XML和JSON的比较

XML版本

<book>
     <type>textbook</type>
     <pages>256</pages>
     <title>Programming Pearls 2nd Edition</title>
     <description>The first edition of Programming Pearls was one of the most influential books I read early in my career...</description>
     <rating>4.5</rating>
     <coverType>paperback</coverType>
     <genre>Computer Science</genre>
     <author>Jon Bentley</author>
     <publisher>Addison-Wesley Professional</publisher>
     <copyright>1999</copyright>
</book>

JSON版本

{
 "book": {
     "type": "textbook",
     "pages": "256",
     "title": "Programming Pearls 2nd Edition",
     "description": "The first edition of Programming Pearls was one of the most influential books I read early in my career...",
     "rating": "4.5",
     "coverType": "paperback",
     "genre": "Computer Science",
     "author": "Jon Bentley",
     "publisher": "Addison-Wesley Professional",
     "copyright": "1999"
     }
 }

JSON声称相对XML有许多好处，包括：

• 容易阅读
• 解析速度更快
• 占用空间更少

JSON：JavaScript 对象表示法（JavaScript Object Notation）。

JSON 是存储和交换文本信息的语法。类似 XML。

JSON 比 XML 更小、更快，更易解析。