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-rw-r--r--modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua58
1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua
index 42de3dd729..e5dff63ddb 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua
+++ b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua
@@ -710,6 +710,64 @@ function ubus(object, method, data)
end
end
+--- Convert data structure to JSON
+-- @param data The data to serialize
+-- @param writer A function to write a chunk of JSON data (optional)
+-- @return String containing the JSON if called without write callback
+function serialize_json(x, cb)
+ local rv, push = nil, cb
+ if not push then
+ rv = { }
+ push = function(tok) rv[#rv+1] = tok end
+ end
+
+ if x == nil then
+ push("null")
+ elseif type(x) == "table" then
+ -- test if table is array like
+ local k, v
+ local n1, n2 = 0, 0
+ for k in pairs(x) do n1 = n1 + 1 end
+ for k in ipairs(x) do n2 = n2 + 1 end
+
+ if n1 == n2 and n1 > 0 then
+ push("[")
+ for k = 1, n2 do
+ if k > 1 then
+ push(",")
+ end
+ serialize_json(x[k], push)
+ end
+ push("]")
+ else
+ push("{")
+ for k, v in pairs(x) do
+ push("%q:" % tostring(k))
+ serialize_json(v, push)
+ if next(x, k) then
+ push(",")
+ end
+ end
+ push("}")
+ end
+ elseif type(x) == "number" or type(x) == "boolean" then
+ if (x ~= x) then
+ -- NaN is the only value that doesn't equal to itself.
+ push("Number.NaN")
+ else
+ push(tostring(x))
+ end
+ else
+ push('"%s"' % tostring(x):gsub('["%z\1-\31]',
+ function(c) return '\\u%04x' % c:byte(1) end))
+ end
+
+ if not cb then
+ return table.concat(rv, "")
+ end
+end
+
+
--- Returns the absolute path to LuCI base directory.
-- @return String containing the directory path
function libpath()