ConfigNode parser

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Is there an up-to-date parser available for the ConfigNode-format?

Preferably in javascript (nodejs), but any language would do.

Also: Can somebody tell me what drove Squad to build a proprietary format in the first place?

It looks so similar to JSON and I can't think of something which their format can store but JSON can not. All the additional work for (de-)serialization for what?

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If there is none available I would go on and build one, but the format seems to be inconsistent when it comes to collections, or at least I can't see the difference:

Example:

The collection of parts and modules in a .craft file are separate objects:

PART
{
    MODULE
    {
    }
    MODULE
    {
    }
}
PART
{
}

The events and actions within a module on the other hand are not separate:

EVENTS
{
    Foo
    {
    }
    Bar
    {
    }
}

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Well, after a good amount of time spent, I think I have reverse engineered the format correctly.

I will post the source of the parser as a nodejs module on GitHub soon. It has no dependencies so it could be used with plain javascript pretty much without any change. Porting it to another language should be fairly easy too.

The above examples would map to the following JSON:

{
    name: ""
    nodes: [
        { name: "PART", nodes: [], values:{} },
        { name: "PART", nodes: [], values:{} }
    ],
    values: {}
}

{
    name: "EVENTS"
    nodes: [
        { name: "Foo", nodes: [], values:{} },
        { name: "Bar", nodes: [], values:{} }
    ],
    values: {}
}

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The source is available here: https://github.com/JcBernack/KerbalCraft/blob/master/KerbalCraftServer/config-node-parser.js