jsone

a format to reference a node within a json object

data

The data encoded into jsone is a sequence of keys.

improper jsone

Improper jsone is a superset of proper jsone.

The keys are given using dot notation or square bracket notation. A key in dot notation must be a valid JavaScript identifier. The key in bracket notation may be an integer or a string.

Dot notation is as follows:

key	dot notation
"hello"	.hello
"helloWorld"	.helloWorld
"hello_world"	.hello_world
"hello-world"	Not a JavaScript identifier. Use bracket notation instead.
1	Not a JavaScript identifier. Use bracket notation instead.

If a dot notation key appears first, the dot must be omitted.

Examples:

jsone	parsed
name	["name"]
location.city	["location", "city"]
.name	Invalid. The dot must be omitted from the first key.

In bracket notation, the name of the key is quoted, unless it's an integer, in which case it can be unquoted. The integers are returned by parse() as numbers. Examples:

jsone	parsed
[1]	[1]
['Your name']	["Your name"]
['employees'][0]['name']	["employees", 0, "name"]
["http://example.com/"][0]	["http://example.com/", 0]

Both dot notation and bracket notation can be combined. Examples:

jsone	parsed
[0].name	[0, "name"]
employees[0].name	["employees", 0, "name"]
urls['http://www.google.com/'].visits	["employees", 0, "name"]

proper jsone

Improper jsone is perfectly fine as input, and it should be treated as such. However, for output, and where unambiguity is needed, proper jsone should be used.

In proper jsone:

• a key that is a valid identifier must be given using dot notation.
• an integer identifier must not include quotes
• a non-integer identifier must be quoted using single quotes

LICENSE

MIT.