util.JSONObject.parse

Parses a JSON string and creates a JSON object from it.

Syntax

util.JSONObject.parse(
   source STRING )
  RETURNING result util.JSONObject

source is a string value that contains JSON formatted data.

Usage

The util.JSONObject.parse() method scans the JSON source string passed as parameter and creates a JSON object from it.

The new created object must be assigned to a program variable defined with the util.JSONObject type.

The source string must follow the JSON format specification. It can contain multi-level structured data, but it must start with a curly brace.

The method raises error -8109 if the JSON source string is not properly formatted.

Example

IMPORT util
MAIN
    DEFINE js STRING
    DEFINE obj util.JSONObject
    LET js='{ "cust_num":2735, "cust_name":"McCarlson",
              "orderids":[234,3456,24656,34561] }'
    LET obj = util.JSONObject.parse( js )
    DISPLAY obj.get("cust_name")
END MAIN