{
  "version": "1.4",
  "category": "decode",
  "description": "Whitespace tolerance in decoding - surrounding spaces around delimiters and values",
  "tests": [
    {
      "name": "tolerates spaces around commas in inline arrays",
      "input": "tags[3]: a , b , c",
      "expected": {
        "tags": ["a", "b", "c"]
      },
      "specSection": "12",
      "note": "Surrounding whitespace SHOULD be tolerated; tokens are trimmed"
    },
    {
      "name": "tolerates spaces around pipes in inline arrays",
      "input": "tags[3|]: a | b | c",
      "expected": {
        "tags": ["a", "b", "c"]
      },
      "specSection": "12"
    },
    {
      "name": "tolerates spaces around tabs in inline arrays",
      "input": "tags[3\t]: a \t b \t c",
      "expected": {
        "tags": ["a", "b", "c"]
      },
      "specSection": "12"
    },
    {
      "name": "tolerates leading and trailing spaces in tabular row values",
      "input": "items[2]{id,name}:\n  1 , Alice \n  2 , Bob ",
      "expected": {
        "items": [
          { "id": 1, "name": "Alice" },
          { "id": 2, "name": "Bob" }
        ]
      },
      "specSection": "12",
      "note": "Values in tabular rows are trimmed"
    },
    {
      "name": "tolerates spaces around delimiters with quoted values",
      "input": "items[3]: \"a\" , \"b\" , \"c\"",
      "expected": {
        "items": ["a", "b", "c"]
      },
      "specSection": "12"
    },
    {
      "name": "parses empty tokens as empty string",
      "input": "items[3]: a,,c",
      "expected": {
        "items": ["a", "", "c"]
      },
      "specSection": "12",
      "note": "Empty token (nothing between delimiters) decodes to empty string"
    }
  ]
}