Makes escaping slashes when serializing JSON optional (adds json_set_escape_slashes() function)

Issues #20 #34 #90

parson.c

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 static JSON_Malloc_Function parson_malloc = malloc;
 static JSON_Free_Function parson_free = free;
 
+static int parson_escape_slashes = 1;
+
 #define IS_CONT(b) (((unsigned char)(b) & 0xC0) == 0x80) /* is utf-8 continuation byte */
 
 /* Type definitions */
@@ -1018,7 +1020,6 @@ static int json_serialize_string(const char *string, char *buf) {
         switch (c) {
             case '\"': APPEND_STRING("\\\""); break;
             case '\\': APPEND_STRING("\\\\"); break;
-            case '/':  APPEND_STRING("\\/"); break; /* to make json embeddable in xml\/html */
             case '\b': APPEND_STRING("\\b"); break;
             case '\f': APPEND_STRING("\\f"); break;
             case '\n': APPEND_STRING("\\n"); break;
@@ -1056,6 +1057,13 @@ static int json_serialize_string(const char *string, char *buf) {
             case '\x1d': APPEND_STRING("\\u001d"); break;
             case '\x1e': APPEND_STRING("\\u001e"); break;
             case '\x1f': APPEND_STRING("\\u001f"); break;
+            case '/':
+                if (parson_escape_slashes) {
+                    APPEND_STRING("\\/");  /* to make json embeddable in xml\/html */
+                } else {
+                    APPEND_STRING("/");
+                }
+                break;
             default:
                 if (buf != NULL) {
                     buf[0] = c;
@@ -2044,3 +2052,7 @@ void json_set_allocation_functions(JSON_Malloc_Function malloc_fun, JSON_Free_Fu
     parson_malloc = malloc_fun;
     parson_free = free_fun;
 }
+
+void json_set_escape_slashes(int escape_slashes) {
+    parson_escape_slashes = escape_slashes;
+}

parson.h

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ typedef void   (*JSON_Free_Function)(void *);
    from stdlib will be used for all allocations */
 void json_set_allocation_functions(JSON_Malloc_Function malloc_fun, JSON_Free_Function free_fun);
 
+/* Sets if slashes should be escaped or not when serializing JSON. By default slashes are escaped.
+ This function sets a global setting and is not thread safe. */
+void json_set_escape_slashes(int escape_slashes);
+
 /* Parses first JSON value in a file, returns NULL in case of error */
 JSON_Value * json_parse_file(const char *filename);
 

tests.c

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void test_suite_7(void); /* Test schema validation */
 void test_suite_8(void); /* Test serialization */
 void test_suite_9(void); /* Test serialization (pretty) */
 void test_suite_10(void); /* Testing for memory leaks */
+void test_suite_11(void); /* Additional things that require testing */
 
 void print_commits_info(const char *username, const char *repo);
 void persistence_example(void);
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ int main() {
     test_suite_8();
     test_suite_9();
     test_suite_10();
+    test_suite_11();
+
     printf("Tests failed: %d\n", tests_failed);
     printf("Tests passed: %d\n", tests_passed);
     return 0;
@@ -538,6 +541,24 @@ void test_suite_10(void) {
     TEST(malloc_count == 0);
 }
 
+void test_suite_11() {
+    const char * array_with_slashes = "[\"a/b/c\"]";
+    const char * array_with_escaped_slashes = "[\"a\\/b\\/c\"]";
+    char *serialized = NULL;
+    JSON_Value *value = json_parse_string(array_with_slashes);
+
+    serialized = json_serialize_to_string(value);
+    TEST(STREQ(array_with_escaped_slashes, serialized));
+
+    json_set_escape_slashes(0);
+    serialized = json_serialize_to_string(value);
+    TEST(STREQ(array_with_slashes, serialized));
+
+    json_set_escape_slashes(1);
+    serialized = json_serialize_to_string(value);
+    TEST(STREQ(array_with_escaped_slashes, serialized));
+}
+
 void print_commits_info(const char *username, const char *repo) {
     JSON_Value *root_value;
     JSON_Array *commits;