/// <summary>
/// Converts a Hashtable / ArrayList / Dictionary(string,string) 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)
{
var builder = new StringBuilder(BUILDER_CAPACITY);
var success = MiniJSONParser.serializeValue(json, builder);
return(success ? builder.ToString() : null);
}
/// <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
MiniJSONParser.lastDecode = json;
if (json != null)
{
char[] charArray = json.ToCharArray();
int index = 0;
bool success = true;
object value = MiniJSONParser.parseValue(charArray, ref index, ref success);
if (success)
{
MiniJSONParser.lastErrorIndex = -1;
}
else
{
MiniJSONParser.lastErrorIndex = index;
}
return(value);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
public static Hashtable hashtableFromJson(this string json)
{
return(MiniJSONParser.jsonDecode(json) as Hashtable);
}
public static ArrayList arrayListFromJson(this string json)
{
return(MiniJSONParser.jsonDecode(json) as ArrayList);
}
public static string toJson(this Dictionary <string, string> obj)
{
return(MiniJSONParser.jsonEncode(obj));
}
public static string toJson(this Hashtable obj)
{
return(MiniJSONParser.jsonEncode(obj));
}