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+---------
+-- Dump packages info into JSON.
+----
+local cjson = require('cjson')
+local pkgmod = require('aports.pkg')
+
+local get_maintainer = pkgmod.get_maintainer
+local push = table.insert
+
+
+-- Tables with this metatable are encoded as an array by our patched cjson.
+local empty_array_mt = { __name = 'array' }
+
+local empty_array = setmetatable({}, empty_array_mt)
+
+--- Converts pkg's `arch` map into list of architectures.
+-- Negated architecture is prefixed by "!".
+--
+-- @tparam {[string]=bool,...} arch
+-- @treturn {string,...}
+local function convert_arch(arch)
+	local t = {}
+	for name, value in pairs(arch) do
+		push(t, value and name or '!'..name)
+	end
+	return t
+end
+
+--- "Marks" the given table to be encoded as a JSON array.
+local function array(tab)
+	return #tab == 0
+		and empty_array
+		or setmetatable(tab, empty_array_mt)
+end
+
+--- Converts the `pkg` into a simple table (map) that can be serialized.
+--
+-- @tparam table pkg The package table (see @{db.split_apkbuild}).
+-- @treturn table A simple map of values.
+local function pkg_to_table(pkg)
+	return {
+		pkgname = pkg.pkgname,
+		pkgver = pkg.pkgver,
+		pkgrel = tonumber(pkg.pkgrel),
+		pkgdesc = pkg.pkgdesc,
+		url = pkg.url,
+		license = pkg.license,
+		arch = array(convert_arch(pkg.arch)),
+		depends = array(pkg.depends),
+		makedepends = array(pkg.makedepends),
+		checkdepends = array(pkg.checkdepends),
+		subpackages = array(pkg.subpackages),
+		source = array(pkg.source),
+		maintainer = get_maintainer(pkg),
+	}
+end
+
+
+local M = {}
+
+--- Dumps packages from the given iterator to a map indexed by package name.
+function M.pkgs_to_map(iter, state)
+	local t = {}
+	for pkg in iter, state do
+		t[pkg.pkgname] = pkg_to_table(pkg)
+	end
+	return t
+end
+
+--- Dumps packages from the given iterator to JSON.
+-- @see pkgs_to_map
+function M.pkgs_to_json(iter, state)
+	cjson.encode_sort_keys = true
+	return cjson.encode(M.pkgs_to_map(iter, state))
+end
+
+return M