json2 vs json_parse vs json_parse_state vs jsonlint (short) (v2)

Revision 2 of this benchmark created by Jordan Tucker on


Description

Compares Douglas Crockford's json2.js method vs his json_parse.js method vs his json_parse_state.js method vs Zach Carter's jsonlint using short JSON documents.

Source: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js

Preparation HTML

<script>
/*
    json2.js
    2014-02-04

    Public Domain.

    NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

    See http://www.JSON2.org/js.html


    This code should be minified before deployment.
    See http://javascript.crockford.com/jsmin.html

    USE YOUR OWN COPY. IT IS EXTREMELY UNWISE TO LOAD CODE FROM SERVERS YOU DO
    NOT CONTROL.


    This file creates a global JSON2 object containing two methods: stringify
    and parse.

        JSON2.stringify(value, replacer, space)
            value       any JavaScript value, usually an object or array.

            replacer    an optional parameter that determines how object
                        values are stringified for objects. It can be a
                        function or an array of strings.

            space       an optional parameter that specifies the indentation
                        of nested structures. If it is omitted, the text will
                        be packed without extra whitespace. If it is a number,
                        it will specify the number of spaces to indent at each
                        level. If it is a string (such as '\t' or '&nbsp;'),
                        it contains the characters used to indent at each level.

            This method produces a JSON2 text from a JavaScript value.

            When an object value is found, if the object contains a toJSON2
            method, its toJSON2 method will be called and the result will be
            stringified. A toJSON2 method does not serialize: it returns the
            value represented by the name/value pair that should be serialized,
            or undefined if nothing should be serialized. The toJSON2 method
            will be passed the key associated with the value, and this will be
            bound to the value

            For example, this would serialize Dates as ISO strings.

                Date.prototype.toJSON2 = function (key) {
                    function f(n) {
                        // Format integers to have at least two digits.
                        return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n;
                    }

                    return this.getUTCFullYear()   + '-' +
                         f(this.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
                         f(this.getUTCDate())      + 'T' +
                         f(this.getUTCHours())     + ':' +
                         f(this.getUTCMinutes())   + ':' +
                         f(this.getUTCSeconds())   + 'Z';
                };

            You can provide an optional replacer method. It will be passed the
            key and value of each member, with this bound to the containing
            object. The value that is returned from your method will be
            serialized. If your method returns undefined, then the member will
            be excluded from the serialization.

            If the replacer parameter is an array of strings, then it will be
            used to select the members to be serialized. It filters the results
            such that only members with keys listed in the replacer array are
            stringified.

            Values that do not have JSON2 representations, such as undefined or
            functions, will not be serialized. Such values in objects will be
            dropped; in arrays they will be replaced with null. You can use
            a replacer function to replace those with JSON2 values.
            JSON2.stringify(undefined) returns undefined.

            The optional space parameter produces a stringification of the
            value that is filled with line breaks and indentation to make it
            easier to read.

            If the space parameter is a non-empty string, then that string will
            be used for indentation. If the space parameter is a number, then
            the indentation will be that many spaces.

            Example:

            text = JSON2.stringify(['e', {pluribus: 'unum'}]);
            // text is '["e",{"pluribus":"unum"}]'


            text = JSON2.stringify(['e', {pluribus: 'unum'}], null, '\t');
            // text is '[\n\t"e",\n\t{\n\t\t"pluribus": "unum"\n\t}\n]'

            text = JSON2.stringify([new Date()], function (key, value) {
                return this[key] instanceof Date ?
                    'Date(' + this[key] + ')' : value;
            });
            // text is '["Date(---current time---)"]'


        JSON2.parse(text, reviver)
            This method parses a JSON2 text to produce an object or array.
            It can throw a SyntaxError exception.

            The optional reviver parameter is a function that can filter and
            transform the results. It receives each of the keys and values,
            and its return value is used instead of the original value.
            If it returns what it received, then the structure is not modified.
            If it returns undefined then the member is deleted.

