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JSONCONS

jsoncons is a C++, header-only library for constructing JSON and JSON-like data formats such as CBOR. For each supported data format, it enables you to work with the data in a number of ways:

  • As a variant-like data structure, basic_json

  • As a strongly typed C++ data structure that implements json_type_traits

  • As a stream of parse events, somewhat analogous to StAX pull parsing and push serializing in the XML world.

Compared to other JSON libraries, jsoncons has been designed to handle very large JSON texts. At its heart are SAX style parsers and serializers. It supports reading an entire JSON text in memory in a variant-like structure. But it also supports incremental parsing into a user's preferred form, using information about user types provided by specializations of json_type_traits.

The jsoncons data model supports the familiar JSON types - nulls, booleans, numbers, strings, arrays, objects - plus byte strings. In addition, jsoncons supports semantic tagging of date-time values, timestamp values, big integers, big decimals, bigfloats and binary encodings. This allows it to preserve these type semantics when parsing JSON-like data formats such as CBOR that have them.

jsoncons is distributed under the Boost Software License.

Extensions

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Get jsoncons

You can use the vcpkg platform library manager to install the jsoncons package.

Or, download the latest release and unpack the zip file. Copy the directory include/jsoncons to your include directory. If you wish to use extensions, copy include/jsoncons_ext as well.

Or, download the latest code on master.

How to use it

A C++ Compiler with C++11 support is required.

The library uses exceptions and in some cases std::error_code's to report errors. If exceptions are disabled or if the compile time macro JSONCONS_NO_EXCEPTIONS is defined, throws become calls to std::terminate.

Benchmarks

json_benchmarks provides some measurements about how jsoncons compares to other json libraries.

JSONPath Comparison shows how jsoncons JsonPath compares with other implementations

Examples

Working with JSON data

Working with CBOR data

Constructing json values

Playing around with CBOR, JSON, and CSV

Working with JSON data

For the examples below you need to include some header files and initialize a string of JSON data:

#include <jsoncons/json.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/jsonpath/jsonpath.hpp>
#include <iostream>

using namespace jsoncons; // for convenience

std::string data = R"(
    {
       "application": "hiking",
       "reputons": [
       {
           "rater": "HikingAsylum",
           "assertion": "advanced",
           "rated": "Marilyn C",
           "rating": 0.90,
           "confidence": 0.99
         }
       ]
    }
)";

jsoncons allows you to work with the data in a number of ways:

  • As a variant-like data structure, basic_json

  • As a strongly typed C++ data structure that implements json_type_traits

  • As a stream of parse events

As a variant-like data structure

int main()
{
    // Parse the string of data into a json value
    json j = json::parse(data);

    // Does object member reputons exist?
    std::cout << "(1) " << std::boolalpha << j.contains("reputons") << "\n\n";

    // Get a reference to reputons array 
    const json& v = j["reputons"]; 

    // Iterate over reputons array 
    std::cout << "(2)\n";
    for (const auto& item : v.array_range())
    {
        // Access rated as string and rating as double
        std::cout << item["rated"].as<std::string>() << ", " << item["rating"].as<double>() << "\n";
    }
    std::cout << "\n";

    // Select all "rated" with JSONPath
    std::cout << "(3)\n";
    json result = jsonpath::json_query(j,"$..rated");
    std::cout << pretty_print(result) << "\n\n";

    // Serialize back to JSON
    std::cout << "(4)\n" << pretty_print(j) << "\n\n";
}

Output:

(1) true

(2)
Marilyn C, 0.9

(3)
[
    "Marilyn C"
]

(4)
{
    "application": "hiking",
    "reputons": [
        {
            "assertion": "advanced",
            "confidence": 0.99,
            "rated": "Marilyn C",
            "rater": "HikingAsylum",
            "rating": 0.9
        }
    ]
}

As a strongly typed C++ data structure

jsoncons supports mapping JSON data into C++ data structures. The functions decode_json and encode_json convert strings or streams of JSON data to C++ data structures and back. Decode and encode work for all C++ classes that have json_type_traits defined. The standard library containers are already supported, and your own types will be supported too if you specialize json_type_traits in the jsoncons namespace.

