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| -.IX Title "JSON::backportPP 3pm" | 
| -.TH JSON::backportPP 3pm "2013-05-23" "perl v5.14.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation" | 
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| -.if n .ad l | 
| -.nh | 
| -.SH "NAME" | 
| -JSON::PP \- JSON::XS compatible pure\-Perl module. | 
| -.SH "SYNOPSIS" | 
| -.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\& use JSON::PP; | 
| -\& | 
| -\& # exported functions, they croak on error | 
| -\& # and expect/generate UTF\-8 | 
| -\& | 
| -\& $utf8_encoded_json_text = encode_json $perl_hash_or_arrayref; | 
| -\& $perl_hash_or_arrayref  = decode_json $utf8_encoded_json_text; | 
| -\& | 
| -\& # OO\-interface | 
| -\& | 
| -\& $coder = JSON::PP\->new\->ascii\->pretty\->allow_nonref; | 
| -\& | 
| -\& $json_text   = $json\->encode( $perl_scalar ); | 
| -\& $perl_scalar = $json\->decode( $json_text ); | 
| -\& | 
| -\& $pretty_printed = $json\->pretty\->encode( $perl_scalar ); # pretty\-printing | 
| -\& | 
| -\& # Note that JSON version 2.0 and above will automatically use | 
| -\& # JSON::XS or JSON::PP, so you should be able to just: | 
| -\& | 
| -\& use JSON; | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SH "VERSION" | 
| -.IX Header "VERSION" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    2.27200 | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::XS\s0 2.27 (~2.30) compatible. | 
| -.SH "DESCRIPTION" | 
| -.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" | 
| -This module is \s-1JSON::XS\s0 compatible pure Perl module. | 
| -(Perl 5.8 or later is recommended) | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::XS\s0 is the fastest and most proper \s-1JSON\s0 module on \s-1CPAN\s0. | 
| -It is written by Marc Lehmann in C, so must be compiled and | 
| -installed in the used environment. | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::PP\s0 is a pure-Perl module and has compatibility to \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "\s-1FEATURES\s0" | 
| -.IX Subsection "FEATURES" | 
| -.IP "\(bu" 4 | 
| -correct unicode handling | 
| -.Sp | 
| -This module knows how to handle Unicode (depending on Perl version). | 
| -.Sp | 
| -See to \*(L"A \s-1FEW\s0 \s-1NOTES\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1PERL\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 and | 
| -\&\*(L"\s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1HANDLING\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1PERLS\s0\*(R". | 
| -.IP "\(bu" 4 | 
| -round-trip integrity | 
| -.Sp | 
| -When you serialise a perl data structure using only data types | 
| -supported by \s-1JSON\s0 and Perl, the deserialised data structure is | 
| -identical on the Perl level. (e.g. the string \*(L"2.0\*(R" doesn't suddenly | 
| -become \*(L"2\*(R" just because it looks like a number). There \fIare\fR minor | 
| -exceptions to this, read the \s-1MAPPING\s0 section below to learn about | 
| -those. | 
| -.IP "\(bu" 4 | 
| -strict checking of \s-1JSON\s0 correctness | 
| -.Sp | 
| -There is no guessing, no generating of illegal \s-1JSON\s0 texts by default, | 
| -and only \s-1JSON\s0 is accepted as input by default (the latter is a | 
| -security feature). But when some options are set, loose checking | 
| -features are available. | 
| -.SH "FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE" | 
| -.IX Header "FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE" | 
| -Some documents are copied and modified from \*(L"\s-1FUNCTIONAL\s0 \s-1INTERFACE\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "encode_json" | 
| -.IX Subsection "encode_json" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json_text = encode_json $perl_scalar | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Converts the given Perl data structure to a \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoded, binary string. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This function call is functionally identical to: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json_text = JSON::PP\->new\->utf8\->encode($perl_scalar) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "decode_json" | 
| -.IX Subsection "decode_json" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $perl_scalar = decode_json $json_text | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -The opposite of \f(CW\*(C`encode_json\*(C'\fR: expects an \s-1UTF\-8\s0 (binary) string and tries | 
| -to parse that as an \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoded \s-1JSON\s0 text, returning the resulting | 
| -reference. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This function call is functionally identical to: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $perl_scalar = JSON::PP\->new\->utf8\->decode($json_text) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "JSON::PP::is_bool" | 
| -.IX Subsection "JSON::PP::is_bool" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $is_boolean = JSON::PP::is_bool($scalar) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Returns true if the passed scalar represents either JSON::PP::true or | 
| -JSON::PP::false, two constants that act like \f(CW1\fR and \f(CW0\fR respectively | 
| -and are also used to represent \s-1JSON\s0 \f(CW\*(C`true\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`false\*(C'\fR in Perl strings. | 
| -.SS "JSON::PP::true" | 
| -.IX Subsection "JSON::PP::true" | 
| -Returns \s-1JSON\s0 true value which is blessed object. | 
| -It \f(CW\*(C`isa\*(C'\fR JSON::PP::Boolean object. | 
| -.SS "JSON::PP::false" | 
| -.IX Subsection "JSON::PP::false" | 
| -Returns \s-1JSON\s0 false value which is blessed object. | 
| -It \f(CW\*(C`isa\*(C'\fR JSON::PP::Boolean object. | 
| -.SS "JSON::PP::null" | 
| -.IX Subsection "JSON::PP::null" | 
| -Returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See \s-1MAPPING\s0, below, for more information on how \s-1JSON\s0 values are mapped to | 
| -Perl. | 
| -.SH "HOW DO I DECODE A DATA FROM OUTER AND ENCODE TO OUTER" | 
| -.IX Header "HOW DO I DECODE A DATA FROM OUTER AND ENCODE TO OUTER" | 
| -This section supposes that your perl version is 5.8 or later. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If you know a \s-1JSON\s0 text from an outer world \- a network, a file content, and so on, | 
| -is encoded in \s-1UTF\-8\s0, you should use \f(CW\*(C`decode_json\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object | 
| -with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR enable. And the decoded result will contain \s-1UNICODE\s0 characters. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&  # from network | 
| -\&  my $json        = JSON::PP\->new\->utf8; | 
| -\&  my $json_text   = CGI\->new\->param( \*(Aqjson_data\*(Aq ); | 
| -\&  my $perl_scalar = $json\->decode( $json_text ); | 
| -\& | 
| -\&  # from file content | 
| -\&  local $/; | 
| -\&  open( my $fh, \*(Aq<\*(Aq, \*(Aqjson.data\*(Aq ); | 
| -\&  $json_text   = <$fh>; | 
| -\&  $perl_scalar = decode_json( $json_text ); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If an outer data is not encoded in \s-1UTF\-8\s0, firstly you should \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR it. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 5 | 
| -\&  use Encode; | 
| -\&  local $/; | 
| -\&  open( my $fh, \*(Aq<\*(Aq, \*(Aqjson.data\*(Aq ); | 
| -\&  my $encoding = \*(Aqcp932\*(Aq; | 
| -\&  my $unicode_json_text = decode( $encoding, <$fh> ); # UNICODE | 
| -\& | 
| -\&  # or you can write the below code. | 
| -\&  # | 
| -\&  # open( my $fh, "<:encoding($encoding)", \*(Aqjson.data\*(Aq ); | 
| -\&  # $unicode_json_text = <$fh>; | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -In this case, \f(CW$unicode_json_text\fR is of course \s-1UNICODE\s0 string. | 
| -So you \fBcannot\fR use \f(CW\*(C`decode_json\*(C'\fR nor \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR enable. | 
