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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 //
5 // A JSON parser.  Converts strings of JSON into a Value object (see
6 // base/values.h).
7 // http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt?number=4627
8 //
9 // Known limitations/deviations from the RFC:
10 // - Only knows how to parse ints within the range of a signed 32 bit int and
11 //   decimal numbers within a double.
12 // - Assumes input is encoded as UTF8.  The spec says we should allow UTF-16
13 //   (BE or LE) and UTF-32 (BE or LE) as well.
14 // - We limit nesting to 100 levels to prevent stack overflow (this is allowed
15 //   by the RFC).
16 // - A Unicode FAQ ("http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html") writes a data
17 //   stream may start with a Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (U+FEFF), i.e. the input
18 //   UTF-8 string for the JSONReader::JsonToValue() function may start with a
19 //   UTF-8 BOM (0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF).
20 //   To avoid the function from mis-treating a UTF-8 BOM as an invalid
21 //   character, the function skips a Unicode BOM at the beginning of the
22 //   Unicode string (converted from the input UTF-8 string) before parsing it.
23 //
24 // TODO(tc): Add a parsing option to to relax object keys being wrapped in
25 //   double quotes
26 // TODO(tc): Add an option to disable comment stripping
27 
28 #ifndef BASE_JSON_JSON_READER_H_
29 #define BASE_JSON_JSON_READER_H_
30 
31 #include <string>
32 
33 #include "base/base_export.h"
34 #include "base/basictypes.h"
35 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
36 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
37 
38 namespace base {
39 
40 class Value;
41 
42 namespace internal {
43 class JSONParser;
44 }
45 
46 enum JSONParserOptions {
47   // Parses the input strictly according to RFC 4627, except for where noted
48   // above.
49   JSON_PARSE_RFC = 0,
50 
51   // Allows commas to exist after the last element in structures.
52   JSON_ALLOW_TRAILING_COMMAS = 1 << 0,
53 
54   // The parser can perform optimizations by placing hidden data in the root of
55   // the JSON object, which speeds up certain operations on children. However,
56   // if the child is Remove()d from root, it would result in use-after-free
57   // unless it is DeepCopy()ed or this option is used.
58   JSON_DETACHABLE_CHILDREN = 1 << 1,
59 };
60 
61 class BASE_EXPORT JSONReader {
62  public:
63   // Error codes during parsing.
64   enum JsonParseError {
65     JSON_NO_ERROR = 0,
66     JSON_INVALID_ESCAPE,
67     JSON_SYNTAX_ERROR,
68     JSON_UNEXPECTED_TOKEN,
69     JSON_TRAILING_COMMA,
70     JSON_TOO_MUCH_NESTING,
71     JSON_UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ROOT,
72     JSON_UNSUPPORTED_ENCODING,
73     JSON_UNQUOTED_DICTIONARY_KEY,
74     JSON_PARSE_ERROR_COUNT
75   };
76 
77   // String versions of parse error codes.
78   static const char* kInvalidEscape;
79   static const char* kSyntaxError;
80   static const char* kUnexpectedToken;
81   static const char* kTrailingComma;
82   static const char* kTooMuchNesting;
83   static const char* kUnexpectedDataAfterRoot;
84   static const char* kUnsupportedEncoding;
85   static const char* kUnquotedDictionaryKey;
86 
87   // Constructs a reader with the default options, JSON_PARSE_RFC.
88   JSONReader();
89 
90   // Constructs a reader with custom options.
91   explicit JSONReader(int options);
92 
93   ~JSONReader();
94 
95   // Reads and parses |json|, returning a Value. The caller owns the returned
96   // instance. If |json| is not a properly formed JSON string, returns NULL.
97   static Value* Read(const StringPiece& json);
98 
99   // Reads and parses |json|, returning a Value owned by the caller. The
100   // parser respects the given |options|. If the input is not properly formed,
101   // returns NULL.
102   static Value* Read(const StringPiece& json, int options);
103 
104   // Reads and parses |json| like Read(). |error_code_out| and |error_msg_out|
105   // are optional. If specified and NULL is returned, they will be populated
106   // an error code and a formatted error message (including error location if
107   // appropriate). Otherwise, they will be unmodified.
108   static Value* ReadAndReturnError(const StringPiece& json,
109                                    int options,  // JSONParserOptions
110                                    int* error_code_out,
111                                    std::string* error_msg_out);
112 
113   // Converts a JSON parse error code into a human readable message.
114   // Returns an empty string if error_code is JSON_NO_ERROR.
115   static std::string ErrorCodeToString(JsonParseError error_code);
116 
117   // Parses an input string into a Value that is owned by the caller.
118   Value* ReadToValue(const std::string& json);
119 
120   // Returns the error code if the last call to ReadToValue() failed.
121   // Returns JSON_NO_ERROR otherwise.
122   JsonParseError error_code() const;
123 
124   // Converts error_code_ to a human-readable string, including line and column
125   // numbers if appropriate.
126   std::string GetErrorMessage() const;
127 
128  private:
129   scoped_ptr<internal::JSONParser> parser_;
130 };
131 
132 }  // namespace base
133 
134 #endif  // BASE_JSON_JSON_READER_H_
135