Use X to JSON

Lots of Ruby libraries utilize JSON parsing in some form, and everyone has their favorite JSON library. In order to best support multiple JSON parsers and libraries, multi_json is a general-purpose swappable JSON backend library. You use it like so:

require 'multi_json'

MultiJson.engine = :yajl
MultiJson.decode('{"abc":"def"}') # decoded using Yajl

MultiJson.engine = :json_gem
MultiJson.engine = MultiJson::Engines::JsonGem # equivalent to previous line
MultiJson.encode({:abc => 'def'}) # encoded using the JSON gem

The engine setter takes either a symbol or a class (to allow for custom JSON parsers) that responds to both .decode and .encode at the class level.

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.

Use X to JSON

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

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