This class is based on Douglas Crockford's JSON JavaScript code with a number of modifications to handle date formatting in ISO and Microsoft formats. The parse() method checks for invalid characters in the JSON string before parsing and disallows executable code.

var person = { Name: "Rick", Company: "West Wind", Entered: new Date() };

var json = JSON.serialize(person);

//{"Name":"Rick","Company":"West Wind","Entered":"\/Date(1199700279867)\/"}
alert(json);  

var copied = JSON.parse(json);
alert( copied.Entered  + " - " + copied.Name);

Dates are formatted in Microsoft AJAX/WCF format using a string literal which looks like this: "\/Date(1199700279867)\/". The parse() method can also parse this format as well as toISOString() format proposed in JavaScript 2.0.

Class Members

Member		Description
	parse	Parses a JSON string into a JavaScript value or object. This version throws an exception if parsing fails. o.JSON.parse(text)
	parseSafe	Parses a JSON string into a JavaScript value or object. This version returns null on failure rather than throwing an exception. o.JSON.parseSafe(text)
	serialize	Serializes a JavaScript object into a JSON string. o.JSON.serialize(object)

Requirements

See also: