// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package json // JSON value parser state machine. // Just about at the limit of what is reasonable to write by hand. // Some parts are a bit tedious, but overall it nicely factors out the // otherwise common code from the multiple scanning functions // in this package (Compact, Indent, checkValid, etc). // // This file starts with two simple examples using the scanner // before diving into the scanner itself. import "strconv" // Valid reports whether data is a valid JSON encoding. func Valid(data []byte) bool { return checkValid(data, &scanner{}) == nil } // checkValid verifies that data is valid JSON-encoded data. // scan is passed in for use by checkValid to avoid an allocation. func checkValid(data []byte, scan *scanner) error { scan.reset() for _, c := range data { scan.bytes++ if scan.step(scan, c) == scanError { return scan.err } } if scan.eof() == scanError { return scan.err } return nil } // A SyntaxError is a description of a JSON syntax error. type SyntaxError struct { msg string // description of error Offset int64 // error occurred after reading Offset bytes } func (e *SyntaxError) Error() string { return e.msg } // A scanner is a JSON scanning state machine. // Callers call scan.reset() and then pass bytes in one at a time // by calling scan.step(&scan, c) for each byte. // The return value, referred to as an opcode, tells the // caller about significant parsing events like beginning // and ending literals, objects, and arrays, so that the // caller can follow along if it wishes. // The return value scanEnd indicates that a single top-level // JSON value has been completed, *before* the byte that // just got passed in. (The indication must be delayed in order // to recognize the end of numbers: is 123 a whole value or // the beginning of 12345e+6?). type scanner struct { // The step is a func to be called to execute the next transition. // Also tried using an integer constant and a single func // with a switch, but using the func directly was 10% faster // on a 64-bit Mac Mini, and it's nicer to read. step func(*scanner, byte) int // Reached end of top-level value. endTop bool // Stack of what we're in the middle of - array values, object keys, object values. parseState []int // Error that happened, if any. err error // total bytes consumed, updated by decoder.Decode bytes int64 } // These values are returned by the state transition functions // assigned to scanner.state and the method scanner.eof. // They give details about the current state of the scan that // callers might be interested to know about. // It is okay to ignore the return value of any particular // call to scanner.state: if one call returns scanError, // every subsequent call will return scanError too. const ( // Continue. scanContinue = iota // uninteresting byte scanBeginLiteral // end implied by next result != scanContinue scanBeginObject // begin object scanObjectKey // just finished object key (string) scanObjectValue // just finished non-last object value scanEndObject // end object (implies scanObjectValue if possible) scanBeginArray // begin array scanArrayValue // just finished array value scanEndArray // end array (implies scanArrayValue if possible) scanSkipSpace // space byte; can skip; known to be last "continue" result // Stop. scanEnd // top-level value ended *before* this byte; known to be first "stop" result scanError // hit an error, scanner.err. ) // These values are stored in the parseState stack. // They give the current state of a composite value // being scanned. If the parser is inside a nested value // the parseState describes the nested state, outermost at entry 0. const ( parseObjectKey = iota // parsing object key (before colon) parseObjectValue // parsing object value (after colon) parseArrayValue // parsing array value ) // reset prepares the scanner for use. // It must be called before calling s.step. func (s *scanner) reset() { s.step = stateBeginValue s.parseState = s.parseState[0:0] s.err = nil s.endTop = false } // eof tells the scanner that the end of input has been reached. // It returns a scan status just as s.step does. func (s *scanner) eof() int { if s.err != nil { return scanError } if s.endTop { return scanEnd } s.step(s, ' ') if s.endTop { return scanEnd } if s.err == nil { s.err = &SyntaxError{"unexpected end of JSON input", s.bytes} } return scanError } // pushParseState pushes a new parse state p onto the parse stack. func (s *scanner) pushParseState(p int) { s.parseState = append(s.parseState, p) } // popParseState pops a parse state (already obtained) off the stack // and updates s.step accordingly. func (s *scanner) popParseState() { n := len(s.parseState) - 1 s.parseState = s.parseState[0:n] if n == 0 { s.step = stateEndTop s.endTop = true } else { s.step = stateEndValue } } func isSpace(c byte) bool { return c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' } // stateBeginValueOrEmpty is the state after reading `[`. func stateBeginValueOrEmpty(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c <= ' ' && isSpace(c) { return