Thymeleaf print JSON string as JSON object into a javascript variable

Question

In Specific

I need a way to print JSON representation of a string value into the html page via thymeleaf.

In detail

I'm having a model attribute which contains a string which is actually a string representation of the JSON

My thymeleaf code

<script th:inline="javascript">
  var value = [[${data.scriptValue}]];
</script>

print the variable as below

var value = '[[\"asd\",\"3\"],[\"asd\",\"1\"],[\"asdasd\",\"1\"]]';

But I want something like this as a javascript/JSON array

var value = [["asd","3"],["asd","1"],["asdasd","1"]];

How to do this in thymeleaf?

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Note: I know I can do this from JSON.Parse but i need a way to do this from thymeleaf :)

Answer 1

Update - 2015/12/24

This feature is available in Thymeleaf 3

Refer The Thymeleaf textual syntax in https://github.com/thymeleaf/thymeleaf/issues/395

// Unescaped (actual answer)
var value = [(${data.scriptValue})];
//or
var value = [# th:utext="${data.scriptValue}"/];

// Escaped
var value = [[${data.scriptValue}]];
//or
var value = [# th:text="${data.scriptValue}"/];

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It's not possible at Thymeleaf 2. As Patric LC mentioned, there are two issues reported for this.

1. unescaped inline for scripts/css #12

2. Use Jackson for Javascript inlining of JSON #81