Thrift to JSON

Convert Java Thrift toString() output to formatted JSON — instantly.

Features

• 🚀 One command — keyboard shortcut, right-click menu, or command palette
• 🔁 Recursive parsing — handles arbitrarily nested Thrift objects
• 🔗 URL-safe — preserves full URLs containing ://, &, =, %3A, etc.
• 📦 Embedded JSON — fields whose value is a JSON string are parsed into objects
• 🗺 Dual map separators — handles both : and = as map key-value separators
• 🔢 Integer precision — integers beyond Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER are kept as strings
• 📋 Side-by-side result — opens converted JSON in a new tab with syntax highlighting
• 📎 Copy to clipboard — one-click copy from the notification bar

Usage

Method 1 — Keyboard Shortcut

Select the Thrift text (or select nothing to convert the whole document), then press:

Method 2 — Right-click Context Menu

Select text → right-click → Convert Thrift to JSON

Method 3 — Command Palette

Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) / Ctrl+Shift+P → type Thrift: Convert to JSON

Input Format

This extension parses the standard Java Thrift toString() format:

ClassName(field1:value1, field2:NestedClass(x:1, y:2), list:[a, b, c])

Supported Patterns

Basic object

UserInfo(userId:12345, name:Alice, active:true)

{ "userId": 12345, "name": "Alice", "active": true }

Nested objects

Response(code:1, data:UserInfo(userId:12345, name:Alice))

{ "code": 1, "data": { "userId": 12345, "name": "Alice" } }

Map with = separator (common in Thrift extraData fields)

Config(params:{timeout=30, retry=3, debug=})

{ "params": { "timeout": 30, "retry": 3, "debug": null } }

Map with list value

Result(items:{key=[ObjA(x:1), ObjB(x:2)]})

{ "items": { "key": [{ "x": 1 }, { "x": 2 }] } }

URL field (special characters preserved)

Info(linkUrl:https://example.com/path?a=1&b=2, id:42)

{ "linkUrl": "https://example.com/path?a=1&b=2", "id": 42 }

Embedded JSON string

Meta(token:{"type":"coupon","id":"123"}, valid:true)

{ "token": { "type": "coupon", "id": "123" }, "valid": true }

Empty / null fields

Address(street:Main St, unit:, zip:)

{ "street": "Main St", "unit": null, "zip": null }

Parsing Rules

Extension Settings

No configuration required. Works out of the box.

Known Limitations

• Class names are discarded (only field values are kept)
• String values are unquoted in the original format — if a value contains , or ), parsing may be ambiguous. In practice this does not occur with standard Thrift output.

中文说明

一键将 Java Thrift 对象 toString() 输出转换为格式化 JSON。

功能特性

• 🚀 一个命令搞定 — 快捷键、右键菜单、命令面板均可触发
• 🔁 递归解析 — 支持任意深度的嵌套 Thrift 对象
• 🔗 URL 安全 — 完整保留含 ://、&、=、%3A 等特殊字符的 URL
• 📦 内嵌 JSON — 字段值为 JSON 字符串时自动解析为对象
• 🗺 双分隔符 Map — 同时支持 : 和 = 作为 key-value 分隔符
• 🔢 大整数精度 — 超过 JS 安全整数范围的值保留为字符串，不丢失精度
• 📋 侧边新标签 — 转换结果在右侧新标签页打开，带 JSON 语法高亮
• 📎 一键复制 — 通知栏提供「复制到剪贴板」按钮

使用方式

方式一：快捷键

选中 Thrift 文本（不选则转换整个文档），按：

方式二：右键菜单

选中文本 → 右键 → Convert Thrift to JSON

方式三：命令面板

Cmd+Shift+P（macOS）/ Ctrl+Shift+P → 输入 Thrift: Convert to JSON

输入格式

本插件解析标准 Java Thrift toString() 格式的文本，典型结构如下：

ClassName(field1:value1, field2:NestedClass(x:1, y:2), list:[a, b, c])

支持以下所有格式（示例见英文说明部分）：

License

MIT