Converts javascript strings to simple JSON.

ToJSON.js

String.prototype.trim = function() { return this.toString().replace(/^\s+/,'').replace(/\s+$/,''); };

String.prototype.ToJSON = function() {
	var quotes = function(s) { return (s||'').toString().replace(/^"/,'').replace(/"$/,'').replace(/^'/,'').replace(/'$/,'').trim(); };
	var commas = function() {
		this.change = function(s){ 
			var s = (s||'').toString();
			if(/.*:.*/.test(s) && /('.*,.*')/.test(s)) {
				var x = s.match(/('.*,.*')/)[1] || ''; var orig = x; var n = x.match(/,/g).length;
				for(i=1; i<=n; i++) {
					x = x.replace(/,/,'_#_');
				}
				s = s.replace(orig,x);
			}
			return s;
		};
		this.back = function(s){
			return (s||'').toString().replace(/_#_/g,',');
		};
		return this;
	};
	
    var json = null;
    var str = this.toString().trim().replace(/'/g,"").replace(/"/g,"'").trim();
    if(str.match(/\{.*:.*\}/)) {
		str = str.replace(/^\{/,'').replace(/\}$/,'');
		var keyval = commas().change(str).split(',') || null;
		if(keyval && keyval.length>0) {
			json = {};
			for(x in keyval) {
				var KV = keyval[x].trim().trim(), re1 = /(.*):(.*?:.*)/, re2 = /(.*):(.*)/;
				var K = KV.match(re1) ? KV.match(re1)[1] : KV.match(re2)[1];
				var V = KV.match(re1) ? KV.match(re1)[2] : KV.match(re2)[2];
				if(K && V) {
					K = quotes(K), V = quotes(V);
					json[K] = V.match(/\{.*\}/) ? V.ToJSON() : commas().back(V);
				}
			}
		}
	}
    return json;
};


/*
 * Josue Rodriguez <[email protected]>
 *
 * Converts strings to simple JSON.
 *
 * var json = "{total:44}".ToJSON();
 *
 * var json = '{show:files, test:{text:"OH, hi, i can haz my cheeseburger nao plz, spanks"}, inception:{level:6}}'.ToJSON();
 *
 * [Warning] Has not been fully tested, except for the above. May break on double quotes and deep level hierarchy.
 */