utils-cjson-parse

Parse

Attempts to parse an input string as commented JSON.

Installation

$ npm install utils-cjson-parse

Usage

var parse = require( 'utils-cjson-parse' );

parse( value[, reviver] )

Attempts to parse an input string as commented JSON.

var out = parse( '{"beep":"boop"}' );
// returns {'beep':'boop'}

out = parse( '{beep:boop"}' );
// returns <SyntaxError>

The API is the same as cjson#parse. Hence, to use a custom reviver function

var out;

function reviver( key, value ) {
	if ( key === '' ) {
		return value;
	}
	if ( key === 'beep' ) {
		return value;
	}
}

out = parse( '{"beep":"boop","a":"b"}', reviver );
// returns {'beep':'boop'}

Notes

• This function wraps cjson#parse in a try/catch block.
• The presence of try/catch within any function prevents JavaScript compiler optimization. By isolating the try/catch block, we minimize the extent of optimization hell.

Examples

var fs = require( 'fs' ),
	path = require( 'path' ),
	parse = require( 'utils-cjson-parse' );

// Load a commented JSON file...
var file = path.resolve( '/path/to/file.cjson' );
file = fs.readFileSync( file, {
	'encoding': 'utf8'
});

// Attempt to parse the file...
file = parse( file );
console.dir( file );

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

Tests

Unit

Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.