FB_JsonDomParser

This function block is derived from the same internal function block as FB_JsonDynDomParser and thus offers the same interface.

The two derived function blocks differ only in their internal memory management. FB_JsonDomParser is optimized for the fast and efficient parsing and creation of JSON documents that are only changed a little. The function block FB_JsonDynDomParser is recommended for JSON documents to which many changes are made.

WARNING

Use of router memory

The function block occupies new memory with each change, e.g. with the methods SetObject() or SetJson(). As a result, the amount of router memory used can grow enormously after repeated actions. This allocated memory is only released again by calling the method NewDocument().

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Strings in UTF-8 format

The variables of type STRING used here are based on the UTF-8 format. This STRING formatting is common for MQTT communication as well as for JSON documents.

In order to be able to receive special characters and texts from a wide range of languages, the character set in the Tc3_IotBase and Tc3_JsonXml libraries is not limited to the typical character set of the data type STRING. Instead, the Unicode character set in UTF-8 format is used in conjunction with the data type STRING.

If the ASCII character set is used, there is no difference between the typical formatting of a STRING and the UTF-8 formatting of a STRING.

Further information on the UTF-8 STRING format and available display and conversion options can be found in the documentation for the Tc2_Utilities PLC library.

Requirements

TwinCAT version

Hardware

Libraries to be integrated

TwinCAT 3.1, Build 4022

x86, x64, ARM

Tc3_JsonXml