JSON with example

GO THRO' IT:

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation):
- A lightweight data-interchange format.

- Easy for humans to read and write.

- Easy for machines to parse and generate

JSON is built on two data structures:
- A collection of name/value pairs (unordered structure).

- An ordered list of values.
JSON's basic types:

• Number (integer, real, or floating point)
• String (double-quoted Unicode with backslash escaping)
• Boolean (true and false)
• Array (an ordered sequence of values, comma-separated and enclosed in square brackets)
• Hashtable or Map (collection of key: value pairs, comma-separated and enclosed in curly braces)
• null

Sample JSON Format:

{

         “firstname”:”John”,
         “lastname”:”Smith”,
         “address”:{

                                 “streetaddress”:”21,2nd Street”,
                                 “city”:”Chennai”,
                                 “state”:”TN”,
                                 “postalcode”:”600090”
          },
         “phonenumbers”:[

                                 “044-22772299”,
                                 “044-28888888”]

}

>>The above example explain the JSON representation of an object that describes a person. The object has string fields for first name and last name, contains an object representing the person's address, and contains a list of phone numbers (an array).
>>It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language,ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.

Thanks
A.T.J