[TAP5-1970] JSON API improvements

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.4
• Fix Version/s: 5.4
• Component/s: tapestry-json
• Labels: fixed-in-5.4-js-rewrite
• Assignee: Howard Lewis Ship
• Reporter: Howard Lewis Ship
• Created: 08/Jul/12 17:33
• Updated: 16/Dec/12 01:45
• Resolved: 16/Dec/12 01:33

Description

The JSONObject and JSONArray APIs are a bit limited; it would be nice to be able to easily do the following:

• add all keys/values from a Map to a JSONObject
• add all values from a List or Iterable to a JSONArray
• expose the contents of a JSONArray as an unmodifiable List
• easier navigate/build in a JSONObject (that is, navigate to a nested object, creating it if necessary)

With a growing emphasis on JSON for client communication, these changes are necessary to keep user code a simple, stable, and clear as possible.