JSON Reference
JSON or JavaScript Object Notation is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is language-independent text format. Libraries and utilities for working with JSON format are implemented for many programming languages and scripts. For more information on this subject check http://json.org/.
JSON Data Elements and Structures
| Element | Possible element structures |
|---|---|
| object | {} { members } |
| members | pair pair , members |
| pair | string : value |
| array | [] [ elements ] |
| elements | value value , elements |
| value | string number object array true false null |
JSON Value Formats
| Element | Possible element structures |
|---|---|
| string | “” ” chars “ |
| chars | char char chars |
| char | any-Unicode-character-except-”-or-\-or-control-character \” \\ \/ \b \f \n \r \t \u four-hex-digits |
| number | int int frac int exp int frac exp |
| int | digit digit1-9 digits - digit - digit1-9 digits |
| frac | . digits |
| exp | e digits |
| digit | digit digit digits |
| e | e e+ e- E E+ E- |