jsx/src/jsx.erl

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%% Copyright (c) 2010 Alisdair Sullivan <alisdairsullivan@yahoo.ca>

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%% @author Alisdair Sullivan <alisdairsullivan@yahoo.ca>
%% @copyright 2010 Alisdair Sullivan
%% @version really, really beta
%% @doc this module defines the interface to the jsx json parsing library


-module(jsx).
-author("alisdairsullivan@yahoo.ca").


%% the core parser api
-export([parser/0, parser/1]).
-export([term_to_json/1, term_to_json/2]).
-export([json_to_term/1, json_to_term/2]).
-export([is_json/1, is_json/2]).
-export([format/1, format/2]).
-export([eventify/1]).


%% function and type specifications
-include("./include/jsx.hrl").


%% @type jsx_parser() = (binary()) -> jsx_parser_result().

%% @type jsx_parser_result() = {event, jsx_event(), (() -> jsx_parser_result())}
%%    | {incomplete, jsx_parser()}
%%    | {error, badjson}
%%    | {error, badarg}.

%% @type jsx_event() = start_object
%%    | end_object
%%    | start_array
%%    | end_array
%%    | end_json
%%    | {key, unicode_string()}
%%    | {string, unicode_string()}
%%    | {integer, unicode_string()}
%%    | {float, unicode_string()}
%%    | {literal, true}
%%    | {literal, false}
%%    | {literal, null}.

%% @type unicode_string() = [integer()].

%% @type jsx_opts() = [jsx_opt()].
%% @type jsx_opt() = {comments, true | false}
%%    | {escaped_unicode, ascii | codepoint | none}
%%    | {multi_term, true | false}
%%    | {encoding, auto | supported_utf()}.

%% @type supported_utf() = utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little}.

%% @type eep0018() = eep0018_object() | eep0018_array().

%% @type eep0018_array() = [eep0018_term()].
%% @type eep0018_object() = [{eep0018_key(), eep0018_term()}].

%% @type eep0018_key() = binary() | atom().

%% @type eep0018_term() = eep0018_array() | eep0018_object() | eep0018_string() | eep0018_number() | true | false | null.

%% @type eep0018_string() = binary().

%% @type eep0018_number() = float() | integer().

%% @type encoder_opts() = [encoder_opt()].
%% @type encoder_opt() = {strict, true | false}
%%    | {encoding, supported_utf()}
%%    | {space, integer()}
%%    | space
%%    | {indent, integer()}
%%    | indent.


%% @type decoder_opts() = [decoder_opt()].
%% @type decoder_opt() = {strict, true | false}
%%    | {comments, true | false}
%%    | {encoding, supported_utf()}
%%    | {label, atom | binary | existing_atom}
%%    | {float, true | false}.


%% @type verify_opts() = [verify_opt()].
%% @type verify_opt() = {strict, true | false}
%%    | {encoding, auto | supported_utf()}
%%    | {comments, true | false}.


%% @type format_opts() = [format_opt()].
%% @type format_opt() = {strict, true | false}
%%    | {encoding, auto | supported_utf()}
%%    | {comments, true | false}
%%    | {space, integer()}
%%    | space
%%    | {indent, integer()}
%%    | indent
%%    | {output_encoding, supported_utf()}.


%% @spec parser() -> jsx_parser()
%% @equiv parser([])

parser() ->
    parser([]).
    
