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@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Value type | return value
boolean | `"boolean"`
string | `"string"`
number (integer, unsigned integer, floating-point) | `"number"`
object | `"object`
array | `"array`
binary | `"binary`
discarded | `"discarded`
object | `"object"`
array | `"array"`
binary | `"binary"`
discarded | `"discarded"`
## Exception safety

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@ -3761,25 +3761,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
m_value.object->insert(first.m_it.object_iterator, last.m_it.object_iterator);
}
/*!
@brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
Inserts all values from JSON object @a j and overwrites existing keys.
@param[in] j JSON object to read values from
@throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
`"cannot use update() with string"`
@complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
insert.
@liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used.,update}
@sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
@since version 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/update/
void update(const_reference j)
{
// implicitly convert null value to an empty object
@ -3808,32 +3791,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
}
}
/*!
@brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
Inserts all values from from range `[first, last)` and overwrites existing
keys.
@param[in] first begin of the range of elements to insert
@param[in] last end of the range of elements to insert
@throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
`"cannot use update() with string"`
@throw invalid_iterator.202 if iterator @a first or @a last does does not
point to an object; example: `"iterators first and last must point to
objects"`
@throw invalid_iterator.210 if @a first and @a last do not belong to the
same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
@complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
insert.
@liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used__range.,update}
@sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
@since version 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/update/
void update(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
{
// implicitly convert null value to an empty object
@ -4456,57 +4415,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
/// @name deserialization
/// @{
/*!
@brief deserialize from a compatible input
@tparam InputType A compatible input, for instance
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
(optional)
@param[in] allow_exceptions whether to throw exceptions in case of a
parse error (optional, true by default)
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
@a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
value_t::discarded.
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
@a cb or reading from the input @a i has a super-linear complexity.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
from an array.,parse__array__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
and without callback function.,parse__string__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
and without callback function.,parse__istream__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
from a contiguous container.,parse__contiguouscontainer__parser_callback_t}
@since version 2.0.3 (contiguous containers); version 3.9.0 allowed to
ignore comments.
*/
/// @brief deserialize from a compatible input
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/parse/
template<typename InputType>
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
static basic_json parse(InputType&& i,
@ -4519,32 +4429,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return result;
}
/*!
@brief deserialize from a pair of character iterators
The value_type of the iterator must be a integral type with size of 1, 2 or
4 bytes, which will be interpreted respectively as UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32.
@param[in] first iterator to start of character range
@param[in] last iterator to end of character range
@param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
(optional)
@param[in] allow_exceptions whether to throw exceptions in case of a
parse error (optional, true by default)
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
@a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
value_t::discarded.
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
*/
/// @brief deserialize from a pair of character iterators
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/parse/
template<typename IteratorType>
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
static basic_json parse(IteratorType first,
@ -4570,36 +4456,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return result;
}
/*!
@brief check if the input is valid JSON
Unlike the @ref parse(InputType&&, const parser_callback_t,const bool)
function, this function neither throws an exception in case of invalid JSON
input (i.e., a parse error) nor creates diagnostic information.
@tparam InputType A compatible input, for instance
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return Whether the input read from @a i is valid JSON.
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `accept()` function reading
from a string.,accept__string}
*/
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/accept/
template<typename InputType>
static bool accept(InputType&& i,
const bool ignore_comments = false)
@ -4607,6 +4465,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments).accept(true);
}
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/accept/
template<typename IteratorType>
static bool accept(IteratorType first, IteratorType last,
const bool ignore_comments = false)
@ -4622,46 +4482,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments).accept(true);
}
/*!
@brief generate SAX events
The SAX event lister must follow the interface of @ref json_sax.
This function reads from a compatible input. Examples are:
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in,out] sax SAX event listener
@param[in] format the format to parse (JSON, CBOR, MessagePack, or UBJSON)
@param[in] strict whether the input has to be consumed completely
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default); only applies to the JSON file format.
@return return value of the last processed SAX event
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the SAX consumer @a sax has
a super-linear complexity.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `sax_parse()` function
reading from string and processing the events with a user-defined SAX
event consumer.,sax_parse}
@since version 3.2.0
*/
/// @brief generate SAX events
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/sax_parse/
template <typename InputType, typename SAX>
JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
static bool sax_parse(InputType&& i, SAX* sax,
@ -4675,6 +4497,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
: detail::binary_reader<basic_json, decltype(ia), SAX>(std::move(ia)).sax_parse(format, sax, strict);
}
/// @brief generate SAX events
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/sax_parse/
template<class IteratorType, class SAX>
JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(3)
static bool sax_parse(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, SAX* sax,
@ -4755,63 +4579,32 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
// convenience functions //
///////////////////////////
/*!
