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EBNF grammar for JSON
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<quoted_string> ::= <quote> ( <unescaped_char> | <escaped_char> )+ <quote> | |
<escaped_char> ::= <escape> ( "\"" | "/" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | <unicode> | <escape> ) | |
<escaped_literal> ::= <escaped_char> | <escape> "`" | |
<unescaped_char> ::= <digit> | <letter> | " " | "!" | "#" | "$" | "%" | "&" | "'" | "(" | ")" | "*+" | "," | "-" | "." | "/" | ":" | ";" | "<" | ">" | "?" | "@" | "[" | "]" | "^" | "_" | "`" | "{" | "|" | "}" | "~" | |
<unescaped_literal> ::= <digit> | <letter> | " " | "!" | "#" | "$" | "%" | "&" | "'" | "(" | ")" | "*+" | "," | "-" | "." | "/" | ":" | ";" | "<" | ">" | "?" | "@" | "[" | "]" | "^" | "_" | "{" | "|" | "}" | "~" | |
<unicode> ::= "u" <digit> <digit> <digit> <digit> | |
<escape> ::= "\\" | |
<digit> ::= [0-9] | |
<letter> ::= [A-Z] | [a-z] | "_" | |
<quote> ::= "\"" | |
/* The ``json-value`` is any valid JSON value with the one exception that the */ | |
/* ``%x60`` character must be escaped. While it's encouraged that implementations */ | |
/* use any existing JSON parser for this grammar rule (after handling the escaped */ | |
/* literal characters), the grammar rule is shown below for completeness:: */ | |
<json_value> ::= <json_array> | |
| <json_boolean> | |
| <json_null> | |
| <json_number> | |
| <json_object> | |
| <json_string> | |
<json_null> ::= "null" | |
<json_boolean> ::= "true" | "false" | |
<json_number> ::= "-"? ( "0" | [1-9] [0-9]* ) ( "." [0-9]+ )? ( "e" ( "-" | "+" ) [0-9]+ )? | |
<json_array> ::= <ws> "[" ( <ws> <json_value> <ws> ( "," <ws> <json_value> <ws> )* )? "]" <ws> | |
<json_object> ::= <ws> "{" <ws> ( <member> <ws> ( "," <ws> <member> <ws> )* )? "}" <ws> | |
<json_string> ::= <quote> ( <unescaped_literal> | <escaped_literal> )* <quote> | |
<member> ::= <quoted_string> <ws> ":" <ws> <json_value> | |
<ws> ::= " "* | |
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