namespace ns {
    enum class hiking_experience {beginner,intermediate,advanced};

    class hiking_reputon
    {
        std::string rater_;
        hiking_experience assertion_;
        std::string rated_;
        double rating_;
        std::optional<double> confidence_; // assumes C++17, otherwise use jsoncons::optional
        std::optional<uint64_t> expires_;
    public:
        hiking_reputon(const std::string& rater,
                       hiking_experience assertion,
                       const std::string& rated,
                       double rating,
                       const std::optional<double>& confidence = std::optional<double>(),
                       const std::optional<uint64_t>& expires = std::optional<uint64_t>())
            : rater_(rater), assertion_(assertion), rated_(rated), rating_(rating),
              confidence_(confidence), expires_(expires)
        {
        }

        const std::string& rater() const {return rater_;}
        hiking_experience assertion() const {return assertion_;}
        const std::string& rated() const {return rated_;}
        double rating() const {return rating_;}
        std::optional<double> confidence() const {return confidence_;}
        std::optional<uint64_t> expires() const {return expires_;}
    };

    class hiking_reputation
    {
        std::string application_;
        std::vector<hiking_reputon> reputons_;
    public:
        hiking_reputation(const std::string& application, 
                          const std::vector<hiking_reputon>& reputons)
            : application_(application), 
              reputons_(reputons)
        {}

        const std::string& application() const { return application_;}
        const std::vector<hiking_reputon>& reputons() const { return reputons_;}
    };

} // namespace ns

// Declare the traits. Specify which data members need to be serialized.

JSONCONS_ENUM_TRAITS(ns::hiking_experience, beginner, intermediate, advanced)
// First four members listed are mandatory, confidence and expires are optional
JSONCONS_N_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS(ns::hiking_reputon, 4, rater, assertion, rated, rating, 
                              confidence, expires)
// All members are mandatory
JSONCONS_ALL_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS(ns::hiking_reputation, application, reputons)

int main()
{
    // Decode the string of data into a c++ structure
    ns::hiking_reputation v = decode_json<ns::hiking_reputation>(data);

    // Iterate over reputons array value
    std::cout << "(1)\n";
    for (const auto& item : v.reputons())
    {
        std::cout << item.rated() << ", " << item.rating() << "\n";
    }

    // Encode the c++ structure into a string
    std::string s;
    encode_json<ns::hiking_reputation>(v, s, indenting::indent);
    std::cout << "(2)\n";
    std::cout << s << "\n";
}

Output:

(1)
Marilyn C, 0.9
(2)
{
    "application": "hiking",
    "reputons": [
        {
            "assertion": "advanced",
            "confidence": 0.99,
            "rated": "Marilyn C",
            "rater": "HikingAsylum",
            "rating": 0.9
        }
    ]
}

This example makes use of the convenience macros JSONCONS_ENUM_TRAITS, JSONCONS_N_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS, and JSONCONS_ALL_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS to specialize the json_type_traits for the enum type ns::hiking_experience, the class ns::hiking_reputon (with some non-mandatory members), and the class ns::hiking_reputation (with all mandatory members.) The macro JSONCONS_ENUM_TRAITS generates the code from the enum identifiers, and the macros JSONCONS_N_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS and JSONCONS_ALL_CTOR_GETTER_TRAITS generate the code from the get functions and a constructor. These macro declarations must be placed outside any namespace blocks.

See examples for other ways of specializing json_type_traits.

As a stream of parse events

int main()
{
    json_cursor cursor(data);
    for (; !cursor.done(); cursor.next())
    {
        const auto& event = cursor.current();
        switch (event.event_type())
        {
            case staj_event_type::begin_array:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::end_array:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::begin_object:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::end_object:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::key:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::string_value:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::null_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::bool_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << std::boolalpha << event.get<bool>() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::int64_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<int64_t>() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::uint64_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<uint64_t>() << "\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::double_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<double>() << "\n";
                break;
            default:
                std::cout << "Unhandled event type: " << event.event_type() << " " << "\n";
                break;
        }
    }    
}

Output:

