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+# Copyright (C) 2025 The Qt Company Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from .pyproject_parse_result import PyProjectParseResult
+
+
+def parse_pyproject_json(pyproject_json_file: Path) -> PyProjectParseResult:
+    """
+    Parse a pyproject.json file and return a PyProjectParseResult object.
+    """
+    result = PyProjectParseResult()
+    try:
+        with pyproject_json_file.open("r") as pyf:
+            project_file_data = json.load(pyf)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        result.errors.append(str(e))
+        return result
+    except Exception as e:
+        result.errors.append(str(e))
+        return result
+
+    if not isinstance(project_file_data, dict):
+        result.errors.append("The root element of pyproject.json must be a JSON object")
+        return result
+
+    found_files = project_file_data.get("files")
+    if found_files and not isinstance(found_files, list):
+        result.errors.append("The files element must be a list")
+        return result
+
+    for file in project_file_data.get("files", []):
+        if not isinstance(file, str):
+            result.errors.append(f"Invalid file: {file}")
+            return result
+
+        file_path = Path(file)
+        if not file_path.is_absolute():
+            file_path = (pyproject_json_file.parent / file).resolve()
+        result.files.append(file_path)
+
+    return result