JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a lightweight data-interchange format. JSON is easy for humans to read and write. JSON is easy for machines to parse and generate. JSON is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java™, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange language. More details on the JSON format can be found at Introducing JSON.

Note: The property name in the JSON data should match exactly with the property name in the business object.

Single cardinality contained business object

Given the following business object:

And given the following values for the business object properties:

Customer

	Address

firstName
lastName
streetAddress
city
state
postalCode
phoneNumbers[0]
phoneNumbers[1]

John
Smith
21 2nd Street
New York
NY
10121
212-732-1234
646-123-4567

The JSON format is the following:

1	{
2	    "firstName": "John",
3	    "lastName": "Smith",
4	    "address": {
5	        "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
6	        "city": "New York",
7	        "state": "NY",
8	        "postalCode": 10021
9	    },
10	    "phoneNumbers": [
11	        "212-732-1234",
12	        "646-123-4567"
13	    ]
14	}

Multiple cardinality contained business object

Given the following business object:

And given the following values for the business object properties:

Customer

	Address[0]



	Address[1]

firstName
lastName
streetAddress
city
state
postalCode
streetAddress
city
state
postalCode
phoneNumbers[0]
phoneNumbers[1]

John
Smith
21 2nd Street
New York
NY
10121
577 Airport Blvd
Burlingame
CA
94010
212-732-1234
646-123-4567

The JSON format is the following:

15	{
16	    "firstName": "John",
17	    "lastName": "Smith",
18	    "address": [{
19	        "streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
20	        "city": "New York",
21	        "state": "NY",
22	        "postalCode": 10021
23	    },{
24	        "streetAddress": "577 Airport Blvd",
25	        "city": "Burlingame",
26	        "state": "CA",
27	        "postalCode": 94010
28	    }],
29	    "phoneNumbers": [
30	        "212-732-1234",
31	        "646-123-4567"
32	    ]
33	}