Mixlib::JSON

Mixlib::JSON handles choosing a JSON serialization library, and then using that library consistently.

It has the following preferences:

* YAJL-Ruby
* Json Gem
* ActiveSupport

It will first check to see if any of the above libraries are already loaded in memory - if so, it will use it. If not, it will attempt to load each library in order, and use it for serialzation.

The API is simple:

require 'mixlib/json'
Mixlib::JSON.encode({ :one => :two }) # Returns a JSON string
Mixlib::JSON.pretty({ :one => :two }) # Returns a JSON string, pretty formatted
Mixlib::JSON.decode('{"one":"two"}')  # Decodes a JSON string

One feature of this library is that it can handle JSON gem style object inflation. If your JSON data contains json_class, the class it refers to exists, and it has a from_json class method, we will pass the inflated object to that method. To enable this functionality, do the following:

Mixlib::JSON.create_objects = true

Before you decode a JSON object.

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright and Licensing

Author: Adam Jacob (<[email protected]>)
License: Apache License, Version 2.0

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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