NAME
Mojo::JSON::MaybeXS - use JSON::MaybeXS as the JSON encoder for
Mojolicious
SYNOPSIS
use Mojo::JSON::MaybeXS;
use Mojo::JSON qw/encode_json decode_json true false/;
# Preload for scripts using Mojo::JSON
$ perl -MMojo::JSON::MaybeXS -S morbo myapp.pl
# Must be set in environment for hypnotoad
$ PERL5OPT=-MMojo::JSON::MaybeXS hypnotoad myapp.pl
DESCRIPTION
Mojo::JSON::MaybeXS is a monkey-patch module for using JSON::MaybeXS as
the JSON encoder for a Mojolicious application, or anything else using
Mojo::JSON. It must be loaded before Mojo::JSON so the new functions
will be properly exported.
CAVEATS
JSON::MaybeXS may load different modules behind the scenes depending on
what is available, and these modules have slightly different behavior
from Mojo::JSON and occasionally from each other. References to the
behavior of JSON::MaybeXS below are actually describing the behavior
shared among the modules it loads.
JSON::MaybeXS is used with the options canonical, allow_nonref,
allow_unknown, allow_blessed, and convert_blessed. canonical enables
sorting of hash keys when encoding to JSON objects as Mojo::JSON does.
allow_nonref allows encoding and decoding of bare values outside of
hash/array references, since Mojo::JSON does not prevent this, in
accordance with RFC 7159 <
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159>. The
other options prevent the encoder from blowing up when encountering
values that cannot be represented in JSON to better match the behavior
of Mojo::JSON; in most cases, where Mojo::JSON would stringify a
reference, JSON::MaybeXS with these settings will encode it to null.
See below for more specifics.
To better match the behavior of Mojo::JSON, certain options may be
enabled depending on the backend that is used. If Cpanel::JSON::XS
version 3.0112 or greater is loaded, it will be used with the option
stringify_infnan. If either Cpanel::JSON::XS of at least version 3.0206
or JSON::PP is loaded, it will be used with the option escape_slash.
As of this writing, the author has found the following
incompatibilities:
Object Conversion
Both JSON::MaybeXS and Mojo::JSON will attempt to call the TO_JSON
method of a blessed reference to produce a JSON-friendly structure. If
that method does not exist, Mojo::JSON or Cpanel::JSON::XS version
3.0207 or greater will stringify the object, while JSON::XS or JSON::PP
will always encode it to null.
print encode_json([DateTime->now]);
# Mojo::JSON or Cpanel::JSON::XS >= 3.0207: ["2014-11-30T04:31:13"]
# JSON::XS or JSON::PP: [null]
Unblessed References
JSON::MaybeXS does not allow unblessed references other than to hashes,
arrays, or the scalar values 0 and 1, and will encode them to null.
Mojo::JSON will treat all scalar references the same as references to 0
or 1 and will encode them to true or false depending on their boolean
value. Other references (code, filehandle, etc) will be stringified.
print encode_json([\'asdf', sub { 1 }]);
# Mojo::JSON: [true,"CODE(0x11d1650)"]
# JSON::MaybeXS: [null,null]
Escapes
Mojo::JSON currently escapes the slash character / for security
reasons, as well as the unicode characters u2028 and u2029.
Cpanel::JSON::XS version 3.0206 or greater and JSON::PP will have the
option set to escape the slash character, and JSON::XS does not escape
these characters. This does not affect decoding of the resulting JSON.
print encode_json(["/\x{2028}/\x{2029}"]);
# Mojo::JSON: ["\/\u2028\/\u2029"]
# Cpanel::JSON::XS >= 3.0206 or JSON::PP: ["\/ \/ "]
# JSON::XS: ["/ / "]
# Both decode to arrayref containing: "/\x{2028}/\x{2029}"
inf and nan
Mojo::JSON encodes inf and nan to strings. Cpanel::JSON::XS version
3.0112 or greater will also stringify inf and nan. However, JSON::XS or
JSON::PP will encode them as numbers (barewords) producing invalid
JSON.
print encode_json([9**9**9, -sin 9**9**9]);
# Mojo::JSON or Cpanel::JSON::XS >= 3.0112: ["inf","nan"] (on Linux)
# JSON::XS or JSON::PP: [inf,nan]
Upgraded Numbers
JSON::MaybeXS, if using JSON::XS or JSON::PP, will attempt to guess if
a value to be encoded is numeric or string based on its last usage.
Therefore, using a variable containing 13 in a string will cause it to
be encoded as "13" even if the variable itself was not changed.
Mojo::JSON or Cpanel::JSON::XS version 3.0109 or greater will encode 13
as 13 regardless of whether it has been used as a string.
my ($num1, $num2) = (13, 14);
my $str = "$num1";
print encode_json([$num1, $num2, $str]);
# Mojo::JSON or Cpanel::JSON::XS >= 3.0109: [13,14,"13"]
# JSON::XS or JSON::PP: ["13",14,"13"]
BUGS
This is a monkey-patch of one of a few possible modules into another,
and they have incompatibilities, so there will probably be bugs. Report
any issues on the public bugtracker.
AUTHOR
Dan Book,
[email protected]
CREDITS
Sebastian Riedel, author of Mojolicious, for basic implementation.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2014, Dan Book.
This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.
SEE ALSO
Mojo::JSON, JSON::MaybeXS, Cpanel::JSON::XS, JSON::XS, JSON::PP