| -Instead of them, you use \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR disable. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&  $perl_scalar = $json\->utf8(0)\->decode( $unicode_json_text ); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Or \f(CW\*(C`encode \*(Aqutf8\*(Aq\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`decode_json\*(C'\fR: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&  $perl_scalar = decode_json( encode( \*(Aqutf8\*(Aq, $unicode_json_text ) ); | 
| -\&  # this way is not efficient. | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -And now, you want to convert your \f(CW$perl_scalar\fR into \s-1JSON\s0 data and | 
| -send it to an outer world \- a network or a file content, and so on. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Your data usually contains \s-1UNICODE\s0 strings and you want the converted data to be encoded | 
| -in \s-1UTF\-8\s0, you should use \f(CW\*(C`encode_json\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR enable. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 3 | 
| -\&  print encode_json( $perl_scalar ); # to a network? file? or display? | 
| -\&  # or | 
| -\&  print $json\->utf8\->encode( $perl_scalar ); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$perl_scalar\fR does not contain \s-1UNICODE\s0 but \f(CW$encoding\fR\-encoded strings | 
| -for some reason, then its characters are regarded as \fBlatin1\fR for perl | 
| -(because it does not concern with your \f(CW$encoding\fR). | 
| -You \fBcannot\fR use \f(CW\*(C`encode_json\*(C'\fR nor \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR enable. | 
| -Instead of them, you use \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR module object with \f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR disable. | 
| -Note that the resulted text is a \s-1UNICODE\s0 string but no problem to print it. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&  # $perl_scalar contains $encoding encoded string values | 
| -\&  $unicode_json_text = $json\->utf8(0)\->encode( $perl_scalar ); | 
| -\&  # $unicode_json_text consists of characters less than 0x100 | 
| -\&  print $unicode_json_text; | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Or \f(CW\*(C`decode $encoding\*(C'\fR all string values and \f(CW\*(C`encode_json\*(C'\fR: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 3 | 
| -\&  $perl_scalar\->{ foo } = decode( $encoding, $perl_scalar\->{ foo } ); | 
| -\&  # ... do it to each string values, then encode_json | 
| -\&  $json_text = encode_json( $perl_scalar ); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This method is a proper way but probably not efficient. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to Encode, perluniintro. | 
| -.SH "METHODS" | 
| -.IX Header "METHODS" | 
| -Basically, check to \s-1JSON\s0 or \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "new" | 
| -.IX Subsection "new" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = JSON::PP\->new | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Returns a new \s-1JSON::PP\s0 object that can be used to de/encode \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -strings. | 
| -.PP | 
| -All boolean flags described below are by default \fIdisabled\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -The mutators for flags all return the \s-1JSON\s0 object again and thus calls can | 
| -be chained: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&   my $json = JSON::PP\->new\->utf8\->space_after\->encode({a => [1,2]}) | 
| -\&   => {"a": [1, 2]} | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "ascii" | 
| -.IX Subsection "ascii" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->ascii([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_ascii | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the encode method will not generate characters outside | 
| -the code range 0..127. Any Unicode characters outside that range will be escaped using either | 
| -a single \euXXXX or a double \euHHHH\euLLLLL escape sequence, as per \s-1RFC4627\s0. | 
| -(See to \*(L"OBJECT-ORIENTED \s-1INTERFACE\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0). | 
| -.PP | 
| -In Perl 5.005, there is no character having high value (more than 255). | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1HANDLING\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1PERLS\s0\*(R". | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the encode method will not escape Unicode characters unless | 
| -required by the \s-1JSON\s0 syntax or other flags. This results in a faster and more compact format. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&  JSON::PP\->new\->ascii(1)\->encode([chr 0x10401]) | 
| -\&  => ["\eud801\eudc01"] | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "latin1" | 
| -.IX Subsection "latin1" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->latin1([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_latin1 | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the encode method will encode the resulting \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -text as latin1 (or iso\-8859\-1), escaping any characters outside the code range 0..255. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the encode method will not escape Unicode characters | 
| -unless required by the \s-1JSON\s0 syntax or other flags. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&  JSON::XS\->new\->latin1\->encode (["\ex{89}\ex{abc}"] | 
| -\&  => ["\ex{89}\e\eu0abc"]    # (perl syntax, U+abc escaped, U+89 not) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1HANDLING\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1PERLS\s0\*(R". | 
| -.SS "utf8" | 
| -.IX Subsection "utf8" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->utf8([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_utf8 | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the encode method will encode the \s-1JSON\s0 result | 
| -into \s-1UTF\-8\s0, as required by many protocols, while the decode method expects to be handled | 
| -an UTF\-8\-encoded string. Please note that UTF\-8\-encoded strings do not contain any | 
| -characters outside the range 0..255, they are thus useful for bytewise/binary I/O. | 
| -.PP | 
| -(In Perl 5.005, any character outside the range 0..255 does not exist. | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1HANDLING\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1PERLS\s0\*(R".) | 
| -.PP | 
| -In future versions, enabling this option might enable autodetection of the \s-1UTF\-16\s0 and \s-1UTF\-32\s0 | 
| -encoding families, as described in \s-1RFC4627\s0. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the encode method will return the \s-1JSON\s0 string as a (non-encoded) | 
| -Unicode string, while decode expects thus a Unicode string. Any decoding or encoding | 
| -(e.g. to \s-1UTF\-8\s0 or \s-1UTF\-16\s0) needs to be done yourself, e.g. using the Encode module. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, output UTF\-16BE\-encoded \s-1JSON:\s0 | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&  use Encode; | 
| -\&  $jsontext = encode "UTF\-16BE", JSON::PP\->new\->encode ($object); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, decode UTF\-32LE\-encoded \s-1JSON:\s0 | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&  use Encode; | 
| -\&  $object = JSON::PP\->new\->decode (decode "UTF\-32LE", $jsontext); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "pretty" | 
| -.IX Subsection "pretty" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->pretty([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This enables (or disables) all of the \f(CW\*(C`indent\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`space_before\*(C'\fR and | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`space_after\*(C'\fR flags in one call to generate the most readable | 
| -(or most compact) form possible. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Equivalent to: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&   $json\->indent\->space_before\->space_after | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "indent" | 
