FracturedJson

FracturedJson is a family of utilities that format JSON data in a way that's easy for humans to read, but fairly compact. Arrays and objects are written on single lines, as long as they're neither too long nor too complex. When several such lines are similar in structure, they're written with fields aligned like a table. Long arrays are written with multiple items per line across multiple lines.

Here's a sample of output using nearly default settings. (MaxTotalLineLength=100)

{
    "BasicObject"   : {
        "ModuleId"   : "armor",
        "Name"       : "",
        "Locations"  : [
            [11,  2], [11,  3], [11,  4], [11,  5], [11,  6], [11,  7], [11,  8], [11,  9],
            [11, 10], [11, 11], [11, 12], [11, 13], [11, 14], [ 1, 14], [ 1, 13], [ 1, 12],
            [ 1, 11], [ 1, 10], [ 1,  9], [ 1,  8], [ 1,  7], [ 1,  6], [ 1,  5], [ 1,  4],
            [ 1,  3], [ 1,  2], [ 4,  2], [ 5,  2], [ 6,  2], [ 7,  2], [ 8,  2], [ 8,  3],
            [ 7,  3], [ 6,  3], [ 5,  3], [ 4,  3], [ 0,  4], [ 0,  5], [ 0,  6], [ 0,  7],
            [ 0,  8], [12,  8], [12,  7], [12,  6], [12,  5], [12,  4]
        ],
        "Orientation": "Fore",
        "Seed"       : 272691529
    },
    "SimilarArrays" : {
        "Katherine": ["blue",       "lightblue", "black"       ],
        "Logan"    : ["yellow",     "blue",      "black", "red"],
        "Erik"     : ["red",        "purple"                   ],
        "Jean"     : ["lightgreen", "yellow",    "black"       ]
    },
    "SimilarObjects": [
        { "type": "turret",    "hp": 400, "loc": {"x": 47, "y":  -4}, "flags": "S"   },
        { "type": "assassin",  "hp":  80, "loc": {"x": 12, "y":   6}, "flags": "Q"   },
        { "type": "berserker", "hp": 150, "loc": {"x":  0, "y":   0}                 },
        { "type": "pittrap",              "loc": {"x": 10, "y": -14}, "flags": "S,I" }
    ]
}

If enabled in the settings, it can also handle JSON-with-comments.

{
    /*
     * Multi-line comments
     * are fun!
     */
    "NumbersWithHex": [
          254 /*00FE*/,  1450 /*5AA*/,      0 /*0000*/, 36000 /*8CA0*/,    10 /*000A*/,
          199 /*00C7*/, 15001 /*3A99*/,  6540 /*198C*/
    ],
    /* Elements are keen */
    "Elements"      : [
        { /*Carbon*/   "Symbol": "C",  "Number":  6, "Isotopes": [11, 12, 13, 14] },
        { /*Oxygen*/   "Symbol": "O",  "Number":  8, "Isotopes": [16, 18, 17    ] },
        { /*Hydrogen*/ "Symbol": "H",  "Number":  1, "Isotopes": [ 1,  2,  3    ] },
        { /*Iron*/     "Symbol": "Fe", "Number": 26, "Isotopes": [56, 54, 57, 58] }
        // Not a complete list...
    ],

    "Beatles Songs" : [
        "Taxman",          // George
        "Hey Jude",        // Paul
        "Act Naturally",   // Ringo
        "Ticket To Ride"   // John
    ]
}

Repo Contents

This repo is home to the .NET versions of FracturedJson:

• FracturedJson .NET Library - available from NuGet.
• fracjson CLI app - installable from NuGet as a .NET global tool, or downloadable from the Releases page as self-contained executables.
• The browser-based formatter - hosted by GitHub Pages.

For more information or to see other implementations, see the project wiki.

Project Wiki — Formatting Options — Web Formatter — Implementations & Ports