odbedit can now save ODB in JSON-formatted files. (JSON is a popular data encoding standard associated 
with Javascript). The intent is to eventually use the ODB JSON encoder in mhttpd to simplify passing of 
ODB data to custom web pages. In mhttpd I also intend to support the JSON-P variation of JSON (via the 
jQuery "callback=?" notation).

JSON encoding implementation follows specifications at:
http://json.org/
http://www.json-p.org/
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/  (seek to JSONP)

The result passes validation by:
http://jsonlint.com/

Added functions:
   INT EXPRT db_save_json(HNDLE hDB, HNDLE hKey, const char *file_name);
   INT EXPRT db_copy_json(HNDLE hDB, HNDLE hKey, char **buffer, int *buffer_size, int *buffer_end, int 
save_keys, int follow_links);

For example of using this code, see odbedit.c and odb.c::db_save_json().

Example json file:

Notes:
1) hex numbers are quoted "0x1234" - JSON does not permit "hex numbers", but Javascript will 
automatically convert strings containing hex numbers into proper integers.
2) "double" is encoded with full 15 digit precision, "float" with full 7 digit precision. If floating point values 
are actually integers, they are encoded as integers (10.0 -> "10" if (value == (int)value)).
3) in this example I deleted all the "name/key" entries except for "stringvalue" and "sbyte2". I use the 
"/key" notation for ODB KEY data because the "/" character cannot appear inside valid ODB entry names. 
Normally, depending on the setting of "save_keys" argument, KEY data is present or absent for all entries.

ladd03:midas$ odbedit
[local:testexpt:S]/>cd /test
[local:testexpt:S]/test>save test.js
[local:testexpt:S]/test>exit
ladd03:midas$ more test.js
# MIDAS ODB JSON
# FILE test.js
# PATH /test
{
  "test" : {
    "intarr" : [ 15, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9 ],
    "dblvalue" : 2.2199999999999999e+01,
    "fltvalue" : 1.1100000e+01,
    "dwordvalue" : "0x0000007d",
    "wordvalue" : "0x0141",
    "boolvalue" : true,
    "stringvalue" : [ "aaa123bbb", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ],
    "stringvalue/key" : {
      "type" : 12,
      "num_values" : 10,
      "item_size" : 1024,
      "last_written" : 1288592982
    },
    "byte1" : 10,
    "byte2" : 241,
    "char1" : "1",
    "char2" : "-",
    "sbyte1" : 10,
    "sbyte2" : -15,
    "sbyte2/key" : {
      "type" : 2,
      "last_written" : 1365101364
    }
  }
}

svn rev 5356
K.O.