| -.IX Subsection "indent" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->indent([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_indent | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -The default indent space length is three. | 
| -You can use \f(CW\*(C`indent_length\*(C'\fR to change the length. | 
| -.SS "space_before" | 
| -.IX Subsection "space_before" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->space_before([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_space_before | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will add an extra | 
| -optional space before the \f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR separating keys from values in \s-1JSON\s0 objects. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will not add any extra | 
| -space at those places. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This setting has no effect when decoding \s-1JSON\s0 texts. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, space_before enabled, space_after and indent disabled: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&   {"key" :"value"} | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "space_after" | 
| -.IX Subsection "space_after" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->space_after([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_space_after | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will add an extra | 
| -optional space after the \f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR separating keys from values in \s-1JSON\s0 objects | 
| -and extra whitespace after the \f(CW\*(C`,\*(C'\fR separating key-value pairs and array | 
| -members. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will not add any extra | 
| -space at those places. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This setting has no effect when decoding \s-1JSON\s0 texts. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, space_before and indent disabled, space_after enabled: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&   {"key": "value"} | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "relaxed" | 
| -.IX Subsection "relaxed" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->relaxed([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_relaxed | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will accept some | 
| -extensions to normal \s-1JSON\s0 syntax (see below). \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR will not be | 
| -affected in anyway. \fIBe aware that this option makes you accept invalid | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 texts as if they were valid!\fR. I suggest only to use this option to | 
| -parse application-specific files written by humans (configuration files, | 
| -resource files etc.) | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false (the default), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will only accept | 
| -valid \s-1JSON\s0 texts. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Currently accepted extensions are: | 
| -.IP "\(bu" 4 | 
| -list items can have an end-comma | 
| -.Sp | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 \fIseparates\fR array elements and key-value pairs with commas. This | 
| -can be annoying if you write \s-1JSON\s0 texts manually and want to be able to | 
| -quickly append elements, so this extension accepts comma at the end of | 
| -such items not just between them: | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 8 | 
| -\&   [ | 
| -\&      1, | 
| -\&      2, <\- this comma not normally allowed | 
| -\&   ] | 
| -\&   { | 
| -\&      "k1": "v1", | 
| -\&      "k2": "v2", <\- this comma not normally allowed | 
| -\&   } | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.IP "\(bu" 4 | 
| -shell-style '#'\-comments | 
| -.Sp | 
| -Whenever \s-1JSON\s0 allows whitespace, shell-style comments are additionally | 
| -allowed. They are terminated by the first carriage-return or line-feed | 
| -character, after which more white-space and comments are allowed. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&  [ | 
| -\&     1, # this comment not allowed in JSON | 
| -\&        # neither this one... | 
| -\&  ] | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "canonical" | 
| -.IX Subsection "canonical" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->canonical([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_canonical | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will output \s-1JSON\s0 objects | 
| -by sorting their keys. This is adding a comparatively high overhead. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will output key-value | 
| -pairs in the order Perl stores them (which will likely change between runs | 
| -of the same script). | 
| -.PP | 
| -This option is useful if you want the same data structure to be encoded as | 
| -the same \s-1JSON\s0 text (given the same overall settings). If it is disabled, | 
| -the same hash might be encoded differently even if contains the same data, | 
| -as key-value pairs have no inherent ordering in Perl. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This setting has no effect when decoding \s-1JSON\s0 texts. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If you want your own sorting routine, you can give a code reference | 
| -or a subroutine name to \f(CW\*(C`sort_by\*(C'\fR. See to \f(CW\*(C`JSON::PP OWN METHODS\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.SS "allow_nonref" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_nonref" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_nonref([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_allow_nonref | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method can convert a | 
| -non-reference into its corresponding string, number or null \s-1JSON\s0 value, | 
| -which is an extension to \s-1RFC4627\s0. Likewise, \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will accept those \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -values instead of croaking. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will croak if it isn't | 
| -passed an arrayref or hashref, as \s-1JSON\s0 texts must either be an object | 
| -or array. Likewise, \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will croak if given something that is not a | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 object or array. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&   JSON::PP\->new\->allow_nonref\->encode ("Hello, World!") | 
| -\&   => "Hello, World!" | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "allow_unknown" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_unknown" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_unknown ([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_allow_unknown | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \*(L"encode\*(R" will *not* throw an | 
| -exception when it encounters values it cannot represent in \s-1JSON\s0 (for | 
| -example, filehandles) but instead will encode a \s-1JSON\s0 \*(L"null\*(R" value. | 
| -Note that blessed objects are not included here and are handled | 
| -separately by c<allow_nonref>. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false (the default), then \*(L"encode\*(R" will throw an | 
| -exception when it encounters anything it cannot encode as \s-1JSON\s0. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This option does not affect \*(L"decode\*(R" in any way, and it is | 
| -recommended to leave it off unless you know your communications | 
| -partner. | 
| -.SS "allow_blessed" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_blessed" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_blessed([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_allow_blessed | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then the \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR method will not | 
| -barf when it encounters a blessed reference. Instead, the value of the | 