Marilyn C
begin_object
name: application
string_value: hiking
name: reputons
begin_array
begin_object
name: rater
string_value: HikingAsylum
name: assertion
string_value: advanced
name: rated
string_value: Marilyn C
name: rating
double_value: 0.9
name: confidence
double_value: 0.99
end_object
end_array
end_object

You can apply a filter to the stream, for example,

int main()
{
    std::string name;
    auto filter = [&](const staj_event& ev, const ser_context&) -> bool
    {
        if (ev.event_type() == staj_event_type::key)
        {
            name = ev.get<std::string>();
            return false;
        }
        else if (name == "rated")
        {
            name.clear();
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    };

    json_cursor cursor(data, filter);
    for (; !cursor.done(); cursor.next())
    {
        const auto& event = cursor.current();
        switch (event.event_type())
        {
            case staj_event_type::string_value:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << "string_value: " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << "\n";
                break;
            default:
                std::cout << "Unhandled event type\n";
                break;
        }
    }
}    

Output:

string_value: Marilyn C

Working with CBOR data

For the examples below you need to include some header files and initialize a buffer of CBOR data:

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <jsoncons/json.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/cbor/cbor.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/jsonpath/jsonpath.hpp>

using namespace jsoncons; // for convenience

const std::vector<uint8_t> data = {
    0x9f, // Start indefinte length array
      0x83, // Array of length 3
        0x63, // String value of length 3
          0x66,0x6f,0x6f, // "foo" 
        0x44, // Byte string value of length 4
          0x50,0x75,0x73,0x73, // 'P''u''s''s'
        0xc5, // Tag 5 (bigfloat)
          0x82, // Array of length 2
            0x20, // -1
            0x03, // 3   
      0x83, // Another array of length 3
        0x63, // String value of length 3
          0x62,0x61,0x72, // "bar"
        0xd6, // Expected conversion to base64
        0x44, // Byte string value of length 4
          0x50,0x75,0x73,0x73, // 'P''u''s''s'
        0xc4, // Tag 4 (decimal fraction)
          0x82, // Array of length 2
            0x38, // Negative integer of length 1
              0x1c, // -29
            0xc2, // Tag 2 (positive bignum)
              0x4d, // Byte string value of length 13
                0x01,0x8e,0xe9,0x0f,0xf6,0xc3,0x73,0xe0,0xee,0x4e,0x3f,0x0a,0xd2,
    0xff // "break"
};

jsoncons allows you to work with the CBOR data similarly to JSON data:

  • As a variant-like data structure, basic_json

  • As a strongly typed C++ data structure that implements json_type_traits

  • As a stream of parse events

As a variant-like data structure

int main()
{
    // Parse the CBOR data into a json value
    json j = cbor::decode_cbor<json>(data);

    // Pretty print
    std::cout << "(1)\n" << pretty_print(j) << "\n\n";

    // Iterate over rows
    std::cout << "(2)\n";
    for (const auto& row : j.array_range())
    {
        std::cout << row[1].as<jsoncons::byte_string>() << " (" << row[1].tag() << ")\n";
    }
    std::cout << "\n";

    // Select the third column with JSONPath
    std::cout << "(3)\n";
    json result = jsonpath::json_query(j,"$[*][2]");
    std::cout << pretty_print(result) << "\n\n";

    // Serialize back to CBOR
    std::cout << "(4)\n";
    std::vector<uint8_t> buffer;
    cbor::encode_cbor(j, buffer);
    for (auto c : buffer) 
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(2) 
                  << std::noshowbase << std::setfill('0') << static_cast<int>(c) << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << "\n\n";
}

Output:

(1)
[
    ["foo", "UHVzcw", "0x3p-1"],
    ["bar", "UHVzcw==", "1.23456789012345678901234567890"]
]

(2)
50 75 73 73 (n/a)
50 75 73 73 (base64)

(3)
[
    "0x3p-1",
    "1.23456789012345678901234567890"
]

(4)
82 83 63 66 6f 6f 44 50 75 73 73 c5 82 20 03 83 63 62 61 72 d6 44 50 75 73 73 c4 82 38 1c c2 4d 01 8e e9 0f f6 c3 73 e0 ee 4e 3f 0a d2

