package JSON::MaybeXS;
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => 'all';
use base qw(Exporter);
our $VERSION = '1.001000';
BEGIN {
our $JSON_Class;
our @err;
if (eval { require Cpanel::JSON::XS; 1; }) {
$JSON_Class = 'Cpanel::JSON::XS';
} else {
push @err, "Error loading Cpanel::JSON::XS: $@";
if (eval { require JSON::PP; 1; }) {
$JSON_Class = 'JSON::PP';
} else {
push @err, "Error loading JSON::PP: $@";
}
}
unless ($JSON_Class) {
die join("\n", "Couldn't load a JSON module:", @err);
}
$JSON_Class->import(qw(encode_json decode_json));
}
our @EXPORT = qw(encode_json decode_json JSON);
sub JSON () { our $JSON_Class }
sub new {
shift;
my %args = @_ == 1 ? %{$_[0]} : @_;
my $new = (our $JSON_Class)->new;
$new->$_($args{$_}) for keys %args;
return $new;
}
1;
=head1 NAME
JSON::MaybeXS - use L<Cpanel::JSON::XS> with a fallback to L<JSON::PP>
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use JSON::MaybeXS;
my $data_structure = decode_json($json_input);
my $json_output = encode_json($data_structure);
my $json = JSON->new;
my $json_with_args = JSON::MaybeXS->new(utf8 => 1); # or { utf8 => 1 }
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module tries to load L<Cpanel::JSON::XS>, and if that fails instead
tries to load L<JSON::PP>. If neither is available, an exception will be
thrown.
It then exports the C<encode_json> and C<decode_json> functions from the
loaded module, along with a C<JSON> constant that returns the class name
for calling C<new> on.
If you're writing fresh code rather than replacing JSON.pm usage, you might
want to pass options as constructor args rather than calling mutators, so
we provide our own C<new> method that supports that.
=head1 EXPORTS
All of C<encode_json>, C<decode_json> and C<JSON> are exported by default.
To import only some symbols, specify them on the C<use> line:
use JSON::MaybeXS qw(encode_json decode_json); # functions only
use JSON::MaybeXS qw(JSON); # JSON constant only
=head2 encode_json
This is the C<encode_json> function provided by the selected implementation
module, and takes a perl data stucture which is serialised to JSON text.
my $json_text = encode_json($data_structure);
=head2 decode_json
This is the C<decode_json> function provided by the selected implementation
module, and takes a string of JSON text to deserialise to a perl data structure.
my $data_structure = decode_json($json_text);
=head2 JSON
The C<JSON> constant returns the selected implementation module's name for
use as a class name - so:
my $json_obj = JSON->new; # returns a Cpanel::JSON::XS or JSON::PP object
and that object can then be used normally:
my $data_structure = $json_obj->decode($json_text); # etc.
=head1 CONSTRUCTOR
=head2 new
With L<JSON::PP> and L<Cpanel::JSON::XS> you are required to call mutators
to set options, i.e.
my $json = $class->new->utf8(1)->pretty(1);
Since this is a trifle irritating and noticeably un-perlish, we also offer:
my $json = JSON::MaybeXS->new(utf8 => 1, pretty => 1);
which works equivalently to the above (and in the usual tradition will accept
a hashref instead of a hash, should you so desire).
=head1 AUTHOR
mst - Matt S. Trout (cpan:MSTROUT) <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>
=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
None yet. Well volunteered? :)
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2013 the C<JSON::MaybeXS> L</AUTHOR> and L</CONTRIBUTORS>
as listed above.
=head1 LICENSE
This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms
as perl itself.
=cut