What is Json?Introduction about Json........

JSON: JavaScript Object Notation.

JSON is syntax for storing and exchanging text information. Much like XML.

JSON is smaller than XML, and faster and easier to parse.

• JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation
• JSON is lightweight text-data interchange format
• JSON is language independent *
• JSON is "self-describing" and easy to understand

Example

{
"employees": [
{ "firstName":"John" , "lastName":"Doe" },
{ "firstName":"Anna" , "lastName":"Smith" },
{ "firstName":"Peter" , "lastName":"Jones" }
]
}

The employees object is an array of 3 employee records (objects).