/*
 * $Id: json_util.h,v 1.4 2006/01/30 23:07:57 mclark Exp $
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Metaparadigm Pte. Ltd.
 * Michael Clark <michael@metaparadigm.com>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for details.
 *
 */

#ifndef _json_util_h_
#define _json_util_h_

#include "json_object.h"

#ifndef json_min
#define json_min(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
#endif

#ifndef json_max
#define json_max(a,b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
#endif


#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#define JSON_FILE_BUF_SIZE 4096

/* utility functions */
extern struct json_object* json_object_from_file(const char *filename);
extern int json_object_to_file(const char *filename, struct json_object *obj);
extern int json_object_to_file_ext(const char *filename, struct json_object *obj, int flags);
extern int json_parse_int64(const char *buf, int64_t *retval);
extern int json_parse_double(const char *buf, double *retval);


/**
 * Return a string describing the type of the object.
 * e.g. "int", or "object", etc...
 */
extern const char *json_type_to_name(enum json_type o_type);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif