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    YAHOO.namespace('lang');

    /**
     * Provides methods to parse JSON strings and convert objects to JSON strings.
     * @module json
     * @requires yahoo
     * @class YAHOO.lang.JSON
     * @static
     */
    YAHOO.lang.JSON = {
        /**
         * First step in the validation.  Regex used to replace all escape
         * sequences (i.e. "\\", etc) with '@' characters (a non-JSON character).
         * @property _ESCAPES
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _ESCAPES : /\\["\\\/bfnrtu]/g,
        /**
         * Second step in the validation.  Regex used to replace all simple
         * values with ']' characters.
         * @property _VALUES
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _VALUES  : /"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g,
        /**
         * Third step in the validation.  Regex used to remove all open square
         * brackets following a colon, comma, or at the beginning of the string.
         * @property _BRACKETS
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _BRACKETS : /(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g,
        /**
         * Final step in the validation.  Regex used to test the string left after
         * all previous replacements for invalid characters.
         * @property _INVALID
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _INVALID  : /^[\],:{}\s]*$/,

        /**
         * Regex used to replace special characters in strings for JSON
         * stringification.
         * @property _SPECIAL_CHARS
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _SPECIAL_CHARS : /["\\\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f]/g,

        /**
         * Regex used to reconstitute serialized Dates.
         * @property _PARSE_DATE
         * @type {RegExp}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _PARSE_DATE : /^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})Z$/,

        /**
         * Character substitution map for common escapes and special characters.
         * @property _CHARS
         * @type {Object}
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _CHARS : {
            '\b': '\\b',
            '\t': '\\t',
            '\n': '\\n',
            '\f': '\\f',
            '\r': '\\r',
            '"' : '\\"',
            '\\': '\\\\'
        },

        /**
         * Traverses nested objects, applying a filter or mutation function to
         * each value.  The value returned from the function will replace the
         * original value in the key:value pair.  If the value returned is
         * undefined, the key will be omitted from the returned object.
         * @method _applyFilter
         * @param data {MIXED} Any JavaScript data
         * @param filter {Function} filter or mutation function
         * @return {MIXED} The results of the filtered data
         * @static
         * @private
         */
        _applyFilter : function (data, filter) {
            var walk = function (k,v) {
                var i, n;
                if (v && typeof v === 'object') {
                    for (i in v) {
                        if (YAHOO.lang.hasOwnProperty(v,i)) {
                            n = walk(i, v[i]);
                            if (n === undefined) {
                                delete v[i];
                            } else {
                                v[i] = n;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                return filter(k, v);
            };

            if (YAHOO.lang.isFunction(filter)) {
                walk('',data);
            }

            return data;
        },

        /**
         * Four step determination whether a string is valid JSON.  In three steps,
         * escape sequences, safe values, and properly placed open square brackets
         * are replaced with placeholders or removed.  Then in the final step, the
         * result of all these replacements is checked for invalid characters.
         * @method isValid
         * @param str {String} JSON string to be tested
         * @return {boolean} is the string safe for eval?
         * @static
         */
        isValid : function (str) {
            if (!YAHOO.lang.isString(str)) {
                return false;
            }

            return this._INVALID.test(str.
                    replace(this._ESCAPES,'@').
                    replace(this._VALUES,']').
                    replace(this._BRACKETS,''));
        },

        /**
         * Serializes a Date instance as a UTC date string.  Used internally by
         * stringify.  Override this method if you need Dates serialized in a
         * different format.
         * @method dateToString
         * @param d {Date} The Date to serialize
         * @return {String} stringified Date in UTC format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:SSZ
         * @static
         */
        dateToString : function (d) {
            function _zeroPad(v) {
                return v < 10 ? '0' + v : v;
            }

            return '"' + d.getUTCFullYear()   + '-' +
                _zeroPad(d.getUTCMonth() + 1) + '-' +
                _zeroPad(d.getUTCDate())      + 'T' +
                _zeroPad(d.getUTCHours())     + ':' +
                _zeroPad(d.getUTCMinutes())   + ':' +
                _zeroPad(d.getUTCSeconds())   + 'Z"';
        },

        /**
         * Reconstitute Date instances from the default JSON UTC serialization.
         * Reference this from a parse filter function to rebuild Dates during the
         * parse operation.
         * @method stringToDate
         * @param str {String} String serialization of a Date
         * @return {Date}
         */
        stringToDate : function (str) {
            if (this._PARSE_DATE.test(str)) {
                var d = new Date();
                d.setUTCFullYear(RegExp.$1, (RegExp.$2|0)-1, RegExp.$3);
                d.setUTCHours(RegExp.$4, RegExp.$5, RegExp.$6);
                return d;
            }
        },

