---
name: "Badger::Codec::JSON"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbadger-perl"
version: "0.16-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Badger::Codec::JSON"
---

# Badger::Codec::JSON(3pm)

encode/decode data using JSON

## NAME

Badger::Codec::JSON - encode/decode data using JSON

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Badger::Codec::JSON;
    my $codec   = Badger::Codec::JSON->new();
    my $encoded = $codec->encode({ msg => "Hello World" });
    my $decoded = $codec->decode($encoded);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements a subclass of Badger::Codec which uses the JSON::XS or JSON module (whichever you have installed) to encode and decode data to and from JSON. It is little more than an adapter module to fit JSON into the Badger::Codec mould.

## METHODS

### encode($data)

Encodes the Perl data in `$data` to a JSON string. This method is a wrapper around the internal the **encode\_json()** subroutine.

```
    $encoded = Badger::Codec::JSON->encode($data);
```

### decode($json)

Decodes the encoded JSON string in `$json` back into a Perl data structure. This method is a wrapper around the internal the **decode\_json()** subroutine.

```
    $decoded = Badger::Codec::JSON->decode($encoded);
```

### encoder()

This method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the encoding work, i.e. the internal `"encode_json()"` subroutine.

### decoder()

This method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the decoding work, i.e. the `"decode_json()"` subroutine in JSON.

## INTERNAL SUBROUTINES

### encode\_json($data)

This is the internal subroutine that encodes the JSON data.  It delegates to the JSON::XS or JSON module, depending on which you have installed.

### decode\_json($json)

This is the internal subroutine that decodes the JSON data.  As per **encode\_json()**, it delegates the task to the JSON::XS or JSON module.

## AUTHOR

Andy Wardley \<http://wardley.org/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Andy Wardley. All rights reserved.

## SEE ALSO

Badger::Codecs, Badger::Codec, JSON