WJElement Example

The following Javascript code...

var doc = {
    "name": "Serenity",
    "class": "firefly",
    "crew": [
        {
            "name": "Malcolm Reynolds",
            "job": "captain",
            "born": 2468
        },
        {
            "name": "Kaywinnet Lee Fry",
            "job": "mechanic",
            "born": 2494
        },
        {
            "name": "Jayne Cobb",
            "job": "public relations"
            "born": 2485
        }
    ]
};
var person = null;
for(i in doc.crew) {
    person = doc.crew[i];
    console.log(person.name +" ("+ person.job +") is "+ (2517 - person.born));
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(doc));

...is functionally the same as the following C code using WJElement:

#include <wjelement.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    WJElement doc = NULL;
    WJElement person = NULL;

    doc = WJEObject(NULL, NULL, WJE_NEW);
    WJEString(doc, "name", WJE_SET, "Serenity");
    WJEString(doc, "class", WJE_SET, "firefly");
    WJEArray(doc, "crew", WJE_SET);

    WJEObject(doc, "crew[$]", WJE_NEW);
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].name", WJE_SET, "Malcolm Reynolds");
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].job", WJE_SET, "captain");
    WJEInt64(doc, "crew[-1].born", WJE_SET, 2468);

    WJEObject(doc, "crew[$]", WJE_NEW);
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].name", WJE_SET, "Kaywinnet Lee Fry");
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].job", WJE_SET, "mechanic");
    WJEInt64(doc, "crew[-1].born", WJE_SET, 2494);

    WJEObject(doc, "crew[$]", WJE_NEW);
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].name", WJE_SET, "Jayne Cobb");
    WJEString(doc, "crew[-1].job", WJE_SET, "public relations");
    WJEInt64(doc, "crew[-1].born", WJE_SET, 2485);

    while((person = _WJEObject(doc, "crew[]", WJE_GET, &person))) {
        printf("%s (%s) is %d\n",
               WJEString(person, "name", WJE_GET, ""),
               WJEString(person, "job", WJE_GET, ""),
               2517 - WJEInt64(person, "born", WJE_GET, 0));
    }

    WJEDump(doc);
    WJECloseDocument(doc);
    return 0;
}

Notice how similar the code is both in length and clarity!