@brief return the type as string
Returns the type name as string to be used in error messages - usually to
indicate that a function was called on a wrong JSON type.
@return a string representation of a the @a m_type member:
Value type | return value
----------- | -------------
null | `"null"`
boolean | `"boolean"`
string | `"string"`
number | `"number"` (for all number types)
object | `"object"`
array | `"array"`
binary | `"binary"`
discarded | `"discarded"`
@exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
@complexity Constant.
@liveexample{The following code exemplifies `type_name()` for all JSON
types.,type_name}
@sa see @ref type() -- return the type of the JSON value
@sa see @ref operator value_t() -- return the type of the JSON value (implicit)
@since version 1.0.0, public since 2.1.0, `const char*` and `noexcept`
since 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief return the type as string
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/type_name/
JSON_HEDLEY_RETURNS_NON_NULL
const char* type_name() const noexcept
{
switch (m_type)
{
switch (m_type)
{
case value_t::null:
return "null";
case value_t::object:
return "object";
case value_t::array:
return "array";
case value_t::string:
return "string";
case value_t::boolean:
return "boolean";
case value_t::binary:
return "binary";
case value_t::discarded:
return "discarded";
case value_t::number_integer:
case value_t::number_unsigned:
case value_t::number_float:
default:
return "number";
}
case value_t::null:
return "null";
case value_t::object:
return "object";
case value_t::array:
return "array";
case value_t::string:
return "string";
case value_t::boolean:
return "boolean";
case value_t::binary:
return "binary";
case value_t::discarded:
return "discarded";
case value_t::number_integer:
case value_t::number_unsigned:
case value_t::number_float:
default:
return "number";
}
}

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@ -21248,25 +21248,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
m_value.object->insert(first.m_it.object_iterator, last.m_it.object_iterator);
}
/*!
@brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
Inserts all values from JSON object @a j and overwrites existing keys.
@param[in] j JSON object to read values from
@throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
`"cannot use update() with string"`
@complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
insert.
@liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used.,update}
@sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
@since version 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/update/
void update(const_reference j)
{
// implicitly convert null value to an empty object
@ -21295,32 +21278,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
}
}
/*!
@brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
Inserts all values from from range `[first, last)` and overwrites existing
keys.
@param[in] first begin of the range of elements to insert
@param[in] last end of the range of elements to insert
@throw type_error.312 if called on JSON values other than objects; example:
`"cannot use update() with string"`
@throw invalid_iterator.202 if iterator @a first or @a last does does not
point to an object; example: `"iterators first and last must point to
objects"`
@throw invalid_iterator.210 if @a first and @a last do not belong to the
same JSON value; example: `"iterators do not fit"`
@complexity O(N*log(size() + N)), where N is the number of elements to
insert.
@liveexample{The example shows how `update()` is used__range.,update}
@sa https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/stdtypes.html#dict.update
@since version 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief updates a JSON object from another object, overwriting existing keys
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/update/
void update(const_iterator first, const_iterator last)
{
// implicitly convert null value to an empty object
@ -21943,57 +21902,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
/// @name deserialization
/// @{
/*!
@brief deserialize from a compatible input
@tparam InputType A compatible input, for instance
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
(optional)
@param[in] allow_exceptions whether to throw exceptions in case of a
parse error (optional, true by default)
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
@a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
value_t::discarded.
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the parser callback function
@a cb or reading from the input @a i has a super-linear complexity.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
from an array.,parse__array__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
and without callback function.,parse__string__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function with
and without callback function.,parse__istream__parser_callback_t}
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `parse()` function reading
from a contiguous container.,parse__contiguouscontainer__parser_callback_t}
@since version 2.0.3 (contiguous containers); version 3.9.0 allowed to
ignore comments.
*/
/// @brief deserialize from a compatible input
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/parse/
template<typename InputType>
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
static basic_json parse(InputType&& i,
@ -22006,32 +21916,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return result;
}
/*!
@brief deserialize from a pair of character iterators
The value_type of the iterator must be a integral type with size of 1, 2 or
4 bytes, which will be interpreted respectively as UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32.
@param[in] first iterator to start of character range
@param[in] last iterator to end of character range
@param[in] cb a parser callback function of type @ref parser_callback_t
which is used to control the deserialization by filtering unwanted values
(optional)
@param[in] allow_exceptions whether to throw exceptions in case of a
parse error (optional, true by default)
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and
@a allow_exceptions set to `false`, the return value will be
value_t::discarded.
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
*/
/// @brief deserialize from a pair of character iterators
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/parse/
template<typename IteratorType>
JSON_HEDLEY_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
static basic_json parse(IteratorType first,
@ -22057,36 +21943,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return result;
}
/*!
@brief check if the input is valid JSON
Unlike the @ref parse(InputType&&, const parser_callback_t,const bool)
function, this function neither throws an exception in case of invalid JSON
input (i.e., a parse error) nor creates diagnostic information.
@tparam InputType A compatible input, for instance
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default)
@return Whether the input read from @a i is valid JSON.
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `accept()` function reading
from a string.,accept__string}
*/
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/accept/
template<typename InputType>
static bool accept(InputType&& i,
const bool ignore_comments = false)
@ -22094,6 +21952,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return parser(detail::input_adapter(std::forward<InputType>(i)), nullptr, false, ignore_comments).accept(true);
}
/// @brief check if the input is valid JSON
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/accept/
template<typename IteratorType>
static bool accept(IteratorType first, IteratorType last,
const bool ignore_comments = false)
@ -22109,46 +21969,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
return parser(i.get(), nullptr, false, ignore_comments).accept(true);
}
/*!
@brief generate SAX events
The SAX event lister must follow the interface of @ref json_sax.
This function reads from a compatible input. Examples are:
- an std::istream object
- a FILE pointer
- a C-style array of characters
- a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
- an object obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produces a valid pair of
iterators.
@param[in] i input to read from
@param[in,out] sax SAX event listener
@param[in] format the format to parse (JSON, CBOR, MessagePack, or UBJSON)
@param[in] strict whether the input has to be consumed completely
@param[in] ignore_comments whether comments should be ignored and treated
like whitespace (true) or yield a parse error (true); (optional, false by
default); only applies to the JSON file format.
@return return value of the last processed SAX event
@throw parse_error.101 if a parse error occurs; example: `""unexpected end
of input; expected string literal""`
@throw parse_error.102 if to_unicode fails or surrogate error
@throw parse_error.103 if to_unicode fails
@complexity Linear in the length of the input. The parser is a predictive
LL(1) parser. The complexity can be higher if the SAX consumer @a sax has
a super-linear complexity.
@note A UTF-8 byte order mark is silently ignored.
@liveexample{The example below demonstrates the `sax_parse()` function
reading from string and processing the events with a user-defined SAX
event consumer.,sax_parse}
@since version 3.2.0
*/
/// @brief generate SAX events
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/sax_parse/
template <typename InputType, typename SAX>
JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(2)
static bool sax_parse(InputType&& i, SAX* sax,
@ -22162,6 +21984,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
: detail::binary_reader<basic_json, decltype(ia), SAX>(std::move(ia)).sax_parse(format, sax, strict);
}
/// @brief generate SAX events
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/sax_parse/
template<class IteratorType, class SAX>
JSON_HEDLEY_NON_NULL(3)
static bool sax_parse(IteratorType first, IteratorType last, SAX* sax,
@ -22242,63 +22066,32 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
// convenience functions //
///////////////////////////
/*!
@brief return the type as string
Returns the type name as string to be used in error messages - usually to
indicate that a function was called on a wrong JSON type.
@return a string representation of a the @a m_type member:
Value type | return value
----------- | -------------
null | `"null"`
boolean | `"boolean"`
string | `"string"`
number | `"number"` (for all number types)
object | `"object"`
array | `"array"`
binary | `"binary"`
discarded | `"discarded"`
@exceptionsafety No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
@complexity Constant.
@liveexample{The following code exemplifies `type_name()` for all JSON
types.,type_name}
@sa see @ref type() -- return the type of the JSON value
@sa see @ref operator value_t() -- return the type of the JSON value (implicit)
@since version 1.0.0, public since 2.1.0, `const char*` and `noexcept`
since 3.0.0
*/
/// @brief return the type as string
/// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/type_name/
JSON_HEDLEY_RETURNS_NON_NULL
const char* type_name() const noexcept
{
switch (m_type)
{
switch (m_type)
{
case value_t::null:
return "null";
case value_t::object:
return "object";
case value_t::array:
return "array";
case value_t::string:
return "string";
case value_t::boolean:
return "boolean";
case value_t::binary:
return "binary";
case value_t::discarded:
return "discarded";
case value_t::number_integer:
case value_t::number_unsigned:
case value_t::number_float:
default:
return "number";
}
case value_t::null:
return "null";
case value_t::object:
return "object";
case value_t::array:
return "array";
case value_t::string:
return "string";
case value_t::boolean:
return "boolean";
case value_t::binary:
return "binary";
case value_t::discarded:
return "discarded";
case value_t::number_integer:
case value_t::number_unsigned:
case value_t::number_float:
default:
return "number";
}
}