JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

Using ObjectScript, you can create and change JSON directly. You can convert a text string of JSON into JSON objects and arrays, and you can convert JSON objects and arrays into JSON text strings. The classes that support this are %DynamicObject and %DynamicArray, but detailed coverage of these classes is beyond the scope of this tutorial. Here are some syntax examples.

VS Code - ObjectScript

/// examples for ObjectScript Tutorial
Class ObjectScript.Examples
{

/// examples of JSON
ClassMethod JSON()
{
    // create a JSON object
    set jo1 = {"PartNum":"678LM", "Price":"7.99", "Quantity":"100"}
    // create a JSON array, and add it to the object
    set ar1 = ["Small","Large"], jo1.Sizes = ar1
    // change a size in the 0-based JSON array
    set ar1."0" = "Tiny"
    // turn the JSON into a string and display it
    set string1 = jo1.%ToJSON()
    write !, "First JSON object: ", !, string1
    
    // create a text string in JSON format
    set string2 = "{""PartNum"":""345JK"", ""Price"":5.99, ""Sizes"":[""Small"", ""Medium"", ""Large""], ""Quantity"":50}"
    // create an object from the string
    set jo2 = ##class(%DynamicObject).%FromJSON(string2)
    // display the properties of the object
    write !!, "Second JSON Object:"
    write !, "Part Number: ", jo2.PartNum, " Price: ", jo2.Price, " Quantity: ", jo2.Quantity
    write !, "Sizes"
    // loop through the array using an iterator
    set ar2 = jo2.Sizes
    set iter = ar2.%GetIterator()
        while iter.%GetNext(.key , .value ) {
            write !, ?5, "Key: ", key, ", Size: ", value
       }
       
    // change some of the properties
    set jo2.Price = "8.99", jo2.Quantity = 75
    // push a new size onto the end of the array
    do ar2.%Push("Extra Large")
    // turn the JSON into a string and display it
    write !!, "Changed Second JSON Object:"
    set newstring = jo2.%ToJSON()
    write !, newstring
}
}

Testing using the Terminal


USER>do ##class(ObjectScript.Examples).JSON()

First JSON object: 
{"PartNum":"678LM","Price":"7.99","Quantity":"100","Sizes":["Tiny","Large"]}

Second JSON Object:
Part Number: 345JK Price: 5.99 Quantity: 50
Sizes
     Key: 0, Size: Small
     Key: 1, Size: Medium
     Key: 2, Size: Large

Changed Second JSON Object:
{"PartNum":"345JK","Price":"8.99","Sizes":["Small","Medium","Large","Extra Large"],"Quantity":75}
USER>

Arrays

Hands-On Exercise 3