            Example:

            // Parse the text. Values that look like ISO date strings will
            // be converted to Date objects.

            myData = JSON2.parse(text, function (key, value) {
                var a;
                if (typeof value === 'string') {
                    a =
/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)Z$/.exec(value);
                    if (a) {
                        return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4],
                            +a[5], +a[6]));
                    }
                }
                return value;
            });

            myData = JSON2.parse('["Date(09/09/2001)"]', function (key, value) {
                var d;
                if (typeof value === 'string' &&
                        value.slice(0, 5) === 'Date(' &&
                        value.slice(-1) === ')') {
                    d = new Date(value.slice(5, -1));
                    if (d) {
                        return d;
                    }
                }
                return value;
            });


    This is a reference implementation. You are free to copy, modify, or
    redistribute.
*/

/*jslint evil: true, regexp: true */

/*members "", "\b", "\t", "\n", "\f", "\r", "\"", JSON2, "\\", apply,
    call, charCodeAt, getUTCDate, getUTCFullYear, getUTCHours,
    getUTCMinutes, getUTCMonth, getUTCSeconds, hasOwnProperty, join,
    lastIndex, length, parse, prototype, push, replace, slice, stringify,
    test, toJSON2, toString, valueOf
*/


// Create a JSON2 object only if one does not already exist. We create the
// methods in a closure to avoid creating global variables.

if (typeof JSON2 !== 'object') {
    JSON2 = {};
}

(function () {
    'use strict';

    function f(n) {
        // Format integers to have at least two digits.
        return n < 10 ? '0' + n : n;
    }

    if (typeof Date.prototype.toJSON2 !== 'function') {

        Date.prototype.toJSON2 = function () {

            return isFinite(this.valueOf())
                ? this.getUTCFullYear()     + '-' +
                    f(this.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
                    f(this.getUTCDate())      + 'T' +
                    f(this.getUTCHours())     + ':' +
                    f(this.getUTCMinutes())   + ':' +
                    f(this.getUTCSeconds())   + 'Z'
                : null;
        };

        String.prototype.toJSON2      =
            Number.prototype.toJSON2  =
            Boolean.prototype.toJSON2 = function () {
                return this.valueOf();
            };
    }

    var cx,
        escapable,
        gap,
        indent,
        meta,
        rep;


    function quote(string) {

// If the string contains no control characters, no quote characters, and no
// backslash characters, then we can safely slap some quotes around it.
// Otherwise we must also replace the offending characters with safe escape
// sequences.

        escapable.lastIndex = 0;
        return escapable.test(string) ? '"' + string.replace(escapable, function (a) {
            var c = meta[a];
            return typeof c === 'string'
                ? c
                : '\\u' + ('0000' + a.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
        }) + '"' : '"' + string + '"';
    }


    function str(key, holder) {

// Produce a string from holder[key].

        var i,          // The loop counter.
            k,          // The member key.
            v,          // The member value.
            length,
            mind = gap,
            partial,
            value = holder[key];

// If the value has a toJSON2 method, call it to obtain a replacement value.

        if (value && typeof value === 'object' &&
                typeof value.toJSON2 === 'function') {
            value = value.toJSON2(key);
        }

// If we were called with a replacer function, then call the replacer to
// obtain a replacement value.

        if (typeof rep === 'function') {
            value = rep.call(holder, key, value);
        }

// What happens next depends on the value's type.

        switch (typeof value) {
        case 'string':
            return quote(value);

        case 'number':

// JSON2 numbers must be finite. Encode non-finite numbers as null.

            return isFinite(value) ? String(value) : 'null';

        case 'boolean':
        case 'null':

// If the value is a boolean or null, convert it to a string. Note:
// typeof null does not produce 'null'. The case is included here in
// the remote chance that this gets fixed someday.

            return String(value);

// If the type is 'object', we might be dealing with an object or an array or
// null.

        case 'object':

// Due to a specification blunder in ECMAScript, typeof null is 'object',
// so watch out for that case.

            if (!value) {
                return 'null';
            }

// Make an array to hold the partial results of stringifying this object value.

            gap += indent;
            partial = [];

// Is the value an array?

            if (Object.prototype.toString.apply(value) === '[object Array]') {

// The value is an array. Stringify every element. Use null as a placeholder
// for non-JSON2 values.

                length = value.length;
                for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
                    partial[i] = str(i, value) || 'null';
                }

// Join all of the elements together, separated with commas, and wrap them in
// brackets.

                v = partial.length === 0
                    ? '[]'
                    : gap
                    ? '[\n' + gap + partial.join(',\n' + gap) + '\n' + mind + ']'
                    : '[' + partial.join(',') + ']';
                gap = mind;
                return v;
            }

// If the replacer is an array, use it to select the members to be stringified.

            if (rep && typeof rep === 'object') {
                length = rep.length;
                for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
                    if (typeof rep[i] === 'string') {
                        k = rep[i];
                        v = str(k, value);
                        if (v) {
                            partial.push(quote(k) + (gap ? ': ' : ':') + v);
                        }
                    }
                }
            } else {

// Otherwise, iterate through all of the keys in the object.

                for (k in value) {
                    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
                        v = str(k, value);
                        if (v) {
                            partial.push(quote(k) + (gap ? ': ' : ':') + v);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

