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-- license:MIT
-- copyright-holders:David Kolf

local exports = {}
exports.name = "luvit/json"
exports.version = "2.5.0"
exports.homepage = "http://dkolf.de/src/dkjson-lua.fsl"
exports.description = "David Kolf's JSON library repackaged for lit."
exports.tags = {"json", "codec"}
exports.license = "MIT"
exports.author = {
  name = "David Kolf",
  homepage = "http://dkolf.de/",
}
exports.contributors = {
  "Tim Caswell",
}

-- Module options:
local always_try_using_lpeg = false
local register_global_module_table = false
local global_module_name = 'json'

--[==[

David Kolf's JSON module for Lua 5.1/5.2

Version 2.5


For the documentation see the corresponding readme.txt or visit
<http://dkolf.de/src/dkjson-lua.fsl/>.

You can contact the author by sending an e-mail to 'david' at the
domain 'dkolf.de'.


Copyright (C) 2010-2013 David Heiko Kolf

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

--]==]

-- global dependencies:
local pairs, type, tostring, tonumber, getmetatable, setmetatable =
	  pairs, type, tostring, tonumber, getmetatable, setmetatable
local error, require, pcall, select = error, require, pcall, select
local floor, huge = math.floor, math.huge
local strrep, gsub, strsub, strbyte, strchar, strfind, strlen, strformat =
	  string.rep, string.gsub, string.sub, string.byte, string.char,
	  string.find, string.len, string.format
local strmatch = string.match
local concat = table.concat

local json = exports
json.original_version = "dkjson 2.5"

if register_global_module_table then
  _G[global_module_name] = json
end

_ENV = nil -- blocking globals in Lua 5.2

pcall (function()
  -- Enable access to blocked metatables.
  -- Don't worry, this module doesn't change anything in them.
  local debmeta = require "debug".getmetatable
  if debmeta then getmetatable = debmeta end
end)

json.null = setmetatable ({}, {
  __tojson = function () return "null" end
})

local function isarray (tbl)
  local max, n, arraylen = 0, 0, 0
  for k,v in pairs (tbl) do
	if k == 'n' and type(v) == 'number' then
	  arraylen = v
	  if v > max then
		max = v
	  end
	else
	  if type(k) ~= 'number' or k < 1 or floor(k) ~= k then
		return false
	  end
	  if k > max then
		max = k
	  end
	  n = n + 1
	end
  end
  if max > 10 and max > arraylen and max > n * 2 then
	return false -- don't create an array with too many holes
  end
  return true, max
end

local escapecodes = {
  ["\""] = "\\\"", ["\\"] = "\\\\", ["\b"] = "\\b", ["\f"] = "\\f",
  ["\n"] = "\\n",  ["\r"] = "\\r",  ["\t"] = "\\t"
}

local function escapeutf8 (uchar)
  local value = escapecodes[uchar]
  if value then
	return value
  end
  local a, b, c, d = strbyte (uchar, 1, 4)
  a, b, c, d = a or 0, b or 0, c or 0, d or 0
  if a <= 0x7f then
	value = a
  elseif 0xc0 <= a and a <= 0xdf and b >= 0x80 then
	value = (a - 0xc0) * 0x40 + b - 0x80
  elseif 0xe0 <= a and a <= 0xef and b >= 0x80 and c >= 0x80 then
	value = ((a - 0xe0) * 0x40 + b - 0x80) * 0x40 + c - 0x80
  elseif 0xf0 <= a and a <= 0xf7 and b >= 0x80 and c >= 0x80 and d >= 0x80 then
	value = (((a - 0xf0) * 0x40 + b - 0x80) * 0x40 + c - 0x80) * 0x40 + d - 0x80
  else
	return ""
  end
  if value <= 0xffff then
	return strformat ("\\u%.4x", value)
  elseif value <= 0x10ffff then
	-- encode as UTF-16 surrogate pair
	value = value - 0x10000
	local highsur, lowsur = 0xD800 + floor (value/0x400), 0xDC00 + (value % 0x400)
	return strformat ("\\u%.4x\\u%.4x", highsur, lowsur)
  else
	return ""
  end
end

local function fsub (str, pattern, repl)
  -- gsub always builds a new string in a buffer, even when no match
  -- exists. First using find should be more efficient when most strings
  -- don't contain the pattern.
  if strfind (str, pattern) then
	return gsub (str, pattern, repl)
  else
	return str
  end
end

local function quotestring (value)
  -- based on the regexp "escapable" in https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js
  value = fsub (value, "[%z\1-\31\"\\\127]", escapeutf8)
  if strfind (value, "[\194\216\220\225\226\239]") then
	value = fsub (value, "\194[\128-\159\173]", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\216[\128-\132]", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\220\143", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\225\158[\180\181]", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\226\128[\140-\143\168-\175]", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\226\129[\160-\175]", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\239\187\191", escapeutf8)
	value = fsub (value, "\239\191[\176-\191]", escapeutf8)
  end
  return "\"" .. value .. "\""
end
json.quotestring = quotestring

local function replace(str, o, n)
  local i, j = strfind (str, o, 1, true)
  if i then
	return strsub(str, 1, i-1) .. n .. strsub(str, j+1, -1)
  else
	return str
  end
end

