Has anyone tried using the new Structs with json_encode/json_decode?

[BoB3k]

Has anyone tried using the new Structs with json_encode/json_decode?

My guess is that they go away, as in they will work fine on the encode, but on decode they will just be turned into ds_maps as before.

It's too bad. It would be nice to have a json decode into structs, as that would closer resemble the json and OO structuring.

Maybe there could be an option in the decode function to request structs instead of ds_maps?

 

[RefresherTowel]

I think you're looking for json_stringify() and json_parse().

 

[Alice]

According to these release notes, there is json_stringify function fixed for HTML5, and the speaker of squirrels did mention json_parse/json_stringify being struct-based counterparts to json_decode/json_encode.

They are available since 2.3.1 Beta, though, they are not yet available in 2.3.0. Or at least, my 2.3.0 GM:S doesn't show any such function existing (I haven't tried out 2.3.1 beta yet).

 

[BoB3k]

They are available since 2.3.1 Beta, though,

Ah. I was about to reply that I hadn't heard of those yet, and that would be why. Well, that will be cool when they come.

 

[BoB3k]

So, I just went and looked around the yoyo site and this forum and I see nothing about a 2.3.1 beta, betas in general, or any mention of a json_parse()...

 

[Alice]

Actually, the "speaker of squirrels" link lead to the thread about the beta: https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/gms2-version-2-3-1-beta-release.79757

The beta is in "GameMaker Studio 2 Community Tech Support" rather than in "Announcements" forum, though, so I can understand why it was not trivial to find.

 

[hippyman]

Has anyone tried using the new Structs with json_encode/json_decode?

My guess is that they go away, as in they will work fine on the encode, but on decode they will just be turned into ds_maps as before.

It's too bad. It would be nice to have a json decode into structs, as that would closer resemble the json and OO structuring.

Maybe there could be an option in the decode function to request structs instead of ds_maps?

If I'm understanding correctly I put together exactly that a few weeks ago.
Check out the functions posted here.

 

[BoB3k]

The beta is in "GameMaker Studio 2 Community Tech Support" rather than in "Announcements" forum, though, so I can understand why it was not trivial to find.

Ah, I didn't even notice the 'speaker of squirrels' was a link, and just looked at the release notes. I've got it now.

As a side note, it still took me awhile to find the actual beta download, as the download link on the release notes page is not lit up like a link at all and just looks like a header for the page.

 

[BoB3k]

I did try and json_encode a map with structs in it. It doesn't work. it puts a key in, but then puts an empty {} in even though I have data in it.

 

[BoB3k]

If I'm understanding correctly I put together exactly that a few weeks ago.
Check out the functions posted here.

Yes, I went ahead and made my own that are very similar to yours. It does look like one is needed going the other way too since json_encode doesn't handle structs back out even though it handles arrays okay.