cJSON.c

/*
  Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Gamble

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  THE SOFTWARE.
*/

/* cJSON */
/* JSON parser in C. */

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "cJSON.h"

/* Determine the number of bits that an integer has using the preprocessor */
#if INT_MAX == 32767
    /* 16 bits */
    #define INTEGER_SIZE 0x0010
#elif INT_MAX == 2147483647
    /* 32 bits */
    #define INTEGER_SIZE 0x0100
#elif INT_MAX == 9223372036854775807
    /* 64 bits */
    #define INTEGER_SIZE 0x1000
#else
    #error "Failed to determine the size of an integer"
#endif

/* define our own boolean type */
typedef int cjbool;
#define true ((cjbool)1)
#define false ((cjbool)0)

static const char *global_ep = NULL;

const char *cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
{
    return global_ep;
}

/* case insensitive strcmp */
static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
{
    if (!s1)
    {
        return (s1 == s2) ? 0 : 1; /* both NULL? */
    }
    if (!s2)
    {
        return 1;
    }
    for(; tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) == tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2); ++s1, ++s2)
    {
        if (*s1 == '\0')
        {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    return tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) - tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2);
}

static void *(*cJSON_malloc)(size_t sz) = malloc;
static void (*cJSON_free)(void *ptr) = free;

static char* cJSON_strdup(const char* str)
{
    size_t len = 0;
    char *copy = NULL;

    if (str == NULL)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    len = strlen(str) + 1;
    if (!(copy = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len)))
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    memcpy(copy, str, len);

    return copy;
}

void cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks)
{
    if (!hooks)
    {
        /* Reset hooks */
        cJSON_malloc = malloc;
        cJSON_free = free;
        return;
    }

    cJSON_malloc = (hooks->malloc_fn) ? hooks->malloc_fn : malloc;
    cJSON_free = (hooks->free_fn) ? hooks->free_fn : free;
}

/* Internal constructor. */
static cJSON *cJSON_New_Item(void)
{
    cJSON* node = (cJSON*)cJSON_malloc(sizeof(cJSON));
    if (node)
    {
        memset(node, '\0', sizeof(cJSON));
    }

    return node;
}

/* Delete a cJSON structure. */
void cJSON_Delete(cJSON *c)
{
    cJSON *next = NULL;
    while (c)
    {
        next = c->next;
        if (!(c->type & cJSON_IsReference) && c->child)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(c->child);
        }
        if (!(c->type & cJSON_IsReference) && c->valuestring)
        {
            cJSON_free(c->valuestring);
        }
        if (!(c->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && c->string)
        {
            cJSON_free(c->string);
        }
        cJSON_free(c);
        c = next;
    }
}

/* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
static const char *parse_number(cJSON *item, const char *num)
{
    double n = 0;
    double sign = 1;
    double scale = 0;
    int subscale = 0;
    int signsubscale = 1;

    /* Has sign? */
    if (*num == '-')
    {
        sign = -1;
        num++;
    }
    /* is zero */
    if (*num == '0')
    {
        num++;
    }
    /* Number? */
    if ((*num >= '1') && (*num <= '9'))
    {
        do
        {
            n = (n * 10.0) + (*num++ - '0');
        }
        while ((*num >= '0') && (*num<='9'));
    }
    /* Fractional part? */
    if ((*num == '.') && (num[1] >= '0') && (num[1] <= '9'))
    {
        num++;
        do
        {
            n = (n  *10.0) + (*num++ - '0');
            scale--;
        } while ((*num >= '0') && (*num <= '9'));
    }
    /* Exponent? */
    if ((*num == 'e') || (*num == 'E'))
    {
        num++;
        /* With sign? */
        if (*num == '+')
        {
            num++;
        }
        else if (*num == '-')
        {
            signsubscale = -1;
            num++;
        }
        /* Number? */
        while ((*num>='0') && (*num<='9'))
        {
            subscale = (subscale * 10) + (*num++ - '0');
        }
    }

    /* number = +/- number.fraction * 10^+/- exponent */
    n = sign * n * pow(10.0, (scale + subscale * signsubscale));

    item->valuedouble = n;
    item->valueint = (int)n;
    item->type = cJSON_Number;

    return num;
}

/* calculate the next largest power of 2 */
static int pow2gt (int x)
{
    --x;

    x |= x >> 1;
    x |= x >> 2;
    x |= x >> 4;
#if INTEGER_SIZE & 0x1110 /* at least 16 bit */
    x |= x >> 8;
#endif
#if INTEGER_SIZE & 0x1100 /* at least 32 bit */
    x |= x >> 16;
#endif
#if INT_SIZE & 0x1000 /* 64 bit */
    x |= x >> 32;
#endif

    return x + 1;
}

typedef struct
{
    char *buffer;
    int length;
    int offset;
    cjbool noalloc;
} printbuffer;