-- locale independent num2str and str2num functions
local decpoint, numfilter

local function updatedecpoint ()
  decpoint = strmatch(tostring(0.5), "([^05+])")
  -- build a filter that can be used to remove group separators
  numfilter = "[^0-9%-%+eE" .. gsub(decpoint, "[%^%$%(%)%%%.%[%]%*%+%-%?]", "%%%0") .. "]+"
end

updatedecpoint()

local function num2str (num)
  return replace(fsub(tostring(num), numfilter, ""), decpoint, ".")
end

local function str2num (str)
  local num = tonumber(replace(str, ".", decpoint))
  if not num then
	updatedecpoint()
	num = tonumber(replace(str, ".", decpoint))
  end
  return num
end

local function addnewline2 (level, buffer, buflen)
  buffer[buflen+1] = "\n"
  buffer[buflen+2] = strrep ("  ", level)
  buflen = buflen + 2
  return buflen
end

function json.addnewline (state)
  if state.indent then
	state.bufferlen = addnewline2 (state.level or 0,
						   state.buffer, state.bufferlen or #(state.buffer))
  end
end

local encode2 -- forward declaration

local function addpair (key, value, prev, indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
  local kt = type (key)
  if kt ~= 'string' and kt ~= 'number' then
	return nil, "type '" .. kt .. "' is not supported as a key by JSON."
  end
  if prev then
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = ","
  end
  if indent then
	buflen = addnewline2 (level, buffer, buflen)
  end
  buffer[buflen+1] = quotestring (key)
  buffer[buflen+2] = ":"
  return encode2 (value, indent, level, buffer, buflen + 2, tables, globalorder, state)
end

local function appendcustom(res, buffer, state)
  local buflen = state.bufferlen
  if type (res) == 'string' then
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = res
  end
  return buflen
end

local function exception(reason, value, state, buffer, buflen, defaultmessage)
  defaultmessage = defaultmessage or reason
  local handler = state.exception
  if not handler then
	return nil, defaultmessage
  else
	state.bufferlen = buflen
	local ret, msg = handler (reason, value, state, defaultmessage)
	if not ret then return nil, msg or defaultmessage end
	return appendcustom(ret, buffer, state)
  end
end

function json.encodeexception(reason, value, state, defaultmessage)
  return quotestring("<" .. defaultmessage .. ">")
end

encode2 = function (value, indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
  local valtype = type (value)
  local valmeta = getmetatable (value)
  valmeta = type (valmeta) == 'table' and valmeta -- only tables
  local valtojson = valmeta and valmeta.__tojson
  if valtojson then
	if tables[value] then
	  return exception('reference cycle', value, state, buffer, buflen)
	end
	tables[value] = true
	state.bufferlen = buflen
	local ret, msg = valtojson (value, state)
	if not ret then return exception('custom encoder failed', value, state, buffer, buflen, msg) end
	tables[value] = nil
	buflen = appendcustom(ret, buffer, state)
  elseif value == nil then
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = "null"
  elseif valtype == 'number' then
	local s
	if value ~= value or value >= huge or -value >= huge then
	  -- This is the behaviour of the original JSON implementation.
	  s = "null"
	else
	  s = num2str (value)
	end
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = s
  elseif valtype == 'boolean' then
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = value and "true" or "false"
  elseif valtype == 'string' then
	buflen = buflen + 1
	buffer[buflen] = quotestring (value)
  elseif valtype == 'table' then
	if tables[value] then
	  return exception('reference cycle', value, state, buffer, buflen)
	end
	tables[value] = true
	level = level + 1
	local isa, n = isarray (value)
	if n == 0 and valmeta and valmeta.__jsontype == 'object' then
	  isa = false
	end
	local msg
	if isa then -- JSON array
	  buflen = buflen + 1
	  buffer[buflen] = "["
	  for i = 1, n do
		buflen, msg = encode2 (value[i], indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
		if not buflen then return nil, msg end
		if i < n then
		  buflen = buflen + 1
		  buffer[buflen] = ","
		end
	  end
	  buflen = buflen + 1
	  buffer[buflen] = "]"
	else -- JSON object
	  local prev = false
	  buflen = buflen + 1
	  buffer[buflen] = "{"
	  local order = valmeta and valmeta.__jsonorder or globalorder
	  if order then
		local used = {}
		n = #order
		for i = 1, n do
		  local k = order[i]
		  local v = value[k]
		  local _
		  if v then
			used[k] = true
			buflen, _ = addpair (k, v, prev, indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
			prev = true -- add a seperator before the next element
		  end
		end
		for k,v in pairs (value) do
		  if not used[k] then
			buflen, msg = addpair (k, v, prev, indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
			if not buflen then return nil, msg end
			prev = true -- add a seperator before the next element
		  end
		end
	  else -- unordered
		for k,v in pairs (value) do
		  buflen, msg = addpair (k, v, prev, indent, level, buffer, buflen, tables, globalorder, state)
		  if not buflen then return nil, msg end
		  prev = true -- add a seperator before the next element
		end
	  end
	  if indent then
		buflen = addnewline2 (level - 1, buffer, buflen)
	  end
	  buflen = buflen + 1
	  buffer[buflen] = "}"
	end
	tables[value] = nil
  else
	return exception ('unsupported type', value, state, buffer, buflen,
	  "type '" .. valtype .. "' is not supported by JSON.")
  end
  return buflen
end

