Token design

Every element of LwJSON is a token. There are different set of token types:

• Object: Type that has nested key-value pairs, eg {"key":{"sub-key":"value"}}

• Array: Type that holds nested values, eg {"key":[1,2,3,4,5]}

• String: Regular string, quoted sequence of characters, eg {"key":"my_string"}

• Number: Integer or real number, eg {"intnum":123,"realnum":4.3}

• Boolean true: Boolean type true, eg {"key":true}

• Boolean false: Boolean type false, eg {"key":false}

• Null: Null indicator, eg {"key":null}

When parsed, input string is not copied to token, every token uses input string as a reference and points to the beginning of strings/values. This is valid for all string data types and for parameter names.

Note

Input string is not modified therefore all strings contain additional parameter with string length.