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

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

-export([is_json/1, 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.

is_json(JSON) ->
    P = jsx:parser({jsx_verify, event, ok}, []),   
    case P(JSON) of
        {incomplete, _} ->
            false
        ; {error, badjson} ->
            false
        ; _ ->
            true
    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(_, ok) ->
    ok.