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examples/basic_json_document__set.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using json_editable_document = nlohmann::json_editable_document;
+using json_editable_view = nlohmann::json_editable_view;
+
+int main()
+{
+    // a configuration file, as it might be read from disk -- "price" is
+    // written with a trailing zero that has no effect on its value
+    const std::string text = R"({
+  "name": "cache",
+  "host": "db1",
+  "port": 6379,
+  "price": 19.90,
+  "replicas": ["db2", "db3"],
+  "timeout": 30
+})";
+
+    json_editable_document doc = json_editable_document::parse(text);
+
+    doc.set(doc.root()["port"], 6380);                    // (1) replace a value
+    doc.set(doc.root(), "region", "us-east");              // (2) add a member
+    doc.set(doc.root()["replicas"], 0, "db4");             // (3) assign an element
+    doc.set(json::json_pointer("/timeout"), 45);           // (4) via a JSON pointer
+
+    // members stay in document order (the new one at the end), and a number
+    // that was not itself edited keeps its exact spelling
+    std::cout << doc.root().dump(2, ' ', false, json_editable_view::number_format::source) << "\n\n";
+
+    // the same edits on a plain json value: object_t is a std::map, so
+    // parsing already sorted the keys, and dump() rewrites every number to
+    // its shortest form, even "price", which was never touched
+    json plain = json::parse(text);
+    plain["port"] = 6380;
+    plain["region"] = "us-east";
+    plain["replicas"][0] = "db4";
+    plain[json::json_pointer("/timeout")] = 45;
+    std::cout << plain.dump(2) << '\n';
+}