// Join all of the member texts together, separated with commas,
// and wrap them in braces.

            v = partial.length === 0
                ? '{}'
                : gap
                ? '{\n' + gap + partial.join(',\n' + gap) + '\n' + mind + '}'
                : '{' + partial.join(',') + '}';
            gap = mind;
            return v;
        }
    }

// If the JSON2 object does not yet have a stringify method, give it one.

    if (typeof JSON2.stringify !== 'function') {
        escapable = /[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g;
        meta = {    // table of character substitutions
            '\b': '\\b',
            '\t': '\\t',
            '\n': '\\n',
            '\f': '\\f',
            '\r': '\\r',
            '"' : '\\"',
            '\\': '\\\\'
        };
        JSON2.stringify = function (value, replacer, space) {

// The stringify method takes a value and an optional replacer, and an optional
// space parameter, and returns a JSON2 text. The replacer can be a function
// that can replace values, or an array of strings that will select the keys.
// A default replacer method can be provided. Use of the space parameter can
// produce text that is more easily readable.

            var i;
            gap = '';
            indent = '';

// If the space parameter is a number, make an indent string containing that
// many spaces.

            if (typeof space === 'number') {
                for (i = 0; i < space; i += 1) {
                    indent += ' ';
                }

// If the space parameter is a string, it will be used as the indent string.

            } else if (typeof space === 'string') {
                indent = space;
            }

// If there is a replacer, it must be a function or an array.
// Otherwise, throw an error.

            rep = replacer;
            if (replacer && typeof replacer !== 'function' &&
                    (typeof replacer !== 'object' ||
                    typeof replacer.length !== 'number')) {
                throw new Error('JSON2.stringify');
            }

// Make a fake root object containing our value under the key of ''.
// Return the result of stringifying the value.

            return str('', {'': value});
        };
    }


// If the JSON2 object does not yet have a parse method, give it one.

    if (typeof JSON2.parse !== 'function') {
        cx = /[\u0000\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g;
        JSON2.parse = function (text, reviver) {

// The parse method takes a text and an optional reviver function, and returns
// a JavaScript value if the text is a valid JSON2 text.

            var j;

            function walk(holder, key) {

// The walk method is used to recursively walk the resulting structure so
// that modifications can be made.

                var k, v, value = holder[key];
                if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
                    for (k in value) {
                        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
                            v = walk(value, k);
                            if (v !== undefined) {
                                value[k] = v;
                            } else {
                                delete value[k];
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                return reviver.call(holder, key, value);
            }


// Parsing happens in four stages. In the first stage, we replace certain
// Unicode characters with escape sequences. JavaScript handles many characters
// incorrectly, either silently deleting them, or treating them as line endings.

            text = String(text);
            cx.lastIndex = 0;
            if (cx.test(text)) {
                text = text.replace(cx, function (a) {
                    return '\\u' +
                        ('0000' + a.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
                });
            }

// In the second stage, we run the text against regular expressions that look
// for non-JSON2 patterns. We are especially concerned with '()' and 'new'
// because they can cause invocation, and '=' because it can cause mutation.
// But just to be safe, we want to reject all unexpected forms.

// We split the second stage into 4 regexp operations in order to work around
// crippling inefficiencies in IE's and Safari's regexp engines. First we
// replace the JSON2 backslash pairs with '@' (a non-JSON2 character). Second, we
// replace all simple value tokens with ']' characters. Third, we delete all
// open brackets that follow a colon or comma or that begin the text. Finally,
// we look to see that the remaining characters are only whitespace or ']' or
// ',' or ':' or '{' or '}'. If that is so, then the text is safe for eval.

            if (/^[\],:{}\s]*$/
                    .test(text.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g, '@')
                        .replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g, ']')
                        .replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g, ''))) {

// In the third stage we use the eval function to compile the text into a
// JavaScript structure. The '{' operator is subject to a syntactic ambiguity
// in JavaScript: it can begin a block or an object literal. We wrap the text
// in parens to eliminate the ambiguity.

                j = eval('(' + text + ')');

// In the optional fourth stage, we recursively walk the new structure, passing
// each name/value pair to a reviver function for possible transformation.

                return typeof reviver === 'function'
                    ? walk({'': j}, '')
                    : j;
            }

// If the text is not JSON2 parseable, then a SyntaxError is thrown.

            throw new SyntaxError('JSON2.parse');
        };
    }
}());


/*
    json_parse.js
    2012-06-20

    Public Domain.

    NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

    This file creates a json_parse function.

        json_parse(text, reviver)
            This method parses a JSON text to produce an object or array.
            It can throw a SyntaxError exception.

