http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Content/icons/flame.ico http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Content/icons/flame.png 2010-04-16T18:47:00Z This is the Oxite Sample description http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/atom Oxite http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Blog/json-pretty-printerbeautifier-library-for-net 2010-04-17T06:06:35.627Z 2010-04-16T18:47:00Z Admin <p>In the current project I'm working on, I need to create a lot of configuration/data files for when the application builds the database (Fluent-Nhibernate). This appears necessary because the application must populate the database with some default mostly static domain objects that are required for the application to begin working normally.</p> <p> The two main .net json Beautifiers were <a href="http://jayrock.berlios.de/">Jayrock</a>, and the C# source code of a "quick and dirty" json pretty printer <a href="http://weblog.cynosura.eu/post/2010/03/06/Json-Pretty-Printer.aspx"> by Raymond Glover </a>. I actually like Raymond's a little better, because Jayrock is more of a general purpose Json library rather than being focused on pretty printing. </p> <p> Raymond's was cool, but I wanted one that would conform exactly to a specific json beautifier <a href="http://www.jsonlint.com/"> JsonLint </a>. Seeing how short and easy it was for Raymond, I decide to write my own json beautifier/pretty printer and wire it up to my blog. I think I mostly wanted an excuse to use the strategy pattern in a situation where it appeared to be needed. </p> <p><textarea id="json-text" cols="80" rows="10" wrap="off"></textarea></p> <p><button id="beautify-json-button">Beautify Json</button> </p> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#beautify-json-button").click( function () { var inputJson = $('#json-text').val(); $.post("/oxitesample/JsonPrettyPrinter/BeautifyJson", { "unprettyJson" : inputJson }, function(data){ $('#json-text').val(data); }, "json"); }); }); </script> <p><a href="http://www.markdavidrogers.com/files/JsonPrettyPrinterPlus.dll">You can download the DLL here (using .net framework 3.5). [10k]</a> or the <a href="http://www.markdavidrogers.com/files/JsonPrettyPrinterPlus.zip">source code here. [223k, zip]</a></p> <p> You can use the pretty printer object or just the extension methods I've provided. I've included json and/or beautifing extension methods, for ease of use.</p>