function json.encode (value, state)
  state = state or {}
  local oldbuffer = state.buffer
  local buffer = oldbuffer or {}
  state.buffer = buffer
  updatedecpoint()
  local ret, msg = encode2 (value, state.indent, state.level or 0,
				   buffer, state.bufferlen or 0, state.tables or {}, state.keyorder, state)
  if not ret then
	error (msg, 2)
  elseif oldbuffer == buffer then
	state.bufferlen = ret
	return true
  else
	state.bufferlen = nil
	state.buffer = nil
	return concat (buffer)
  end
end

local function loc (str, where)
  local line, pos, linepos = 1, 1, 0
  while true do
	pos = strfind (str, "\n", pos, true)
	if pos and pos < where then
	  line = line + 1
	  linepos = pos
	  pos = pos + 1
	else
	  break
	end
  end
  return "line " .. line .. ", column " .. (where - linepos)
end

local function unterminated (str, what, where)
  return nil, strlen (str) + 1, "unterminated " .. what .. " at " .. loc (str, where)
end

local function scanwhite (str, pos)
  while true do
	pos = strfind (str, "%S", pos)
	if not pos then return nil end
	local sub2 = strsub (str, pos, pos + 1)
	if sub2 == "\239\187" and strsub (str, pos + 2, pos + 2) == "\191" then
	  -- UTF-8 Byte Order Mark
	  pos = pos + 3
	elseif sub2 == "//" then
	  pos = strfind (str, "[\n\r]", pos + 2)
	  if not pos then return nil end
	elseif sub2 == "/*" then
	  pos = strfind (str, "*/", pos + 2)
	  if not pos then return nil end
	  pos = pos + 2
	else
	  return pos
	end
  end
end

local escapechars = {
  ["\""] = "\"", ["\\"] = "\\", ["/"] = "/", ["b"] = "\b", ["f"] = "\f",
  ["n"] = "\n", ["r"] = "\r", ["t"] = "\t"
}

local function unichar (value)
  if value < 0 then
	return nil
  elseif value <= 0x007f then
	return strchar (value)
  elseif value <= 0x07ff then
	return strchar (0xc0 + floor(value/0x40),
					0x80 + (floor(value) % 0x40))
  elseif value <= 0xffff then
	return strchar (0xe0 + floor(value/0x1000),
					0x80 + (floor(value/0x40) % 0x40),
					0x80 + (floor(value) % 0x40))
  elseif value <= 0x10ffff then
	return strchar (0xf0 + floor(value/0x40000),
					0x80 + (floor(value/0x1000) % 0x40),
					0x80 + (floor(value/0x40) % 0x40),
					0x80 + (floor(value) % 0x40))
  else
	return nil
  end
end