| -\&\fBconvert_blessed\fR option will decide whether \f(CW\*(C`null\*(C'\fR (\f(CW\*(C`convert_blessed\*(C'\fR | 
| -disabled or no \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR method found) or a representation of the | 
| -object (\f(CW\*(C`convert_blessed\*(C'\fR enabled and \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR method found) is being | 
| -encoded. Has no effect on \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false (the default), then \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR will throw an | 
| -exception when it encounters a blessed object. | 
| -.SS "convert_blessed" | 
| -.IX Subsection "convert_blessed" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->convert_blessed([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_convert_blessed | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR, upon encountering a | 
| -blessed object, will check for the availability of the \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR method | 
| -on the object's class. If found, it will be called in scalar context | 
| -and the resulting scalar will be encoded instead of the object. If no | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR method is found, the value of \f(CW\*(C`allow_blessed\*(C'\fR will decide what | 
| -to do. | 
| -.PP | 
| -The \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR method may safely call die if it wants. If \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR | 
| -returns other blessed objects, those will be handled in the same | 
| -way. \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR must take care of not causing an endless recursion cycle | 
| -(== crash) in this case. The name of \f(CW\*(C`TO_JSON\*(C'\fR was chosen because other | 
| -methods called by the Perl core (== not by the user of the object) are | 
| -usually in upper case letters and to avoid collisions with the \f(CW\*(C`to_json\*(C'\fR | 
| -function or method. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This setting does not yet influence \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR in any way. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is false, then the \f(CW\*(C`allow_blessed\*(C'\fR setting will decide what | 
| -to do when a blessed object is found. | 
| -.SS "filter_json_object" | 
| -.IX Subsection "filter_json_object" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->filter_json_object([$coderef]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -When \f(CW$coderef\fR is specified, it will be called from \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR each | 
| -time it decodes a \s-1JSON\s0 object. The only argument passed to the coderef | 
| -is a reference to the newly-created hash. If the code references returns | 
| -a single scalar (which need not be a reference), this value | 
| -(i.e. a copy of that scalar to avoid aliasing) is inserted into the | 
| -deserialised data structure. If it returns an empty list | 
| -(\s-1NOTE:\s0 \fInot\fR \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR, which is a valid scalar), the original deserialised | 
| -hash will be inserted. This setting can slow down decoding considerably. | 
| -.PP | 
| -When \f(CW$coderef\fR is omitted or undefined, any existing callback will | 
| -be removed and \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will not change the deserialised hash in any | 
| -way. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, convert all \s-1JSON\s0 objects into the integer 5: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 6 | 
| -\&   my $js = JSON::PP\->new\->filter_json_object (sub { 5 }); | 
| -\&   # returns [5] | 
| -\&   $js\->decode (\*(Aq[{}]\*(Aq); # the given subroutine takes a hash reference. | 
| -\&   # throw an exception because allow_nonref is not enabled | 
| -\&   # so a lone 5 is not allowed. | 
| -\&   $js\->decode (\*(Aq{"a":1, "b":2}\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "filter_json_single_key_object" | 
| -.IX Subsection "filter_json_single_key_object" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->filter_json_single_key_object($key [=> $coderef]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Works remotely similar to \f(CW\*(C`filter_json_object\*(C'\fR, but is only called for | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 objects having a single key named \f(CW$key\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This \f(CW$coderef\fR is called before the one specified via | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`filter_json_object\*(C'\fR, if any. It gets passed the single value in the \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -object. If it returns a single value, it will be inserted into the data | 
| -structure. If it returns nothing (not even \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR but the empty list), | 
| -the callback from \f(CW\*(C`filter_json_object\*(C'\fR will be called next, as if no | 
| -single-key callback were specified. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$coderef\fR is omitted or undefined, the corresponding callback will be | 
| -disabled. There can only ever be one callback for a given key. | 
| -.PP | 
| -As this callback gets called less often then the \f(CW\*(C`filter_json_object\*(C'\fR | 
| -one, decoding speed will not usually suffer as much. Therefore, single-key | 
| -objects make excellent targets to serialise Perl objects into, especially | 
| -as single-key \s-1JSON\s0 objects are as close to the type-tagged value concept | 
| -as \s-1JSON\s0 gets (it's basically an \s-1ID/VALUE\s0 tuple). Of course, \s-1JSON\s0 does not | 
| -support this in any way, so you need to make sure your data never looks | 
| -like a serialised Perl hash. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Typical names for the single object key are \f(CW\*(C`_\|_class_whatever_\|_\*(C'\fR, or | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`$_\|_dollars_are_rarely_used_\|_$\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`}ugly_brace_placement\*(C'\fR, or even | 
| -things like \f(CW\*(C`_\|_class_md5sum(classname)_\|_\*(C'\fR, to reduce the risk of clashing | 
| -with real hashes. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example, decode \s-1JSON\s0 objects of the form \f(CW\*(C`{ "_\|_widget_\|_" => <id> }\*(C'\fR | 
| -into the corresponding \f(CW$WIDGET{<id>}\fR object: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 7 | 
| -\&   # return whatever is in $WIDGET{5}: | 
| -\&   JSON::PP | 
| -\&      \->new | 
| -\&      \->filter_json_single_key_object (_\|_widget_\|_ => sub { | 
| -\&            $WIDGET{ $_[0] } | 
| -\&         }) | 
| -\&      \->decode (\*(Aq{"_\|_widget_\|_": 5\*(Aq) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   # this can be used with a TO_JSON method in some "widget" class | 
| -\&   # for serialisation to json: | 
| -\&   sub WidgetBase::TO_JSON { | 
| -\&      my ($self) = @_; | 
| -\& | 
| -\&      unless ($self\->{id}) { | 
| -\&         $self\->{id} = ..get..some..id..; | 
| -\&         $WIDGET{$self\->{id}} = $self; | 
| -\&      } | 
| -\& | 
| -\&      { _\|_widget_\|_ => $self\->{id} } | 
| -\&   } | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "shrink" | 
| -.IX Subsection "shrink" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->shrink([$enable]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $enabled = $json\->get_shrink | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -In \s-1JSON::XS\s0, this flag resizes strings generated by either | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR to their minimum size possible. | 
| -It will also try to downgrade any strings to octet-form if possible. | 
| -.PP | 
| -In \s-1JSON::PP\s0, it is noop about resizing strings but tries | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`utf8::downgrade\*(C'\fR to the returned string by \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR. | 
| -See to utf8. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to \*(L"OBJECT-ORIENTED \s-1INTERFACE\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 | 
| -.SS "max_depth" | 
| -.IX Subsection "max_depth" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->max_depth([$maximum_nesting_depth]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $max_depth = $json\->get_max_depth | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Sets the maximum nesting level (default \f(CW512\fR) accepted while encoding | 
| -or decoding. If a higher nesting level is detected in \s-1JSON\s0 text or a Perl | 
| -data structure, then the encoder and decoder will stop and croak at that | 
| -point. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Nesting level is defined by number of hash\- or arrayrefs that the encoder | 
| -needs to traverse to reach a given point or the number of \f(CW\*(C`{\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`[\*(C'\fR | 
| -characters without their matching closing parenthesis crossed to reach a | 
| -given character in a string. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If no argument is given, the highest possible setting will be used, which | 
| -is rarely useful. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See \*(L"\s-1SSECURITY\s0 \s-1CONSIDERATIONS\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 for more info on why this is useful. | 
| -.PP | 
| -When a large value (100 or more) was set and it de/encodes a deep nested object/text, | 
| -it may raise a warning 'Deep recursion on subroutine' at the perl runtime phase. | 
| -.SS "max_size" | 
| -.IX Subsection "max_size" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->max_size([$maximum_string_size]) | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $max_size = $json\->get_max_size | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Set the maximum length a \s-1JSON\s0 text may have (in bytes) where decoding is | 
| -being attempted. The default is \f(CW0\fR, meaning no limit. When \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR | 
| -is called on a string that is longer then this many bytes, it will not | 
| -attempt to decode the string but throw an exception. This setting has no | 
| -effect on \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR (yet). | 
| -.PP | 
| -If no argument is given, the limit check will be deactivated (same as when | 
| -\&\f(CW0\fR is specified). | 
| -.PP | 
| -See \*(L"\s-1SECURITY\s0 \s-1CONSIDERATIONS\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 for more info on why this is useful. | 
| -.SS "encode" | 
| -.IX Subsection "encode" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json_text = $json\->encode($perl_scalar) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Converts the given Perl data structure (a simple scalar or a reference | 
| -to a hash or array) to its \s-1JSON\s0 representation. Simple scalars will be | 
| -converted into \s-1JSON\s0 string or number sequences, while references to arrays | 
| -become \s-1JSON\s0 arrays and references to hashes become \s-1JSON\s0 objects. Undefined | 
| -Perl values (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR) become \s-1JSON\s0 \f(CW\*(C`null\*(C'\fR values. | 
| -References to the integers \f(CW0\fR and \f(CW1\fR are converted into \f(CW\*(C`true\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`false\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.SS "decode" | 
| -.IX Subsection "decode" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $perl_scalar = $json\->decode($json_text) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -The opposite of \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR: expects a \s-1JSON\s0 text and tries to parse it, | 
| -returning the resulting simple scalar or reference. Croaks on error. | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 numbers and strings become simple Perl scalars. \s-1JSON\s0 arrays become | 
| -Perl arrayrefs and \s-1JSON\s0 objects become Perl hashrefs. \f(CW\*(C`true\*(C'\fR becomes | 
| -\&\f(CW1\fR (\f(CW\*(C`JSON::true\*(C'\fR), \f(CW\*(C`false\*(C'\fR becomes \f(CW0\fR (\f(CW\*(C`JSON::false\*(C'\fR) and | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`null\*(C'\fR becomes \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.SS "decode_prefix" | 
| -.IX Subsection "decode_prefix" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    ($perl_scalar, $characters) = $json\->decode_prefix($json_text) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This works like the \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR method, but instead of raising an exception | 
| -when there is trailing garbage after the first \s-1JSON\s0 object, it will | 
| -silently stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed | 
| -so far. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&   JSON\->new\->decode_prefix ("[1] the tail") | 
| -\&   => ([], 3) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SH "INCREMENTAL PARSING" | 
| -.IX Header "INCREMENTAL PARSING" | 
| -Most of this section are copied and modified from \*(L"\s-1INCREMENTAL\s0 \s-1PARSING\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.PP | 
| -In some cases, there is the need for incremental parsing of \s-1JSON\s0 texts. | 
| -This module does allow you to parse a \s-1JSON\s0 stream incrementally. | 
| -It does so by accumulating text until it has a full \s-1JSON\s0 object, which | 
| -it then can decode. This process is similar to using \f(CW\*(C`decode_prefix\*(C'\fR | 
| -to see if a full \s-1JSON\s0 object is available, but is much more efficient | 
| -(and can be implemented with a minimum of method calls). | 
| -.PP | 
| -This module will only attempt to parse the \s-1JSON\s0 text once it is sure it | 
| -has enough text to get a decisive result, using a very simple but | 
| -truly incremental parser. This means that it sometimes won't stop as | 
| -early as the full parser, for example, it doesn't detect parenthesis | 
| -mismatches. The only thing it guarantees is that it starts decoding as | 
| -soon as a syntactically valid \s-1JSON\s0 text has been seen. This means you need | 
| -to set resource limits (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`max_size\*(C'\fR) to ensure the parser will stop | 
| -parsing in the presence if syntax errors. | 
| -.PP | 
| -The following methods implement this incremental parser. | 
| -.SS "incr_parse" | 
| -.IX Subsection "incr_parse" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->incr_parse( [$string] ) # void context | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    $obj_or_undef = $json\->incr_parse( [$string] ) # scalar context | 
| -\& | 
| -\&    @obj_or_empty = $json\->incr_parse( [$string] ) # list context | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This is the central parsing function. It can both append new text and | 
| -extract objects from the stream accumulated so far (both of these | 
| -functions are optional). | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$string\fR is given, then this string is appended to the already | 
| -existing \s-1JSON\s0 fragment stored in the \f(CW$json\fR object. | 
| -.PP | 
| -After that, if the function is called in void context, it will simply | 
| -return without doing anything further. This can be used to add more text | 
| -in as many chunks as you want. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If the method is called in scalar context, then it will try to extract | 
| -exactly \fIone\fR \s-1JSON\s0 object. If that is successful, it will return this | 
| -object, otherwise it will return \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR. If there is a parse error, | 
| -this method will croak just as \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR would do (one can then use | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`incr_skip\*(C'\fR to skip the erroneous part). This is the most common way of | 
| -using the method. | 
| -.PP | 
| -And finally, in list context, it will try to extract as many objects | 
