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+/*
+ * Simple streaming JSON writer
+ *
+ * This takes care of the annoying bits of JSON syntax like the commas
+ * after elements
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Authors:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "json_writer.h"
+
+struct json_writer {
+	FILE		*out;	/* output file */
+	unsigned	depth;  /* nesting */
+	bool		pretty; /* optional whitepace */
+	char		sep;	/* either nul or comma */
+};
+
+/* indentation for pretty print */
+static void jsonw_indent(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	unsigned i;
+	for (i = 0; i < self->depth; ++i)
+		fputs("    ", self->out);
+}
+
+/* end current line and indent if pretty printing */
+static void jsonw_eol(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	if (!self->pretty)
+		return;
+
+	putc('\n', self->out);
+	jsonw_indent(self);
+}
+
+/* If current object is not empty print a comma */
+static void jsonw_eor(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	if (self->sep != '\0')
+		putc(self->sep, self->out);
+	self->sep = ',';
+}
+
+
+/* Output JSON encoded string */
+/* Handles C escapes, does not do Unicode */
+static void jsonw_puts(json_writer_t *self, const char *str)
+{
+	putc('"', self->out);
+	for (; *str; ++str)
+		switch (*str) {
+		case '\t':
+			fputs("\\t", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\n':
+			fputs("\\n", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\r':
+			fputs("\\r", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\f':
+			fputs("\\f", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\b':
+			fputs("\\b", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\\':
+			fputs("\\n", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '"':
+			fputs("\\\"", self->out);
+			break;
+		case '\'':
+			fputs("\\\'", self->out);
+			break;
+		default:
+			putc(*str, self->out);
+		}
+	putc('"', self->out);
+}
+
+/* Create a new JSON stream */
+json_writer_t *jsonw_new(FILE *f)
+{
+	json_writer_t *self = malloc(sizeof(*self));
+	if (self) {
+		self->out = f;
+		self->depth = 0;
+		self->pretty = false;
+		self->sep = '\0';
+	}
+	return self;
+}
+
+/* End output to JSON stream */
+void jsonw_destroy(json_writer_t **self_p)
+{
+	json_writer_t *self = *self_p;
+
+	assert(self->depth == 0);
+	fputs("\n", self->out);
+	fflush(self->out);
+	free(self);
+	*self_p = NULL;
+}
+
+void jsonw_pretty(json_writer_t *self, bool on)
+{
+	self->pretty = on;
+}
+
+/* Basic blocks */
+static void jsonw_begin(json_writer_t *self, int c)
+{
+	jsonw_eor(self);
+	putc(c, self->out);
+	++self->depth;
+	self->sep = '\0';
+}
+
+static void jsonw_end(json_writer_t *self, int c)
+{
+	assert(self->depth > 0);
+
+	--self->depth;
+	if (self->sep != '\0')
+		jsonw_eol(self);
+	putc(c, self->out);
+	self->sep = ',';
+}
+
+
+/* Add a JSON property name */
+void jsonw_name(json_writer_t *self, const char *name)
+{
+	jsonw_eor(self);
+	jsonw_eol(self);
+	self->sep = '\0';
+	jsonw_puts(self, name);
+	putc(':', self->out);
+	if (self->pretty)
+		putc(' ', self->out);
+}
+
+void jsonw_printf(json_writer_t *self, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	jsonw_eor(self);
+	vfprintf(self->out, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+/* Collections */
+void jsonw_start_object(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	jsonw_begin(self, '{');
+}
+
+void jsonw_end_object(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	jsonw_end(self, '}');
+}
+
+void jsonw_start_array(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	jsonw_begin(self, '[');
+}
+
+void jsonw_end_array(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	jsonw_end(self, ']');
+}
+
+/* JSON value types */
+void jsonw_string(json_writer_t *self, const char *value)
+{
+	jsonw_eor(self);
+	jsonw_puts(self, value);
+}
+
+void jsonw_bool(json_writer_t *self, bool val)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%s", val ? "true" : "false");
+}
+
+void jsonw_null(json_writer_t *self)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "null");
+}
+
+void jsonw_float_fmt(json_writer_t *self, const char *fmt, double num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, fmt, num);
+}
+
+#ifdef notused
+void jsonw_float(json_writer_t *self, double num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%g", num);
+}
+#endif
+
+void jsonw_hu(json_writer_t *self, unsigned short num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%hu", num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_uint(json_writer_t *self, uint64_t num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%"PRIu64, num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_lluint(json_writer_t *self, unsigned long long int num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%llu", num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_int(json_writer_t *self, int64_t num)
+{
+	jsonw_printf(self, "%"PRId64, num);
+}
+
+/* Basic name/value objects */
+void jsonw_string_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, const char *val)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_string(self, val);
+}
+
+void jsonw_bool_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, bool val)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_bool(self, val);
+}
+
+#ifdef notused
+void jsonw_float_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, double val)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_float(self, val);
+}
+#endif
+
+void jsonw_float_field_fmt(json_writer_t *self,
+			   const char *prop,
+			   const char *fmt,
+			   double val)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_float_fmt(self, fmt, val);
+}
+
+void jsonw_uint_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, uint64_t num)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_uint(self, num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_hu_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, unsigned short num)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_hu(self, num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_lluint_field(json_writer_t *self,
+			const char *prop,
+			unsigned long long int num)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_lluint(self, num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_int_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop, int64_t num)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_int(self, num);
+}
+
+void jsonw_null_field(json_writer_t *self, const char *prop)
+{
+	jsonw_name(self, prop);
+	jsonw_null(self);
+}
+
+#ifdef TEST
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	json_writer_t *wr = jsonw_new(stdout);
+
+	jsonw_start_object(wr);
+	jsonw_pretty(wr, true);
+	jsonw_name(wr, "Vyatta");
+	jsonw_start_object(wr);
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "url", "http://vyatta.com");
+	jsonw_uint_field(wr, "downloads", 2000000ul);
+	jsonw_float_field(wr, "stock", 8.16);
+
+	jsonw_name(wr, "ARGV");
+	jsonw_start_array(wr);
+	while (--argc)
+		jsonw_string(wr, *++argv);
+	jsonw_end_array(wr);
+
+	jsonw_name(wr, "empty");
+	jsonw_start_array(wr);
+	jsonw_end_array(wr);
+
+	jsonw_name(wr, "NIL");
+	jsonw_start_object(wr);
+	jsonw_end_object(wr);
+
+	jsonw_null_field(wr, "my_null");
+
+	jsonw_name(wr, "special chars");
+	jsonw_start_array(wr);
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "slash", "/");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "newline", "\n");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "tab", "\t");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "ff", "\f");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "quote", "\"");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "tick", "\'");
+	jsonw_string_field(wr, "backslash", "\\");
+	jsonw_end_array(wr);
+
+	jsonw_end_object(wr);
+
+	jsonw_end_object(wr);
+	jsonw_destroy(&wr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif