Working with JSON

A better format for storing favorite entries is JSON. This is currently the most popular data interchange format. Its strength is its simplicity. The JSON specification is an interesting read and can be found at http://json.org. With a very simple type system, JSON is able to represent complex data structures. One of the key design objectives of JSON is to keep it simple. Most programming languages can process JSON, and Object Pascal is not an exception.

There are two main ways to work with JSON in Delphi. The first approach is to build an in-memory representation of the JSON tree using objects from the System.JSON unit. The second approach is based on streaming and provides sequential access to JSON data. In reality, both ways have their advantages and disadvantages. Let’s look at both.

JSON is a very popular format for sharing information and all kinds of datasets. Imagine you have just locally downloaded a piece of JSON. Now what?

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