            The optional reviver parameter is a function that can filter and
            transform the results. It receives each of the keys and values,
            and its return value is used instead of the original value.
            If it returns what it received, then the structure is not modified.
            If it returns undefined then the member is deleted.

            Example:

            // Parse the text. Values that look like ISO date strings will
            // be converted to Date objects.

            myData = json_parse(text, function (key, value) {
                var a;
                if (typeof value === 'string') {
                    a =
/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)Z$/.exec(value);
                    if (a) {
                        return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4],
                            +a[5], +a[6]));
                    }
                }
                return value;
            });

    This is a reference implementation. You are free to copy, modify, or
    redistribute.

    This code should be minified before deployment.
    See http://javascript.crockford.com/jsmin.html

    USE YOUR OWN COPY. IT IS EXTREMELY UNWISE TO LOAD CODE FROM SERVERS YOU DO
    NOT CONTROL.
*/

/*members "", "\"", "\/", "\\", at, b, call, charAt, f, fromCharCode,
    hasOwnProperty, message, n, name, prototype, push, r, t, text
*/

var json_parse = (function () {
    "use strict";

// This is a function that can parse a JSON text, producing a JavaScript
// data structure. It is a simple, recursive descent parser. It does not use
// eval or regular expressions, so it can be used as a model for implementing
// a JSON parser in other languages.

// We are defining the function inside of another function to avoid creating
// global variables.

    var at,     // The index of the current character
        ch,     // The current character
        escapee = {
            '"':  '"',
            '\\': '\\',
            '/':  '/',
            b:    '\b',
            f:    '\f',
            n:    '\n',
            r:    '\r',
            t:    '\t'
        },
        text,

        error = function (m) {

// Call error when something is wrong.

            throw {
                name:    'SyntaxError',
                message: m,
                at:      at,
                text:    text
            };
        },

        next = function (c) {

// If a c parameter is provided, verify that it matches the current character.

            if (c && c !== ch) {
                error("Expected '" + c + "' instead of '" + ch + "'");
            }

// Get the next character. When there are no more characters,
// return the empty string.

            ch = text.charAt(at);
            at += 1;
            return ch;
        },

        number = function () {

// Parse a number value.

            var number,
                string = '';

            if (ch === '-') {
                string = '-';
                next('-');
            }
            while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
                string += ch;
                next();
            }
            if (ch === '.') {
                string += '.';
                while (next() && ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
                    string += ch;
                }
            }
            if (ch === 'e' || ch === 'E') {
                string += ch;
                next();
                if (ch === '-' || ch === '+') {
                    string += ch;
                    next();
                }
                while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
                    string += ch;
                    next();
                }
            }
            number = +string;
            if (!isFinite(number)) {
                error("Bad number");
            } else {
                return number;
            }
        },

        string = function () {

// Parse a string value.

            var hex,
                i,
                string = '',
                uffff;

// When parsing for string values, we must look for " and \ characters.

            if (ch === '"') {
                while (next()) {
                    if (ch === '"') {
                        next();
                        return string;
                    }
                    if (ch === '\\') {
                        next();
                        if (ch === 'u') {
                            uffff = 0;
                            for (i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) {
                                hex = parseInt(next(), 16);
                                if (!isFinite(hex)) {
                                    break;
                                }
                                uffff = uffff * 16 + hex;
                            }
                            string += String.fromCharCode(uffff);
                        } else if (typeof escapee[ch] === 'string') {
                            string += escapee[ch];
                        } else {
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        string += ch;
                    }
                }
            }
            error("Bad string");
        },

        white = function () {

// Skip whitespace.

            while (ch && ch <= ' ') {
                next();
            }
        },

        word = function () {

// true, false, or null.

            switch (ch) {
            case 't':
                next('t');
                next('r');
                next('u');
                next('e');
                return true;
            case 'f':
                next('f');
                next('a');
                next('l');
                next('s');
                next('e');
                return false;
            case 'n':
                next('n');
                next('u');
                next('l');
                next('l');
                return null;
            }
            error("Unexpected '" + ch + "'");
        },

        value,  // Place holder for the value function.

        array = function () {

// Parse an array value.

            var array = [];

            if (ch === '[') {
                next('[');
                white();
                if (ch === ']') {
                    next(']');
                    return array;   // empty array
                }
                while (ch) {
                    array.push(value());
                    white();
                    if (ch === ']') {
                        next(']');
                        return array;
                    }
                    next(',');
                    white();
                }
            }
            error("Bad array");
        },

        object = function () {

// Parse an object value.

