You can now pass in a JS object to the JSON Loader instead of a URL. It will use the object to populate the data with. This impacts any loader type that uses json, so atlas, tilemap, audio sprite, etc. Closes phaserjs#3147.

Author: photonstorm

src/loader/File.js

@@ -154,15 +154,24 @@ var File = new Class({
 
         this.callback = callback;
 
-        this.src = GetURL(this, baseURL);
-
-        if (this.src.indexOf('data:') === 0)
+        if (this.state === CONST.FILE_POPULATED)
         {
-            console.log('Local data URI');
+            this.onComplete();
+
+            callback(this);
         }
         else
         {
-            this.xhrLoader = XHRLoader(this, globalXHR);
+            this.src = GetURL(this, baseURL);
+
+            if (this.src.indexOf('data:') === 0)
+            {
+                console.log('Local data URI');
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this.xhrLoader = XHRLoader(this, globalXHR);
+            }
         }
     }
 

src/loader/LoaderPlugin.js

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ var LoaderPlugin = new Class({
 
         this.list.each(function (file)
         {
-            if (file.state === CONST.FILE_PENDING && this.inflight.size < this.maxParallelDownloads)
+            if (file.state === CONST.FILE_POPULATED || (file.state === CONST.FILE_PENDING && this.inflight.size < this.maxParallelDownloads))
             {
                 this.inflight.set(file);
 

src/loader/const.js

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ var FILE_CONST = {
     //  File has been destroyed
     FILE_DESTROYED: 18,
 
+    //  File was populated from local data and doesn't need an HTTP request
+    FILE_POPULATED: 19,
+
     TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_ARRAY: 20,
     TEXTURE_ATLAS_JSON_HASH: 21
 

src/loader/filetypes/JSONFile.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ var JSONFile = new Class({
 
     initialize:
 
+    //  url can either be a string, in which case it is treated like a proper url, or an object, in which case it is treated as a ready-made JS Object
+
     function JSONFile (key, url, path, xhrSettings)
     {
         var fileKey = (typeof key === 'string') ? key : GetFastValue(key, 'key', '');
@@ -27,6 +29,14 @@ var JSONFile = new Class({
         };
 
         File.call(this, fileConfig);
+
+        if (typeof fileConfig.url === 'object')
+        {
+            //  Object provided instead of a URL, so no need to actually load it (populate data with value)
+            this.data = fileConfig.url;
+
+            this.state = CONST.FILE_POPULATED;
+        }
     },
 
     onProcess: function (callback)