Delphi JSON library for XE2 available for object serialization

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There appears to be a few JSON options for Delphi out there - is there a recommended library for use with XE2? I'm looking for sharing of objects between Delphi XE2 and PHP web applications. (serialization and posting delphi objects in a compatible way for PHP web apps and de-serialization from a restful PHP call to delphi server side)

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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JSON support* is included in XE2 (and XE). JSON

See this thread in SO for a link to a paper by Marco, explaining use of JSON and restful implementations.

REST Servers in Delphi XE Using DataSnap

Note : This is valid for the Enterprise and up version.

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LU RD

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D2010 has DBXJSON included too, but it is severely broken (see [note](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6217595/json-parse-result-from-virustotal-api/6218635#6218635)) – Premature Optimization Oct 12 '11 at 06:08

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 20 '17 at 11:41

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I know of two libraries.

The built in library and Super Object.

I use Super Object as it's really easy to use.

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Thanks - have you tried it with XE2? – Darian Miller Oct 12 '11 at 17:13

mjn · Answer 3 · 2011-10-12T15:12:13.663

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Unlike XML libraries (OmniXML, NativeXml) lkJSON does not provide methods to serialize TObject / TPersistent instances using RTTI directly, it requires custom code to map the property values to a JSON object.

SuperObject support marshaling for Delphi 2010 and higher.

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You can serialize with SuperObject – Robert Love Oct 12 '11 at 10:31

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 12 '11 at 06:42

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DWScript has a dwsJSON unit which implements a fast JSON parser & writer, it doesn't rely on RTTI/TPersistent but on mapping by custom code.

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 15 '12 at 13:58

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Open source delphi-oop library includes powerful serializer. It can use multiple backends (including native DBXJSON, superobject, NativeXml) and can serialize/deserialize almost anything. Some more information available in the project's wiki

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 17 '12 at 10:57

Just for the record, there is one more JSON library, compatible with Delphi7+ and FPC.

It is side-project of mORMot and is speed-optimized (there were comparisons with SuperObject, though i don't recall the link)

Delphi JSON library for XE2 available for object serialization

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