            var key,
                object = {};

            if (ch === '{') {
                next('{');
                white();
                if (ch === '}') {
                    next('}');
                    return object;   // empty object
                }
                while (ch) {
                    key = string();
                    white();
                    next(':');
                    if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(object, key)) {
                        error('Duplicate key "' + key + '"');
                    }
                    object[key] = value();
                    white();
                    if (ch === '}') {
                        next('}');
                        return object;
                    }
                    next(',');
                    white();
                }
            }
            error("Bad object");
        };

    value = function () {

// Parse a JSON value. It could be an object, an array, a string, a number,
// or a word.

        white();
        switch (ch) {
        case '{':
            return object();
        case '[':
            return array();
        case '"':
            return string();
        case '-':
            return number();
        default:
            return ch >= '0' && ch <= '9' ? number() : word();
        }
    };

// Return the json_parse function. It will have access to all of the above
// functions and variables.

    return function (source, reviver) {
        var result;

        text = source;
        at = 0;
        ch = ' ';
        result = value();
        white();
        if (ch) {
            error("Syntax error");
        }

// If there is a reviver function, we recursively walk the new structure,
// passing each name/value pair to the reviver function for possible
// transformation, starting with a temporary root object that holds the result
// in an empty key. If there is not a reviver function, we simply return the
// result.

        return typeof reviver === 'function'
            ? (function walk(holder, key) {
                var k, v, value = holder[key];
                if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
                    for (k in value) {
                        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
                            v = walk(value, k);
                            if (v !== undefined) {
                                value[k] = v;
                            } else {
                                delete value[k];
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                return reviver.call(holder, key, value);
            }({'': result}, ''))
            : result;
    };
}());

/*
    json_parse_state.js
    2013-05-26

    Public Domain.

    NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

    This file creates a json_parse function.

        json_parse(text, reviver)
            This method parses a JSON text to produce an object or array.
            It can throw a SyntaxError exception.

            The optional reviver parameter is a function that can filter and
            transform the results. It receives each of the keys and values,
            and its return value is used instead of the original value.
            If it returns what it received, then the structure is not modified.
            If it returns undefined then the member is deleted.

            Example:

            // Parse the text. Values that look like ISO date strings will
            // be converted to Date objects.

            myData = json_parse(text, function (key, value) {
                var a;
                if (typeof value === 'string') {
                    a =
/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}(?:\.\d*)?)Z$/.exec(value);
                    if (a) {
                        return new Date(Date.UTC(+a[1], +a[2] - 1, +a[3], +a[4],
                            +a[5], +a[6]));
                    }
                }
                return value;
            });

    This is a reference implementation. You are free to copy, modify, or
    redistribute.

    This code should be minified before deployment.
    See http://javascript.crockford.com/jsmin.html

    USE YOUR OWN COPY. IT IS EXTREMELY UNWISE TO LOAD CODE FROM SERVERS YOU DO
    NOT CONTROL.
*/

/*jslint regexp: true, unparam: true */

/*members "", "\"", ",", "\/", ":", "[", "\\", "]", acomma, avalue, b,
    call, colon, container, exec, f, false, firstavalue, firstokey,
    fromCharCode, go, hasOwnProperty, key, length, n, null, ocomma, okey,
    ovalue, pop, prototype, push, r, replace, slice, state, t, test, true,
    value, "{", "}"
*/

var json_parse_state = (function () {
    "use strict";

// This function creates a JSON parse function that uses a state machine rather
// than the dangerous eval function to parse a JSON text.

    var state,      // The state of the parser, one of
                    // 'go'         The starting state
                    // 'ok'         The final, accepting state
                    // 'firstokey'  Ready for the first key of the object or
                    //              the closing of an empty object
                    // 'okey'       Ready for the next key of the object
                    // 'colon'      Ready for the colon
                    // 'ovalue'     Ready for the value half of a key/value pair
                    // 'ocomma'     Ready for a comma or closing }
                    // 'firstavalue' Ready for the first value of an array or
                    //              an empty array
                    // 'avalue'     Ready for the next value of an array
                    // 'acomma'     Ready for a comma or closing ]
        stack,      // The stack, for controlling nesting.
        container,  // The current container object or array
        key,        // The current key
        value,      // The current value
        escapes = { // Escapement translation table
            '\\': '\\',
            '"': '"',
            '/': '/',
            't': '\t',
            'n': '\n',
            'r': '\r',
            'f': '\f',
            'b': '\b'
        },
        string = {   // The actions for string tokens
            go: function () {
                state = 'ok';
            },
            firstokey: function () {
                key = value;
                state = 'colon';
            },
            okey: function () {
                key = value;
                state = 'colon';
            },
            ovalue: function () {
                state = 'ocomma';
            },
            firstavalue: function () {
                state = 'acomma';
            },
            avalue: function () {
                state = 'acomma';
            }
        },
        number = {   // The actions for number tokens
            go: function () {
                state = 'ok';
            },
            ovalue: function () {
                state = 'ocomma';
            },
            firstavalue: function () {
                state = 'acomma';
            },
            avalue: function () {
                state = 'acomma';
            }
        },
        action = {

