--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/nashorn/test/script/basic/json.js	Fri Dec 21 16:36:24 2012 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ * 
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * 
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Verify basic JSON parsing using JSON.parse method.
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @run
+ */
+
+var obj = JSON.parse('{ "foo" : 44, "bar": "hello",  "arr": [42, 56, 78], "address" : { "city" : "chennai", "country": "India" } }');
+print(obj.foo);
+print(obj.bar);
+print(obj.arr.length);
+for (i in obj.arr) {
+   print(obj.arr[i]);
+}
+print(obj.address.city);
+print(obj.address.country);
+
+function reviver(name, value) {
+   if (name == "") return value;
+   print(name + " = " + value);
+   return value;
+}
+
+var obj2 = JSON.parse('{ "foo" : 44, "bar" : "hello" }', reviver);
+print(obj2.foo);
+print(obj2.bar);
+
+print(JSON.stringify(obj));
+print(JSON.stringify(obj2));
+
+try { 
+    JSON.parse('{ "foo" /*comment */ : 44, "bar" : "hello" }', reviver);
+    print("Fail!");
+} catch (e) {
+    if (!(e instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+	print("Comments are illegal in JSON. Should throw SyntaxError, not " + e);
+    }
+}
+print("Success!");