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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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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();

    try json.load(s);

    // When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
    std.debug.print("member data: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "example")});

    // Output:
    // member data: בדיק

    // When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
    std.debug.print("full JSON: {s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

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

    // To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
    const sb = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb.deinit();
    json.emitSb(sb) catch {};
    // The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
    sb.decode("json", "utf-8") catch {};

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb.getAsString(alloc)});

    // Output:
    // {"example":"בדיק"}
}