// The action table describes the behavior of the machine. It contains an
// object for each token. Each object contains a method that is called when
// a token is matched in a state. An object will lack a method for illegal
// states.

            '{': {
                go: function () {
                    stack.push({state: 'ok'});
                    container = {};
                    state = 'firstokey';
                },
                ovalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'ocomma', key: key});
                    container = {};
                    state = 'firstokey';
                },
                firstavalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'acomma'});
                    container = {};
                    state = 'firstokey';
                },
                avalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'acomma'});
                    container = {};
                    state = 'firstokey';
                }
            },
            '}': {
                firstokey: function () {
                    var pop = stack.pop();
                    value = container;
                    container = pop.container;
                    key = pop.key;
                    state = pop.state;
                },
                ocomma: function () {
                    var pop = stack.pop();
                    container[key] = value;
                    value = container;
                    container = pop.container;
                    key = pop.key;
                    state = pop.state;
                }
            },
            '[': {
                go: function () {
                    stack.push({state: 'ok'});
                    container = [];
                    state = 'firstavalue';
                },
                ovalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'ocomma', key: key});
                    container = [];
                    state = 'firstavalue';
                },
                firstavalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'acomma'});
                    container = [];
                    state = 'firstavalue';
                },
                avalue: function () {
                    stack.push({container: container, state: 'acomma'});
                    container = [];
                    state = 'firstavalue';
                }
            },
            ']': {
                firstavalue: function () {
                    var pop = stack.pop();
                    value = container;
                    container = pop.container;
                    key = pop.key;
                    state = pop.state;
                },
                acomma: function () {
                    var pop = stack.pop();
                    container.push(value);
                    value = container;
                    container = pop.container;
                    key = pop.key;
                    state = pop.state;
                }
            },
            ':': {
                colon: function () {
                    if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(container, key)) {
                        throw new SyntaxError('Duplicate key "' + key + '"');
                    }
                    state = 'ovalue';
                }
            },
            ',': {
                ocomma: function () {
                    container[key] = value;
                    state = 'okey';
                },
                acomma: function () {
                    container.push(value);
                    state = 'avalue';
                }
            },
            'true': {
                go: function () {
                    value = true;
                    state = 'ok';
                },
                ovalue: function () {
                    value = true;
                    state = 'ocomma';
                },
                firstavalue: function () {
                    value = true;
                    state = 'acomma';
                },
                avalue: function () {
                    value = true;
                    state = 'acomma';
                }
            },
            'false': {
                go: function () {
                    value = false;
                    state = 'ok';
                },
                ovalue: function () {
                    value = false;
                    state = 'ocomma';
                },
                firstavalue: function () {
                    value = false;
                    state = 'acomma';
                },
                avalue: function () {
                    value = false;
                    state = 'acomma';
                }
            },
            'null': {
                go: function () {
                    value = null;
                    state = 'ok';
                },
                ovalue: function () {
                    value = null;
                    state = 'ocomma';
                },
                firstavalue: function () {
                    value = null;
                    state = 'acomma';
                },
                avalue: function () {
                    value = null;
                    state = 'acomma';
                }
            }
        };

    function debackslashify(text) {

// Remove and replace any backslash escapement.

        return text.replace(/\\(?:u(.{4})|([^u]))/g, function (a, b, c) {
            return b ? String.fromCharCode(parseInt(b, 16)) : escapes[c];
        });
    }

    return function (source, reviver) {

// A regular expression is used to extract tokens from the JSON text.
// The extraction process is cautious.

        var r,          // The result of the exec method.
            tx = /^[\x20\t\n\r]*(?:([,:\[\]{}]|true|false|null)|(-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)|"((?:[^\r\n\t\\\"]|\\(?:["\\\/trnfb]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4}))*)")/;

// Set the starting state.

        state = 'go';

// The stack records the container, key, and state for each object or array
// that contains another object or array while processing nested structures.

        stack = [];

// If any error occurs, we will catch it and ultimately throw a syntax error.

        try {

// For each token...