/* realloc printbuffer if necessary to have at least "needed" bytes more */
static char* ensure(printbuffer *p, int needed)
{
    char *newbuffer = NULL;
    int newsize = 0;
    if (!p || !p->buffer)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    needed += p->offset;
    if (needed <= p->length)
    {
        return p->buffer + p->offset;
    }

    if (p->noalloc) {
        return NULL;
    }

    newsize = pow2gt(needed);
    newbuffer = (char*)cJSON_malloc(newsize);
    if (!newbuffer)
    {
        cJSON_free(p->buffer);
        p->length = 0;
        p->buffer = NULL;

        return NULL;
    }
    if (newbuffer)
    {
        memcpy(newbuffer, p->buffer, p->length);
    }
    cJSON_free(p->buffer);
    p->length = newsize;
    p->buffer = newbuffer;

    return newbuffer + p->offset;
}

/* calculate the new length of the string in a printbuffer */
static int update(const printbuffer *p)
{
    char *str = NULL;
    if (!p || !p->buffer)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    str = p->buffer + p->offset;

    return p->offset + strlen(str);
}

/* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
static char *print_number(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
{
    char *str = NULL;
    double d = item->valuedouble;
    /* special case for 0. */
    if (d == 0)
    {
        if (p)
        {
            str = ensure(p, 2);
        }
        else
        {
            str = (char*)cJSON_malloc(2);
        }
        if (str)
        {
            strcpy(str,"0");
        }
    }
    /* value is an int */
    else if ((fabs(((double)item->valueint) - d) <= DBL_EPSILON) && (d <= INT_MAX) && (d >= INT_MIN))
    {
        if (p)
        {
            str = ensure(p, 21);
        }
        else
        {
            /* 2^64+1 can be represented in 21 chars. */
            str = (char*)cJSON_malloc(21);
        }
        if (str)
        {
            sprintf(str, "%d", item->valueint);
        }
    }
    /* value is a floating point number */
    else
    {
        if (p)
        {
            /* This is a nice tradeoff. */
            str = ensure(p, 64);
        }
        else
        {
            /* This is a nice tradeoff. */
            str=(char*)cJSON_malloc(64);
        }
        if (str)
        {
            /* This checks for NaN and Infinity */
            if ((d * 0) != 0)
            {
                sprintf(str, "null");
            }
            else if ((fabs(floor(d) - d) <= DBL_EPSILON) && (fabs(d) < 1.0e60))
            {
                sprintf(str, "%.0f", d);
            }
            else if ((fabs(d) < 1.0e-6) || (fabs(d) > 1.0e9))
            {
                sprintf(str, "%e", d);
            }
            else
            {
                sprintf(str, "%f", d);
            }
        }
    }
    return str;
}

/* parse 4 digit hexadecimal number */
static unsigned parse_hex4(const char *str)
{
    unsigned h = 0;
    /* first digit */
    if ((*str >= '0') && (*str <= '9'))
    {
        h += (*str) - '0';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'A') && (*str <= 'F'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'A';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'a') && (*str <= 'f'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'a';
    }
    else /* invalid */
    {
        return 0;
    }


    /* second digit */
    h = h << 4;
    str++;
    if ((*str >= '0') && (*str <= '9'))
    {
        h += (*str) - '0';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'A') && (*str <= 'F'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'A';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'a') && (*str <= 'f'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'a';
    }
    else /* invalid */
    {
        return 0;
    }

    /* third digit */
    h = h << 4;
    str++;
    if ((*str >= '0') && (*str <= '9'))
    {
        h += (*str) - '0';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'A') && (*str <= 'F'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'A';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'a') && (*str <= 'f'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'a';
    }
    else /* invalid */
    {
        return 0;
    }

    /* fourth digit */
    h = h << 4;
    str++;
    if ((*str >= '0') && (*str <= '9'))
    {
        h += (*str) - '0';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'A') && (*str <= 'F'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'A';
    }
    else if ((*str >= 'a') && (*str <= 'f'))
    {
        h += 10 + (*str) - 'a';
    }
    else /* invalid */
    {
        return 0;
    }

    return h;
}

/* first bytes of UTF8 encoding for a given length in bytes */
static const unsigned char firstByteMark[7] =
{
    0x00, /* should never happen */
    0x00, /* 0xxxxxxx */
    0xC0, /* 110xxxxx */
    0xE0, /* 1110xxxx */
    0xF0, /* 11110xxx */
    0xF8,
    0xFC
};

/* Parse the input text into an unescaped cstring, and populate item. */
static const char *parse_string(cJSON *item, const char *str, const char **ep)
{
    const char *ptr = str + 1;
    const char *end_ptr =str + 1;
    char *ptr2 = NULL;
    char *out = NULL;
    int len = 0;
    unsigned uc = 0;
    unsigned uc2 = 0;

    /* not a string! */
    if (*str != '\"')
    {
        *ep = str;
        return NULL;
    }

    while ((*end_ptr != '\"') && *end_ptr)
    {
        if (*end_ptr++ == '\\')
        {
            if (*end_ptr == '\0')
            {
                /* prevent buffer overflow when last input character is a backslash */
                return NULL;
            }
            /* Skip escaped quotes. */
            end_ptr++;
        }
        len++;
    }

    /* This is at most how long we need for the string, roughly. */
    out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 1);
    if (!out)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    item->valuestring = out; /* assign here so out will be deleted during cJSON_Delete() later */
    item->type = cJSON_String;

    ptr = str + 1;
    ptr2 = out;
    /* loop through the string literal */
    while (ptr < end_ptr)
    {
        if (*ptr != '\\')
        {
            *ptr2++ = *ptr++;
        }
        /* escape sequence */
        else
        {
            ptr++;
            switch (*ptr)
            {
                case 'b':
                    *ptr2++ = '\b';
                    break;
                case 'f':
                    *ptr2++ = '\f';
                    break;
                case 'n':
                    *ptr2++ = '\n';
                    break;
                case 'r':
                    *ptr2++ = '\r';
                    break;
                case 't':
                    *ptr2++ = '\t';
                    break;
                case '\"':
                case '\\':
                case '/':
                    *ptr2++ = *ptr;
                    break;
                case 'u':
                    /* transcode utf16 to utf8. See RFC2781 and RFC3629. */
                    uc = parse_hex4(ptr + 1); /* get the unicode char. */
                    ptr += 4;
                    if (ptr >= end_ptr)
                    {
                        /* invalid */
                        *ep = str;
                        return NULL;
                    }
                    /* check for invalid. */
                    if (((uc >= 0xDC00) && (uc <= 0xDFFF)) || (uc == 0))
                    {
                        *ep = str;
                        return NULL;
                    }

