Added a json_object_new_double_s() convenience function to allow an exact string representation of a double to be specified when creating the object and use it in json_tokener_parse_ex() so a re-serialized object more exactly matches the input.

Add json_object_free_userdata() and json_object_userdata_to_json_string() too.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 
 NEXT.VERSION
 
-  * Nothing yet...
+  * Added a json_object_new_double_s() convenience function to allow
+    an exact string representation of a double to be specified when
+    creating the object and use it in json_tokener_parse_ex() so
+    a re-serialized object more exactly matches the input.
 
 0.11
 

json_object.c

@@ -602,12 +602,37 @@ static int json_object_double_to_json_string(struct json_object* jso,
 struct json_object* json_object_new_double(double d)
 {
 	struct json_object *jso = json_object_new(json_type_double);
-  if(!jso) return NULL;
+	if (!jso)
+		return NULL;
 	jso->_to_json_string = &json_object_double_to_json_string;
 	jso->o.c_double = d;
 	return jso;
 }
 
+struct json_object* json_object_new_double_s(double d, const char *ds)
+{
+	struct json_object *jso = json_object_new_double(d);
+	if (!jso)
+		return NULL;
+
+	json_object_set_serializer(jso, json_object_userdata_to_json_string,
+	    strdup(ds), json_object_free_userdata);
+	return jso;
+}
+
+int json_object_userdata_to_json_string(struct json_object *jso,
+	struct printbuf *pb, int level, int flags)
+{
+	int userdata_len = strlen(jso->_userdata);
+	printbuf_memappend(pb, jso->_userdata, userdata_len);
+	return userdata_len;
+}
+
+void json_object_free_userdata(struct json_object *jso, void *userdata)
+{
+	free(userdata);
+}
+
 double json_object_get_double(struct json_object *jso)
 {
   double cdouble;

json_object.h

@@ -197,6 +197,25 @@ extern void json_object_set_serializer(json_object *jso,
 	void *userdata,
 	json_object_delete_fn *user_delete);
 
+/**
+ * Simply call free on the userdata pointer.
+ * Can be used with json_object_set_serializer().
+ *
+ * @param jso unused
+ * @param userdata the pointer that is passed to free().
+ */
+json_object_delete_fn json_object_free_userdata;
+
+/**
+ * Copy the jso->_userdata string over to pb as-is.
+ * Can be used with json_object_set_serializer().
+ *
+ * @param jso The object whose _userdata is used.
+ * @param pb The destination buffer.
+ * @param level Ignored.
+ * @param flags Ignored.
+ */
+json_object_to_json_string_fn json_object_userdata_to_json_string;
 
 
 /* object type methods */
@@ -493,6 +512,29 @@ extern int64_t json_object_get_int64(struct json_object *obj);
  */
 extern struct json_object* json_object_new_double(double d);
 
+/**
+ * Create a new json_object of type json_type_double, using
+ * the exact serialized representation of the value.
+ *
+ * This allows for numbers that would otherwise get displayed
+ * inefficiently (e.g. 12.3 => "12.300000000000001") to be
+ * serialized with the more convenient form.
+ *
+ * Note: this is used by json_tokener_parse_ex() to allow for
+ *   an exact re-serialization of a parsed object.
+ *
+ * An equivalent sequence of calls is:
+ * @code
+ *   jso = json_object_new_double(d);
+ *   json_object_set_serializer(d, json_object_userdata_to_json_string,
+ *       strdup(ds), json_object_free_userdata)
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @param d the numeric value of the double.
+ * @param ds the string representation of the double.  This will be copied.
+ */
+extern struct json_object* json_object_new_double_s(double d, const char *ds);
+
 /** Get the double floating point value of a json_object
  *
  * The type is coerced to a double if the passed object is not a double.

json_tokener.c

@@ -599,8 +599,10 @@ struct json_object* json_tokener_parse_ex(struct json_tokener *tok,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		current = json_object_new_int64(num64);
-	} else if(tok->is_double && json_parse_double(tok->pb->buf, &numd) == 0) {
-          current = json_object_new_double(numd);
+	}
+	else if(tok->is_double && json_parse_double(tok->pb->buf, &numd) == 0)
+	{
+          current = json_object_new_double_s(numd, tok->pb->buf);
         } else {
           tok->err = json_tokener_error_parse_number;
           goto out;

tests/test_locale.expected

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-new_obj.to_string()=[ 1.200000, 3.400000, 123456.780000, 5.000000, 23000000000.000000 ]
-new_obj.to_string()=[1.2,3.4,123456.78,5.0,23000000000.0]
+new_obj.to_string()=[ 1.2, 3.4, 123456.78, 5.0, 2.3e10 ]
+new_obj.to_string()=[1.2,3.4,123456.78,5.0,2.3e10]

tests/test_parse.expected

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ new_obj.to_string()="ABC"
 new_obj.to_string()=null
 new_obj.to_string()=true
 new_obj.to_string()=12
-new_obj.to_string()=12.300000
+new_obj.to_string()=12.3
 new_obj.to_string()=[ "\n" ]
 new_obj.to_string()=[ "\nabc\n" ]
 new_obj.to_string()=[ null ]