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<div class='docblock'><p>JSON parsing and serialization</p>
<h1 id='what-is-json' class='section-header'><a href='#what-is-json'>What is JSON?</a></h1>
<p>JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a way to write data in Javascript.
Like XML, it allows encoding structured data in a text format that can be
easily read by humans. Its simple syntax and native compatibility with
JavaScript have made it a widely used format.</p>
<p>Data types that can be encoded are JavaScript types (see the <code>Json</code> enum
for more details):</p>
<ul>
<li><code>I64</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>i64</code></li>
<li><code>U64</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>u64</code></li>
<li><code>F64</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>f64</code></li>
<li><code>Boolean</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>bool</code></li>
<li><code>String</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>String</code></li>
<li><code>Array</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>Vec<T></code>, but also allowing objects of
different types in the
same array</li>
<li><code>Object</code>: equivalent to rust's <code>BTreeMap<String, json::Json></code></li>
<li><code>Null</code></li>
</ul>
<p>An object is a series of string keys mapping to values, in <code>"key": value</code>
format. Arrays are enclosed in square brackets ([ ... ]) and objects in
curly brackets ({ ... }). A simple JSON document encoding a person,
their age, address and phone numbers could look like</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
{
<span class='string'>"FirstName"</span>: <span class='string'>"John"</span>,
<span class='string'>"LastName"</span>: <span class='string'>"Doe"</span>,
<span class='string'>"Age"</span>: <span class='number'>43</span>,
<span class='string'>"Address"</span>: {
<span class='string'>"Street"</span>: <span class='string'>"Downing Street 10"</span>,
<span class='string'>"City"</span>: <span class='string'>"London"</span>,
<span class='string'>"Country"</span>: <span class='string'>"Great Britain"</span>
},
<span class='string'>"PhoneNumbers"</span>: [
<span class='string'>"+44 1234567"</span>,
<span class='string'>"+44 2345678"</span>
]
}<a class='test-arrow' target='_blank' href=''>Run</a></pre>
<h1 id='rust-type-based-encoding-and-decoding' class='section-header'><a href='#rust-type-based-encoding-and-decoding'>Rust Type-based Encoding and Decoding</a></h1>
<p>Rust provides a mechanism for low boilerplate encoding & decoding of values
to and from JSON via the serialization API. To be able to encode a piece
of data, it must implement the <code>rustc_serialize::Encodable</code> trait. To be
able to decode a piece of data, it must implement the
<code>rustc_serialize::Decodable</code> trait. The Rust compiler provides an
annotation to automatically generate the code for these traits:
<code>#[derive(RustcDecodable, RustcEncodable)]</code></p>
<p>The JSON API provides an enum <code>json::Json</code> and a trait <code>ToJson</code> to encode
objects. The <code>ToJson</code> trait provides a <code>to_json</code> method to convert an
object into a <code>json::Json</code> value. A <code>json::Json</code> value can be encoded as a
string or buffer using the functions described above. You can also use the
<code>json::Encoder</code> object, which implements the <code>Encoder</code> trait.</p>
<p>When using <code>ToJson</code>, the <code>Encodable</code> trait implementation is not
mandatory.</p>
<h1 id='examples-of-use' class='section-header'><a href='#examples-of-use'>Examples of use</a></h1>
<h2 id='using-autoserialization' class='section-header'><a href='#using-autoserialization'>Using Autoserialization</a></h2>
<p>Create a struct called <code>TestStruct</code> and serialize and deserialize it to and
from JSON using the serialization API, using the derived serialization code.</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>extern</span> <span class='kw'>crate</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>;
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>::<span class='ident'>json</span>;
<span class='comment'>// Automatically generate `RustcDecodable` and `RustcEncodable` trait</span>
<span class='comment'>// implementations</span>
<span class='attribute'>#[<span class='ident'>derive</span>(<span class='ident'>RustcDecodable</span>, <span class='ident'>RustcEncodable</span>)]</span>
<span class='kw'>pub</span> <span class='kw'>struct</span> <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> {
<span class='ident'>data_int</span>: <span class='ident'>u8</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_str</span>: <span class='ident'>String</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_vector</span>: <span class='ident'>Vec</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='ident'>u8</span><span class='op'>></span>,
}
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>main</span>() {
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>object</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> {
<span class='ident'>data_int</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_str</span>: <span class='string'>"homura"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(),
<span class='ident'>data_vector</span>: <span class='macro'>vec</span><span class='macro'>!</span>[<span class='number'>2</span>,<span class='number'>3</span>,<span class='number'>4</span>,<span class='number'>5</span>],
};