| -from the stream as it can find and return them, or the empty list | 
| -otherwise. For this to work, there must be no separators between the \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -objects or arrays, instead they must be concatenated back-to-back. If | 
| -an error occurs, an exception will be raised as in the scalar context | 
| -case. Note that in this case, any previously-parsed \s-1JSON\s0 texts will be | 
| -lost. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Example: Parse some \s-1JSON\s0 arrays/objects in a given string and return them. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    my @objs = JSON\->new\->incr_parse ("[5][7][1,2]"); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "incr_text" | 
| -.IX Subsection "incr_text" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $lvalue_string = $json\->incr_text | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This method returns the currently stored \s-1JSON\s0 fragment as an lvalue, that | 
| -is, you can manipulate it. This \fIonly\fR works when a preceding call to | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`incr_parse\*(C'\fR in \fIscalar context\fR successfully returned an object. Under | 
| -all other circumstances you must not call this function (I mean it. | 
| -although in simple tests it might actually work, it \fIwill\fR fail under | 
| -real world conditions). As a special exception, you can also call this | 
| -method before having parsed anything. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This function is useful in two cases: a) finding the trailing text after a | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 object or b) parsing multiple \s-1JSON\s0 objects separated by non-JSON text | 
| -(such as commas). | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->incr_text =~ s/\es*,\es*//; | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -In Perl 5.005, \f(CW\*(C`lvalue\*(C'\fR attribute is not available. | 
| -You must write codes like the below: | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 3 | 
| -\&    $string = $json\->incr_text; | 
| -\&    $string =~ s/\es*,\es*//; | 
| -\&    $json\->incr_text( $string ); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "incr_skip" | 
| -.IX Subsection "incr_skip" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->incr_skip | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This will reset the state of the incremental parser and will remove the | 
| -parsed text from the input buffer. This is useful after \f(CW\*(C`incr_parse\*(C'\fR | 
| -died, in which case the input buffer and incremental parser state is left | 
| -unchanged, to skip the text parsed so far and to reset the parse state. | 
| -.SS "incr_reset" | 
| -.IX Subsection "incr_reset" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->incr_reset | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This completely resets the incremental parser, that is, after this call, | 
| -it will be as if the parser had never parsed anything. | 
| -.PP | 
| -This is useful if you want to repeatedly parse \s-1JSON\s0 objects and want to | 
| -ignore any trailing data, which means you have to reset the parser after | 
| -each successful decode. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1INCREMENTAL\s0 \s-1PARSING\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 for examples. | 
| -.SH "JSON::PP OWN METHODS" | 
| -.IX Header "JSON::PP OWN METHODS" | 
| -.SS "allow_singlequote" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_singlequote" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_singlequote([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will accept | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 strings quoted by single quotations that are invalid \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -format. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 3 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_singlequote\->decode({"foo":\*(Aqbar\*(Aq}); | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_singlequote\->decode({\*(Aqfoo\*(Aq:"bar"}); | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_singlequote\->decode({\*(Aqfoo\*(Aq:\*(Aqbar\*(Aq}); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -As same as the \f(CW\*(C`relaxed\*(C'\fR option, this option may be used to parse | 
| -application-specific files written by humans. | 
| -.SS "allow_barekey" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_barekey" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_barekey([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will accept | 
| -bare keys of \s-1JSON\s0 object that are invalid \s-1JSON\s0 format. | 
| -.PP | 
| -As same as the \f(CW\*(C`relaxed\*(C'\fR option, this option may be used to parse | 
| -application-specific files written by humans. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_barekey\->decode(\*(Aq{foo:"bar"}\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SS "allow_bignum" | 
| -.IX Subsection "allow_bignum" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->allow_bignum([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR will convert | 
| -the big integer Perl cannot handle as integer into a Math::BigInt | 
| -object and convert a floating number (any) into a Math::BigFloat. | 
| -.PP | 
| -On the contrary, \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR converts \f(CW\*(C`Math::BigInt\*(C'\fR objects and \f(CW\*(C`Math::BigFloat\*(C'\fR | 
| -objects into \s-1JSON\s0 numbers with \f(CW\*(C`allow_blessed\*(C'\fR enable. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&   $json\->allow_nonref\->allow_blessed\->allow_bignum; | 
| -\&   $bigfloat = $json\->decode(\*(Aq2.000000000000000000000000001\*(Aq); | 
| -\&   print $json\->encode($bigfloat); | 
| -\&   # => 2.000000000000000000000000001 | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1MAPPING\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0 about the normal conversion of \s-1JSON\s0 number. | 
| -.SS "loose" | 
| -.IX Subsection "loose" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->loose([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -The unescaped [\ex00\-\ex1f\ex22\ex2f\ex5c] strings are invalid in \s-1JSON\s0 strings | 
| -and the module doesn't allow to \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR to these (except for \ex2f). | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`decode\*(C'\fR  will accept these | 
| -unescaped strings. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json\->loose\->decode(qq|["abc | 
| -\&                                   def"]|); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -See \*(L"\s-1SSECURITY\s0 \s-1CONSIDERATIONS\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "escape_slash" | 
| -.IX Subsection "escape_slash" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->escape_slash([$enable]) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -According to \s-1JSON\s0 Grammar, \fIslash\fR (U+002F) is escaped. But default | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::PP\s0 (as same as \s-1JSON::XS\s0) encodes strings without escaping slash. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$enable\fR is true (or missing), then \f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR will escape slashes. | 
| -.SS "indent_length" | 
| -.IX Subsection "indent_length" | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->indent_length($length) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::XS\s0 indent space length is 3 and cannot be changed. | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::PP\s0 set the indent space length with the given \f(CW$length\fR. | 
| -The default is 3. The acceptable range is 0 to 15. | 
| -.SS "sort_by" | 
| -.IX Subsection "sort_by" | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->sort_by($function_name) | 
| -\&    $json = $json\->sort_by($subroutine_ref) | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$function_name\fR or \f(CW$subroutine_ref\fR are set, its sort routine are used | 
