailing characters after the first parsed object.

See also
  json_tokener_set_flags()

## JSON_TOKENER_DEFAULT_DEPTH

#define JSON_TOKENER_DEFAULT_DEPTH 32

## JSON_TOKENER_STRICT

#define JSON_TOKENER_STRICT 0x01

Be strict when parsing JSON input. Use caution with this flag as what is considered valid may become more restrictive from one release to the next, causing your code to fail on previously working input.

Note that setting this will also effectively disable parsing of multiple json objects in a single character stream (e.g. {"foo":123}{"bar":234}); if you want to allow that also set JSON_TOKENER_ALLOW_TRAILING_CHARS

This flag is not set by default.

See also
  json_tokener_set_flags()

## JSON_TOKENER_VALIDATE_UTF8

#define JSON_TOKENER_VALIDATE_UTF8 0x10

Cause json_tokener_parse_ex() to validate that input is UTF8. If this flag is specified and validation fails, then json_tokener_get_error(tok) will return json_tokener_error_parse_utf8_string

This flag is not set by default.

See also
  json_tokener_set_flags()

## Typedef Documentation

## json_tokener

typedef struct json_tokener json_tokener

Deprecated
  Unused in json-c code

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## json_tokener_error

enum json_tokener_error

Enumerator
json_tokener_success |
json_tokener_continue |
json_tokener_error_depth |
json_tokener_error_parse_eof |
json_tokener_error_parse_unexpected |
json_tokener_error_parse_null |
json_tokener_error_parse_boolean |
json_tokener_error_parse_number |
json_tokener_error_parse_array |
json_tokener_error_parse_object_key_name |
json_tokener_error_parse_object_key_sep |
json_tokener_error_parse_object_value_sep |
json_tokener_error_parse_string |
json_tokener_error_parse_comment |
json_tokener_error_parse_utf8_string |
json_tokener_error_size |
json_tokener_error_memory |

## json_tokener_state

enum json_tokener_state

Deprecated
  Don't use this outside of json_tokener.c, it will be made private in a future release.

Enumerator
json_tokener_state_eatws |
json_tokener_state_start |
json_tokener_state_finish |
json_tokener_state_null |
json_tokener_state_comment_start |
json_tokener_state_comment |
json_tokener_state_comment_eol |
json_tokener_state_comment_end |
json_tokener_state_string |
json_tokener_state_string_escape |
json_tokener_state_escape_unicode |
json_tokener_state_escape_unicode_need_escape |
json_tokener_state_escape_unicode_need_u |
json_tokener_state_boolean |
json_tokener_state_number |
json_tokener_state_array |
json_tokener_state_array_add |
json_tokener_state_array_sep |
json_tokener_state_object_field_start |
json_tokener_state_object_field |
json_tokener_state_object_field_end |
json_tokener_state_object_value |
json_tokener_state_object_value_add |
json_tokener_state_object_sep |
json_tokener_state_array_after_sep |
json_tokener_state_object_field_start_after_sep |
json_tokener_state_inf |

## Function Documentation

## json_tokener_error_desc()

JSON_EXPORT const char * json_tokener_error_desc | ( | enum json_tokener_error | jerr | ) |

Given an error previously returned by json_tokener_get_error(), return a human readable description of the error.

Returns
  a generic error message is returned if an invalid error value is provided.

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_free()

JSON_EXPORT void json_tokener_free | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok | ) |

Free a json_tokener previously allocated with json_tokener_new().

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_get_error()

JSON_EXPORT enum json_tokener_error json_tokener_get_error | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok | ) |

Retrieve the error caused by the last call to json_tokener_parse_ex(), or json_tokener_success if there is no error.

When parsing a JSON string in pieces, if the tokener is in the middle of parsing this will return json_tokener_continue.

See also
  json_tokener_error_desc().

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_get_parse_end()

JSON_EXPORT size_t json_tokener_get_parse_end | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok | ) |

Return the offset of the byte after the last byte parsed relative to the start of the most recent string passed in to json_tokener_parse_ex(). i.e. this is where parsing would start again if the input contains another JSON object after the currently parsed one.

Note that when multiple parse calls are issued, this is not the total number of characters parsed.

In the past this would have been accessed as tok->char_offset.

See json_tokener_parse_ex() for an example of how to use this.

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_new()

JSON_EXPORT struct json_tokener * json_tokener_new | ( | void |  | ) |

Allocate a new json_tokener. When done using that to parse objects, free it with json_tokener_free(). See json_tokener_parse_ex() for usage details.