                    /* UTF16 surrogate pairs. */
                    if ((uc >= 0xD800) && (uc<=0xDBFF))
                    {
                        if ((ptr + 6) > end_ptr)
                        {
                            /* invalid */
                            *ep = str;
                            return NULL;
                        }
                        if ((ptr[1] != '\\') || (ptr[2] != 'u'))
                        {
                            /* missing second-half of surrogate. */
                            *ep = str;
                            return NULL;
                        }
                        uc2 = parse_hex4(ptr + 3);
                        ptr += 6; /* \uXXXX */
                        if ((uc2 < 0xDC00) || (uc2 > 0xDFFF))
                        {
                            /* invalid second-half of surrogate. */
                            *ep = str;
                            return NULL;
                        }
                        /* calculate unicode codepoint from the surrogate pair */
                        uc = 0x10000 + (((uc & 0x3FF) << 10) | (uc2 & 0x3FF));
                    }

                    /* encode as UTF8
                     * takes at maximum 4 bytes to encode:
                     * 11110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
                    len = 4;
                    if (uc < 0x80)
                    {
                        /* normal ascii, encoding 0xxxxxxx */
                        len = 1;
                    }
                    else if (uc < 0x800)
                    {
                        /* two bytes, encoding 110xxxxx 10xxxxxx */
                        len = 2;
                    }
                    else if (uc < 0x10000)
                    {
                        /* three bytes, encoding 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx */
                        len = 3;
                    }
                    ptr2 += len;

                    switch (len) {
                        case 4:
                            /* 10xxxxxx */
                            *--ptr2 = ((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF);
                            uc >>= 6;
                        case 3:
                            /* 10xxxxxx */
                            *--ptr2 = ((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF);
                            uc >>= 6;
                        case 2:
                            /* 10xxxxxx */
                            *--ptr2 = ((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF);
                            uc >>= 6;
                        case 1:
                            /* depending on the length in bytes this determines the
                             * encoding ofthe first UTF8 byte */
                            *--ptr2 = (uc | firstByteMark[len]);
                    }
                    ptr2 += len;
                    break;
                default:
                    *ep = str;
                    return NULL;
            }
            ptr++;
        }
    }
    *ptr2 = '\0';
    if (*ptr == '\"')
    {
        ptr++;
    }

    return ptr;
}

/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str, printbuffer *p)
{
    const char *ptr = NULL;
    char *ptr2 = NULL;
    char *out = NULL;
    int len = 0;
    cjbool flag = false;
    unsigned char token = '\0';

    /* empty string */
    if (!str)
    {
        if (p)
        {
            out = ensure(p, 3);
        }
        else
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
        }
        if (!out)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        strcpy(out, "\"\"");

        return out;
    }

    /* set "flag" to 1 if something needs to be escaped */
    for (ptr = str; *ptr; ptr++)
    {
        flag |= (((*ptr > 0) && (*ptr < 32)) /* unprintable characters */
                || (*ptr == '\"') /* double quote */
                || (*ptr == '\\')) /* backslash */
            ? 1
            : 0;
    }
    /* no characters have to be escaped */
    if (!flag)
    {
        len = ptr - str;
        if (p)
        {
            out = ensure(p, len + 3);
        }
        else
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
        }
        if (!out)
        {
            return NULL;
        }

        ptr2 = out;
        *ptr2++ = '\"';
        strcpy(ptr2, str);
        ptr2[len] = '\"';
        ptr2[len + 1] = '\0';

        return out;
    }

    ptr = str;
    /* calculate additional space that is needed for escaping */
    while ((token = *ptr))
    {
        ++len;
        if (strchr("\"\\\b\f\n\r\t", token))
        {
            len++; /* +1 for the backslash */
        }
        else if (token < 32)
        {
            len += 5; /* +5 for \uXXXX */
        }
        ptr++;
    }

    if (p)
    {
        out = ensure(p, len + 3);
    }
    else
    {
        out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len + 3);
    }
    if (!out)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    ptr2 = out;
    ptr = str;
    *ptr2++ = '\"';
    /* copy the string */
    while (*ptr)
    {
        if (((unsigned char)*ptr > 31) && (*ptr != '\"') && (*ptr != '\\'))
        {
            /* normal character, copy */
            *ptr2++ = *ptr++;
        }
        else
        {
            /* character needs to be escaped */
            *ptr2++ = '\\';
            switch (token = *ptr++)
            {
                case '\\':
                    *ptr2++ = '\\';
                    break;
                case '\"':
                    *ptr2++ = '\"';
                    break;
                case '\b':
                    *ptr2++ = 'b';
                    break;
                case '\f':
                    *ptr2++ = 'f';
                    break;
                case '\n':
                    *ptr2++ = 'n';
                    break;
                case '\r':
                    *ptr2++ = 'r';
                    break;
                case '\t':
                    *ptr2++ = 't';
                    break;
                default:
                    /* escape and print as unicode codepoint */
                    sprintf(ptr2, "u%04x", token);
                    ptr2 += 5;
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
    *ptr2++ = '\"';
    *ptr2++ = '\0';

    return out;
}

/* Invoke print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
static char *print_string(const cJSON *item, printbuffer *p)
{
    return print_string_ptr(item->valuestring, p);
}

