EXPARSE1

This example program demonstrates the basic structure of an RPG program utilizing RPG-XML Suite to parse JSON data.


H DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP(*CALLER) BNDDIR('RXSBND')
 /copy QRPGLECPY,RXSCB
D JSONHandler     PR              N
D  pType                         5I 0 Const
D  pPath                              Const Like(RXS_Var64Kv_t)
D  pIndex                       10U 0 Const
D  pData                          *   Const
D  pDataLen                     10U 0 Const
D Json            S                   Like(RXS_Var64Kv_t)
D ParseJsonDS     DS                  LikeDS(RXS_ParseJsonDS_t)
 /FREE
 
  Json = '{ "glossary": { "title":'
       + ' "example glossary", "GlossDiv": { "title": "S", "'
       + 'GlossList": [ { "ID": "SGML", "SortAs": "SGML", "'
       + 'GlossTerm": "Standard Generalized Markup Language", "Ac'
       + 'ronym": "SGML", "Abbrev": "ISO 8879:1986", "GlossDe'
       + 'f": "A meta-markup language, used to create markup langua'
       + 'ges such as DocBook.", "GlossSeeAlso": ["GML", "XML"'
       + ', "markup", "test"] } ] } } }';
 
  monitor;
    // Use RXS_ResetDS to ensure that RXS templated data structures are 
    //  properly configured before use
    RXS_ResetDS( ParseJsonDS : RXS_DS_TYPE_PARSEJSON );
    
    // The JSON parsing in RXS functions via an "event-based" method.
    //  Basically, you will create a "handler" subprocedure that will
    //  be called by RXS_ParseJson once for each "event" detected in
    //  the JSON being parsed. An event is one of the following:
    //  - beginning of an JSON Array (RXS_JSON_ARRAY_BEGIN)
    //  - end of an JSON Array (RXS_JSON_ARRAY_END)
    //  - beginning of an JSON Object (RXS_JSON_OBJECT_BEGIN)
    //  - end of an JSON Object (RXS_JSON_OBJECT_END)
    //  - a JSON string value (RXS_JSON_STRING)
    //  - a JSON integer value (RXS_JSON_INTEGER)
    //  - a JSON double (float) value (RXS_JSON_DOUBLE)
    //  - a JSON boolean (indicator) value (RXS_JSON_BOOLEAN)
    //  - a JSON null value (RXS_JSON_NULL)
    // Inside the "handler" subprocedure (named JSONHandler here), you
    //  will receive a number of parameters that describe the data
    //  associated with the event detected. JSONHandler() explains this
    //  in more detail
    ParseJsonDS.Handler = %Paddr( JSONHandler );
    RXS_ParseJson( Json : ParseJsonDS );

  on-error;
  endmon;

  *INLR = *ON;
  return;

 /END-FREE


P JSONHandler     B                   Export
D                 PI              N
D  pType                         5I 0 Const
D  pPath                              Const Like(RXS_Var64Kv_t)
D  pIndex                       10U 0 Const
D  pData                          *   Const
D  pDataLen                     10U 0 Const
 *
D ParsedData      S                   Like(RXS_Var1Kv_t)
 /FREE

  // JSONHandler must always be specified with the exact same prototype
  //  - the same number of parameters, the same number of field types, in
  //  the same order, etc. The parameters are:
  //
  // - pType = the event type, e.g. RXS_JSON_STRING, RXS_JSON_ARRAY_BEGIN,
  //    etc.
  // - pPath = XPath like syntax that indicates where in the JSON
  //    structure being parsed we are located. You can "drill down" with
  //    slashes (e.g. /object1/field1 corresponds to a 'field1' inside
  //    a parent object named 'object1', and you can indicate when a JSON
  //    JSON Array is present via [*] - further explanation below.
  // -pIndex = If the JSON object/event we're handling is a child of a
  //    JSON Array, this will indicate the 'index", e.g. the position of
  //    this object within the array, starting from a value of 1. This
  //    parameter is not relevant for objects/events noSt inside an array
  // -pData = Pointer to the actual data returned. This will only be set
  //    for RXS_JSON_STRING, RXS_JSON_INTEGER, RXS_JSON_DOUBLE, and
  //    RXS_JSON_BOOLEAN. It is technically also set for RXS_JSON_NULL,
  //    but will be an RPG *Null value. For RXS_JSON_OBJECT,
  //    RXS_JSON_OBJECT_END, RXS_JSON_ARRAY, and RXS_JSON_ARRAY_END,
  //    this will also be *Null as there isn't any data associated with
  //    these events.
  // -pDataLen = Length of the object. Typically this is used as the
  //    length of pData as a call to RXS_STR() as seen below, but pDataLen
  //    is also set to either the total length of a JSON Array or the
  //    number of "first tier" fields in a JSON Object

  // We're going to grab the content of the JSON object that was passed
  //  to JSONHandler, assuming that the object HAS content, e.g. it is
  //  a string, integer, double, or boolean.
  if pData <> *Null and pDataLen > 0;
    ParsedData = RXS_STR( pData : pDataLen );
  endif;

  select;
    // For JSON parsing with RXS, a [*] being part of the path indicates
    //  that an array is involved. If you need to know the specific
    //  position in the array you can look at the pIndex value. Note that
    //  for nested arrays pIndex will show the position of the deepest
    //  JSON Array in the path.

    when pPath = '/';
      RXS_JobLog( 'Root object (length %s)' : %Char(pDataLen) );

    when pPath = '/glossary';
      RXS_JobLog( 'glossary object (length %s)' : %Char(pDataLen) );

    when pPath = '/glossary/title';
      RXS_JobLog( 'glossary title: %s' : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/title';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossDiv title: %s' : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]';
      if pType = RXS_JSON_ARRAY;
        RXS_JobLog( 'Begin GlossList Array (length %s)'
                  : %Char(pDataLen) );
      elseif pType = RXS_JSON_ARRAY_END;
        RXS_JobLog( 'End GlossList Array (length %s)'
                  : %Char(pDataLen) );
      endif;

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/ID';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s ID: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/SortAs';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s SortAs: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/GlossTerm';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s GlossTerm: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/Acronym';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s Acronym: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/Abbrev';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s Abbrev: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/GlossDef';
      RXS_JobLog( 'GlossList Array#%s GlossDef: %s'
                : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );

    when pPath = '/glossary/GlossDiv/GlossList[*]/GlossSeeAlso[*]';
      if pType = RXS_JSON_ARRAY;
        RXS_JobLog( 'Begin GlossSeeAlso Array (length %s)'
                  : %Char(pDataLen) );
      elseif pType = RXS_JSON_ARRAY_END;
        RXS_JobLog( 'End GlossSeeAlso Array (length %s)'
                  : %Char(pDataLen) );
      else;
        RXS_JobLog( 'GlossSeeAlso Array#%s value: %s'
                  : %Char(pIndex) : ParsedData );
      endif;

  endsl;

  // If you want to stop parsing early for whatever reason, return
  // RXS_JSON_STOP_PARSING
  return RXS_JSON_CONTINUE_PARSING;

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