How it worksΒΆ

LwJSON fully complies with RFC 4627 memo.

LwJSON accepts input string formatted as JSON as per RFC 4627. Library parses each character and creates list of tokens that are understood by C language for easier further processing.

When JSON is successfully parsed, there are several tokens used, one for each JSON data type. Each token consists of:

  • Token type

  • Token parameter name (key) and its length

  • Token value or pointer to first child (in case of object or array types)

As an example, JSON text {"mykey":"myvalue"} will be parsed into 2 tokens:

  • First token is the opening bracket and has type object as it holds children tokens

  • Second token has name "mykey", its type is string and value is myvalue

Warning

When JSON input string is parsed, create tokens use input string as a reference. This means that until JSON parsed tokens are being used, original text must stay as-is.