| -in encoding \s-1JSON\s0 objects. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&   $js = $pc\->sort_by(sub { $JSON::PP::a cmp $JSON::PP::b })\->encode($obj); | 
| -\&   # is($js, q|{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5,"f":6,"g":7,"h":8,"i":9}|); | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   $js = $pc\->sort_by(\*(Aqown_sort\*(Aq)\->encode($obj); | 
| -\&   # is($js, q|{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5,"f":6,"g":7,"h":8,"i":9}|); | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   sub JSON::PP::own_sort { $JSON::PP::a cmp $JSON::PP::b } | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -As the sorting routine runs in the \s-1JSON::PP\s0 scope, the given | 
| -subroutine name and the special variables \f(CW$a\fR, \f(CW$b\fR will begin | 
| -\&'\s-1JSON::PP::\s0'. | 
| -.PP | 
| -If \f(CW$integer\fR is set, then the effect is same as \f(CW\*(C`canonical\*(C'\fR on. | 
| -.SH "INTERNAL" | 
| -.IX Header "INTERNAL" | 
| -For developers. | 
| -.IP "PP_encode_box" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "PP_encode_box" | 
| -Returns | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&        { | 
| -\&            depth        => $depth, | 
| -\&            indent_count => $indent_count, | 
| -\&        } | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.IP "PP_decode_box" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "PP_decode_box" | 
| -Returns | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 9 | 
| -\&        { | 
| -\&            text    => $text, | 
| -\&            at      => $at, | 
| -\&            ch      => $ch, | 
| -\&            len     => $len, | 
| -\&            depth   => $depth, | 
| -\&            encoding      => $encoding, | 
| -\&            is_valid_utf8 => $is_valid_utf8, | 
| -\&        }; | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.SH "MAPPING" | 
| -.IX Header "MAPPING" | 
| -This section is copied from \s-1JSON::XS\s0 and modified to \f(CW\*(C`JSON::PP\*(C'\fR. | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::XS\s0 and \s-1JSON::PP\s0 mapping mechanisms are almost equivalent. | 
| -.PP | 
| -See to \*(L"\s-1MAPPING\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "\s-1JSON\s0 \-> \s-1PERL\s0" | 
| -.IX Subsection "JSON -> PERL" | 
| -.IP "object" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "object" | 
| -A \s-1JSON\s0 object becomes a reference to a hash in Perl. No ordering of object | 
| -keys is preserved (\s-1JSON\s0 does not preserver object key ordering itself). | 
| -.IP "array" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "array" | 
| -A \s-1JSON\s0 array becomes a reference to an array in Perl. | 
| -.IP "string" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "string" | 
| -A \s-1JSON\s0 string becomes a string scalar in Perl \- Unicode codepoints in \s-1JSON\s0 | 
| -are represented by the same codepoints in the Perl string, so no manual | 
| -decoding is necessary. | 
| -.IP "number" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "number" | 
| -A \s-1JSON\s0 number becomes either an integer, numeric (floating point) or | 
| -string scalar in perl, depending on its range and any fractional parts. On | 
| -the Perl level, there is no difference between those as Perl handles all | 
| -the conversion details, but an integer may take slightly less memory and | 
| -might represent more values exactly than floating point numbers. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -If the number consists of digits only, \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR will try to represent | 
| -it as an integer value. If that fails, it will try to represent it as | 
| -a numeric (floating point) value if that is possible without loss of | 
| -precision. Otherwise it will preserve the number as a string value (in | 
| -which case you lose roundtripping ability, as the \s-1JSON\s0 number will be | 
| -re-encoded to a \s-1JSON\s0 string). | 
| -.Sp | 
| -Numbers containing a fractional or exponential part will always be | 
| -represented as numeric (floating point) values, possibly at a loss of | 
| -precision (in which case you might lose perfect roundtripping ability, but | 
| -the \s-1JSON\s0 number will still be re-encoded as a \s-1JSON\s0 number). | 
| -.Sp | 
| -Note that precision is not accuracy \- binary floating point values cannot | 
| -represent most decimal fractions exactly, and when converting from and to | 
| -floating point, \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR only guarantees precision up to but not including | 
| -the least significant bit. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -When \f(CW\*(C`allow_bignum\*(C'\fR is enable, the big integers | 
| -and the numeric can be optionally converted into Math::BigInt and | 
| -Math::BigFloat objects. | 
| -.IP "true, false" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "true, false" | 
| -These \s-1JSON\s0 atoms become \f(CW\*(C`JSON::PP::true\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`JSON::PP::false\*(C'\fR, | 
| -respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers | 
| -\&\f(CW1\fR and \f(CW0\fR. You can check whether a scalar is a \s-1JSON\s0 boolean by using | 
| -the \f(CW\*(C`JSON::is_bool\*(C'\fR function. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&   print JSON::PP::true . "\en"; | 
| -\&    => true | 
| -\&   print JSON::PP::true + 1; | 
| -\&    => 1 | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   ok(JSON::true eq  \*(Aq1\*(Aq); | 
| -\&   ok(JSON::true == 1); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.Sp | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR will install these missing overloading features to the backend modules. | 
| -.IP "null" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "null" | 
| -A \s-1JSON\s0 null atom becomes \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR in Perl. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`JSON::PP::null\*(C'\fR returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.SS "\s-1PERL\s0 \-> \s-1JSON\s0" | 
| -.IX Subsection "PERL -> JSON" | 
| -The mapping from Perl to \s-1JSON\s0 is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a | 
| -truly typeless language, so we can only guess which \s-1JSON\s0 type is meant by | 
| -a Perl value. | 
| -.IP "hash references" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "hash references" | 
| -Perl hash references become \s-1JSON\s0 objects. As there is no inherent ordering | 
| -in hash keys (or \s-1JSON\s0 objects), they will usually be encoded in a | 
| -pseudo-random order that can change between runs of the same program but | 
| -stays generally the same within a single run of a program. \f(CW\*(C`JSON\*(C'\fR | 
| -optionally sort the hash keys (determined by the \fIcanonical\fR flag), so | 
| -the same data structure will serialise to the same \s-1JSON\s0 text (given same | 
| -settings and version of \s-1JSON::XS\s0), but this incurs a runtime overhead | 
| -and is only rarely useful, e.g. when you want to compare some \s-1JSON\s0 text | 
| -against another for equality. | 
| -.IP "array references" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "array references" | 
| -Perl array references become \s-1JSON\s0 arrays. | 
| -.IP "other references" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "other references" | 
| -Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an | 
| -exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers \f(CW0\fR and | 
| -\&\f(CW1\fR, which get turned into \f(CW\*(C`false\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`true\*(C'\fR atoms in \s-1JSON\s0. You can | 
| -also use \f(CW\*(C`JSON::false\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`JSON::true\*(C'\fR to improve readability. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&   to_json [\e0,JSON::PP::true]      # yields [false,true] | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.IP "JSON::PP::true, JSON::PP::false, JSON::PP::null" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "JSON::PP::true, JSON::PP::false, JSON::PP::null" | 