/* Predeclare these prototypes. */
static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);
static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep);
static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p);

/* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
static const char *skip(const char *in)
{
    while (in && *in && ((unsigned char)*in<=32))
    {
        in++;
    }

    return in;
}

/* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value, const char **return_parse_end, cjbool require_null_terminated)
{
    const char *end = NULL;
    /* use global error pointer if no specific one was given */
    const char **ep = return_parse_end ? return_parse_end : &global_ep;
    cJSON *c = cJSON_New_Item();
    *ep = NULL;
    if (!c) /* memory fail */
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    end = parse_value(c, skip(value), ep);
    if (!end)
    {
        /* parse failure. ep is set. */
        cJSON_Delete(c);
        return NULL;
    }

    /* if we require null-terminated JSON without appended garbage, skip and then check for a null terminator */
    if (require_null_terminated)
    {
        end = skip(end);
        if (*end)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(c);
            *ep = end;
            return NULL;
        }
    }
    if (return_parse_end)
    {
        *return_parse_end = end;
    }

    return c;
}

/* Default options for cJSON_Parse */
cJSON *cJSON_Parse(const char *value)
{
    return cJSON_ParseWithOpts(value, 0, 0);
}

/* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
char *cJSON_Print(const cJSON *item)
{
    return print_value(item, 0, 1, 0);
}

char *cJSON_PrintUnformatted(const cJSON *item)
{
    return print_value(item, 0, 0, 0);
}

char *cJSON_PrintBuffered(const cJSON *item, int prebuffer, cjbool fmt)
{
    printbuffer p;
    p.buffer = (char*)cJSON_malloc(prebuffer);
    if (!p.buffer)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    p.length = prebuffer;
    p.offset = 0;
    p.noalloc = false;

    return print_value(item, 0, fmt, &p);
}

int cJSON_PrintPreallocated(cJSON *item,char *buf, const int len, const cjbool fmt)
{
    printbuffer p;
    p.buffer = buf;
    p.length = len;
    p.offset = 0;
    p.noalloc = true;
    return print_value(item,0,fmt,&p) != NULL;
}

/* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
{
    if (!value)
    {
        /* Fail on null. */
        return NULL;
    }

    /* parse the different types of values */
    if (!strncmp(value, "null", 4))
    {
        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
        return value + 4;
    }
    if (!strncmp(value, "false", 5))
    {
        item->type = cJSON_False;
        return value + 5;
    }
    if (!strncmp(value, "true", 4))
    {
        item->type = cJSON_True;
        item->valueint = 1;
        return value + 4;
    }
    if (*value == '\"')
    {
        return parse_string(item, value, ep);
    }
    if ((*value == '-') || ((*value >= '0') && (*value <= '9')))
    {
        return parse_number(item, value);
    }
    if (*value == '[')
    {
        return parse_array(item, value, ep);
    }
    if (*value == '{')
    {
        return parse_object(item, value, ep);
    }

    /* failure. */
    *ep = value;
    return NULL;
}

/* Render a value to text. */
static char *print_value(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
{
    char *out = NULL;

    if (!item)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    if (p)
    {
        switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
        {
            case cJSON_NULL:
                out = ensure(p, 5);
                if (out)
                {
                    strcpy(out, "null");
                }
                break;
            case cJSON_False:
                out = ensure(p, 6);
                if (out)
                {
                    strcpy(out, "false");
                }
                break;
            case cJSON_True:
                out = ensure(p, 5);
                if (out)
                {
                    strcpy(out, "true");
                }
                break;
            case cJSON_Number:
                out = print_number(item, p);
                break;
            case cJSON_Raw:
            {
                size_t raw_length = 0;
                if (item->valuestring == NULL)
                {
                    if (!p->noalloc)
                    {
                        cJSON_free(p->buffer);
                    }
                    out = NULL;
                    break;
                }

                raw_length = strlen(item->valuestring) + sizeof('\0');
                out = ensure(p, raw_length);
                if (out)
                {
                    memcpy(out, item->valuestring, raw_length);
                }
                break;
            }
            case cJSON_String:
                out = print_string(item, p);
                break;
            case cJSON_Array:
                out = print_array(item, depth, fmt, p);
                break;
            case cJSON_Object:
                out = print_object(item, depth, fmt, p);
                break;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        switch ((item->type) & 0xFF)
        {
            case cJSON_NULL:
                out = cJSON_strdup("null");
                break;
            case cJSON_False:
                out = cJSON_strdup("false");
                break;
            case cJSON_True:
                out = cJSON_strdup("true");
                break;
            case cJSON_Number:
                out = print_number(item, 0);
                break;
            case cJSON_Raw:
                out = cJSON_strdup(item->valuestring);
                break;
            case cJSON_String:
                out = print_string(item, 0);
                break;
            case cJSON_Array:
                out = print_array(item, depth, fmt, 0);
                break;
            case cJSON_Object:
                out = print_object(item, depth, fmt, 0);
                break;
        }
    }