<span class='comment'>// Serialize using `json::encode`</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>encoded</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>json</span>::<span class='ident'>encode</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='ident'>object</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
<span class='comment'>// Deserialize using `json::decode`</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>decoded</span>: <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>json</span>::<span class='ident'>decode</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='ident'>encoded</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
}<a class='test-arrow' target='_blank' href=''>Run</a></pre>
<h2 id='using-the-tojson-trait' class='section-header'><a href='#using-the-tojson-trait'>Using the <code>ToJson</code> trait</a></h2>
<p>The examples below use the <code>ToJson</code> trait to generate the JSON string,
which is required for custom mappings.</p>
<h3 id='simple-example-of-tojson-usage' class='section-header'><a href='#simple-example-of-tojson-usage'>Simple example of <code>ToJson</code> usage</a></h3>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>extern</span> <span class='kw'>crate</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>;
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>::<span class='ident'>json</span>::{<span class='self'>self</span>, <span class='ident'>ToJson</span>, <span class='ident'>Json</span>};
<span class='comment'>// A custom data structure</span>
<span class='kw'>struct</span> <span class='ident'>ComplexNum</span> {
<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='ident'>f64</span>,
<span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='ident'>f64</span>,
}
<span class='comment'>// JSON value representation</span>
<span class='kw'>impl</span> <span class='ident'>ToJson</span> <span class='kw'>for</span> <span class='ident'>ComplexNum</span> {
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>to_json</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='self'>self</span>) <span class='op'>-></span> <span class='ident'>Json</span> {
<span class='ident'>Json</span>::<span class='ident'>String</span>(<span class='macro'>format</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"{}+{}i"</span>, <span class='self'>self</span>.<span class='ident'>a</span>, <span class='self'>self</span>.<span class='ident'>b</span>))
}
}
<span class='comment'>// Only generate `RustcEncodable` trait implementation</span>
<span class='attribute'>#[<span class='ident'>derive</span>(<span class='ident'>RustcEncodable</span>)]</span>
<span class='kw'>pub</span> <span class='kw'>struct</span> <span class='ident'>ComplexNumRecord</span> {
<span class='ident'>uid</span>: <span class='ident'>u8</span>,
<span class='ident'>dsc</span>: <span class='ident'>String</span>,
<span class='ident'>val</span>: <span class='ident'>Json</span>,
}
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>main</span>() {
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>num</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>ComplexNum</span> { <span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='number'>0.0001</span>, <span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='number'>12.539</span> };
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>data</span>: <span class='ident'>String</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>json</span>::<span class='ident'>encode</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='ident'>ComplexNumRecord</span>{
<span class='ident'>uid</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>,
<span class='ident'>dsc</span>: <span class='string'>"test"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(),
<span class='ident'>val</span>: <span class='ident'>num</span>.<span class='ident'>to_json</span>(),
}).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"data: {}"</span>, <span class='ident'>data</span>);
<span class='comment'>// data: {"uid":1,"dsc":"test","val":"0.0001+12.539i"};</span>
}<a class='test-arrow' target='_blank' href=''>Run</a></pre>
<h3 id='verbose-example-of-tojson-usage' class='section-header'><a href='#verbose-example-of-tojson-usage'>Verbose example of <code>ToJson</code> usage</a></h3>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>extern</span> <span class='kw'>crate</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>;
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>std</span>::<span class='ident'>collections</span>::<span class='ident'>BTreeMap</span>;
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>::<span class='ident'>json</span>::{<span class='self'>self</span>, <span class='ident'>Json</span>, <span class='ident'>ToJson</span>};
<span class='comment'>// Only generate `Decodable` trait implementation</span>
<span class='attribute'>#[<span class='ident'>derive</span>(<span class='ident'>RustcDecodable</span>)]</span>
<span class='kw'>pub</span> <span class='kw'>struct</span> <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> {
<span class='ident'>data_int</span>: <span class='ident'>u8</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_str</span>: <span class='ident'>String</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_vector</span>: <span class='ident'>Vec</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='ident'>u8</span><span class='op'>></span>,
}
<span class='comment'>// Specify encoding method manually</span>