As a strongly typed C++ data structure

int main()
{
    // Parse the string of data into a std::vector<std::tuple<std::string,jsoncons::byte_string,std::string>> value
    auto val = cbor::decode_cbor<std::vector<std::tuple<std::string,jsoncons::byte_string,std::string>>>(data);

    std::cout << "(1)\n";
    for (const auto& row : val)
    {
        std::cout << std::get<0>(row) << ", " << std::get<1>(row) << ", " << std::get<2>(row) << "\n";
    }
    std::cout << "\n";

    // Serialize back to CBOR
    std::cout << "(2)\n";
    std::vector<uint8_t> buffer;
    cbor::encode_cbor(val, buffer);
    for (auto c : buffer) 
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(2) 
                  << std::noshowbase << std::setfill('0') << static_cast<int>(c) << ' ';
    }
    std::cout << "\n\n";
}

Output:

(1)
foo, 50 75 73 73, 0x3p-1
bar, 50 75 73 73, 1.23456789012345678901234567890

(2)
82 83 63 66 6f 6f 44 50 75 73 73 66 30 78 33 70 2d 31 83 63 62 61 72 44 50 75 73 73 78 1f 31 2e 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 30

Note that when decoding the bigfloat and decimal fraction into a std::string, we lose the semantic information that the variant like data structure preserved with a tag, so serializing back to CBOR produces a text string.

As a stream of parse events

int main()
{
    cbor::cbor_bytes_cursor cursor(data);
    for (; !cursor.done(); cursor.next())
    {
        const auto& event = cursor.current();
        switch (event.event_type())
        {
            case staj_event_type::begin_array:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::end_array:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::begin_object:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::end_object:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::key:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::string_value:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::byte_string_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::span<const uint8_t>>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::null_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::bool_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << std::boolalpha << event.get<bool>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::int64_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<int64_t>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::uint64_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<uint64_t>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            case staj_event_type::half_value:
            case staj_event_type::double_value:
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": "  << event.get<double>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            default:
                std::cout << "Unhandled event type " << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
        }
    }
}

Output:

begin_array (n/a)
begin_array (n/a)
string_value: foo (n/a)
byte_string_value: 50 75 73 73 (n/a)
string_value: 0x3p-1 (bigfloat)
end_array (n/a)
begin_array (n/a)
string_value: bar (n/a)
byte_string_value: 50 75 73 73 (base64)
string_value: 1.23456789012345678901234567890 (bigdec)
end_array (n/a)
end_array (n/a)

You can apply a filter to the stream, for example,

int main()
{
    auto filter = [&](const staj_event& ev, const ser_context&) -> bool
    {
        return (ev.tag() == semantic_tag::bigdec) || (ev.tag() == semantic_tag::bigfloat);  
    };

    cbor::cbor_bytes_cursor cursor(data, filter);
    for (; !cursor.done(); cursor.next())
    {
        const auto& event = cursor.current();
        switch (event.event_type())
        {
            case staj_event_type::string_value:
                // Or std::string_view, if supported
                std::cout << event.event_type() << ": " << event.get<jsoncons::string_view>() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
            default:
                std::cout << "Unhandled event type " << event.event_type() << " " << "(" << event.tag() << ")\n";
                break;
        }
    }
}

Output:

string_value: 0x3p-1 (bigfloat)
string_value: 1.23456789012345678901234567890 (bigdec)

Constructing json values

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <jsoncons/json.hpp>

// For convenience
using jsoncons::json;

int main()
{
    json color_spaces(json_array_arg);
    color_spaces.push_back("sRGB");
    color_spaces.push_back("AdobeRGB");
    color_spaces.push_back("ProPhoto RGB");

    json image_sizing; // empty object
    image_sizing["Resize To Fit"] = true; // a boolean 
    image_sizing["Resize Unit"] = "pixels"; // a string
    image_sizing["Resize What"] = "long_edge"; // a string
    image_sizing["Dimension 1"] = 9.84; // a double
    
    json export_settings;

    // create "File Format Options" as an object and put "Color Spaces" in it
    export_settings["File Format Options"]["Color Spaces"] = std::move(color_spaces); 

    export_settings["Image Sizing"] = std::move(image_sizing);

    // Pretty print
    std::cout << pretty_print(export_settings) << "\n\n";
}

Output:

{
    "File Format Options": {
        "Color Spaces": ["sRGB","AdobeRGB","ProPhoto RGB"],
        "Image Formats": ["JPEG","PSD","TIFF","DNG"]
    },
    "File Settings": {
        "Color Space": "sRGB",
        "Image Format": "JPEG",
        "Limit File Size": true,
        "Limit File Size To": 10000
    },
    "Image Sizing": {
        "Dimension 1": 9.84,
        "Resize To Fit": true,
        "Resize Unit": "pixels",
        "Resize What": "long_edge"
    }
}

Playing around with CBOR, JSON, and CSV

#include <jsoncons/json.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/cbor/cbor.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/jsonpointer/jsonpointer.hpp>
#include <jsoncons_ext/csv/csv.hpp>

// For convenience
using namespace jsoncons;    

int main()
{
    // Construct some CBOR using the push serializer
    std::vector<uint8_t> b;
    cbor::cbor_bytes_encoder encoder(b);
    encoder.begin_array(); // indefinite length outer array
    encoder.begin_array(3); // a fixed length array
    encoder.string_value("foo");
    encoder.byte_string_value(byte_string{'P','u','s','s'}); // no suggested conversion
    encoder.string_value("-18446744073709551617", semantic_tag::bigint);
    encoder.end_array();
    encoder.end_array();
    encoder.flush();

    // Print bytes
    std::cout << "(1) ";
    for (auto c : b)
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(2)
                  << std::setfill('0') << static_cast<int>(c);
    }
    std::cout << "\n\n";
/*
    9f -- Start indefinte length array
      83 -- Array of length 3
        63 -- String value of length 3
          666f6f -- "foo" 
        44 -- Byte string value of length 4
          50757373 -- 'P''u''s''s'
        c3 -- Tag 3 (negative bignum)
          49 -- Byte string value of length 9
            010000000000000000 -- Bytes content
      ff -- "break" 
*/
    // Unpack bytes into a json variant value, and add some more elements
    json j = cbor::decode_cbor<json>(b);

    // Loop over the rows
    std::cout << "(2)\n";
    for (const json& row : j.array_range())
    {
        std::cout << row << "\n";
    }
    std::cout << "\n";

    // Get bignum value at position 0/2 using jsonpointer 
    json& v = jsonpointer::get(j, "/0/2");
    std::cout << "(3) " << v.as<std::string>() << "\n\n";

    // Print JSON representation with default options
    std::cout << "(4)\n";
    std::cout << pretty_print(j) << "\n\n";

    // Print JSON representation with different options
    json_options options;
    options.byte_string_format(byte_string_chars_format::base64)
           .bigint_format(bigint_chars_format::base64url);
    std::cout << "(5)\n";
    std::cout << pretty_print(j, options) << "\n\n";

    // Add some more elements

    json another_array(json_array_arg); 
    another_array.emplace_back(byte_string({'P','u','s','s'}),
                               semantic_tag::base64); // suggested conversion to base64
    another_array.emplace_back("273.15", semantic_tag::bigdec);
    another_array.emplace(another_array.array_range().begin(),"bar"); // place at front

    j.push_back(std::move(another_array));
    std::cout << "(6)\n";
    std::cout << pretty_print(j) << "\n\n";

    // Get big decimal value at position /1/2 using jsonpointer
    json& ref = jsonpointer::get(j, "/1/2");
    std::cout << "(7) " << ref.as<std::string>() << "\n\n";

#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && (!defined(__ALL_ANSI__) && defined(_GLIBCXX_USE_INT128))
    // e.g. if code compiled with GCC and std=gnu++11 (rather than std=c++11)
    __int128 i = j[1][2].as<__int128>();
#endif

    // Get byte string value at position /1/1 as a byte_string
    byte_string bytes = j[1][1].as<byte_string>();
    std::cout << "(8) " << bytes << "\n\n";

    // or alternatively as a std::vector<uint8_t>
    std::vector<uint8_t> u = j[1][1].as<std::vector<uint8_t>>();

    // Repack bytes
    std::vector<uint8_t> b2;
    cbor::encode_cbor(j, b2);

    // Print the repacked bytes
    std::cout << "(9) ";
    for (auto c : b2)
    {
        std::cout << std::hex << std::setprecision(2) << std::setw(2)
                  << std::setfill('0') << static_cast<int>(c);
    }
    std::cout << "\n\n";
/*
    82 -- Array of length 2
      83 -- Array of length 3
        63 -- String value of length 3
          666f6f -- "foo" 
        44 -- Byte string value of length 4
          50757373 -- 'P''u''s''s'
        c3 -- Tag 3 (negative bignum)
        49 -- Byte string value of length 9
          010000000000000000 -- Bytes content
      83 -- Another array of length 3
      63 -- String value of length 3
        626172 -- "bar"
      d6 - Expected conversion to base64
      44 -- Byte string value of length 4
        50757373 -- 'P''u''s''s'
      c4 -- Tag 4 (decimal fraction)
        82 -- Array of length 2
          21 -- -2
          19 6ab3 -- 27315
*/
    // Encode to CSV
    csv::csv_options csv_options;
    csv_options.column_names("Column 1,Column 2,Column 3");

    std::cout << "(10)\n";
    csv::encode_csv(j, std::cout, csv_options);
}

Output:

(1) 9f8363666f6f4450757373c349010000000000000000ff

(2)
["foo","UHVzcw","-18446744073709551617"]

(3) -18446744073709551617

(4)
[
    ["foo", "UHVzcw", "-18446744073709551617"]
]

(5)
[
    ["foo", "UHVzcw==", "~AQAAAAAAAAAA"]
]

(6)
[
    ["foo", "UHVzcw", "-18446744073709551617"],
    ["bar", "UHVzcw==", "273.15"]
]

(7) 273.15

(8) 50 75 73 73

(9) 828363666f6f4450757373c3490100000000000000008363626172d64450757373c48221196ab3

(10)
Column 1,Column 2,Column 3
foo,UHVzcw,-18446744073709551617
bar,UHVzcw==,273.15

Supported compilers

jsoncons uses some features that are new to C++ 11, including move semantics and the AllocatorAwareContainer concept. It is tested in continuous integration on AppVeyor, Travis, and doozer.

Compiler Version Architecture Operating System Notes
Microsoft Visual Studio vs2015 (MSVC 19.0.24241.7) x86,x64 Windows 10
vs2017 x86,x64 Windows 10
vs2019 x86,x64 Windows 10
g++ 4.8 and above x64 Ubuntu std::regex isn't fully implemented in 4.8, so jsoncons::jsonpath regular expression filters aren't supported in 4.8
4.8.5 x64 CentOS 7.6 std::regex isn't fully implemented in 4.8, so jsoncons::jsonpath regular expression filters aren't supported in 4.8
6.3.1 (Red Hat 6.3.1-1) x64 Fedora release 24
4.9.2 i386 Debian 8
clang 3.8 and above x64 Ubuntu
clang xcode 6.4 and above x64 OSX

UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan) diagnostics are enabled for selected gcc and clang builds.

Building the test suite and examples with CMake

CMake is a cross-platform build tool that generates makefiles and solutions for the compiler environment of your choice. On Windows you can download a Windows Installer package. On Linux it is usually available as a package, e.g., on Ubuntu,

sudo apt-get install cmake

Once cmake is installed, you can build the tests:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
cmake --build . --target test_jsoncons --config Release

Run from the jsoncons tests directory:

On Windows:

..\build\tests\Release\test_jsoncons

On UNIX:

../build/tests/Release/test_jsoncons

Acknowledgements

A big thanks to the comp.lang.c++ community for help with implementation details.

The jsoncons platform dependent binary configuration draws on to the excellent MIT licensed tinycbor.

Thanks to Milo Yip, author of RapidJSON, for raising the quality of JSON libraries across the board, by publishing the benchmarks, and contacting this project (among others) to share the results.

The jsoncons implementation of the Grisu3 algorithm for printing floating-point numbers follows Florian Loitsch's MIT licensed grisu3_59_56 implementation, with minor modifications.

The macro JSONCONS_ALL_MEMBER_TRAITS was inspired by Martin York's ThorsSerializer

Special thanks to our contributors