    return out;
}

/* Build an array from input text. */
static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item,const char *value,const char **ep)
{
    cJSON *child = NULL;
    if (*value != '[')
    {
        /* not an array! */
        *ep = value;
        return NULL;
    }

    item->type = cJSON_Array;
    value = skip(value + 1);
    if (*value == ']')
    {
        /* empty array. */
        return value + 1;
    }

    item->child = child = cJSON_New_Item();
    if (!item->child)
    {
        /* memory fail */
        return NULL;
    }
    /* skip any spacing, get the value. */
    value = skip(parse_value(child, skip(value), ep));
    if (!value)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    /* loop through the comma separated array elements */
    while (*value == ',')
    {
        cJSON *new_item = NULL;
        if (!(new_item = cJSON_New_Item()))
        {
            /* memory fail */
            return NULL;
        }
        /* add new item to end of the linked list */
        child->next = new_item;
        new_item->prev = child;
        child = new_item;

        /* go to the next comma */
        value = skip(parse_value(child, skip(value + 1), ep));
        if (!value)
        {
            /* memory fail */
            return NULL;
        }
    }

    if (*value == ']')
    {
        /* end of array */
        return value + 1;
    }

    /* malformed. */
    *ep = value;

    return NULL;
}

/* Render an array to text */
static char *print_array(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
{
    char **entries;
    char *out = NULL;
    char *ptr = NULL;
    char *ret = NULL;
    int len = 5;
    cJSON *child = item->child;
    int numentries = 0;
    int i = 0;
    cjbool fail = false;
    size_t tmplen = 0;

    /* How many entries in the array? */
    while (child)
    {
        numentries++;
        child = child->next;
    }

    /* Explicitly handle numentries == 0 */
    if (!numentries)
    {
        if (p)
        {
            out = ensure(p, 3);
        }
        else
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
        }
        if (out)
        {
            strcpy(out,"[]");
        }

        return out;
    }

    if (p)
    {
        /* Compose the output array. */
        /* opening square bracket */
        i = p->offset;
        ptr = ensure(p, 1);
        if (!ptr)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        *ptr = '[';
        p->offset++;

        child = item->child;
        while (child && !fail)
        {
            if (!print_value(child, depth + 1, fmt, p))
            {
                return NULL;
            }
            p->offset = update(p);
            if (child->next)
            {
                len = fmt ? 2 : 1;
                ptr = ensure(p, len + 1);
                if (!ptr)
                {
                    return NULL;
                }
                *ptr++ = ',';
                if(fmt)
                {
                    *ptr++ = ' ';
                }
                *ptr = '\0';
                p->offset += len;
            }
            child = child->next;
        }
        ptr = ensure(p, 2);
        if (!ptr)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        *ptr++ = ']';
        *ptr = '\0';
        out = (p->buffer) + i;
    }
    else
    {
        /* Allocate an array to hold the pointers to all printed values */
        entries = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
        if (!entries)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        memset(entries, '\0', numentries * sizeof(char*));

        /* Retrieve all the results: */
        child = item->child;
        while (child && !fail)
        {
            ret = print_value(child, depth + 1, fmt, 0);
            entries[i++] = ret;
            if (ret)
            {
                len += strlen(ret) + 2 + (fmt ? 1 : 0);
            }
            else
            {
                fail = true;
            }
            child = child->next;
        }

        /* If we didn't fail, try to malloc the output string */
        if (!fail)
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
        }
        /* If that fails, we fail. */
        if (!out)
        {
            fail = true;
        }

        /* Handle failure. */
        if (fail)
        {
            /* free all the entries in the array */
            for (i = 0; i < numentries; i++)
            {
                if (entries[i])
                {
                    cJSON_free(entries[i]);
                }
            }
            cJSON_free(entries);
            return NULL;
        }

        /* Compose the output array. */
        *out='[';
        ptr = out + 1;
        *ptr = '\0';
        for (i = 0; i < numentries; i++)
        {
            tmplen = strlen(entries[i]);
            memcpy(ptr, entries[i], tmplen);
            ptr += tmplen;
            if (i != (numentries - 1))
            {
                *ptr++ = ',';
                if(fmt)
                {
                    *ptr++ = ' ';
                }
                *ptr = '\0';
            }
            cJSON_free(entries[i]);
        }
        cJSON_free(entries);
        *ptr++ = ']';
        *ptr++ = '\0';
    }

    return out;
}

/* Build an object from the text. */
static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item, const char *value, const char **ep)
{
    cJSON *child = NULL;
    if (*value != '{')
    {
        /* not an object! */
        *ep = value;
        return NULL;
    }

    item->type = cJSON_Object;
    value = skip(value + 1);
    if (*value == '}')
    {
        /* empty object. */
        return value + 1;
    }

    child = cJSON_New_Item();
    item->child = child;
    if (!item->child)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    /* parse first key */
    value = skip(parse_string(child, skip(value), ep));
    if (!value)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    /* use string as key, not value */
    child->string = child->valuestring;
    child->valuestring = NULL;

    if (*value != ':')
    {
        /* invalid object. */
        *ep = value;
        return NULL;
    }
    /* skip any spacing, get the value. */
    value = skip(parse_value(child, skip(value + 1), ep));
    if (!value)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    while (*value == ',')
    {
        cJSON *new_item = NULL;
        if (!(new_item = cJSON_New_Item()))
        {
            /* memory fail */
            return NULL;
        }
        /* add to linked list */
        child->next = new_item;
        new_item->prev = child;

        child = new_item;
        value = skip(parse_string(child, skip(value + 1), ep));
        if (!value)
        {
            return NULL;
        }