scanSkipSpace } if c == ']' { return stateEndValue(s, c) } return stateBeginValue(s, c) } // stateBeginValue is the state at the beginning of the input. func stateBeginValue(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c <= ' ' && isSpace(c) { return scanSkipSpace } switch c { case '{': s.step = stateBeginStringOrEmpty s.pushParseState(parseObjectKey) return scanBeginObject case '[': s.step = stateBeginValueOrEmpty s.pushParseState(parseArrayValue) return scanBeginArray case '"': s.step = stateInString return scanBeginLiteral case '-': s.step = stateNeg return scanBeginLiteral case '0': // beginning of 0.123 s.step = state0 return scanBeginLiteral case 't': // beginning of true s.step = stateT return scanBeginLiteral case 'f': // beginning of false s.step = stateF return scanBeginLiteral case 'n': // beginning of null s.step = stateN return scanBeginLiteral } if '1' <= c && c <= '9' { // beginning of 1234.5 s.step = state1 return scanBeginLiteral } return s.error(c, "looking for beginning of value") } // stateBeginStringOrEmpty is the state after reading `{`. func stateBeginStringOrEmpty(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c <= ' ' && isSpace(c) { return scanSkipSpace } if c == '}' { n := len(s.parseState) s.parseState[n-1] = parseObjectValue return stateEndValue(s, c) } return stateBeginString(s, c) } // stateBeginString is the state after reading `{"key": value,`. func stateBeginString(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c <= ' ' && isSpace(c) { return scanSkipSpace } if c == '"' { s.step = stateInString return scanBeginLiteral } return s.error(c, "looking for beginning of object key string") } // stateEndValue is the state after completing a value, // such as after reading `{}` or `true` or `["x"`. func stateEndValue(s *scanner, c byte) int { n := len(s.parseState) if n == 0 { // Completed top-level before the current byte. s.step = stateEndTop s.endTop = true return stateEndTop(s, c) } if c <= ' ' && isSpace(c) { s.step = stateEndValue return scanSkipSpace } ps := s.parseState[n-1] switch ps { case parseObjectKey: if c == ':' { s.parseState[n-1] = parseObjectValue s.step = stateBeginValue return scanObjectKey } return s.error(c, "after object key") case parseObjectValue: if c == ',' { s.parseState[n-1] = parseObjectKey s.step = stateBeginString return scanObjectValue } if c == '}' { s.popParseState() return scanEndObject } return s.error(c, "after object key:value pair") case parseArrayValue: if c == ',' { s.step = stateBeginValue return scanArrayValue } if c == ']' { s.popParseState() return scanEndArray } return s.error(c, "after array element") } return s.error(c, "") } // stateEndTop is the state after finishing the top-level value, // such as after reading `{}` or `[1,2,3]`. // Only space characters should be seen now. func stateEndTop(s *scanner, c byte) int { if !isSpace(c) { // Complain about non-space byte on next call. s.error(c, "after top-level value") } return scanEnd } // stateInString is the state after reading `"`. func stateInString(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == '"' { s.step = stateEndValue return scanContinue } if c == '\\' { s.step = stateInStringEsc return scanContinue } if c < 0x20 { return s.error(c, "in string literal") } return scanContinue } // stateInStringEsc is the state after reading `"\` during a quoted string. func stateInStringEsc(s *scanner, c byte) int { switch c { case 'b', 'f', 'n', 'r', 't', '\\', '/', '"': s.step = stateInString return scanContinue case 'u': s.step = stateInStringEscU return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in string escape code") } // stateInStringEscU is the state after reading `"\u` during a quoted string. func stateInStringEscU(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' || 'a' <= c && c <= 'f' || 'A' <= c && c <= 'F' { s.step = stateInStringEscU1 return scanContinue } // numbers return s.error(c, "in \\u hexadecimal character escape") } // stateInStringEscU1 is the state after reading `"\u1` during a quoted string. func stateInStringEscU1(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' || 'a' <= c && c <= 'f' || 'A' <= c && c <= 'F' { s.step = stateInStringEscU12 return scanContinue } // numbers return s.error(c, "in \\u hexadecimal character escape") } // stateInStringEscU12 is the state after reading `"\u12` during a quoted string. func stateInStringEscU12(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' || 'a' <= c && c <= 'f' || 'A' <= c && c <= 'F' { s.step = stateInStringEscU123 return scanContinue } // numbers return s.error(c, "in \\u hexadecimal character escape") } // stateInStringEscU123 is the state after reading `"\u123` during a quoted string. func stateInStringEscU123(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' || 'a' <= c && c <= 'f' || 'A' <= c && c <= 'F' { s.step = stateInString return scanContinue } // numbers return s.error(c, "in \\u hexadecimal character escape") } // stateNeg is the state after reading `-` during a number. func stateNeg(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == '0' { s.step = state0 return scanContinue } if '1' <= c && c <= '9' { s.step = state1 return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in numeric literal") } // state1 is the state after reading a non-zero integer during a number, // such as after reading `1` or `100` but not `0`. func state1(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' { s.step = state1 return scanContinue } return state0(s, c) } // state0 is the state after reading `0` during a number. func state0(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == '.' { s.step = stateDot return scanContinue } if c == 'e' || c == 'E' { s.step = stateE return scanContinue } return stateEndValue(s, c) } // stateDot is the state after reading the integer and decimal point in a number, // such as after reading `1.`. func stateDot(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' { s.step = stateDot0 return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "after decimal point in numeric literal") } // stateDot0 is the state after reading the integer, decimal point, and subsequent // digits of a number, such as after reading `3.14`. func stateDot0(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' { return scanContinue } if c == 'e' || c == 'E' { s.step = stateE return scanContinue } return stateEndValue(s, c) } // stateE is the state after reading the mantissa and e in a number, // such as after reading `314e` or `0.314e`. func stateE(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == '+' || c == '-' { s.step = stateESign return scanContinue } return stateESign(s, c) } // stateESign is the state after reading the mantissa, e, and sign in a number, // such as after reading `314e-` or `0.314e+`. func stateESign(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' { s.step = stateE0 return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in exponent of numeric literal") } // stateE0 is the state after reading the mantissa, e, optional sign, // and at least one digit of the exponent in a number, // such as after reading `314e-2` or `0.314e+1` or `3.14e0`. func stateE0(s *scanner, c byte) int { if '0' <= c && c <= '9' { return scanContinue } return stateEndValue(s, c) } // stateT is the state after reading `t`. func stateT(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'r' { s.step = stateTr return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal true (expecting 'r')") } // stateTr is the state after reading `tr`. func stateTr(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'u' { s.step = stateTru return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal true (expecting 'u')") } // stateTru is the state after reading `tru`. func stateTru(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'e' { s.step = stateEndValue return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal true (expecting 'e')") } // stateF is the state after reading `f`. func stateF(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'a' { s.step = stateFa return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal false (expecting 'a')") } // stateFa is the state after reading `fa`. func stateFa(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'l' { s.step = stateFal return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal false (expecting 'l')") } // stateFal is the state after reading `fal`. func stateFal(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 's' { s.step = stateFals return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal false (expecting 's')") } // stateFals is the state after reading `fals`. func stateFals(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'e' { s.step = stateEndValue return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal false (expecting 'e')") } // stateN is the state after reading `n`. func stateN(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'u' { s.step = stateNu return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal null (expecting 'u')") } // stateNu is the state after reading `nu`. func stateNu(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'l' { s.step = stateNul return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal null (expecting 'l')") } // stateNul is the state after reading `nul`. func stateNul(s *scanner, c byte) int { if c == 'l' { s.step = stateEndValue return scanContinue } return s.error(c, "in literal null (expecting 'l')") } // stateError is the state after reaching a syntax error, // such as after reading `[1}` or `5.1.2`. func stateError(s *scanner, c byte) int { return scanError } // error records an error and switches to the error state. func (s *scanner) error(c byte, context string) int { s.step = stateError s.err = &SyntaxError{"invalid character " + quoteChar(c) + " " + context, s.bytes} return scanError } // quoteChar formats c as a quoted character literal func quoteChar(c byte) string { // special cases - different from quoted strings if c == '\'' { return `'\''` } if c == '"' { return `'"'` } // use quoted string with different quotation marks s := strconv.Quote(string(c)) return "'" + s[1:len(s)-1] + "'" }