local function scanstring (str, pos)
  local lastpos = pos + 1
  local buffer, n = {}, 0
  while true do
	local nextpos = strfind (str, "[\"\\]", lastpos)
	if not nextpos then
	  return unterminated (str, "string", pos)
	end
	if nextpos > lastpos then
	  n = n + 1
	  buffer[n] = strsub (str, lastpos, nextpos - 1)
	end
	if strsub (str, nextpos, nextpos) == "\"" then
	  lastpos = nextpos + 1
	  break
	else
	  local escchar = strsub (str, nextpos + 1, nextpos + 1)
	  local value
	  if escchar == "u" then
		value = tonumber (strsub (str, nextpos + 2, nextpos + 5), 16)
		if value then
		  local value2
		  if 0xD800 <= value and value <= 0xDBff then
			-- we have the high surrogate of UTF-16. Check if there is a
			-- low surrogate escaped nearby to combine them.
			if strsub (str, nextpos + 6, nextpos + 7) == "\\u" then
			  value2 = tonumber (strsub (str, nextpos + 8, nextpos + 11), 16)
			  if value2 and 0xDC00 <= value2 and value2 <= 0xDFFF then
				value = (value - 0xD800)  * 0x400 + (value2 - 0xDC00) + 0x10000
			  else
				value2 = nil -- in case it was out of range for a low surrogate
			  end
			end
		  end
		  value = value and unichar (value)
		  if value then
			if value2 then
			  lastpos = nextpos + 12
			else
			  lastpos = nextpos + 6
			end
		  end
		end
	  end
	  if not value then
		value = escapechars[escchar] or escchar
		lastpos = nextpos + 2
	  end
	  n = n + 1
	  buffer[n] = value
	end
  end
  if n == 1 then
	return buffer[1], lastpos
  elseif n > 1 then
	return concat (buffer), lastpos
  else
	return "", lastpos
  end
end

local scanvalue -- forward declaration

local function scantable (what, closechar, str, startpos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
  local tbl, n = {}, 0
  local pos = startpos + 1
  if what == 'object' then
	setmetatable (tbl, objectmeta)
  else
	setmetatable (tbl, arraymeta)
  end
  while true do
	pos = scanwhite (str, pos)
	if not pos then return unterminated (str, what, startpos) end
	local char = strsub (str, pos, pos)
	if char == closechar then
	  return tbl, pos + 1
	end
	local val1, err
	val1, pos, err = scanvalue (str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
	if err then return nil, pos, err end
	pos = scanwhite (str, pos)
	if not pos then return unterminated (str, what, startpos) end
	char = strsub (str, pos, pos)
	if char == ":" then
	  if val1 == nil then
		return nil, pos, "cannot use nil as table index (at " .. loc (str, pos) .. ")"
	  end
	  pos = scanwhite (str, pos + 1)
	  if not pos then return unterminated (str, what, startpos) end
	  local val2
	  val2, pos, err = scanvalue (str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
	  if err then return nil, pos, err end
	  tbl[val1] = val2
	  pos = scanwhite (str, pos)
	  if not pos then return unterminated (str, what, startpos) end
	  char = strsub (str, pos, pos)
	else
	  n = n + 1
	  tbl[n] = val1
	end
	if char == "," then
	  pos = pos + 1
	end
  end
end

scanvalue = function (str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
  pos = pos or 1
  pos = scanwhite (str, pos)
  if not pos then
	return nil, strlen (str) + 1, "no valid JSON value (reached the end)"
  end
  local char = strsub (str, pos, pos)
  if char == "{" then
	return scantable ('object', "}", str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
  elseif char == "[" then
	return scantable ('array', "]", str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
  elseif char == "\"" then
	return scanstring (str, pos)
  else
	local pstart, pend = strfind (str, "^%-?[%d%.]+[eE]?[%+%-]?%d*", pos)
	if pstart then
	  local number = str2num (strsub (str, pstart, pend))
	  if number then
		return number, pend + 1
	  end
	end
	pstart, pend = strfind (str, "^%a%w*", pos)
	if pstart then
	  local name = strsub (str, pstart, pend)
	  if name == "true" then
		return true, pend + 1
	  elseif name == "false" then
		return false, pend + 1
	  elseif name == "null" then
		return nullval, pend + 1
	  end
	end
	return nil, pos, "no valid JSON value at " .. loc (str, pos)
  end
end

local function optionalmetatables(...)
  if select("#", ...) > 0 then
	return ...
  else
	return {__jsontype = 'object'}, {__jsontype = 'array'}
  end
end

function json.decode (str, pos, nullval, ...)
  local objectmeta, arraymeta = optionalmetatables(...)
  return scanvalue (str, pos, nullval, objectmeta, arraymeta)
end

function json.use_lpeg ()
  local g = require ("lpeg")

  if g.version() == "0.11" then
	error "due to a bug in LPeg 0.11, it cannot be used for JSON matching"
  end