        /* use string as key, not value */
        child->string = child->valuestring;
        child->valuestring = NULL;

        if (*value != ':')
        {
            /* invalid object. */
            *ep = value;
            return NULL;
        }
        /* skip any spacing, get the value. */
        value = skip(parse_value(child, skip(value + 1), ep));
        if (!value)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
    }
    /* end of object */
    if (*value == '}')
    {
        return value + 1;
    }

    /* malformed */
    *ep = value;
    return NULL;
}

/* Render an object to text. */
static char *print_object(const cJSON *item, int depth, cjbool fmt, printbuffer *p)
{
    char **entries = NULL;
    char **names = NULL;
    char *out = NULL;
    char *ptr = NULL;
    char *ret = NULL;
    char *str = NULL;
    int len = 7;
    int i = 0;
    int j = 0;
    cJSON *child = item->child;
    int numentries = 0;
    cjbool fail = false;
    size_t tmplen = 0;

    /* Count the number of entries. */
    while (child)
    {
        numentries++;
        child = child->next;
    }

    /* Explicitly handle empty object case */
    if (!numentries)
    {
        if (p)
        {
            out = ensure(p, fmt ? depth + 4 : 3);
        }
        else
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(fmt ? depth + 4 : 3);
        }
        if (!out)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        ptr = out;
        *ptr++ = '{';
        if (fmt) {
            *ptr++ = '\n';
            for (i = 0; i < depth; i++)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\t';
            }
        }
        *ptr++ = '}';
        *ptr++ = '\0';

        return out;
    }

    if (p)
    {
        /* Compose the output: */
        i = p->offset;
        len = fmt ? 2 : 1; /* fmt: {\n */
        ptr = ensure(p, len + 1);
        if (!ptr)
        {
            return NULL;
        }

        *ptr++ = '{';
        if (fmt)
        {
            *ptr++ = '\n';
        }
        *ptr = '\0';
        p->offset += len;

        child = item->child;
        depth++;
        while (child)
        {
            if (fmt)
            {
                ptr = ensure(p, depth);
                if (!ptr)
                {
                    return NULL;
                }
                for (j = 0; j < depth; j++)
                {
                    *ptr++ = '\t';
                }
                p->offset += depth;
            }

            /* print key */
            if (!print_string_ptr(child->string, p))
            {
                return NULL;
            }
            p->offset = update(p);

            len = fmt ? 2 : 1;
            ptr = ensure(p, len);
            if (!ptr)
            {
                return NULL;
            }
            *ptr++ = ':';
            if (fmt)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\t';
            }
            p->offset+=len;

            /* print value */
            if (!print_value(child, depth, fmt, p))
            {
                return NULL;
            };
            p->offset = update(p);

            /* print comma if not last */
            len = (fmt ? 1 : 0) + (child->next ? 1 : 0);
            ptr = ensure(p, len + 1);
            if (!ptr)
            {
                return NULL;
            }
            if (child->next)
            {
                *ptr++ = ',';
            }

            if (fmt)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\n';
            }
            *ptr = '\0';
            p->offset += len;

            child = child->next;
        }

        ptr = ensure(p, fmt ? (depth + 1) : 2);
        if (!ptr)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        if (fmt)
        {
            for (i = 0; i < (depth - 1); i++)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\t';
            }
        }
        *ptr++ = '}';
        *ptr = '\0';
        out = (p->buffer) + i;
    }
    else
    {
        /* Allocate space for the names and the objects */
        entries = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
        if (!entries)
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        names = (char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries * sizeof(char*));
        if (!names)
        {
            cJSON_free(entries);
            return NULL;
        }
        memset(entries, '\0', sizeof(char*) * numentries);
        memset(names, '\0', sizeof(char*) * numentries);

        /* Collect all the results into our arrays: */
        child = item->child;
        depth++;
        if (fmt)
        {
            len += depth;
        }
        while (child && !fail)
        {
            names[i] = str = print_string_ptr(child->string, 0); /* print key */
            entries[i++] = ret = print_value(child, depth, fmt, 0);
            if (str && ret)
            {
                len += strlen(ret) + strlen(str) + 2 + (fmt ? 2 + depth : 0);
            }
            else
            {
                fail = true;
            }
            child = child->next;
        }

        /* Try to allocate the output string */
        if (!fail)
        {
            out = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
        }
        if (!out)
        {
            fail = true;
        }

        /* Handle failure */
        if (fail)
        {
            /* free all the printed keys and values */
            for (i = 0; i < numentries; i++)
            {
                if (names[i])
                {
                    cJSON_free(names[i]);
                }
                if (entries[i])
                {
                    cJSON_free(entries[i]);
                }
            }
            cJSON_free(names);
            cJSON_free(entries);
            return NULL;
        }

