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JSON Parser
This plugin makes it simple to convert to and from JSON.
Most people asked me why I would want to do such a thing, which boggles my mind. Javascript makes it relatively easy to convert from JSON, thanks to eval(), but converting to JSON is supposedly an edge requirement.
This plugin exposes four new functions onto the $, or jQuery object:
- toJSON: Serializes a javascript object, number, string, or arry into JSON.
- evalJSON: Converts from JSON to Javascript, quickly, and is trivial.
- secureEvalJSON: Converts from JSON to Javascript, but does so while checking to see if the source is actually JSON, and not with other Javascript statements thrown in.
- quoteString: Places quotes around a string, and inteligently escapes any quote, backslash, or control characters.
