diff --git a/examples/jsx_parser.erl b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..873c731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+-module(jsx_parser).
+
+-export([decode/2, event/2]).
+
+
+%% this is a strict parser, no comments, no naked values and only one key per object. it
+%%   also is not streaming, though it could be modified to parse partial objects/lists.
+
+decode(JSON, Opts) ->
+    P = jsx:decoder({{jsx_parser, event}, []}, Opts),
+    {{_, Result}, Rest} = P(JSON),
+    case jsx:tail_clean(Rest) of
+        true -> Result
+        ; _ -> exit(badarg)
+    end.
+ 
+%% erlang representation is dicts for objects and lists for arrays. these are pushed
+%%   onto a stack, the top of which is our current level, deeper levels represent parent
+%%   and grandparent levels in the json structure. keys are also stored on top of the array
+%%   during parsing of their associated values.
+    
+event(start_object, Stack) ->
+    [dict:new()] ++ Stack;
+event(start_array, Stack) ->
+    [[]] ++ Stack;
+    
+
+event(end_object, [Object, {key, Key}, Parent|Stack]) when is_tuple(Parent) ->
+    [insert(Key, Object, Parent)] ++ Stack;
+event(end_array, [Array, {key, Key}, Parent|Stack]) when is_tuple(Parent) ->
+    [insert(Key, Array, Parent)] ++ Stack;    
+event(end_object, [Object, Parent|Stack]) when is_list(Parent) ->
+    [[Object] ++ Parent] ++ Stack;
+event(end_array, [Array, Parent|Stack]) when is_list(Parent) ->
+    [[Array] ++ Parent] ++ Stack;
+
+%% special cases for closing the root objects
+event(end_object, [Object]) ->
+    [Object];
+event(end_array, [Array]) ->
+    [Array];    
+    
+event({key, Key}, [Object|Stack]) ->
+    [{key, Key}] ++ [Object] ++ Stack;
+
+%% this is kind of a dirty hack, but erlang will interpret atoms when applied to (Args)
+%%   as a function. so naming out formatting functions string, number and literal will
+%%   allow the following shortcut
+
+event({Type, Value}, [{key, Key}, Object|Stack]) ->
+    [insert(Key, ?MODULE:Type(Value), Object)] ++ Stack;
+event({Type, Value}, [Array|Stack]) when is_list(Array) ->
+    [[?MODULE:Type(Value)] ++ Array] ++ Stack;
+    
+event(eof, [Stack]) ->
+    Stack.
+    
+
+%% we're restricting keys to one occurence per object, as the spec implies.    
+    
+insert(Key, Val, Dict) ->
+    case dict:is_key(Key, Dict) of
+        false -> dict:store(Key, Val, Dict)
+        ; true -> exit(badarg)
+    end.
+    
+
+%% strings, numbers and literals we just return with no post-processing, this is where we
+%%   would deal with them though.
+   
+string(String) ->
+    String.
+number(Number) ->
+    Number.
+literal(Literal) ->
+    Literal.
+    
+
+
diff --git a/examples/pretty_printer.erl b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
similarity index 96%
rename from examples/pretty_printer.erl
rename to examples/jsx_prettify.erl
index 5952ace..a713a7c 100644
--- a/examples/pretty_printer.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
--module(pretty_printer).
+-module(jsx_prettify).
 
--export([print/2, jsx_event/2]).
+-export([pretty/2, jsx_event/2]).
 
 -record(opts, {
     indent = 4
 }).
 
 
-print(JSON, Opts) ->
+pretty(JSON, Opts) ->
     Init = init(parse_opts(Opts, #opts{})),
     {{_, Result}, Rest} = (jsx:decoder({{pretty_printer, jsx_event}, Init}, []))(JSON),
     case jsx:tail_clean(Rest) of
diff --git a/include/jsx.hrl b/include/jsx.hrl
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000