<span class='kw'>impl</span> <span class='ident'>ToJson</span> <span class='kw'>for</span> <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> {
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>to_json</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='self'>self</span>) <span class='op'>-></span> <span class='ident'>Json</span> {
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='kw-2'>mut</span> <span class='ident'>d</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>BTreeMap</span>::<span class='ident'>new</span>();
<span class='comment'>// All standard types implement `to_json()`, so use it</span>
<span class='ident'>d</span>.<span class='ident'>insert</span>(<span class='string'>"data_int"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(), <span class='self'>self</span>.<span class='ident'>data_int</span>.<span class='ident'>to_json</span>());
<span class='ident'>d</span>.<span class='ident'>insert</span>(<span class='string'>"data_str"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(), <span class='self'>self</span>.<span class='ident'>data_str</span>.<span class='ident'>to_json</span>());
<span class='ident'>d</span>.<span class='ident'>insert</span>(<span class='string'>"data_vector"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(), <span class='self'>self</span>.<span class='ident'>data_vector</span>.<span class='ident'>to_json</span>());
<span class='ident'>Json</span>::<span class='ident'>Object</span>(<span class='ident'>d</span>)
}
}
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>main</span>() {
<span class='comment'>// Serialize using `ToJson`</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>input_data</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> {
<span class='ident'>data_int</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>,
<span class='ident'>data_str</span>: <span class='string'>"madoka"</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>(),
<span class='ident'>data_vector</span>: <span class='macro'>vec</span><span class='macro'>!</span>[<span class='number'>2</span>,<span class='number'>3</span>,<span class='number'>4</span>,<span class='number'>5</span>],
};
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>json_obj</span>: <span class='ident'>Json</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>input_data</span>.<span class='ident'>to_json</span>();
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>json_str</span>: <span class='ident'>String</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>json_obj</span>.<span class='ident'>to_string</span>();
<span class='comment'>// Deserialize like before</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>decoded</span>: <span class='ident'>TestStruct</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>json</span>::<span class='ident'>decode</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='ident'>json_str</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
}<a class='test-arrow' target='_blank' href=''>Run</a></pre>
<h2 id='parsing-a-str-to-json-and-reading-the-result' class='section-header'><a href='#parsing-a-str-to-json-and-reading-the-result'>Parsing a <code>str</code> to <code>Json</code> and reading the result</a></h2>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='kw'>extern</span> <span class='kw'>crate</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>;
<span class='kw'>use</span> <span class='ident'>rustc_serialize</span>::<span class='ident'>json</span>::<span class='ident'>Json</span>;
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>main</span>() {
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>data</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>Json</span>::<span class='ident'>from_str</span>(<span class='string'>"{\"foo\": 13, \"bar\": \"baz\"}"</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"data: {}"</span>, <span class='ident'>data</span>);
<span class='comment'>// data: {"bar":"baz","foo":13}</span>
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"object? {}"</span>, <span class='ident'>data</span>.<span class='ident'>is_object</span>());
<span class='comment'>// object? true</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>obj</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>data</span>.<span class='ident'>as_object</span>().<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>foo</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>obj</span>.<span class='ident'>get</span>(<span class='string'>"foo"</span>).<span class='ident'>unwrap</span>();
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"array? {:?}"</span>, <span class='ident'>foo</span>.<span class='ident'>as_array</span>());
<span class='comment'>// array? None</span>
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"u64? {:?}"</span>, <span class='ident'>foo</span>.<span class='ident'>as_u64</span>());
<span class='comment'>// u64? Some(13u64)</span>
<span class='kw'>for</span> (<span class='ident'>key</span>, <span class='ident'>value</span>) <span class='kw'>in</span> <span class='ident'>obj</span>.<span class='ident'>iter</span>() {
<span class='macro'>println</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"{}: {}"</span>, <span class='ident'>key</span>, <span class='kw'>match</span> <span class='op'>*</span><span class='ident'>value</span> {
<span class='ident'>Json</span>::<span class='ident'>U64</span>(<span class='ident'>v</span>) <span class='op'>=></span> <span class='macro'>format</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"{} (u64)"</span>, <span class='ident'>v</span>),
