| root ::= object | |
| value ::= object | array | string | number | ("true" | "false" | "null") ws | |
| object ::= | |
| "{" ws ( | |
| string ":" ws value | |
| ("," ws string ":" ws value)* | |
| )? "}" ws | |
| array ::= | |
| "[" ws ( | |
| value | |
| ("," ws value)* | |
| )? "]" ws | |
| string ::= | |
| "\"" ( | |
| [^"\\] | | |
| "\\" (["\\/bfnrt] | "u" [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F]) # escapes | |
| )* "\"" ws | |
| number ::= ("-"? ([0-9] | [1-9] [0-9]*)) ("." [0-9]+)? ([eE] [-+]? [0-9]+)? ws | |
| # Optional space: by convention, applied in this grammar after literal chars when allowed | |
| ws ::= ([ \t\n] ws)? | |