WELCOME TO TARIQ'S PainfullAfternoon (Hurtlocker.JerkSON)

• Objective: To implement a GroceryReporter capable of parsing JerkSON and formatting to a string
• Purpose: To gain familiarity with regex and payload parsing

You will need all of these today!

In this project you will find a file in the resource directory named RawInput.JerkSON. It was supposed to be a grocery list formated in JSON. However, Tariq, your fearless yet petty leader decided to come reformat it in his own Object Notation. JerkSON... you are welcome.

JSON Format

• In JSON,
  • keys are encapsulated by quotes
  • values are encapsulated by quotes (unless numeric)
  • key and value are seperated by a colon.
  • key and value pairs are seperated by a comma.

{
  "name" : "Milk",
  "price" : 3.25,
  "type" : "food",
  "expiration" : "01/24/2016" 
}

JerkSON Format

• Just like JSON, JerkSON is a key-value-pair-data-store.
• In JerkSON,
  • key and value are seperated by any of the following (:, @, ^, *, %)
  • key and value pairs are seperated by a ;.
  • objects are separated by ##

NaMe:egGS;[email protected];typE^foOd;eXPiRAtIOn%1/24/2016##

Some tidbits

All string manipulation should be achieved through regex to detect and match patterns. Its not guranteed that every Key will have a Value, and every Value will have a pair. For instance:

you may see something like this Name:Milk;Price:3.23;type:;expiration:1/24/2016##

Notice how TYPE has a key but no Value.... if you try and parse this into an object your program could crash. You will need to handle your exceptions! I also expect you to report on how many exceptions you saw while parsing the data. GOOD LUCK ZIPCODERS!!!! May the Odds be ever in your favor!!!!