        /* Compose the output: */
        *out = '{';
        ptr = out + 1;
        if (fmt)
        {
            *ptr++ = '\n';
        }
        *ptr = '\0';
        for (i = 0; i < numentries; i++)
        {
            if (fmt)
            {
                for (j = 0; j < depth; j++)
                {
                    *ptr++='\t';
                }
            }
            tmplen = strlen(names[i]);
            memcpy(ptr, names[i], tmplen);
            ptr += tmplen;
            *ptr++ = ':';
            if (fmt)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\t';
            }
            strcpy(ptr, entries[i]);
            ptr += strlen(entries[i]);
            if (i != (numentries - 1))
            {
                *ptr++ = ',';
            }
            if (fmt)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\n';
            }
            *ptr = '\0';
            cJSON_free(names[i]);
            cJSON_free(entries[i]);
        }

        cJSON_free(names);
        cJSON_free(entries);
        if (fmt)
        {
            for (i = 0; i < (depth - 1); i++)
            {
                *ptr++ = '\t';
            }
        }
        *ptr++ = '}';
        *ptr++ = '\0';
    }

    return out;
}

/* Get Array size/item / object item. */
int    cJSON_GetArraySize(const cJSON *array)
{
    cJSON *c = array->child;
    int i = 0;
    while(c)
    {
        i++;
        c = c->next;
    }
    return i;
}

cJSON *cJSON_GetArrayItem(const cJSON *array, int item)
{
    cJSON *c = array ? array->child : NULL;
    while (c && item > 0)
    {
        item--;
        c = c->next;
    }

    return c;
}

cJSON *cJSON_GetObjectItem(const cJSON *object, const char *string)
{
    cJSON *c = object ? object->child : NULL;
    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string, string))
    {
        c = c->next;
    }
    return c;
}

cjbool cJSON_HasObjectItem(const cJSON *object,const char *string)
{
    return cJSON_GetObjectItem(object, string) ? 1 : 0;
}

/* Utility for array list handling. */
static void suffix_object(cJSON *prev, cJSON *item)
{
    prev->next = item;
    item->prev = prev;
}

/* Utility for handling references. */
static cJSON *create_reference(const cJSON *item)
{
    cJSON *ref = cJSON_New_Item();
    if (!ref)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    memcpy(ref, item, sizeof(cJSON));
    ref->string = NULL;
    ref->type |= cJSON_IsReference;
    ref->next = ref->prev = NULL;
    return ref;
}

/* Add item to array/object. */
void   cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
{
    cJSON *c = array->child;
    if (!item)
    {
        return;
    }
    if (!c)
    {
        /* list is empty, start new one */
        array->child = item;
    }
    else
    {
        /* append to the end */
        while (c->next)
        {
            c = c->next;
        }
        suffix_object(c, item);
    }
}

void   cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
{
    if (!item)
    {
        return;
    }

    /* free old key and set new one */
    if (item->string)
    {
        cJSON_free(item->string);
    }
    item->string = cJSON_strdup(string);

    cJSON_AddItemToArray(object,item);
}

/* Add an item to an object with constant string as key */
void   cJSON_AddItemToObjectCS(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
{
    if (!item)
    {
        return;
    }
    if (!(item->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && item->string)
    {
        cJSON_free(item->string);
    }
#pragma GCC diagnostic push
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wcast-qual"
    item->string = (char*)string;
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
    item->type |= cJSON_StringIsConst;
    cJSON_AddItemToArray(object, item);
}

void cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)
{
    cJSON_AddItemToArray(array, create_reference(item));
}

void cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *item)
{
    cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, string, create_reference(item));
}

cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
{
    cJSON *c = array->child;
    while (c && (which > 0))
    {
        c = c->next;
        which--;
    }
    if (!c)
    {
        /* item doesn't exist */
        return NULL;
    }
    if (c->prev)
    {
        /* not the first element */
        c->prev->next = c->next;
    }
    if (c->next)
    {
        c->next->prev = c->prev;
    }
    if (c==array->child)
    {
        array->child = c->next;
    }
    /* make sure the detached item doesn't point anywhere anymore */
    c->prev = c->next = NULL;

    return c;
}

void cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array, int which)
{
    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(array, which));
}

cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *c = object->child;
    while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string,string))
    {
        i++;
        c = c->next;
    }
    if (c)
    {
        return cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(object, i);
    }

    return NULL;
}

void cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object, const char *string)
{
    cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(object, string));
}

/* Replace array/object items with new ones. */
void cJSON_InsertItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
{
    cJSON *c = array->child;
    while (c && (which > 0))
    {
        c = c->next;
        which--;
    }
    if (!c)
    {
        cJSON_AddItemToArray(array, newitem);
        return;
    }
    newitem->next = c;
    newitem->prev = c->prev;
    c->prev = newitem;
    if (c == array->child)
    {
        array->child = newitem;
    }
    else
    {
        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
    }
}

void cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array, int which, cJSON *newitem)
{
    cJSON *c = array->child;
    while (c && (which > 0))
    {
        c = c->next;
        which--;
    }
    if (!c)
    {
        return;
    }
    newitem->next = c->next;
    newitem->prev = c->prev;
    if (newitem->next)
    {
        newitem->next->prev = newitem;
    }
    if (c == array->child)
    {
        array->child = newitem;
    }
    else
    {
        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
    }
    c->next = c->prev = NULL;
    cJSON_Delete(c);
}

void cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object, const char *string, cJSON *newitem)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *c = object->child;
    while(c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string, string))
    {
        i++;
        c = c->next;
    }
    if(c)
    {
        /* free the old string if not const */
        if (!(newitem->type & cJSON_StringIsConst) && newitem->string)
        {
             cJSON_free(newitem->string);
        }

        newitem->string = cJSON_strdup(string);
        cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(object, i, newitem);
    }
}

