JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is supported directly in WebSpeed's SpeedScript (ABL) language, allowing you to exchange data between OpenEdge-supported data sources and JSON data. Specifically, you can serialize ABL ProDataSets and temp-tables to and from JSON data.
JSON developers use JSON as an alternative data interchange format to XML. XML is widely used to exchange data in a heterogeneous environment. However, some developers consider XML as too verbose for exchanges between a web browser and a web server as part of a rich internet application. For example, JSON is widely used in AJAX applications.
