CDF support has expanded its external interface to include JSON
(JavaScript Object Notation) form, a
lightweight data-interchange format. CDF data can be presented in JSON, which
is a text format that is completely language independent and easy for humans
to read and write. It is also easy for machines to parse and generate.
The Tools
CDF2Json - Presents the contents of a CDF file into a CDF-specific
JSON form.
Json2CDF - Creates a CDF file from a CDF-specific Jason file.
These two utilities are bundled in cdfjson.jar that is included in the standard
CDF distribution package. cdfjson.jar is also available as a separate download
from the Unix/Linux distribution directory. These tools are based on CDF's Java
APIs and its JNI. CDF needs to be installed to run the tools.
There are other dependent jar files and supporting java programs as well.