Release 1.1

Release 1.1 is marked by the addition of the JSONReflector class. JSONReflector accepts an instance of any object and uses standard reflection routines to generate a JSON object.

JSONReflector has initially been constructed to generate JSON objects from both value and reference object types, but is constrained to value-type public properties. Generics aren't yet supported, though we expect to add those in the future.

An example application is included in the source code as well as the zip downloads.

A working Release 1.1 example

This fully-working example is available in the source tree.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using JSONSharp;
using JSONSharp.Collections;
using JSONSharp.Values;

namespace JSONSharpExample
{
    class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// An example implementation of JSONSharp. The location of a purveyor of fine ales is used 
        /// to show how different data types are handled when converted to JSON format at render time.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="args">command-line arguments; none used in this example</param>
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Program.ManualWay();
            Program.ReflectiveWay();
        }

        static void ReflectiveWay()
        {
            //Construct my own custom object
            Tavern tavern = new Tavern();
            tavern.Business = "Tractor Tavern";
            tavern.Address = "5213 Ballard Ave NW";
            tavern.City = "Seattle";
            tavern.State = "WA";
            tavern.Zipcode = 98107;
            tavern.Latitude = 47.665663;
            tavern.Longitude = -122.382343;
            tavern.CoverCharge = true;
            tavern.Url = "http://tractortavern.citysearch.com/";
            tavern.AddPaymentMethod(PaymentMethod.Cash);
            tavern.AddPaymentMethod(PaymentMethod.Visa);
            tavern.AddPaymentMethod(PaymentMethod.Mastercard);
            tavern.AddPaymentMethod(PaymentMethod.AmericanExpress);

            //Pass it to our static reflector, which will build
            JSONReflector jsonReflector = new JSONReflector(tavern);

            // The ToString() is the compact representation of the object's JSON output
            Console.WriteLine("JSONReflector.ToString()");
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine(jsonReflector.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine();
            // PrettyPrint() is great for readability
            Console.WriteLine("JSONReflector.PrettyPrint()");
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine(jsonReflector.PrettyPrint());
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            
        }

        static void ManualWay()
        {
            // Create a Dictionary of name/value pairs for the entire JSON object
            Dictionary<JSONStringValue, JSONValue> jsonNameValuePairs = new Dictionary<JSONStringValue, JSONValue>();

            // Create and add name/value pairs for business, address, city, state,
            // zipcode, latitude, longitude, covercharge and url
            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Business = new JSONStringValue("business");
            JSONStringValue jsv_value_Business = new JSONStringValue("Tractor Tavern");
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Business, jsv_value_Business);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Address = new JSONStringValue("address");
            JSONStringValue jsv_value_Address = new JSONStringValue("5213 Ballard Ave NW");
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Address, jsv_value_Address);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_City = new JSONStringValue("city");
            JSONStringValue jsv_value_City = new JSONStringValue("Seattle");
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_City, jsv_value_City);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_State = new JSONStringValue("state");
            JSONStringValue jsv_value_State = new JSONStringValue("WA");
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_State, jsv_value_State);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Zipcode = new JSONStringValue("zipcode");
            JSONNumberValue jsv_value_Zipcode = new JSONNumberValue(98107);
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Zipcode, jsv_value_Zipcode);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Latitude = new JSONStringValue("latitude");
            JSONNumberValue jsv_value_Latitude = new JSONNumberValue(47.665663);
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Latitude, jsv_value_Latitude);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Longitude = new JSONStringValue("longitude");
            JSONNumberValue jsv_value_Longitude = new JSONNumberValue(-122.382343);
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Longitude, jsv_value_Longitude);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_CoverCharge = new JSONStringValue("covercharge");
            JSONBoolValue jsv_value_CoverCharge = new JSONBoolValue(true);
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_CoverCharge, jsv_value_CoverCharge);

            JSONStringValue jsv_name_Url = new JSONStringValue("url");
            JSONStringValue jsv_value_Url = new JSONStringValue("http://tractortavern.citysearch.com/");
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_Url, jsv_value_Url);


            // Add an array of payment methods
            JSONStringValue jsv_name_PaymentMethods = new JSONStringValue("paymentmethods");
            List<JSONValue> listPaymentMethods = new List<JSONValue>();
            listPaymentMethods.Add(new JSONStringValue("Cash"));
            listPaymentMethods.Add(new JSONStringValue("Visa"));
            listPaymentMethods.Add(new JSONStringValue("Mastercard"));
            listPaymentMethods.Add(new JSONStringValue("American Express"));
            JSONArrayCollection jsv_value_PaymentMethods = new JSONArrayCollection(listPaymentMethods);
            jsonNameValuePairs.Add(jsv_name_PaymentMethods, jsv_value_PaymentMethods);

            // Construct our object, passing the Dictionary of name/value pairs.  We could have
            // created our JSONObjectCollection first, then called the Add() method to populate
            // the object's internal Dictionary.
            JSONObjectCollection jsonObjectCollection = new JSONObjectCollection(jsonNameValuePairs);

            // The ToString() is the compact representation of the object's JSON output
            Console.WriteLine("JSONObjectCollection.ToString()");
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine(jsonObjectCollection.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine();
            // PrettyPrint() is great for readability
            Console.WriteLine("JSONObjectCollection.PrettyPrint()");
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
            Console.WriteLine(jsonObjectCollection.PrettyPrint());
            Console.WriteLine("===============================");
        }
    }
}


//==============================================================
// The tavern class
//==============================================================
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace JSONSharpExample
{

    public enum PaymentMethod
    {
        Cash,
        Check,
        Visa,
        Mastercard,
        AmericanExpress
    }

    public class Tavern
    {

        public Tavern()
        {
        }


        private string _business;
        public string Business
        {
            get { return this._business; }
            set { this._business = value; }
        }

        private string _address;
        public string Address
        {
            get { return this._address; }
            set { this._address = value; }
        }

        private string _city;
        public string City
        {
            get { return this._city; }
            set { this._city = value; }
        }

        private string _state;
        public string State
        {
            get { return this._state; }
            set { this._state = value; }
        }

        private int _zipcode;
        public int Zipcode
        {
            get { return this._zipcode; }
            set { this._zipcode = value; }
        }

        private double _latitude;
        public double Latitude
        {
            get { return this._latitude; }
            set { this._latitude = value; }
        }

        private double _longitude;
        public double Longitude
        {
            get { return this._longitude; }
            set { this._longitude = value; }
        }

        private bool _coverCharge;
        public bool CoverCharge
        {
            get { return this._coverCharge; }
            set { this._coverCharge = value; }
        }

        private string _url;
        public string Url
        {
            get { return this._url; }
            set { this._url = value; }
        }

        private List<PaymentMethod> _paymentMethods;
        public PaymentMethod[] PaymentMethods
        {
            get { return this._paymentMethods.ToArray(); }
        }

        public void AddPaymentMethod(PaymentMethod paymentMethod)
        {
            if (this._paymentMethods == null)
            {
                this._paymentMethods = new List<PaymentMethod>();
            }
            if (!this._paymentMethods.Contains(paymentMethod))
            {
                this._paymentMethods.Add(paymentMethod);
            }
        }
    }
}