            for (;;) {
                r = tx.exec(source);
                if (!r) {
                    break;
                }

// r is the result array from matching the tokenizing regular expression.
//  r[0] contains everything that matched, including any initial whitespace.
//  r[1] contains any punctuation that was matched, or true, false, or null.
//  r[2] contains a matched number, still in string form.
//  r[3] contains a matched string, without quotes but with escapement.

                if (r[1]) {

// Token: Execute the action for this state and token.

                    action[r[1]][state]();

                } else if (r[2]) {

// Number token: Convert the number string into a number value and execute
// the action for this state and number.

                    value = +r[2];
                    number[state]();
                } else {

// String token: Replace the escapement sequences and execute the action for
// this state and string.

                    value = debackslashify(r[3]);
                    string[state]();
                }

// Remove the token from the string. The loop will continue as long as there
// are tokens. This is a slow process, but it allows the use of ^ matching,
// which assures that no illegal tokens slip through.

                source = source.slice(r[0].length);
            }

// If we find a state/token combination that is illegal, then the action will
// cause an error. We handle the error by simply changing the state.

        } catch (e) {
            state = e;
        }

// The parsing is finished. If we are not in the final 'ok' state, or if the
// remaining source contains anything except whitespace, then we did not have
//a well-formed JSON text.

        if (state !== 'ok' || /[^\x20\t\n\r]/.test(source)) {
            throw state instanceof SyntaxError ? state : new SyntaxError('JSON');
        }

// If there is a reviver function, we recursively walk the new structure,
// passing each name/value pair to the reviver function for possible
// transformation, starting with a temporary root object that holds the current
// value in an empty key. If there is not a reviver function, we simply return
// that value.

        return typeof reviver === 'function' ? (function walk(holder, key) {
            var k, v, value = holder[key];
            if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
                for (k in value) {
                    if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, k)) {
                        v = walk(value, k);
                        if (v !== undefined) {
                            value[k] = v;
                        } else {
                            delete value[k];
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return reviver.call(holder, key, value);
        }({'': value}, '')) : value;
    };
}());

