git-annex/Utility/JSONStream.hs
Joey Hess 2f4d4d1c45 basic json support
This includes a generic JSONStream library built on top of Text.JSON
(somewhat hackishly).

It would be possible to stream out a single json document describing
all actions, but it's probably better for consumers if they can expect
one json document per line, so I did it that way instead.

Output from external programs used for transferring files is not
currently hidden when outputting json, which probably makes it not very
useful there. This may be dealt with if there is demand for json
output for --get or --move to be parsable.

The version, status, and find subcommands have hand-crafted output and
don't do json. The whereis subcommand needs to be modified to produce
useful json.
2011-09-01 15:22:06 -04:00

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{- Streaming JSON output.
-
- Copyright 2011 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
-
- Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
-}
module Utility.JSONStream (
start,
add,
end
) where
import Text.JSON
{- Text.JSON does not support building up a larger JSON document piece by
piece as a stream. To support streaming, a hack. The JSObject is converted
to a string with its final "}" is left off, allowing it to be added to
later. -}
start :: JSON a => [(String, a)] -> String
start l
| last s == endchar = take (length s - 1) s
| otherwise = bad s
where
s = encodeStrict $ toJSObject l
add :: JSON a => [(String, a)] -> String
add l
| head s == startchar = ',' : drop 1 s
| otherwise = bad s
where
s = start l
end :: String
end = [endchar, '\n']
startchar :: Char
startchar = '{'
endchar :: Char
endchar = '}'
bad :: String -> a
bad s = error $ "Text.JSON returned unexpected string: " ++ s