KTON - Object notation in pure Kotlin!
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KTON Object notation in pure Kotlin!
This library is licensed under
GLP 3.0 .
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KTON allows you to notate objects in an easy syntax using pure Kotlin. This is mostly a toy project but it may be useful for certain cases. I'd like to make conversion to JSON and provide more advanced features.
The following shows the differences between JSON, XML, and KTON. (Data used from
http://json.org/example.html )
JSON:
Code:
{
"menu": {
"id": "file",
"value": "File",
"popup": {
"menuitem": [
{ "value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()" },
{ "value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()" },
{ "value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()" }
]
}
}
}
XML:
Code:
<menu id="file" value="File">
<popup>
<menuitem value="New" onclick="CreateNewDoc()" />
<menuitem value="Open" onclick="OpenDoc()" />
<menuitem value="Close" onclick="CloseDoc()" />
</popup>
</menu>
KTON:
Code:
val menu = kton {
"id".."file"
"value".."File"
"popup" {
"menuitem" {
arr { "value".."New"; "onclick".."CreateNewDoc()" }
arr { "value".."Open"; "onclick".."OpenDoc()" }
arr { "value".."Close"; "onclick".."CloseDoc()" }
}
}
}
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Accessing data from a KTON is done with concise syntax. Using the above example...
Value access through
get operator:
menu["id"] =>
"file" ,
menu["value"] =>
"File"
Body access through
invoke operator:
val popup = menu("popup") ,
val menuitems = popup("menuitem")
Array access through
get operator specifying index:
menuitems[0]["value"] =>
"New" ,
menuitems[3]["onclick"] =>
"CloseDoc()" Very interesting.