var me = {
name:”Kris”,
father:{name:”Bill”},
mother:{name:”Karen”}};
me.father.wife = me.mother;
var jsonMe = dojox.json.ref.toJson(me); // serialize me
var newMe = dojox.json.ref.fromJson(jsonMe); // de-serialize me
newMe.father.wife == newMe.mother // -> true, the reproduced object will
// properly reproduc

THIS DOES NOT WORK
missing ] after element list

More info: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8824521/is-there-any-library-that-converts-c-sharp-objects-with-references-into-dojox-js

e.g.:

var dateA = new Date(); // Date
var jsonDate = dojox.json.ref.toJson(dateA); // String
var dateB = dojox.json.ref.fromJson(jsonDate); //String


I know I could convert this String to a Date using the function dojo.date.stamp.fromISOString() but I have an arbitrary list of JSON message of which I don’t know the original type.

I noticed in dojox.json.ref.js code that the function fromJson could accept an optional argument ‘args’ that is actually used in the walk function to reconvert a date String to a Date object. But I couldn’t find any documentation about the usage of ‘args’ parameter.

I’m asking you a way for using properly your library to convert Dates to JSON messages and back again to Date objects or a way for knowing if a String is an ISO formatted date.

Thank you in advance

var woo={"hi":#1=["Hello", "world!"], "hoo":#1#};
woo.hoo;
["Hello", "world!"]

though it of course breaks JSON conformance (and isn’t understood by JSON.parse even in Mozilla), and doesn’t work in, for instance, the Safari javascript engine.