) is a text data format independent on platform. It is used for transfering data that can be organized into arrays or objects.
represents any data structure (number, string, boolean, null, object or array composed of these) written in text form (text string). The hierachical complexity is unlimited in theory. The
language.
data format is very simple, lightweight and easy to read. Compared to
format is more efficient, readable and easier to process. Data structures written in
itself, but also in other languages and environments including the PROMOTIC system.
JSON data types
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String: Text string. The string must be entered into quotation marks (apostrophes are not allowed) and can contain all
Unicode characters. Quotation marks and backslash must be entered in the form
\" and
\\. Any character (the same way as in
JavaScript) can be entered also in the form
uXXXX, where XXXX represents the character code from
Unicode table written in hexadecimal form.
Example: "Temperature", "Name is \"PROMOTIC\""
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Number: Number, integer or real number (including the syntax with exponent). The decimal separator is always a period.
Example: 1316, -1.23, 0.12e-4
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Boolean: Logical value.
Example: true, false
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Null: Value
null (not set).
Example: null
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Array: Array (list of values). It is demarked by square brackets
[]. Array in
JSON is a container with sequenced list of values. The values in array can be of any
JSON data type including an object or an array.
Example:
[12, "Beethoven", 33.6, false]
[0.2, ["Mozart", "Wolfgang, "Amadeus", 1756], "Salzburg", 35.8, false]
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Object: Object (name-value pairs). It is demarked by braces
{}. Object in
JSON is not an object in the sense we know from
JavaScript. It is a container with data but no methods. Each data item (value) of the object has its key that is of the
String type. Other objects and arrays can be inserted into such object thus creating more complex tructures.
Example:
{"x": 100, "y": 100}
{"position": {"x": 100, "y": 100}, "size": {"dx": 200, "dy": 100}}
Values of other data types cannot be entered directly and must be transformed to some of the
JSON types. For example the date can be transformed into string or number in order to enter it to
JSON.
JSON itself is built on two universal structures:
- Collection of name-value pairs (
Object) - in the PROMOTIC system represented by the
PmMap object.
- Sorted list of values (
Array) - in the PROMOTIC system represented by the
PmArray object.
name: data type=String, value="BoilerRoom"
count: data type=Double, Value=2
0th index: data type=PmMap: temperature: data type=Double, Value=36.3
power: data type=Double, Value=78
1st index: data type=PmMap: temperature: data type=Double, Value=12.6
power: data type=Double, Value=0