org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json

Class JSONUtils

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONUtils

public class JSONUtils
extends Object

Collection of JSON Utility methods. This class is immutable.

Author:

Roy Wetherall, Kevin Roast

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JSONUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	encodeJSONString(Object value) Encodes a JSON string value
org.json.simple.JSONObject	toJSONObject(Object object) Converts the given JavaScript native object to a org.json.simple.JSONObject Java Object.
String	toJSONString(Object object) Converts a given JavaScript native object and converts it to the relevant JSON string.
org.mozilla.javascript.NativeArray	toObject(org.json.simple.JSONArray jsonArray) Takes a JSON array and converts it to a native JS array.
org.mozilla.javascript.NativeObject	toObject(org.json.simple.JSONObject jsonObject) Takes a JSON object and converts it to a native JS object.
org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptableObject	toObject(String jsonString) Takes a JSON string and converts it to a native java script object or array

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JSONUtils

public JSONUtils()

Method Detail

toJSONString

public String toJSONString(Object object)
                    throws IOException

Converts a given JavaScript native object and converts it to the relevant JSON string.

Parameters:

object - JavaScript object

Returns:

String JSON

Throws:

IOException

toJSONObject

public org.json.simple.JSONObject toJSONObject(Object object)
                                        throws IOException

Converts the given JavaScript native object to a org.json.simple.JSONObject Java Object. This is a specialized method only used by routines that will later expect a JSONObject.

Parameters:

object - JavaScript native object

Returns:

JSONObject

Throws:

IOException

toObject

public org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptableObject toObject(String jsonString)

Takes a JSON string and converts it to a native java script object or array

Parameters:

jsonString - a valid json string

Returns:

NativeObject the created native JS object that represents the JSON object or array

toObject

public org.mozilla.javascript.NativeObject toObject(org.json.simple.JSONObject jsonObject)

Takes a JSON object and converts it to a native JS object.

Parameters:

jsonObject - the json object

Returns:

NativeObject the created native object

toObject

public org.mozilla.javascript.NativeArray toObject(org.json.simple.JSONArray jsonArray)

Takes a JSON array and converts it to a native JS array.

Parameters:

jsonArray - the json array

Returns:

NativeObject the created native array

encodeJSONString

public Object encodeJSONString(Object value)

Encodes a JSON string value

Parameters:

value - value to encode

Returns:

String encoded value