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_new_ex()

JSON_EXPORT struct json_tokener * json_tokener_new_ex | ( | int | depth | ) |

Allocate a new json_tokener with a custom max nesting depth.

See also
  JSON_TOKENER_DEFAULT_DEPTH

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_parse()

JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * json_tokener_parse | ( | const char * | str | ) |

Parse a json_object out of the string str.

If you need more control over how the parsing occurs, see json_tokener_parse_ex().

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_parse_ex()

JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * json_tokener_parse_ex | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok,
|  | const char * | str,
|  | int | len )

Parse a string and return a non-NULL json_object if a valid JSON value is found. The string does not need to be a JSON object or array; it can also be a string, number or boolean value.

A partial JSON string can be parsed. If the parsing is incomplete, NULL will be returned and json_tokener_get_error() will return json_tokener_continue. json_tokener_parse_ex() can then be called with additional bytes in str to continue the parsing.

If json_tokener_parse_ex() returns NULL and the error is anything other than json_tokener_continue, a fatal error has occurred and parsing must be halted. Then, the tok object must not be reused until json_tokener_reset() is called.

When a valid JSON value is parsed, a non-NULL json_object will be returned, with a reference count of one which belongs to the caller. Also, json_tokener_get_error() will return json_tokener_success. Be sure to check the type with json_object_is_type() or json_object_get_type() before using the object.

Trailing characters after the parsed value do not automatically cause an error. It is up to the caller to decide whether to treat this as an error or to handle the additional characters, perhaps by parsing another json value starting from that point.

If the caller knows that they are at the end of their input, the length passed MUST include the final '\0' character, so values with no inherent end (i.e. numbers) can be properly parsed, rather than just returning json_tokener_continue.

Extra characters can be detected by comparing the value returned by json_tokener_get_parse_end() against the length of the last len parameter passed in.

The tokener does not maintain an internal buffer so the caller is responsible for a subsequent call to json_tokener_parse_ex with an appropriate str parameter starting with the extra characters.

This interface is presently not 64-bit clean due to the int len argument so the function limits the maximum string size to INT32_MAX (2GB). If the function is called with len == -1 then strlen is called to check the string length is less than INT32_MAX (2GB)

Example:

json_object *jobj = NULL;
const char *mystring = NULL;
int stringlen = 0;
enum json_tokener_error jerr;
do {
mystring = ... // get JSON string, e.g. read from file, etc...
stringlen = strlen(mystring);
if (end_of_input)
stringlen++; // Include the '\0' if we know we're at the end of input
jobj = json_tokener_parse_ex(tok, mystring, stringlen);
} while ((jerr = json_tokener_get_error(tok)) == json_tokener_continue);
if (jerr != json_tokener_success)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", json_tokener_error_desc(jerr));
// Handle errors, as appropriate for your application.
}
if (json_tokener_get_parse_end(tok) < stringlen)
{
// Handle extra characters after parsed object as desired.
// e.g. issue an error, parse another object from that point, etc...
}
// Success, use jobj here.
json_tokener_error
json_tokener_error
Definition json_tokener.h:27
json_tokener_continue
@ json_tokener_continue
Definition json_tokener.h:29
json_tokener_success
@ json_tokener_success
Definition json_tokener.h:28
json_tokener_error_desc
JSON_EXPORT const char * json_tokener_error_desc(enum json_tokener_error jerr)
json_tokener_get_parse_end
JSON_EXPORT size_t json_tokener_get_parse_end(struct json_tokener *tok)
json_tokener_parse_ex
JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok, const char *str, int len)
json_tokener_get_error
JSON_EXPORT enum json_tokener_error json_tokener_get_error(struct json_tokener *tok)
json_object
struct json_object json_object
The core type for all type of JSON objects handled by json-c.
Definition json_types.h:47

Parameters

  tok | a json_tokener previously allocated with json_tokener_new()
  str | an string with any valid JSON expression, or portion of. This does not need to be null terminated.
  len | the length of str

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_parse_verbose()

JSON_EXPORT struct json_object * json_tokener_parse_verbose | ( | const char * | str,
|  | enum json_tokener_error * | error )

Parse a json_object out of the string str, but if it fails return the error in *error.

See also
  json_tokener_parse()
  json_tokener_parse_ex()

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_reset()

JSON_EXPORT void json_tokener_reset | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok | ) |

Reset the state of a json_tokener, to prepare to parse a brand new JSON object.

References JSON_EXPORT.

## json_tokener_set_flags()

JSON_EXPORT void json_tokener_set_flags | ( | struct json_tokener * | tok,
|  | int | flags )

Set flags that control how parsing will be done.

References JSON_EXPORT.