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v1.2.0

Jan 20, 2026

v1.1.0

Jan 5, 2026

v1.0.0

Dec 19, 2025

Changes in this version

+ func Compact(dst *bytes.Buffer, src []byte) error

+ func HTMLEscape(dst *bytes.Buffer, src []byte)

+ func Indent(dst *bytes.Buffer, src []byte, prefix, indent string) error

+ func Marshal(v any) ([]byte, error)

+ func MarshalIndent(v any, prefix, indent string) ([]byte, error)

+ func TimeLayout(fmt string) string

+ func Unmarshal(data []byte, v any) error

+ func Valid(data []byte) bool

+ type Decoder struct

+ func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *Decoder

+ func (dec *Decoder) Buffered() io.Reader

+ func (dec *Decoder) Decode(v any) error

+ func (dec *Decoder) DisallowUnknownFields()

+ func (dec *Decoder) InputOffset() int64

+ func (dec *Decoder) More() bool

+ func (dec *Decoder) Token() (Token, error)

+ func (dec *Decoder) UseNumber()

+ type Delim rune

+ func (d Delim) String() string

+ type Encoder struct

+ func NewEncoder(w io.Writer) *Encoder

+ func (enc *Encoder) Encode(v any) error

+ func (enc *Encoder) SetEscapeHTML(on bool)

+ func (enc *Encoder) SetIndent(prefix, indent string)

+ type InvalidUTF8Error struct

+ S string

+ func (e *InvalidUTF8Error) Error() string

+ type InvalidUnmarshalError struct

+ Type reflect.Type

+ func (e *InvalidUnmarshalError) Error() string

+ type Marshaler interface

+ MarshalJSON func() ([]byte, error)

+ type MarshalerError struct

+ Err error

+ Type reflect.Type

+ func (e *MarshalerError) Error() string

+ func (e *MarshalerError) Unwrap() error

+ type Number string

+ func (n Number) Float64() (float64, error)

+ func (n Number) Int64() (int64, error)

+ func (n Number) String() string

+ type RawMessage []byte

+ func (m *RawMessage) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error

+ func (m RawMessage) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)

+ type SyntaxError struct

+ Offset int64

+ func (e *SyntaxError) Error() string

+ type TimeMarshaler interface

+ MarshalJSONWithTimeLayout func(string) []byte

+ type Token any

+ type UnmarshalFieldError struct

+ Field reflect.StructField

+ Key string

+ Type reflect.Type

+ func (e *UnmarshalFieldError) Error() string

+ type UnmarshalTypeError struct

+ Field string

+ Offset int64

+ Struct string

+ Type reflect.Type

+ Value string

+ func (e *UnmarshalTypeError) Error() string

+ type Unmarshaler interface

+ UnmarshalJSON func([]byte) error

+ type UnsupportedTypeError struct

+ Type reflect.Type

+ func (e *UnsupportedTypeError) Error() string

+ type UnsupportedValueError struct

+ Str string

+ Value reflect.Value

+ func (e *UnsupportedValueError) Error() string