%% @spec parser(Opts::jsx_opts()) -> jsx_parser()    
%% @doc
%% produces a function which takes a binary which may or may not represent an encoded json document and returns a generator
%%
%%      options:
%%      <ul>
%%        <li>{comments, true | false}
%%          <p>if true, json documents that contain c style (/* ... */) comments
%%          will be parsed as if they did not contain any comments. default is
%%          false</p></li>
%%    
%%        <li>{encoded_unicode, ascii | codepoint | none}
%%          <p>if a \uXXXX escape sequence is encountered within a key or string,
%%          this option controls how it is interpreted. none makes no attempt
%%          to interpret the value, leaving it unconverted. ascii will convert
%%          any value that falls within the ascii range. codepoint will convert
%%          any value that is a valid unicode codepoint. note that unicode
%%          non-characters (including badly formed surrogates) will never be
%%          converted. codepoint is the default</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{encoding, auto | utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>attempt to parse the binary using the specified encoding. auto will
%%          auto detect any supported encoding and is the default</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{multi_term, true | false}
%%          <p>usually, documents will be parsed in full before the end_json
%%          event is emitted. setting this option to true will instead emit
%%          the end_json event as soon as a valid document is parsed and then
%%          reset the parser to it's initial state and attempt to parse the
%%          remainder as a new json document. this allows streams containing
%%          multiple documents to be parsed correctly</p></li>
%%      </ul>
%% @end

parser(OptsList) ->
    case proplists:get_value(encoding, OptsList, auto) of
        utf8 -> jsx_utf8:parser(OptsList)
        ; utf16 -> jsx_utf16:parser(OptsList)
        ; utf32 -> jsx_utf32:parser(OptsList)
        ; {utf16, little} -> jsx_utf16le:parser(OptsList)
        ; {utf32, little} -> jsx_utf32le:parser(OptsList)
        ; auto -> detect_encoding(OptsList)
    end.
    

%% @spec json_to_term(JSON::binary()) -> eep0018()
%% @equiv json_to_term(JSON, [])

json_to_term(JSON) ->
    json_to_term(JSON, []).
    
%% @spec json_to_term(JSON::binary(), Opts::decoder_opts()) -> eep0018()
%% @doc
%% produces an eep0018 representation of a binary encoded json document
%%
%%      options:
%%      <ul>
%%        <li>{strict, true | false}
%%          <p>by default, attempting to convert unwrapped json values (numbers, strings and
%%          the atoms true, false and null) result in a badarg exception. if strict equals
%%          false, these are instead decoded to their equivalent eep0018 value. default is
%%          false</p>
%%        
%%          <p>note that there is a problem of ambiguity when parsing unwrapped json
%%          numbers that requires special handling</p>
%%
%%          <p>an unwrapped json number has no unambiguous end marker like a json object,
%%          array or string. `1', `12' and `123' may all represent either a complete json
%%          number or just the beginning of one. in this case, the parser will always
%%          return `{incomplete, More}' rather than potentially terminate before input
%%          is exhausted. to force termination, `More/1' may be called with the atom
%%          `end_stream' as it's argument. note also that numbers followed by whitespace
%%          will be parsed correctly</p></li>
%%     
%%        <li>{encoding, auto | utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>assume the binary is encoded using the specified binary. default is auto, which
%%          attempts to autodetect the encoding</p></li>
%%     
%%        <li>{comments, true | false}
%%          <p>if true, json documents that contain c style (/* ... */) comments
%%          will be parsed as if they did not contain any comments. default is
%%          false</p></li>
%%     
%%        <li>{label, atom | existing_atom | binary}
%%          <p>json keys (labels) are decoded to utf8 encoded binaries, atoms or 
%%          existing_atoms (atom if it exists, binary otherwise) as specified by 
%%          this option. default is binary</p></li>
%%         
%%        <li>{float, true | false}
%%          <p>return all numbers as floats. default is false</p></li>
%%      </ul>
%% @end

json_to_term(JSON, Opts) ->
    jsx_eep0018:json_to_term(JSON, Opts).


%% @spec term_to_json(JSON::eep0018()) -> binary()
%% @equiv term_to_json(JSON, [])

term_to_json(JSON) ->
    term_to_json(JSON, []).
    