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5:this.$=!1;break;case 6:return this.$=g[i-1];case 13:this.$={};break;case 14:this.$=g[i-1];break;case 15:this.$=[g[i-2],g[i]];break;case 16:this.$={},this.$[g[i][0]]=g[i][1];break;case 17:this.$=g[i-2],g[i-2][g[i][0]]=g[i][1];break;case 18:this.$=[];break;case 19:this.$=g[i-1];break;case 20:this.$=[g[i]];break;case 21:this.$=g[i-2],g[i-2].push(g[i])}},table:[{3:5,4:[1,12],5:6,6:[1,13],7:3,8:[1,9],9:4,10:[1,10],11:[1,11],12:1,13:2,15:7,16:8,17:[1,14],23:[1,15]},{1:[3]},{14:[1,16]},{14:[2,7],18:[2,7],22:[2,7],24:[2,7]},{14:[2,8],18:[2,8],22:[2,8],24:[2,8]},{14:[2,9],18:[2,9],22:[2,9],24:[2,9]},{14:[2,10],18:[2,10],22:[2,10],24:[2,10]},{14:[2,11],18:[2,11],22:[2,11],24:[2,11]},{14:[2,12],18:[2,12],22:[2,12],24:[2,12]},{14:[2,3],18:[2,3],22:[2,3],24:[2,3]},{14:[2,4],18:[2,4],22:[2,4],24:[2,4]},{14:[2,5],18:[2,5],22:[2,5],24:[2,5]},{14:[2,1],18:[2,1],21:[2,1],22:[2,1],24:[2,1]},{14:[2,2],18:[2,2],22:[2,2],24:[2,2]},{3:20,4:[1,12],18:[1,17],19:18,20:19},{3:5,4:[1,12],5:6,6:[1,13],7:3,8:[1,9],9:4,10:[1,10],11:[1,11],13:23,15:7,16:8,17:[1,14],23:[1,15],24:[1,21],25:22},{1:[2,6]},{14:[2,13],18:[2,13],22:[2,13],24:[2,13]},{18:[1,24],22:[1,25]},{18:[2,16],22:[2,16]},{21:[1,26]},{14:[2,18],18:[2,18],22:[2,18],24:[2,18]},{22:[1,28],24:[1,27]},{22:[2,20],24:[2,20]},{14:[2,14],18:[2,14],22:[2,14],24:[2,14]},{3:20,4:[1,12],20:29},{3:5,4:[1,12],5:6,6:[1,13],7:3,8:[1,9],9:4,10:[1,10],11:[1,11],13:30,15:7,16:8,17:[1,14],23:[1,15]},{14:[2,19],18:[2,19],22:[2,19],24:[2,19]},{3:5,4:[1,12],5:6,6:[1,13],7:3,8:[1,9],9:4,10:[1,10],11:[1,11],13:31,15:7,16:8,17:[1,14],23:[1,15]},{18:[2,17],22:[2,17]},{18:[2,15],22:[2,15]},{22:[2,21],24:[2,21]}],defaultActions:{16:[2,6]},parseError:function(b,c){throw new Error(b)},parse:function(b){function o(a){d.length=d.length-2*a,e.length=e.length-a,f.length=f.length-a}function p(){var a;return a=c.lexer.lex()||1,typeof a!="number"&&(a=c.symbols_[a]||a),a}var c=this,d=[0],e=[null],f=[],g=this.table,h="",i=0,j=0,k=0,l=2,m=1;this.lexer.setInput(b),this.lexer.yy=this.yy,this.yy.lexer=this.lexer,typeof this.lexer.yylloc=="undefined"&&(this.lexer.yylloc={});var n=this.lexer.yylloc;f.push(n),typeof this.yy.parseError=="function"&&(this.parseError=this.yy.parseError);var q,r,s,t,u,v,w={},x,y,z,A;for(;;){s=d[d.length-1],this.defaultActions[s]?t=this.defaultActions[s]:(q==null&&(q=p()),t=g[s]&&g[s][q]);if(typeof t=="undefined"||!t.length||!t[0]){if(!k){A=[];for(x in g[s])this.terminals_[x]&&x>2&&A.push("'"+this.terminals_[x]+"'");var B="";this.lexer.showPosition?B="Parse error on line "+(i+1)+":\n"+this.lexer.showPosition()+"\nExpecting "+A.join(", ")+", got '"+this.terminals_[q]+"'":B="Parse error on line "+(i+1)+": Unexpected "+(q==1?"end of 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2:y=this.productions_[t[1]][1],w.$=e[e.length-y],w._$={first_line:f[f.length-(y||1)].first_line,last_line:f[f.length-1].last_line,first_column:f[f.length-(y||1)].first_column,last_column:f[f.length-1].last_column},v=this.performAction.call(w,h,j,i,this.yy,t[1],e,f);if(typeof v!="undefined")return v;y&&(d=d.slice(0,-1*y*2),e=e.slice(0,-1*y),f=f.slice(0,-1*y)),d.push(this.productions_[t[1]][0]),e.push(w.$),f.push(w._$),z=g[d[d.length-2]][d[d.length-1]],d.push(z);break;case 3:return!0}}return!0}},b=function(){var a={EOF:1,parseError:function(b,c){if(!this.yy.parseError)throw new Error(b);this.yy.parseError(b,c)},setInput:function(a){return this._input=a,this._more=this._less=this.done=!1,this.yylineno=this.yyleng=0,this.yytext=this.matched=this.match="",this.conditionStack=["INITIAL"],this.yylloc={first_line:1,first_column:0,last_line:1,last_column:0},this},input:function(){var a=this._input[0];this.yytext+=a,this.yyleng++,this.match+=a,this.matched+=a;var b=a.match(/\n/);return 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h=0;h<g.length;h++){c=this._input.match(this.rules[g[h]]);if(c&&(!b||c[0].length>b[0].length)){b=c,d=h;if(!this.options.flex)break}}if(b){f=b[0].match(/\n.*/g),f&&(this.yylineno+=f.length),this.yylloc={first_line:this.yylloc.last_line,last_line:this.yylineno+1,first_column:this.yylloc.last_column,last_column:f?f[f.length-1].length-1:this.yylloc.last_column+b[0].length},this.yytext+=b[0],this.match+=b[0],this.yyleng=this.yytext.length,this._more=!1,this._input=this._input.slice(b[0].length),this.matched+=b[0],a=this.performAction.call(this,this.yy,this,g[d],this.conditionStack[this.conditionStack.length-1]),this.done&&this._input&&(this.done=!1);if(a)return a;return}if(this._input==="")return this.EOF;this.parseError("Lexical error on line "+(this.yylineno+1)+". 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</script>

Setup

var documents = [
    '[]',
    '[ true, false, null ]',
    '0.5',
    '1.2e3',
    '1.2',
    '2e23',
    '2e-23',
    '5e-0',
    '1e+2',
    '5e+0',
    '5e0',
    '15',
    '-0.5',
    '-1.2',
    '-15',
    '-0.0',
    '-0',
    '0.0',
    '0e23',
    '0',
    '{}',
    '"a string"',
    ];

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