Benefits of using JSON in OpenEdge
Some of the benefits of using JSON in your OpenEdge development work include:
OpenEdge includes built-in parsers for reading and writing JSON
JSON parser functionality is accessed using the same types of ABL objects, methods, and attributes as the built-in XML parsers
ABL JSON-enablement features are simple enough to quickly implement basic use cases
ABL JSON-enablement features can provide improved performance with, as well as native communication to, AJAX applications