(PowerBuilder) JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

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integer li_rc
string s
oleobject loo_Json
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Sb

s = "{ ~"example~": ~"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7~" }"

loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Json
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Json.Load(s)

// When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
Write-Debug "member data: " + loo_Json.StringOf("example")

// Output:
// member data: בדיק

// When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
Write-Debug "full JSON: " + loo_Json.Emit()

// Output:
// full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

// To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
loo_Sb = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Sb.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_Sb)
// The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
loo_Sb.Decode("json","utf-8")

Write-Debug loo_Sb.GetAsString()

// Output:
// {"example":"בדיק"}


destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Sb