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json_events

A package for parsing large json files/objects. The package processes the json in a forward-only way and emits events based on the tokens it encounters.

Parsing manually

From a Stream

Stream<List<int>> s = ...;

await for (JsonEvent je in s
    .transform(const Utf8Decoder())
    .transform(const JsonEventDecoder())
    .flatten()) {
  print("Event Type: ${je.type.name} Value: ${je.value}");
}

From a String

Stream<String> s = Stream.value(...);

await for (JsonEvent je in s.transform(const JsonEventDecoder()).flatten()) {
  print("Event Type: ${je.type.name} Value: ${je.value}");
}

Using mixin

For objects

class MyClass with JsonObjectTraverser {
  late int x;
  late List<MyClass> arr;
  late List<int> pArr;
  late List<List<int>> pNestedArray;
  String? text;

  @override
  Future<void> readJson(String key) async {
    switch (key) {
      case "x":
        x = await this.readPropertyJsonContinue<int>();
      case "arr":
        arr = await this.readArrayJsonContinue<MyClass>(creator: MyClass.new).toList();
      case "pArr":
        pArr = await this.readArrayJsonContinue<int>().toList();
      case "pNestedArray":
        pNestedArray = await this.readNestedArrayJsonContinue<List<int>, int>().toList();
      case "text":
        text = await this.readPropertyJsonContinue<String?>();
    }
  }
}

Then call appropriate loader

MyClass mc = MyClass();
await mc.loadJson(streamIterator);

For arrays that are represented as objects

import "package:collection/collection.dart";

class MyArrayClass extends DelegatingList<MyClass> with JsonArrayTraverser<MyClass> {
  @override
  FutureOr<MyClass> Function()? get creator => MyClass.new;

  MyArrayClass() : super([]);
}

Then call appropriate loader

MyArrayClass mc = MyArrayClass();
await mc.loadJsonFromStream(stream);

Disclaimer

• Most of the code for the parsing is from dart-sdk
• Inspired from dart-json-stream-parser
• Test cases are copied from JSONTestSuite