1.9 KiB
vuvuzela
Simple and non-recursive JSON parse/stringify library.
Goals
- No recursion
- Avoids the "too much recursion" or "maximum call stack" errors that the native
JSON.parse
andJSON.stringify
methods may throw if an object is deeply nested.
- Avoids the "too much recursion" or "maximum call stack" errors that the native
- Simplicity
- No functions-within-functions, just a
while
loop and a stack.
- No functions-within-functions, just a
- Small footprint
- ~1 KB minified and gzipped
Description
The vuvuzela is a coarse instrument, but it's lightweight, and it gets the job done.
This module will use up tons of memory, but unlike the native JSON
methods or json3, it'll never throw a "maximum call stack size exceeded" exception. Your JSON objects can be as deeply nested as you like.
This is not a streaming library, so unlike oboe/clarinet, it reads the whole thing into memory at once. It's also quite a bit slower than the native JSON methods. Use at your own risk!
Usage
$ npm install vuvuzela
var vuvuzela = require('vuvuzela')
var asString = vuvuzela.stringify({hello: 'world'}); // '{"hello":"world"}'
var asJson = vuvuzela.parse('{"hello": "world"}'); // {hello: 'world'}
Browser builds are available in the dist/
folder. They'll create a window.vuvuzela
object you can use.
Limitations
At the top level, it will currently only parse objects and arrays, not arbitrary values like booleans, strings, numbers, and null
.
Testing
Unit tests:
$ npm test
Coverage tests:
$ npm run coverage
Building
$ npm run build