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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/builtins.xml17
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/json-to-value.cc144
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/json-to-value.hh13
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/primops.cc10
-rw-r--r--tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.exp1
-rw-r--r--tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.nix32
6 files changed, 217 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
index 6a472291c..b289c6f0e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
@@ -257,6 +257,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Convert a JSON string to a Nix
+ value. For example,
+
+<programlisting>
+builtins.fromJSON ''{"x": [1, 2, 3], "y": null}''
+</programlisting>
+
+ returns the value <literal>{ x = [ 1 2 3 ]; y = null;
+ }</literal>. Floating point numbers are not
+ supported.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getAttr</function>
<replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term>
@@ -762,6 +778,7 @@ in foo</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Convert the string value
diff --git a/src/libexpr/json-to-value.cc b/src/libexpr/json-to-value.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f60e7cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libexpr/json-to-value.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#include "config.h"
+#include "json-to-value.hh"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+
+static void skipWhitespace(const char * & s)
+{
+ while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t' || *s == '\n' || *s == '\r') s++;
+}
+
+
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+typedef std::vector<Value *, gc_allocator<Value *> > ValueVector;
+#else
+typedef std::vector<Value *> ValueVector;
+#endif
+
+
+static string parseJSONString(const char * & s)
+{
+ string res;
+ if (*s++ != '"') throw JSONParseError("expected JSON string");
+ while (*s != '"') {
+ if (!*s) throw JSONParseError("got end-of-string in JSON string");
+ if (*s == '\\') {
+ s++;
+ if (*s == '"') res += '"';
+ else if (*s == '\\') res += '\\';
+ else if (*s == '/') res += '/';
+ else if (*s == '/') res += '/';
+ else if (*s == 'b') res += '\b';
+ else if (*s == 'f') res += '\f';
+ else if (*s == 'n') res += '\n';
+ else if (*s == 'r') res += '\r';
+ else if (*s == 't') res += '\t';
+ else if (*s == 'u') throw JSONParseError("\\u characters in JSON strings are currently not supported");
+ else throw JSONParseError("invalid escaped character in JSON string");
+ s++;
+ } else
+ res += *s++;
+ }
+ s++;
+ return res;
+}
+
+
+static void parseJSON(EvalState & state, const char * & s, Value & v)
+{
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+
+ if (!*s) throw JSONParseError("expected JSON value");
+
+ if (*s == '[') {
+ s++;
+ ValueVector values;
+ values.reserve(128);
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ while (1) {
+ if (values.empty() && *s == ']') break;
+ Value * v2 = state.allocValue();
+ parseJSON(state, s, *v2);
+ values.push_back(v2);
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ if (*s == ']') break;
+ if (*s != ',') throw JSONParseError("expected `,' or `]' after JSON array element");
+ s++;
+ }
+ s++;
+ state.mkList(v, values.size());
+ for (size_t n = 0; n < values.size(); ++n)
+ v.list.elems[n] = values[n];
+ }
+
+ else if (*s == '{') {
+ s++;
+ state.mkAttrs(v, 1);
+ while (1) {
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ if (v.attrs->empty() && *s == '}') break;
+ string name = parseJSONString(s);
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ if (*s != ':') throw JSONParseError("expected `:' in JSON object");
+ s++;
+ Value * v2 = state.allocValue();
+ parseJSON(state, s, *v2);
+ v.attrs->push_back(Attr(state.symbols.create(name), v2));
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ if (*s == '}') break;
+ if (*s != ',') throw JSONParseError("expected `,' or `}' after JSON member");
+ s++;
+ }
+ v.attrs->sort();
+ s++;
+ }
+
+ else if (*s == '"') {
+ mkString(v, parseJSONString(s));
+ }
+
+ else if (isdigit(*s) || *s == '-') {
+ bool neg = false;
+ if (*s == '-') {
+ neg = true;
+ if (!*++s) throw JSONParseError("unexpected end of JSON number");
+ }
+ NixInt n = 0;
+ // FIXME: detect overflow
+ while (isdigit(*s)) n = n * 10 + (*s++ - '0');
+ if (*s == '.' || *s == 'e') throw JSONParseError("floating point JSON numbers are not supported");
+ mkInt(v, neg ? -n : n);
+ }
+
+ else if (strncmp(s, "true", 4) == 0) {
+ s += 4;
+ mkBool(v, true);
+ }
+
+ else if (strncmp(s, "false", 5) == 0) {
+ s += 5;
+ mkBool(v, false);
+ }
+
+ else if (strncmp(s, "null", 4) == 0) {
+ s += 4;
+ mkNull(v);
+ }
+
+ else throw JSONParseError("unrecognised JSON value");
+}
+
+
+void parseJSON(EvalState & state, const string & s_, Value & v)
+{
+ const char * s = s_.c_str();
+ parseJSON(state, s, v);
+ skipWhitespace(s);
+ if (*s) throw JSONParseError(format("expected end-of-string while parsing JSON value: %1%") % s);
+}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libexpr/json-to-value.hh b/src/libexpr/json-to-value.hh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33f35b16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libexpr/json-to-value.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "eval.hh"
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace nix {
+
+MakeError(JSONParseError, EvalError)
+
+void parseJSON(EvalState & state, const string & s, Value & v);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index ff82f36b5..01c7ca444 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include "archive.hh"
#include "value-to-xml.hh"
#include "value-to-json.hh"
+#include "json-to-value.hh"
#include "names.hh"
#include "eval-inline.hh"
@@ -775,6 +776,14 @@ static void prim_toJSON(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Valu
}
+/* Parse a JSON string to a value. */
+static void prim_fromJSON(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+ string s = state.forceStringNoCtx(*args[0], pos);
+ parseJSON(state, s, v);
+}
+
+
/* Store a string in the Nix store as a source file that can be used
as an input by derivations. */
static void prim_toFile(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
@@ -1396,6 +1405,7 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
// Creating files
addPrimOp("__toXML", 1, prim_toXML);
addPrimOp("__toJSON", 1, prim_toJSON);
+ addPrimOp("__fromJSON", 1, prim_fromJSON);
addPrimOp("__toFile", 2, prim_toFile);
addPrimOp("__filterSource", 2, prim_filterSource);
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.exp b/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ba77dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.nix b/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ed0c1c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-fromjson.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# RFC 7159, section 13.
+builtins.fromJSON
+ ''
+ {
+ "Image": {
+ "Width": 800,
+ "Height": 600,
+ "Title": "View from 15th Floor",
+ "Thumbnail": {
+ "Url": "http://www.example.com/image/481989943",
+ "Height": 125,
+ "Width": 100
+ },
+ "Animated" : false,
+ "IDs": [116, 943, 234, 38793, true ,false,null, -100]
+ }
+ }
+ ''
+==
+ { Image =
+ { Width = 800;
+ Height = 600;
+ Title = "View from 15th Floor";
+ Thumbnail =
+ { Url = http://www.example.com/image/481989943;
+ Height = 125;
+ Width = 100;
+ };
+ Animated = false;
+ IDs = [ 116 943 234 38793 true false null (0-100) ];
+ };
+ }