Re: yajl_copybufstr

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin,

yajl_copyBufStr() basically does the same thing, except:

1) You don't have to work with pointers, just code lJsonData = 
yajl_copyBufStr()

2) It returns the data in UCS-2, and lets RPG use it's built-in CCSID 
conversion to handle the conversion.  That way, specifying a CCSID is 
not necessary.  (Unless you wanted the data in an unusual CCSID for your 
job -- in which case you'd still have to use yajl_copyBuf)

3) Because YAJL_copyBufStr() returns the data (vs. passing it as a 
parameter) it performs slightly worse.  I haven't noticed any difference 
in my programs, but if you were to call it in a tight loop, you 
might(?).  But, I don't know of any situation where someone is using 
this in a loop -- it seems unlikely to be used that way -- so this is 
probably a non-issue.

-SK


On 9/27/2018 12:09 PM, Justin Taylor wrote:
> I'd do something like this:
>         yajl_copyBuf( YAJL_CCSID
>                     : %addr(lJsonData)
>                     : %size(lJsonData)
>                     : length );
>
> YAJL_CCSID is a named constant specifying the CCSID.
> lJsonData is the character variable to hold the JSON data.
> Length is the length of the output data.
>
>
> HTH
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerins, Rebecca R. [mailto:rkerins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 7:58 AM
> To: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: yajl_copybufstr
>
> We are currently using Yajl, Json, and http in RPG to GET information from a web service in Production using Scott's open source code.  Now we are developing a program that posts to a web service.  My JSON is creating fine, but I am trying to figure out how to send it as a string to the service.  After doing some research, I saw that there was a yajl_copybufstr.  I don't have that code in my Yajlr4 or yajl_h programs.  I searched the web and I'm not finding it anywhere.
>
> Is anyone aware of what the code is, or is there another way I can pass this to the post web service?
>
> Example of what I am trying to do:
>
> request = yajl_copyBufStr();
>
> Becky R. Kerins, AINS