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json encoding engine that can encode objects to json
encode = function(obj){
//simple partial JSON encoder implementation
if(window.JSON && JSON.stringify) return JSON.stringify(obj);
var enc = arguments.callee; //for purposes of recursion
if(typeof obj == "boolean" || typeof obj == "number"){
return obj+'' //should work...
}else if(typeof obj == "string"){
//a large portion of this is stolen from Douglas Crockford's json2.js
return '"'+
obj.replace(
/[\\\"\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f\u00ad\u0600-\u0604\u070f\u17b4\u17b5\u200c-\u200f\u2028-\u202f\u2060-\u206f\ufeff\ufff0-\uffff]/g
, function (a) {
return '\\u' + ('0000' + a.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4);
})
+'"'; //note that this isn't quite as purtyful as the usualness
}else if(obj.length){ //simple hackish test for arrayish-ness
for(var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++){
obj[i] = enc(obj[i]); //encode every sub-thingy on top
}
return "["+obj.join(",")+"]";
}else{
var pairs = []; //pairs will be stored here
for(var k in obj){ //loop through thingys
pairs.push(enc(k)+":"+enc(obj[k])); //key: value
}
return "{"+pairs.join(",")+"}" //wrap in the braces
}
}
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