/// <summary>
/// Parses the string json into a value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="json">A JSON string.</param>
/// <returns>An ArrayList, a Hashtable, a double, a string, null, true, or false</returns>
public static object JsonDecode(string json)
{
// save the string for debug information
JSON instance = new JSON();
instance.lastDecode = json;
if (json != null)
{
char[] charArray = json.ToCharArray();
int index = 0;
bool success = true;
object value = instance.ParseValue(charArray, ref index, ref success);
if (success)
{
instance.lastErrorIndex = -1;
}
else
{
instance.lastErrorIndex = index;
}
return value;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a Hashtable / ArrayList object into a JSON string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="json">A Hashtable / ArrayList</param>
/// <returns>A JSON encoded string, or null if object 'json' is not serializable</returns>
public static string JsonEncode(object json)
{
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(BUILDER_CAPACITY);
bool success = new JSON().SerializeValue(json, builder);
return (success ? builder.ToString() : null);
}