Common Loadout Format

Abstract

(Extracted from the specification)

The common loadout format (CLF) is a JSON based format for defining a fitting in the EVE Online multiplayer game. The format strives to achieve portability, completeness, extendability and longevity.

Licensing

Unless otherwise specified, all documents and source files are licensed under the WTFPL license, version 2. See the COPYING file for the full license text.

Validator guidelines

If you want to write a reference validator in your favorite language, please read (and apply) the following:

• Your validator should read the JSON loadout from standard input, spit its errors in the standard error stream (stderr) and have a return value of 0 if the validation succeeded without warnings, 1 if the validation succeeded with some warnings, or anything else if the validation failed.

• The binary/executable script should be called validator and should be callable without any arguments. If it requires compiling, use a Makefile rule to invoke the compiler.

• Assume nothing. This is a reference implementation, so being pedantic is crucial.

• The source is more likely to be read than used; write the most beautiful code you can, and comment anything you find worthy of an explanation.