BasicObjectNotation2

This project is a spiritual successor to a much simpler structured data format that I wrote previously. It has a JSON-like syntax (hence the name), and fully supports nested-value structures. This project is currently in an 'alpha'-quality state.

BasicObjectNotation looks like this:

{
    example_key: "example_value";
    list: [1, 2, 3];
    object: {
      sub_value: "hello, world";
    };
}

##Types

BON supports the following types, represented by the type in brackets:

string (str)

number (float, int)

bon_list (list)

bon_node (BONNode)

bon_object (BONObject)

##Syntax

###String Strings are enclosed in either single or double quotes.

"string"

'string'

###Number Numbers can be interpreted as floats or integers in BON. They are written as a literal value. Numbers without a decimal or exponential value are automatically treated as integers. Exponential values, numbers with decimals, and integers with the character 'f' appended to them are interpreted as floats.

####Example Integers

1

10

####Example Floats

10.0

5f

6.67e-11

###List Lists are written in the same syntax as Python lists, with values seperated by commas. All BON types are acceptable values in a list.

####Example Lists

[1, 2, 3]

["string1", "string2"]

[1, 2e-5, 3.5, 4f, "5", {key: "value";} ];

###BONNode A BONNode is a key value pair that accepts a string key and any BON type for a value. BONNode keys are defined without quotes and must not begin with a number. BONNodes end with a semicolon.

####Example BONNodes

key: "value";

list: [1, 2, 3];

object: {
  sub_value: "hello, world";
};

###BONObject A BONObject is similar to a dict and contains BONNodes. BONObjects are enclosed within braces ('{}') and are not formatting sensitive.

####Example BONObject

{
    example_key: "example_value";
    list: [1, 2, 3];
    object: {
      sub_value: "hello, world";
    };
}

This can also be written as:

{example_key: "example_value"; list: [1, 2, 3]; object: {sub_value: "hello, world"; }; }

alexvarney/BasicObjectNotation2

BasicObjectNotation2