[WIP] Support the standard JSON via compile() too

README.md

@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ There is also a direct method, `compileStandard`, which is only present on recen
 
 Starting from version 0.4.20 a Semver compatible version number can be retrieved on every compiler release, including old ones, using the `semver()` method.
 
+#### From version 0.4.21
+
+Starting from version 0.4.21 a *standard JSON input and output* is also accepted by `compile()`:
+
+```javascript
+function findImports(path) {
+	/* Implement support for loading external files here */
+	return { error: 'File not found' }
+}
+var output = solc.compile({ /* standard JSON input */ }, findImports)
+/* output contains standard JSON output */
+```
+
 ### Using with Electron
 
 **Note:**

wrapper.js

@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ function setupMethods (soljson) {
   }
 
   var compile = function (input, optimise, readCallback) {
+    // NOTE: horribly inefficient
+    if (typeof input === 'string') {
+      var isStandardJSON = false;
+      try {
+        input = JSON.parse(input);
+        if (typeof input['language'] === 'string') {
+          isStandardJSON = true;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+      }
+
+      if (isStandardJSON) {
+        // NOTE: takes second argument as "readCallback"
+        return JSON.parse(compileStandardWrapper(input, optimise));
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (typeof input !== 'string' && typeof input['language'] === 'string') {
+      // NOTE: takes second argument as "readCallback"
+      return JSON.parse(compileStandardWrapper(JSON.stringify(input), optimise));
+    }
+
     var result = '';
     if (readCallback !== undefined && compileJSONCallback !== null) {
       result = compileJSONCallback(JSON.stringify(input), optimise, readCallback);