        /**
         * Parse a JSON string, returning the native JavaScript representation.
         * Only minor modifications from http://www.json.org/json.js.
         * @param s {string} JSON string data
         * @param filter {function} (optional) function(k,v) passed each key value pair of object literals, allowing pruning or altering values
         * @return {MIXED} the native JavaScript representation of the JSON string
         * @throws SyntaxError
         * @method parse
         * @static
         * @public
         */
        parse : function (s,filter) {
            // Ensure valid JSON
            if (this.isValid(s)) {
                // Eval the text into a JavaScript data structure, apply any
                // filter function, and return
                return this._applyFilter( eval('(' + s + ')'), filter );
            }

            // The text is not JSON parsable
            throw new SyntaxError('parseJSON');
        },

        /**
         * Converts an arbitrary value to a JSON string representation.
         * Cyclical object or array references are replaced with null.
         * If a whitelist is provided, only matching object keys will be included.
         * If a depth limit is provided, objects and arrays at that depth will
         * be stringified as empty.
         * @method stringify
         * @param o {MIXED} any arbitrary object to convert to JSON string
         * @param w {Array} (optional) whitelist of acceptable object keys to include
         * @param d {number} (optional) depth limit to recurse objects/arrays (practical minimum 1)
         * @return {string} JSON string representation of the input
         * @static
         * @public
         */
        stringify : function (o,w,d) {

            var l      = YAHOO.lang,
                J      = l.JSON,
                m      = J._CHARS,
                str_re = this._SPECIAL_CHARS,
                pstack = []; // Processing stack used for cyclical ref protection

            // escape encode special characters
            var _char = function (c) {
                if (!m[c]) {
                    var a = c.charCodeAt();
                    m[c] = '\\u00' + Math.floor(a / 16).toString(16) +
                                               (a % 16).toString(16);
                }
                return m[c];
            };

            // Enclose the escaped string in double quotes
            var _string = function (s) {
                return '"' + s.replace(str_re, _char) + '"';
            };

            // Use the configured date conversion
            var _date = J.dateToString;

            // Worker function.  Fork behavior on data type and recurse objects and
            // arrays per the configured depth.
            var _stringify = function (o,w,d) {
                var t = typeof o,
                    i,len,j, // array iteration
                    k,v,     // object iteration
                    vt,      // typeof v during iteration
                    a;       // composition array for performance over string concat

                // String
                if (t === 'string') {
                    return _string(o);
                }

                // native boolean and Boolean instance
                if (t === 'boolean' || o instanceof Boolean) {
                    return String(o);
                }

                // native number and Number instance
                if (t === 'number' || o instanceof Number) {
                    return isFinite(o) ? String(o) : 'null';
                }

                // Date
                if (o instanceof Date) {
                    return _date(o);
                }

                // Array
                if (l.isArray(o)) {
                    // Check for cyclical references
                    for (i = pstack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                        if (pstack[i] === o) {
                            return 'null';
                        }
                    }

                    // Add the array to the processing stack
                    pstack[pstack.length] = o;

                    a = [];
                    // Only recurse if we're above depth config
                    if (d > 0) {
                        for (i = o.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                            a[i] = _stringify(o[i],w,d-1) || 'null';
                        }
                    }

                    // remove the array from the stack
                    pstack.pop();

                    return '[' + a.join(',') + ']';
                }

                // Object
                if (t === 'object') {
                    // Test for null reporting as typeof 'object'
                    if (!o) {
                        return 'null';
                    }

                    // Check for cyclical references
                    for (i = pstack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                        if (pstack[i] === o) {
                            return 'null';
                        }
                    }

                    // Add the object to the  processing stack
                    pstack[pstack.length] = o;

                    a = [];
                    // Only recurse if we're above depth config
                    if (d > 0) {

                        // If whitelist provided, take only those keys
                        if (w) {
                            for (i = 0, j = 0, len = w.length; i < len; ++i) {
                                if (typeof w[i] === 'string') {
                                    v = _stringify(o[w[i]],w,d-1);
                                    if (v) {
                                        a[j++] = _string(w[i]) + ':' + v;
                                    }
                                }
                            }

                        // Otherwise, take all valid object properties
                        // omitting the prototype chain properties
                        } else {
                            j = 0;
                            for (k in o) {
                                if (typeof k === 'string' && l.hasOwnProperty(o,k)) {
                                    v = _stringify(o[k],w,d-1);
                                    if (v) {
                                        a[j++] = _string(k) + ':' + v;
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    // Remove the object from processing stack
                    pstack.pop();

                    return '{' + a.join(',') + '}';
                }

                return undefined; // invalid input
            };

            // Default depth to POSITIVE_INFINITY
            d = d >= 0 ? d : 1/0;

            // process the input
            return _stringify(o,w,d);
        }
    };

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