README.txt
November 18, 2010 ยท View on GitHub
JSOL stands for JavaScript Object Literal which is a string representing an object in JavaScript syntax.
For example:
{foo:"bar"} is equivalent to {"foo":"bar"} in JavaScript. Both are valid JSOL.
Note that {"foo":"bar"} is proper JSON[1] therefore you can use one of the many JSON parsers out there like json2.js[2] or even the native browser's JSON parser, if available.
However, {foo:"bar"} is NOT proper JSON but valid Javascript syntax for representing an object with one key, "foo" and its value, "bar". Using a JSON parser is not an option since this is NOT proper JSON.
You can use JSOL.parse to safely parse any string that reprsents a JavaScript Object Literal. JSOL.parse will throw an Invalid JSOL exception on function calls, function declarations and variable references.
Examples:
JSOL.parse('{foo:"bar"}'); // valid
JSOL.parse('{evil:(function(){alert("I'm evil");})()}'); // invalid function calls
JSOL.parse('{fn:function() { }}'); // invalid function declarations
var bar = "bar"; JSOL.parse('{foo:bar}'); // invalid variable references