%% @spec term_to_json(JSON::eep0018(), Opts::encoder_opts()) -> binary()
%% @doc
%% takes the erlang representation of a json object (as defined in eep0018) and returns a (binary encoded) json string
%%   
%%      options:
%%      <ul>
%%        <li>{strict, true | false}
%%          <p>by default, attempting to convert unwrapped json values (numbers, 
%%          strings and the atoms true, false and null) result in a badarg exception. 
%%          if strict equals false, these are instead json encoded. default is false</p></li>
%%        
%%        <li>{encoding, utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>the encoding of the resulting binary. default is utf8</p></li>
%%        
%%        <li>space
%%          <p>space is equivalent to {space, 1}</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{space, N}
%%          <p>place N spaces after each colon and comma in the resulting binary. default is zero</p></li>
%%          
%%        <li>indent
%%          <p>indent is equivalent to {indent, 1}</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{indent, N}
%%          <p>indent each 'level' of the json structure by N spaces. default is zero</p></li>
%%      </ul>
%% @end        

term_to_json(JSON, Opts) ->
    jsx_eep0018:term_to_json(JSON, Opts).


%% @spec is_json(JSON::binary()) -> true | false
%% @equiv is_json(JSON, [])

is_json(JSON) ->
    is_json(JSON, []).
    
%% @spec is_json(JSON::binary(), verify_opts()) -> true | false
%% @doc
%% returns true if the binary is an encoded json document, false otherwise
%%
%%      options:
%%      <ul>
%%        <li>{strict, true | false}
%%          <p>by default,  unwrapped json values (numbers, strings and the atoms 
%%          true, false and null) return false. if strict equals true, is_json
%%          returns true. default is false</p></li>
%%  
%%        <li>{encoding, auto | utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>assume the binary is encoded using the specified binary. default is auto, 
%%          which attempts to autodetect the encoding</p></li>
%%  
%%        <li>{comments, true | false}
%%          <p>if true, json documents that contain c style (/* ... */) comments
%%          will be parsed as if they did not contain any comments. default is
%%          false</p></li>
%%      </ul>
%% @end

is_json(JSON, Opts) ->
    jsx_verify:is_json(JSON, Opts).


%% @spec format(JSON::binary()) -> binary()
%% @equiv format(JSON, [])

format(JSON) ->
    format(JSON, []).
    
%% @spec format(JSON::binary(), Opts::format_opts()) -> binary()
%% @doc
%% formats a binary encoded json string according to the options chose. the defaults will produced a string stripped of all whitespace
%%
%%      options:
%%      <ul>
%%        <li>{strict, true | false}
%%          <p>by default,  unwrapped json values (numbers, strings and the atoms 
%%          true, false and null) result in an error. if strict equals true, they
%%          are treated as valid json. default is false</p></li>
%%  
%%        <li>{encoding, auto | utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>assume the binary is encoded using the specified binary. default is auto, 
%%          which attempts to autodetect the encoding</p></li>
%%    
%%        <li>{output_encoding, utf8 | utf16 | {utf16, little} | utf32 | {utf32, little} }
%%          <p>the encoding of the resulting binary. default is utf8</p></li>
%%    
%%        <li>{comments, true | false}
%%          <p>if true, json documents that contain c style (/* ... */) comments
%%          will be parsed as if they did not contain any comments. default is
%%          false</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>space
%%          <p>space is equivalent to {space, 1}</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{space, N}
%%          <p>place N spaces after each colon and comma in the resulting binary. default is zero</p></li>
%%          
%%        <li>indent
%%          <p>indent is equivalent to {indent, 1}</p></li>
%%
%%        <li>{indent, N}
%%          <p>indent each 'level' of the json structure by N spaces. default is zero</p></li>
%%      </ul>
%% @end

format(JSON, Opts) ->
    jsx_format:format(JSON, Opts).
    

%% @spec eventify(List::list()) -> jsx_parser_result()
%% @doc fake the jsx api for any list. useful if you want to serialize a structure to json using the pretty printer, or verify a sequence could be valid json
eventify([]) ->
    fun() -> {incomplete, fun(List) when is_list(List) -> eventify(List); (_) -> erlang:error(badarg) end} end;    
eventify([Next|Rest]) ->
    fun() -> {event, Next, eventify(Rest)} end.  



