class JSON::Builder
Overview
A JSON builder generates valid JSON.
A JSON::Error is raised if attempting to generate an invalid JSON
(for example, if invoking #end_array without a matching #start_array,
or trying to use a non-string value as an object's field name).
Defined in:
json/builder.crConstructors
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        .new(io : IO)
        
          Creates a JSON::Builderthat will write to the givenIO.
Instance Method Summary
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        #array(&block)
        
          Writes the start of an array, invokes the block, and the writes the end of it. 
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        #bool(value : Bool)
        
          Writes a boolean value. 
- #document(&block)
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        #end_array
        
          Writes the end of an array. 
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        #end_document : Nil
        
          Signals the end of a JSON document. 
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        #end_object
        
          Writes the end of an object. 
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        #field(name, &block)
        
          Writes an object's field and then invokes the block. 
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        #field(name, value)
        
          Writes an object's field and value. 
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        #flush
        
          Flushes the underlying IO.
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        #indent=(string : String)
        
          Sets the indent string. 
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        #indent=(level : Int)
        
          Sets the indent level (number of spaces). 
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        #max_nesting : Int32
        
          By default the maximum nesting of arrays/objects is 99. 
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        #max_nesting=(max_nesting)
        
          By default the maximum nesting of arrays/objects is 99. 
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        #null
        
          Writes a #nullvalue.
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        #number(number : Float)
        
          Writes a float. 
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        #number(number : Int)
        
          Writes an integer. 
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        #object(&block)
        
          Writes the start of an object, invokes the block, and the writes the end of it. 
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        #raw(string : String)
        
          Writes a raw value, considered a scalar, directly into the IO without processing. 
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        #scalar(value : Nil)
        
          Writes a scalar value. 
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        #scalar(value : Bool)
        
          Writes a scalar value. 
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        #scalar(value : Int | Float)
        
          Writes a scalar value. 
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        #scalar(value : String)
        
          Writes a scalar value. 
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        #start_array
        
          Writes the start of an array. 
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        #start_document
        
          Starts a document. 
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        #start_object
        
          Writes the start of an object. 
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        #string(value)
        
          Writes a string. 
Instance methods inherited from class Reference
  
  
    
      ==(other : self)==(other : JSON::Any)
==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other) ==, dup dup, hash(hasher) hash, inspect(io : IO) : Nil inspect, object_id : UInt64 object_id, pretty_print(pp) : Nil pretty_print, same?(other : Reference)
same?(other : Nil) same?, to_s(io : IO) : Nil to_s
Constructor methods inherited from class Reference
  
  
    
      new
    new
    
  
    
  
    
  Instance methods inherited from class Object
  
  
    
      !=(other)
    !=, 
    
  
    
      !~(other)
    !~, 
    
  
    
      ==(other)
    ==, 
    
  
    
      ===(other : JSON::Any)===(other : YAML::Any)
===(other) ===, =~(other) =~, class class, dup dup, hash(hasher)
hash hash, inspect(io : IO)
inspect inspect, itself itself, not_nil! not_nil!, pretty_inspect(width = 79, newline = "\n", indent = 0) : String pretty_inspect, pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil pretty_print, tap(&block) tap, to_json(io : IO)
to_json to_json, to_pretty_json(indent : String = " ")
to_pretty_json(io : IO, indent : String = " ") to_pretty_json, to_s
to_s(io : IO) to_s, to_yaml(io : IO)
to_yaml to_yaml, try(&block) try, unsafe_as(type : T.class) forall T unsafe_as
Constructor methods inherited from class Object
  
  
    
      from_json(string_or_io, root : String) : selffrom_json(string_or_io) : self from_json, from_yaml(string_or_io : String | IO) : self from_yaml
Constructor Detail
Instance Method Detail
Writes an object's field and then invokes the block.
This is equivalent of invoking #string(value) and then
invoking the block.
Writes an object's field and value.
The field's name is first converted to a String by invoking
to_s on it.
By default the maximum nesting of arrays/objects is 99. Nesting more than this will result in a JSON::Error. Changing the value of this property allows more/less nesting.
By default the maximum nesting of arrays/objects is 99. Nesting more than this will result in a JSON::Error. Changing the value of this property allows more/less nesting.
Writes the start of an object, invokes the block, and the writes the end of it.
Writes a raw value, considered a scalar, directly into the IO without processing. This is the only method that might lead to invalid JSON being generated, so you must be sure that string contains a valid JSON string.