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LightJson is a minimalist JSON library designed to allow developers to easily encode and decode JSON messages without having to first define classes representing structure of the message.

With LightJson you do not need to know the structure of a JSON message to parse it. You can parse a JSON message into an object representation and then query the object to discover the structure of the message on-the-fly.

What is JSON?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchance format created by Douglas Crockford in the early 2000s. The format is based on JavaScript's literal notation; which makes it relatively easy for humans to read and write.

JSON is a standard language defined by ECMA-404. However, before the standard was published json.org was the authority on the format and is the technical reference used for the design of LightJson.

JSON supports these data types: boolean, number, string, object, and array.