// actually it's now almost the same as jsonDecode :) static Object unstructure(String text) { final L tok = javaTok(text); class X { int i = 1; Object parse() { String t = tok.get(i); if (t.startsWith("\"")) { String s = unquote(tok.get(i)); i += 2; return s; } if (t.equals("{")) return parseMap(); if (t.equals("[")) return parseList(); if (t.equals("null")) { i += 2; return null; } if (t.equals("false")) { i += 2; return false; } if (t.equals("true")) { i += 2; return true; } if (isInteger(t)) { i += 2; return Long.parseLong(t); } if (isJavaIdentifier(t)) { Class c = findClass(t); O o = nuObject(c); i += 2; if (i < tok.size() && tok.get(i).equals("(")) { consume("("); while (!tok.get(i).equals(")")) { // It's like parsing a map. //Object key = parse(); //if (tok.get(i).equals(")")) // key = onlyField(); String key = unquote(tok.get(i)); i += 2; consume("="); Object value = parse(); set(o, key, value); if (tok.get(i).equals(",")) i += 2; } consume(")"); } return o; } throw new RuntimeException("Unknown token " + (i+1) + ": " + t); } Object parseList() { consume("["); List list = new ArrayList; while (!tok.get(i).equals("]")) { list.add(parse()); if (tok.get(i).equals(",")) i += 2; } consume("]"); return list; } Object parseMap() { consume("{"); Map map = new TreeMap; while (!tok.get(i).equals("}")) { String key = unquote(tok.get(i)); i += 2; consume("="); Object value = parse(); map.put(key, value); if (tok.get(i).equals(",")) i += 2; } consume("}"); return map; } void consume(String s) { if (!tok.get(i).equals(s)) { S prevToken = i-2 >= 0 ? tok.get(i-2) : ""; S nextTokens = join(tok.subList(i, Math.min(i+4, tok.size()))); fail(quote(s) + " expected: " + prevToken + " " + nextTokens + " (" + i + "/" + tok.size() + ")"); } i += 2; } } return new X().parse(); }