json.js

module.exports = function(hljs) {
  var LITERALS = {literal: 'true false null'};
  var TYPES = [
    hljs.QUOTE_STRING_MODE,
    hljs.C_NUMBER_MODE
  ];
  var VALUE_CONTAINER = {
    className: 'value',
    end: ',', endsWithParent: true, excludeEnd: true,
    contains: TYPES,
    keywords: LITERALS
  };
  var OBJECT = {
    begin: '{', end: '}',
    contains: [
      {
        className: 'attribute',
        begin: '\\s*"', end: '"\\s*:\\s*', excludeBegin: true, excludeEnd: true,
        contains: [hljs.BACKSLASH_ESCAPE],
        illegal: '\\n',
        starts: VALUE_CONTAINER
      }
    ],
    illegal: '\\S'
  };
  var ARRAY = {
    begin: '\\[', end: '\\]',
    contains: [hljs.inherit(VALUE_CONTAINER, {className: null})], // inherit is also a workaround for a bug that makes shared modes with endsWithParent compile only the ending of one of the parents
    illegal: '\\S'
  };
  TYPES.splice(TYPES.length, 0, OBJECT, ARRAY);
  return {
    contains: TYPES,
    keywords: LITERALS,
    illegal: '\\S'
  };
};