%% internal functions

   
%% encoding detection   
%% first check to see if there's a bom, if not, use the rfc4627 method for determining
%%   encoding. this function makes some assumptions about the validity of the stream
%%   which may delay failure later than if an encoding is explicitly provided

detect_encoding(OptsList) ->
    fun(Stream) -> detect_encoding(Stream, OptsList) end.
    
%% utf8 bom detection    
detect_encoding(<<16#ef, 16#bb, 16#bf, Rest/binary>>, Opts) -> (jsx_utf8:parser(Opts))(Rest);    
%% utf32-little bom detection (this has to come before utf16-little or it'll match that)
detect_encoding(<<16#ff, 16#fe, 0, 0, Rest/binary>>, Opts) -> (jsx_utf32le:parser(Opts))(Rest);        
%% utf16-big bom detection
detect_encoding(<<16#fe, 16#ff, Rest/binary>>, Opts) -> (jsx_utf16:parser(Opts))(Rest);
%% utf16-little bom detection
detect_encoding(<<16#ff, 16#fe, Rest/binary>>, Opts) -> (jsx_utf16le:parser(Opts))(Rest);
%% utf32-big bom detection
detect_encoding(<<0, 0, 16#fe, 16#ff, Rest/binary>>, Opts) -> (jsx_utf32:parser(Opts))(Rest);
    
%% utf32-little null order detection
detect_encoding(<<X, 0, 0, 0, _Rest/binary>> = JSON, Opts) when X =/= 0 ->
    (jsx_utf32le:parser(Opts))(JSON);
%% utf16-big null order detection
detect_encoding(<<0, X, 0, Y, _Rest/binary>> = JSON, Opts) when X =/= 0, Y =/= 0 ->
    (jsx_utf16:parser(Opts))(JSON);
%% utf16-little null order detection
detect_encoding(<<X, 0, Y, 0, _Rest/binary>> = JSON, Opts) when X =/= 0, Y =/= 0 ->
    (jsx_utf16le:parser(Opts))(JSON);
%% utf32-big null order detection
detect_encoding(<<0, 0, 0, X, _Rest/binary>> = JSON, Opts) when X =/= 0 ->
    (jsx_utf32:parser(Opts))(JSON);
%% utf8 null order detection
detect_encoding(<<X, Y, _Rest/binary>> = JSON, Opts) when X =/= 0, Y =/= 0 ->
    (jsx_utf8:parser(Opts))(JSON);
    
%% a problem, to autodetect naked single digits' encoding, there is not enough data
%%   to conclusively determine the encoding correctly. below is an attempt to solve
%%   the problem
detect_encoding(<<X>>, Opts) when X =/= 0 ->
    {incomplete,
        fun(end_stream) ->
                try
                    {incomplete, Next} = (jsx_utf8:parser(Opts))(<<X>>),
                    Next(end_stream)
                    catch error:function_clause -> {error, badjson}
                end
            ; (Stream) -> detect_encoding(<<X, Stream/binary>>, Opts) 
        end
    };
detect_encoding(<<0, X>>, Opts) when X =/= 0 ->
    {incomplete,
        fun(end_stream) ->
                try
                    {incomplete, Next} = (jsx_utf16:parser(Opts))(<<0, X>>),
                    Next(end_stream)
                    catch error:function_clause -> {error, badjson}
                end
            ; (Stream) -> detect_encoding(<<0, X, Stream/binary>>, Opts) 
        end
    };
detect_encoding(<<X, 0>>, Opts) when X =/= 0 ->
    {incomplete,
        fun(end_stream) ->
                try
                    {incomplete, Next} = (jsx_utf16le:parser(Opts))(<<X, 0>>),
                    Next(end_stream)
                    catch error:function_clause -> {error, badjson}
                end
            ; (Stream) -> detect_encoding(<<X, 0, Stream/binary>>, Opts)
        end
    };
    
%% not enough input, request more
detect_encoding(Bin, Opts) ->
    {incomplete,
        fun(end_stream) -> {error, badjson}
            ; (Stream) -> detect_encoding(<<Bin/binary, Stream/binary>>, Opts) 
        end
    }.