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#1

I have created a small module that allows you to turn RBX.Lua tables into Folder/*Value hierarchy trees in order to… do stuff. One of the most immediate use cases I can think of is using ROBLOX’s inherent replication system to replicate data, which is more efficient because of its lossyness(?). There are probably other use cases, but here it is:

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One thing it does NOT do is instance serialization. If you try to serialize an object, it will simply leave it out. I may make this if it is requested a ton, but for now, no.

#2

I was just needing something like this a few minutes ago. Thank you.

[strike]It’s offsale[/strike]. Forgot it was a module c:

#3

Just based on the name it looks like you’re trying to play with the name JSON, but JSON stands for
JavaScript Object Notation

I guess I fail to see the use case for this, because actual JSON would be faster (because it encodes C-side).
And you could just use RemoteEvents/RemoteFunctions.

#4

[quote] Just based on the name it looks like you’re trying to play with the name JSON, but JSON stands for
JavaScript Object Notation

I guess I fail to see the use case for this, because actual JSON would be faster (because it encodes C-side).
And you could just use RemoteEvents/RemoteFunctions. [/quote]

Remote*'s ensure data transmission which slogs down network stuff. Using this is not as network intensive for things that you can transmit in a lossy way.

It stands for Roblox Script Object Notation, by the way.

#5

I wrote a script to encode any lua/roblox data type(except userdatas, instances, and functions, of course) into Lua, and then decode that newly encoded string back into it’s lua data type. I could make it open source, if you guys want. It is essentially a lua encoder/decoder. It can’t run lua code(of course), but it can decode pretty much anything.

#6

Or you can use this. Same as the RBXUtility JSON parser but handles userdata. :swag:

#7

What kind of userdata does it support?

#8

What kind of userdata does it support?[/quote]
CFrames, Region3s, Rays, Vector3s, etc.
Only one I could not get was Vector3int16.

#9

What kind of userdata does it support?[/quote]

I’m guessing it supports CFrame, Vector3, Color3, UDim2, Vector2, etc…

#10

What kind of userdata does it support?[/quote]
CFrames, Region3s, Rays, Vector3s, etc.
Only one I could not get was Vector3int16.[/quote]

Oh, I support every one of those. Including Vector3int16, it wasn’t too bad, but Region3int16 support was hard.

Edit: I’m just gonna post mine on here for anybody who wants it. Be warned, however, the code is very long and not at all commented.
https://github.com/KirkyTurky/Lua-Encode-Decode

#11

The point of mine was to turn it into ROBLOX *Value objects. It does that. That’s what it was designed to do. If you need to do that, then use this. That is all.

#12

For basic stats that you don’t have to worry about the client having the most up to date version (e.g. leaderboards), value objects are the way to go.