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+# This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Convert MessagePack format to JSON
+module msgpack_to_json
+
+import msgpack::read
+import json
+
+if args.has("-h") then
+ print "Usage: nit msgpack::msgpack_to_json [source_file.msgpack]"
+ print "Convert MessagePack format to JSON. Read from stdin if no source_file is given."
+ exit 0
+end
+
+var reader = if args.length >= 1 then
+ new FileReader.open(args.first)
+ else stdin
+
+while reader.last_error == null and not reader.eof do
+ var deserialized = reader.read_msgpack
+
+ if deserialized != null then
+ print deserialized.serialize_to_json(plain=true, pretty=true)
+ else
+ print "null"
+ end
+end