/* Create basic types: */
cJSON *cJSON_CreateNull(void)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_NULL;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateTrue(void)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_True;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateFalse(void)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_False;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateBool(cjbool b)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = b ? cJSON_True : cJSON_False;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateNumber(double num)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_Number;
        item->valuedouble = num;
        item->valueint = (int)num;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_String;
        item->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(string);
        if(!item->valuestring)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(item);
            return NULL;
        }
    }

    return item;
}

extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateRaw(const char *raw)
{
	cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
	if(item)
	{
		item->type = cJSON_Raw;
		item->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(raw);
		if(!item->valuestring)
		{
			cJSON_Delete(item);
			return 0;
		}
	}
	
	return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateArray(void)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if(item)
    {
        item->type=cJSON_Array;
    }

    return item;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateObject(void)
{
    cJSON *item = cJSON_New_Item();
    if (item)
    {
        item->type = cJSON_Object;
    }

    return item;
}

/* Create Arrays: */
cJSON *cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers, int count)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *n = NULL;
    cJSON *p = NULL;
    cJSON *a = cJSON_CreateArray();
    for(i = 0; a && (i < count); i++)
    {
        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
        if (!n)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(a);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(!i)
        {
            a->child = n;
        }
        else
        {
            suffix_object(p, n);
        }
        p = n;
    }

    return a;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers, int count)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *n = NULL;
    cJSON *p = NULL;
    cJSON *a = cJSON_CreateArray();
    for(i = 0; a && (i < count); i++)
    {
        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
        if(!n)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(a);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(!i)
        {
            a->child = n;
        }
        else
        {
            suffix_object(p, n);
        }
        p = n;
    }

    return a;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers, int count)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *n = NULL;
    cJSON *p = NULL;
    cJSON *a = cJSON_CreateArray();
    for(i = 0;a && (i < count); i++)
    {
        n = cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);
        if(!n)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(a);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(!i)
        {
            a->child = n;
        }
        else
        {
            suffix_object(p, n);
        }
        p = n;
    }

    return a;
}

cJSON *cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings, int count)
{
    int i = 0;
    cJSON *n = NULL;
    cJSON *p = NULL;
    cJSON *a = cJSON_CreateArray();
    for (i = 0; a && (i < count); i++)
    {
        n = cJSON_CreateString(strings[i]);
        if(!n)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(a);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(!i)
        {
            a->child = n;
        }
        else
        {
            suffix_object(p,n);
        }
        p = n;
    }

    return a;
}

/* Duplication */
cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(const cJSON *item, cjbool recurse)
{
    cJSON *newitem = NULL;
    cJSON *cptr = NULL;
    cJSON *nptr = NULL;
    cJSON *newchild = NULL;

    /* Bail on bad ptr */
    if (!item)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    /* Create new item */
    newitem = cJSON_New_Item();
    if (!newitem)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    /* Copy over all vars */
    newitem->type = item->type & (~cJSON_IsReference);
    newitem->valueint = item->valueint;
    newitem->valuedouble = item->valuedouble;
    if (item->valuestring)
    {
        newitem->valuestring = cJSON_strdup(item->valuestring);
        if (!newitem->valuestring)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(newitem);
            return NULL;
        }
    }
    if (item->string)
    {
        newitem->string = (item->type&cJSON_StringIsConst) ? item->string : cJSON_strdup(item->string);
        if (!newitem->string)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(newitem);
            return NULL;
        }
    }
    /* If non-recursive, then we're done! */
    if (!recurse)
    {
        return newitem;
    }
    /* Walk the ->next chain for the child. */
    cptr = item->child;
    while (cptr)
    {
        newchild = cJSON_Duplicate(cptr, 1); /* Duplicate (with recurse) each item in the ->next chain */
        if (!newchild)
        {
            cJSON_Delete(newitem);
            return NULL;
        }
        if (nptr)
        {
            /* If newitem->child already set, then crosswire ->prev and ->next and move on */
            nptr->next = newchild;
            newchild->prev = nptr;
            nptr = newchild;
        }
        else
        {
            /* Set newitem->child and move to it */
            newitem->child = newchild; nptr = newchild;
        }
        cptr = cptr->next;
    }

    return newitem;
}

void cJSON_Minify(char *json)
{
    char *into = json;
    while (*json)
    {
        if (*json == ' ')
        {
            json++;
        }
        else if (*json == '\t')
        {
            /* Whitespace characters. */
            json++;
        }
        else if (*json == '\r')
        {
            json++;
        }
        else if (*json=='\n')
        {
            json++;
        }
        else if ((*json == '/') && (json[1] == '/'))
        {
            /* double-slash comments, to end of line. */
            while (*json && (*json != '\n'))
            {
                json++;
            }
        }
        else if ((*json == '/') && (json[1] == '*'))
        {
            /* multiline comments. */
            while (*json && !((*json == '*') && (json[1] == '/')))
            {
                json++;
            }
            json += 2;
        }
        else if (*json == '\"')
        {
            /* string literals, which are \" sensitive. */
            *into++ = *json++;
            while (*json && (*json != '\"'))
            {
                if (*json == '\\')
                {
                    *into++=*json++;
                }
                *into++ = *json++;
            }
            *into++ = *json++;
        }
        else
        {
            /* All other characters. */
            *into++ = *json++;
        }
    }

    /* and null-terminate. */
    *into = '\0';
}