  local pegmatch = g.match
  local P, S, R = g.P, g.S, g.R

  local function ErrorCall (str, pos, msg, state)
	if not state.msg then
	  state.msg = msg .. " at " .. loc (str, pos)
	  state.pos = pos
	end
	return false
  end

  local function Err (msg)
	return g.Cmt (g.Cc (msg) * g.Carg (2), ErrorCall)
  end

  local SingleLineComment = P"//" * (1 - S"\n\r")^0
  local MultiLineComment = P"/*" * (1 - P"*/")^0 * P"*/"
  local Space = (S" \n\r\t" + P"\239\187\191" + SingleLineComment + MultiLineComment)^0

  local PlainChar = 1 - S"\"\\\n\r"
  local EscapeSequence = (P"\\" * g.C (S"\"\\/bfnrt" + Err "unsupported escape sequence")) / escapechars
  local HexDigit = R("09", "af", "AF")
  local function UTF16Surrogate (match, pos, high, low)
	high, low = tonumber (high, 16), tonumber (low, 16)
	if 0xD800 <= high and high <= 0xDBff and 0xDC00 <= low and low <= 0xDFFF then
	  return true, unichar ((high - 0xD800)  * 0x400 + (low - 0xDC00) + 0x10000)
	else
	  return false
	end
  end
  local function UTF16BMP (hex)
	return unichar (tonumber (hex, 16))
  end
  local U16Sequence = (P"\\u" * g.C (HexDigit * HexDigit * HexDigit * HexDigit))
  local UnicodeEscape = g.Cmt (U16Sequence * U16Sequence, UTF16Surrogate) + U16Sequence/UTF16BMP
  local Char = UnicodeEscape + EscapeSequence + PlainChar
  local String = P"\"" * g.Cs (Char ^ 0) * (P"\"" + Err "unterminated string")
  local Integer = P"-"^(-1) * (P"0" + (R"19" * R"09"^0))
  local Fractal = P"." * R"09"^0
  local Exponent = (S"eE") * (S"+-")^(-1) * R"09"^1
  local Number = (Integer * Fractal^(-1) * Exponent^(-1))/str2num
  local Constant = P"true" * g.Cc (true) + P"false" * g.Cc (false) + P"null" * g.Carg (1)
  local SimpleValue = Number + String + Constant
  local ArrayContent, ObjectContent

  -- The functions parsearray and parseobject parse only a single value/pair
  -- at a time and store them directly to avoid hitting the LPeg limits.
  local function parsearray (str, pos, nullval, state)
	local obj, cont
	local npos
	local t, nt = {}, 0
	repeat
	  obj, cont, npos = pegmatch (ArrayContent, str, pos, nullval, state)
	  if not npos then break end
	  pos = npos
	  nt = nt + 1
	  t[nt] = obj
	until cont == 'last'
	return pos, setmetatable (t, state.arraymeta)
  end

  local function parseobject (str, pos, nullval, state)
	local obj, key, cont
	local npos
	local t = {}
	repeat
	  key, obj, cont, npos = pegmatch (ObjectContent, str, pos, nullval, state)
	  if not npos then break end
	  pos = npos
	  t[key] = obj
	until cont == 'last'
	return pos, setmetatable (t, state.objectmeta)
  end

  local Array = P"[" * g.Cmt (g.Carg(1) * g.Carg(2), parsearray) * Space * (P"]" + Err "']' expected")
  local Object = P"{" * g.Cmt (g.Carg(1) * g.Carg(2), parseobject) * Space * (P"}" + Err "'}' expected")
  local Value = Space * (Array + Object + SimpleValue)
  local ExpectedValue = Value + Space * Err "value expected"
  ArrayContent = Value * Space * (P"," * g.Cc'cont' + g.Cc'last') * g.Cp()
  local Pair = g.Cg (Space * String * Space * (P":" + Err "colon expected") * ExpectedValue)
  ObjectContent = Pair * Space * (P"," * g.Cc'cont' + g.Cc'last') * g.Cp()
  local DecodeValue = ExpectedValue * g.Cp ()

  function json.decode (str, pos, nullval, ...)
	local state = {}
	state.objectmeta, state.arraymeta = optionalmetatables(...)
	local obj, retpos = pegmatch (DecodeValue, str, pos, nullval, state)
	if state.msg then
	  return nil, state.pos, state.msg
	else
	  return obj, retpos
	end
  end

  -- use this function only once:
  json.use_lpeg = function () return json end

  json.using_lpeg = true

  return json -- so you can get the module using json = require "dkjson".use_lpeg()
end

if always_try_using_lpeg then
  pcall (json.use_lpeg)
end

json.parse = json.decode
json.stringify = json.encode

return exports