The json.Serializer class

The json.Serializer class provides methods to serialize Genero BDL variable to JSON objects and vice versa.

The json.Serializer class is provided in the json C-Extension library. To use the json.Serializer class, you must import the json package in your program:

IMPORT json

The json.Serializer class provides methods to perform the following:

Serialize Genero BDL variables to JSON objects.
Deserialize JSON objects to Genero BDL variables.

This class is a static class and does not have to be instantiated. The status variable is set to zero after a successful method call.

Implicit and explicit conversion of JSON to BDL

It is important to understand the difference in the behavior of json.serializer and util.JSON in terms of implicit and explicit conversion of JSON to Genero BDL conversion.

json.Serializer implements strict, schema-driven conversion.
util.json implements permissive, dynamic conversion.