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/*
  Copyright (C) 2011 Joseph A. Adams (joeyadams3.14159@gmail.com)
  All rights reserved.
 
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*/
 
#ifndef CCAN_JSON_H
#define CCAN_JSON_H
 
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
 
typedef enum {
                JSON_NULL,
                JSON_BOOL,
                JSON_STRING,
                JSON_NUMBER,
                JSON_ARRAY,
                JSON_OBJECT,
} JsonTag;
 
typedef struct JsonNode JsonNode;
 
struct JsonNode
{
                /* only if parent is an object or array (NULL otherwise) */
                JsonNode *parent;
                JsonNode *prev, *next;
                
                /* only if parent is an object (NULL otherwise) */
                char *key; /* Must be valid UTF-8. */
                
                JsonTag tag;
                union {
                                /* JSON_BOOL */
                                bool bool_;
                                
                                /* JSON_STRING */
                                char *string_; /* Must be valid UTF-8. */
                                
                                /* JSON_NUMBER */
                                double number_;
                                
                                /* JSON_ARRAY */
                                /* JSON_OBJECT */
                                struct {
                                                JsonNode *head, *tail;
                                } children;
                };
};
 
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
#define EXTERNC extern "C"
#else
#define EXTERNC
#endif
 
/*** Construction and manipulation ***/
 
EXTERNC JsonNode* json_mknull(void);
 
/*** Encoding, decoding, and validation ***/
 
EXTERNC JsonNode   *json_decode         (const char *json);
EXTERNC bool        json_validate(const char* json);
 
 
char* json_encode(const JsonNode* node);
char* json_encode_string(const char* str);
char* json_stringify(const JsonNode* node, const char* space);
EXTERNC void json_delete(JsonNode* node);
 
/*** Lookup and traversal ***/
EXTERNC JsonNode* json_find_element(JsonNode* array, int index);
EXTERNC JsonNode* json_find_member(JsonNode* object, const char* key);
 
EXTERNC JsonNode* json_first_child(const JsonNode* node);
 
 
 
 
#define json_foreach(i, object_or_array)            \
                for ((i) = json_first_child(object_or_array);   \
                                 (i) != NULL;                               \
                                 (i) = (i)->next)
 
/*** Debugging ***/
 
/*
 * Look for structure and encoding problems in a JsonNode or its descendents.
 *
 * If a problem is detected, return false, writing a description of the problem
 * to errmsg (unless errmsg is NULL).
 */
EXTERNC bool json_check(const JsonNode* node, char errmsg[256]);
 
#undef EXTERNC
 
 
 
 
 
/*** Construction and manipulation ***/
 
JsonNode *json_mkbool(bool b);
JsonNode *json_mkstring(const char *s);
JsonNode *json_mknumber(double n);
JsonNode *json_mkarray(void);
JsonNode *json_mkobject(void);
 
void json_append_element(JsonNode *array, JsonNode *element);
void json_prepend_element(JsonNode *array, JsonNode *element);
void json_append_member(JsonNode *object, const char *key, JsonNode *value);
void json_prepend_member(JsonNode *object, const char *key, JsonNode *value);
 
void json_remove_from_parent(JsonNode *node);
 
 
 
#endif