| -These special values become \s-1JSON\s0 true and \s-1JSON\s0 false values, | 
| -respectively. You can also use \f(CW\*(C`\e1\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\e0\*(C'\fR directly if you want. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -JSON::PP::null returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.IP "blessed objects" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "blessed objects" | 
| -Blessed objects are not directly representable in \s-1JSON\s0. See the | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`allow_blessed\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`convert_blessed\*(C'\fR methods on various options on | 
| -how to deal with this: basically, you can choose between throwing an | 
| -exception, encoding the reference as if it weren't blessed, or provide | 
| -your own serialiser method. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -See to convert_blessed. | 
| -.IP "simple scalars" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "simple scalars" | 
| -Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most | 
| -difficult objects to encode: \s-1JSON::XS\s0 and \s-1JSON::PP\s0 will encode undefined scalars as | 
| -\&\s-1JSON\s0 \f(CW\*(C`null\*(C'\fR values, scalars that have last been used in a string context | 
| -before encoding as \s-1JSON\s0 strings, and anything else as number value: | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&   # dump as number | 
| -\&   encode_json [2]                      # yields [2] | 
| -\&   encode_json [\-3.0e17]                # yields [\-3e+17] | 
| -\&   my $value = 5; encode_json [$value]  # yields [5] | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   # used as string, so dump as string | 
| -\&   print $value; | 
| -\&   encode_json [$value]                 # yields ["5"] | 
| -\& | 
| -\&   # undef becomes null | 
| -\&   encode_json [undef]                  # yields [null] | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.Sp | 
| -You can force the type to be a string by stringifying it: | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 4 | 
| -\&   my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number | 
| -\&   "$x";        # stringified | 
| -\&   $x .= "";    # another, more awkward way to stringify | 
| -\&   print $x;    # perl does it for you, too, quite often | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.Sp | 
| -You can force the type to be a number by numifying it: | 
| -.Sp | 
| -.Vb 3 | 
| -\&   my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string | 
| -\&   $x += 0;     # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number | 
| -\&   $x *= 1;     # same thing, the choice is yours. | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.Sp | 
| -You can not currently force the type in other, less obscure, ways. | 
| -.Sp | 
| -Note that numerical precision has the same meaning as under Perl (so | 
| -binary to decimal conversion follows the same rules as in Perl, which | 
| -can differ to other languages). Also, your perl interpreter might expose | 
| -extensions to the floating point numbers of your platform, such as | 
| -infinities or NaN's \- these cannot be represented in \s-1JSON\s0, and it is an | 
| -error to pass those in. | 
| -.IP "Big Number" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "Big Number" | 
| -When \f(CW\*(C`allow_bignum\*(C'\fR is enable, | 
| -\&\f(CW\*(C`encode\*(C'\fR converts \f(CW\*(C`Math::BigInt\*(C'\fR objects and \f(CW\*(C`Math::BigFloat\*(C'\fR | 
| -objects into \s-1JSON\s0 numbers. | 
| -.SH "UNICODE HANDLING ON PERLS" | 
| -.IX Header "UNICODE HANDLING ON PERLS" | 
| -If you do not know about Unicode on Perl well, | 
| -please check \*(L"A \s-1FEW\s0 \s-1NOTES\s0 \s-1ON\s0 \s-1UNICODE\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1PERL\s0\*(R" in \s-1JSON::XS\s0. | 
| -.SS "Perl 5.8 and later" | 
| -.IX Subsection "Perl 5.8 and later" | 
| -Perl can handle Unicode and the \s-1JSON::PP\s0 de/encode methods also work properly. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr hex 3042); | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr hex 12345); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Returns \f(CW"\eu3042"\fR and \f(CW"\eud808\eudf45"\fR respectively. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->decode(\*(Aq"\eu3042"\*(Aq); | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->decode(\*(Aq"\eud808\eudf45"\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Returns \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoded strings with \s-1UTF8\s0 flag, regarded as \f(CW\*(C`U+3042\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`U+12345\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Note that the versions from Perl 5.8.0 to 5.8.2, Perl built-in \f(CW\*(C`join\*(C'\fR was broken, | 
| -so \s-1JSON::PP\s0 wraps the \f(CW\*(C`join\*(C'\fR with a subroutine. Thus \s-1JSON::PP\s0 works slow in the versions. | 
| -.SS "Perl 5.6" | 
| -.IX Subsection "Perl 5.6" | 
| -Perl can handle Unicode and the \s-1JSON::PP\s0 de/encode methods also work. | 
| -.SS "Perl 5.005" | 
| -.IX Subsection "Perl 5.005" | 
| -Perl 5.005 is a byte semantics world \*(-- all strings are sequences of bytes. | 
| -That means the unicode handling is not available. | 
| -.PP | 
| -In encoding, | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr hex 3042);  # hex 3042 is 12354. | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr hex 12345); # hex 12345 is 74565. | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -Returns \f(CW\*(C`B\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`E\*(C'\fR, as \f(CW\*(C`chr\*(C'\fR takes a value more than 255, it treats | 
| -as \f(CW\*(C`$value % 256\*(C'\fR, so the above codes are equivalent to : | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 2 | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr 66); | 
| -\&    $json\->allow_nonref\->encode(chr 69); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -In decoding, | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->decode(\*(Aq"\eu00e3\eu0081\eu0082"\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -The returned is a byte sequence \f(CW\*(C`0xE3 0x81 0x82\*(C'\fR for \s-1UTF\-8\s0 encoded | 
| -japanese character (\f(CW\*(C`HIRAGANA LETTER A\*(C'\fR). | 
| -And if it is represented in Unicode code point, \f(CW\*(C`U+3042\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -Next, | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->decode(\*(Aq"\eu3042"\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -We ordinary expect the returned value is a Unicode character \f(CW\*(C`U+3042\*(C'\fR. | 
| -But here is 5.005 world. This is \f(CW\*(C`0xE3 0x81 0x82\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.PP | 
| -.Vb 1 | 
| -\&    $json\->decode(\*(Aq"\eud808\eudf45"\*(Aq); | 
| -.Ve | 
| -.PP | 
| -This is not a character \f(CW\*(C`U+12345\*(C'\fR but bytes \- \f(CW\*(C`0xf0 0x92 0x8d 0x85\*(C'\fR. | 
| -.SH "TODO" | 
| -.IX Header "TODO" | 
| -.IP "speed" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "speed" | 
| -.PD 0 | 
| -.IP "memory saving" 4 | 
| -.IX Item "memory saving" | 
| -.PD | 
| -.SH "SEE ALSO" | 
| -.IX Header "SEE ALSO" | 
| -Most of the document are copied and modified from \s-1JSON::XS\s0 doc. | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1JSON::XS\s0 | 
| -.PP | 
| -\&\s-1RFC4627\s0 (<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt>) | 
| -.SH "AUTHOR" | 
| -.IX Header "AUTHOR" | 
| -Makamaka Hannyaharamitu, <makamaka[at]cpan.org> | 
| -.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE" | 
| -.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE" | 
| -Copyright 2007\-2012 by Makamaka Hannyaharamitu | 
| -.PP | 
| -This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | 
| -it under the same terms as Perl itself. | 
|  |