<span class='ident'>Json</span>::<span class='ident'>String</span>(<span class='kw-2'>ref</span> <span class='ident'>v</span>) <span class='op'>=></span> <span class='macro'>format</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"{} (string)"</span>, <span class='ident'>v</span>),
_ <span class='op'>=></span> <span class='macro'>format</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"other"</span>)
});
}
<span class='comment'>// bar: baz (string)</span>
<span class='comment'>// foo: 13 (u64)</span>
}<a class='test-arrow' target='_blank' href=''>Run</a></pre>
<h1 id='the-status-of-this-library' class='section-header'><a href='#the-status-of-this-library'>The status of this library</a></h1>
<p>While this library is the standard way of working with JSON in Rust,
there is a next-generation library called Serde that's in the works (it's
faster, overcomes some design limitations of rustc-serialize and has more
features). You might consider using it when starting a new project or
evaluating Rust JSON performance.</p>
</div><h2 id='structs' class='section-header'><a href="#structs">Structs</a></h2>
<table>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.AsJson.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::AsJson'>AsJson</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.AsPrettyJson.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::AsPrettyJson'>AsPrettyJson</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.Builder.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Builder'>Builder</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A Builder consumes a json::Parser to create a generic Json structure.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.Decoder.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Decoder'>Decoder</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A structure to decode JSON to values in rust.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.Encoder.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Encoder'>Encoder</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A structure for implementing serialization to JSON.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.Parser.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Parser'>Parser</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A streaming JSON parser implemented as an iterator of JsonEvent, consuming
an iterator of char.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.PrettyJson.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::PrettyJson'>PrettyJson</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='struct' href='struct.Stack.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Stack'>Stack</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A Stack represents the current position of the parser in the logical
structure of the JSON stream.
For example foo.bar[3].x</p>
</td>
</tr></table><h2 id='enums' class='section-header'><a href="#enums">Enums</a></h2>
<table>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.DecoderError.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::DecoderError'>DecoderError</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.EncoderError.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::EncoderError'>EncoderError</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.ErrorCode.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::ErrorCode'>ErrorCode</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>The errors that can arise while parsing a JSON stream.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.Json.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::Json'>Json</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>Represents a json value</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.JsonEvent.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::JsonEvent'>JsonEvent</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>The output of the streaming parser.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.ParserError.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::ParserError'>ParserError</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='enum' href='enum.StackElement.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::StackElement'>StackElement</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>StackElements compose a Stack.
For example, Key("foo"), Key("bar"), Index(3) and Key("x") are the
StackElements compositing the stack that represents foo.bar[3].x</p>
</td>
</tr></table><h2 id='traits' class='section-header'><a href="#traits">Traits</a></h2>
<table>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='trait' href='trait.ToJson.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::ToJson'>ToJson</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>A trait for converting values to JSON</p>
</td>
</tr></table><h2 id='functions' class='section-header'><a href="#functions">Functions</a></h2>
<table>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='fn' href='fn.as_json.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::as_json'>as_json</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
<p>Create an <code>AsJson</code> wrapper which can be used to print a value as JSON
on-the-fly via <code>write!</code></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr class=' module-item'>
<td><a class='fn' href='fn.as_pretty_json.html'
title='rustc_serialize::json::as_pretty_json'>as_pretty_json</a></td>
<td class='docblock-short'>
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