jacin v0.0.21

jacin

A given name for both genders. It is Spanish in origin, and is a shortened form of Jacinta or a variation on the spelling of Jason (Source: Wikipedia)

Current version

Meet jacin, a JSON/Javascript objects manipulation toolkit, (among other) capable of the following:

Features

• Ingesting multiple data object formats, such as:
  • a native Javascript object
  • JSON format string
  • YAML string
  • .ini files (limited only to section + 1 level key => value or key => values array)
• Runnign selection (queries) to the objects/documents and setting new values using
  • notation of XPath. [Feature #3]
  • JSONPath
• Exporting data to:
  • a native Javascript object
  • JSON format string
  • YAML string
  • .ini files (limited only to section + 1 level key => value or key => values array)
• Encrypting/decrypting [Feature #4]
  • values
  • or whole object branches
  • preserving native Javascript data type
• Signing and generating check-sums for both whole objects and values (eg. for the purpose of sanity checks of encryption/dectryption chain) using
  • CRC32 for UTF-8 strings
  • MD5
  • SHA1
  • user-defined custom functions
• Cloning native Javascript objects

• Comparing values and calculation of diff for native Javascript objects [Feature #5]

Upcoming features:

• Basic NoSQL to SQL ETL-helper features, eg. for automating extracts from document databases like eg. MongoDB to CSV or SQL scripts [Feature #7]

• Setting objects immutable with incremental, signed, timestamped change sets - incl. representation thereof in multiple JSON snapshots [Feature #6].