Function parse

src/vs/base/common/json.ts:846–890

(text: string, errors: ParseError[] = [], options: ParseOptions = ParseOptions.DEFAULT)

 * Therefore always check the errors list to find out if the input was valid.
 */
export function parse(text: string, errors: ParseError[] = [], options: ParseOptions = ParseOptions.DEFAULT): any {
	let currentProperty: string | null = null;
	let currentParent: any = [];
	const previousParents: any[] = [];

	function onValue(value: unknown) {
		if (Array.isArray(currentParent)) {
			currentParent.push(value);
		} else if (currentProperty !== null) {
			currentParent[currentProperty] = value;
		}
	}

	const visitor: JSONVisitor = {
		onObjectBegin: () => {
			const object = {};
			onValue(object);
			previousParents.push(currentParent);
			currentParent = object;
			currentProperty = null;
		},
		onObjectProperty: (name: string) => {
			currentProperty = name;
		},
		onObjectEnd: () => {
			currentParent = previousParents.pop();
		},
		onArrayBegin: () => {
			const array: any[] = [];
			onValue(array);
			previousParents.push(currentParent);
			currentParent = array;
			currentProperty = null;
		},
		onArrayEnd: () => {
			currentParent = previousParents.pop();
		},
		onLiteralValue: onValue,
		onError: (error: ParseErrorCode, offset: number, length: number) => {
			errors.push({ error, offset, length });
		}
	};
	visit(text, visitor, options);
	return currentParent[0];
}


/**