jQuery JSONX

jQuery JSONX is a jQuery plugin which allows simple transformation between XML and JSON.

This is a jQuery implementation for the JSONX JavaScript library which provides the same transformation support as well as additional manipulation and management using the powerful jQuery framework.

Once I have fully documented the code I will make another release of the plugin and publish it on the jQuery plugins directory. I hope to get this done soon but in the meantime you can hopefully get a good understanding of how to use it by looking at the code.

Please check back again soon to find more information and some examples.

JSON to XML

$(*).jsonx(Array|String)
$.jsonx(Array|String)
$(*).jsonx('build', Array|String)
$.jsonx('build', Array|String)

XML to JSON

$(*).jsonx('parse'[, jQuery|String])
$.jsonx('parse'[, jQuery|String])

The current jQuery context will be parsed if the second argument is omitted for parse.

Stringify

$(*).jsonx('stringify'[, Array|jQuery])
$.jsonx('stringify'[, Array|jQuery])

The current jQuery context will be transformed into a string if the second argument is omitted for stringify.

Grammar

The following ANTLR grammar represents the XML to JSON transformation;

ELEMENT
  : '[' ELEMENT_NAME (',' '{' ATTRIBUTE_LIST? '}')? (',' ELEMENT_LIST)? ']'
  | STRING
  ;
ELEMENT_NAME : STRING ;
ATTRIBUTE_LIST
  : ATTRIBUTE ',' ATTRIBUTE_LIST
  | ATTRIBUTE
  ;
ATTRIBUTE : ATTRIBUTE_NAME ':' ATTRIBUTE_VALUE ;
ATTRIBUTE_NAME : STRING ;
ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
  : STRING
  | NUMBER
  | BOOLEAN
  | NULL
  ;
ELEMENT_LIST
  : ELEMENT ',' ELEMENT_LIST
  | ELEMENT
  ;
BOOLEAN
  : 'true'
  | 'false'
  ;
NULL : 'null' ;
NUMBER : '0'..'9'+ ;
STRING : 'a'..'z'+ ;

Bugs

If you have any problems with this plugin or would like to see the changes currently in development browse our issues.

Questions?

Take a look at the documentation to get a better understanding of what the code is doing.

If that doesn't help, feel free to follow me on Twitter, @neocotic.