1 --[[--

2 json_string = -- JavaScript code

3 encode.json(

4 value -- nil, false, true, a number, a string, or json.array{...} or json.object{...}

5 )

6

7 This function encodes any native datatype or table structure to JavaScript object notation (JSON). In order to distinguish between the empty array and the empty object, use json.array{} and json.object{} respectively.

8

9 The return value of this function is additionally escaped in such way that it can be safely included in inline scripts both in HTML and XHTML (within CDATA section).

10

11 --]]--

12

13 function encode.json(obj)

14 local str = json.export(obj)

15 str = string.gsub(str, "</", "<\\/")

16 str = string.gsub(str, "<!%[CDATA%[", "\\u003c![CDATA[")

17 str = string.gsub(str, "]]>", "]]\\u003e")

18 return str

19 end