JSONA - JSON with annotations

The JSONA Data Interchange Format (JSONA) is a superset of [JSON] that supports annotations. It also aims to alleviate some of the limitations of JSON by expanding its syntax and

Summary of Features

Annotations

Objects

• Object keys may be an ECMAScript IdentifierName.
• Objects may have a single trailing comma.

Arrays

• Arrays may have a single trailing comma.

Strings

• Strings may be single quoted.
• Strings may span multiple lines by escaping new line characters.
• Strings may include character escapes.

Numbers

• Numbers may be hexadecimal.
• Numbers may have a leading or trailing decimal point.

Comments

• Single and multi-line comments are allowed.

White Space

• Additional white space characters are allowed.

Short Example

``` @doc // doc level annotation @swagger(version="2") // annotation with args

{ // comments unquoted: 'and you can quote me on that', singleQuotes: 'I can use "double quotes" here', lineBreaks: "Look, Mom! \ No \n's!", hexadecimal: 0xdecaf, @optional leadingDecimalPoint: .8675309, andTrailing: 8675309., positiveSign: 1, trailingComma: 'in objects', andIn: ['arrays',], "backwardsCompatible": "with JSON", } ```