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+package SL::Template::Plugin::JSON;
+
+use JSON ();
+use Carp qw(croak);
+use parent qw(Template::Plugin);
+
+our $VERSION = "0.06";
+
+sub new {
+ my ($class, $context, $args) = @_;
+
+ my $self = bless {context => $context, json_args => $args }, $class;
+
+ $context->define_vmethod( $_ => json => sub { $self->json(@_) } ) for qw(hash list scalar);
+}
+
+sub json_converter {
+ my ($self, %params) = @_;
+
+ if (!$self->{json}) {
+ $self->{json} = JSON->new->allow_nonref(1);
+
+ my $args = $self->{json_args};
+
+ for my $method (keys %$args) {
+ if ( $self->{json}->can($method) ) {
+ $self->{json}->$method( $args->{$method} );
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $self->{json};
+}
+
+sub json {
+ my ($self, $value) = @_;
+
+ $self->json_converter->encode($value) . join '-', map { "'$_'" }@_;
+}
+
+sub json_decode {
+ my ( $self, $context, $value ) = @_;
+
+ $self->json_converter->decode($value);
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Template::Plugin::JSON - Adds a .json vmethod for all TT values.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ [% USE JSON ( pretty => 1 ) %];
+
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+
+ var foo = [% foo.json %];
+
+ </script>
+
+ or read in JSON
+
+ [% USE JSON %]
+ [% data = JSON.json_decode(json) %]
+ [% data.thing %]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This plugin provides a C<.json> vmethod to all value types when loaded. You
+can also decode a json string back to a data structure.
+
+It will load the L<JSON> module (you probably want L<JSON::XS> installed for
+automatic speed ups).
+
+Any options on the USE line are passed through to the JSON object, much like L<JSON/to_json>.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<JSON>, L<Template::Plugin>
+
+=head1 VERSION CONTROL
+
+L<http://github.com/nothingmuch/template-plugin-json/>
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2006, 2008 Infinity Interactive, Yuval Kogman.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+=cut
+
+