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Matt Massie commented on AVRO-58:
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Yes, it will work with C++. I forgot to put the {code}extern "C" {{code}
declaration in but once that's done I see no reason for this parser to not work
in a C++ application (although I haven't tested it). The reason I didn't use
bison/flex is that I wanted the parser to be re-entrant, thread-safe and
embeddable since we need to support long-running apps that are processing Avro
data from sockets, files and disk simultaneously. Newer versions of bison/flex
have a %pure parser option (if I remember correctly) but then you have to
manage bison/flex version dependencies.
You could test the parser pretty easily by linking to libavro and including the
json.h header file. You'll need to add the {code}extern "C" {{code}
declaration. There is no documentation on the JSON parser (for now) but all
the public methods you would need are in "json.h". The test_json_parser unit
test should be helpful as well. I'm happy to answer any questions or help with
code if you need it. If you like, I could even do C++ tests myself.
> JSON Parser for C
> -----------------
>
> Key: AVRO-58
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-58
> Project: Avro
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: c
> Reporter: Matt Massie
> Attachments: AVRO-58.patch
>
>
> Embedded JSON Parser for C
> * Re-entrant and thread safe
> * Supports multiple parsers running at the same time
> * Uses APR memory pools for memory management
> * No dependencies on yacc/bison/flex/etc
> * Creates a light-weight DOM of JSON text
> * Completely written by me so there's no licensing issues (using the public
> domain lemon code generator)
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