docs: cross-reference json_view and json_document for 3.13.0 (#5892)
* docs: cross-reference json_view and json_document for 3.13.0 Document the new zero-copy document/view API across the docs: add a "Documents and views" section to the basic_json API hub linking to all specializations, point parsing/conversion/modifying pages to the view-based alternatives, add document/view sections to feature pages, update the landing page to mention json_view.hpp/json_literals.hpp, and cross-link debugging/exceptions. Also document wide-string inputs (and ill-formed UTF-16/32 rejection), add parse/accept examples for wide strings, fix related doc gaps, and align features/parsing and FAQ with the added support. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me> * docs: fix article before std::istream in FAQ Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me> * docs: clarify document inputs, decoding, get<T>() and editing Address review comments: say which inputs are borrowed and that a wide string pointer is an extra input, which values are decoded during parsing, that get<T>() reads only built-in types directly, all forms of set() and that the document's insert() is array-only, and how to store wide strings. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me> * docs: integers are converted while parsing a document Also say "They accept every input" in basic_json_document::parse. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me> --------- Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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The [`parse`](../../api/basic_json/parse.md) function reads a JSON value from an input. The input can be
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- a string (`#!cpp std::string`, C string, or string literal),
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- a wide string (`#!cpp std::u16string`, `#!cpp std::u32string`, or `#!cpp std::wstring`, or a wide string literal),
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- a `#!cpp std::istream` (e.g., an `#!cpp std::ifstream` reading from a file),
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- a `#!cpp FILE*` pointer,
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- a pair of iterators over a contiguous range (e.g., a `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`), or
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@@ -32,12 +33,18 @@ std::ifstream f("example.json");
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json data = json::parse(f);
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```
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The input must be encoded in UTF-8; other encodings are not supported. A single input may contain only one JSON value.
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The input must be encoded in UTF-8; other encodings are not supported. The exception is wide-character input, which
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is read as UTF-16 or UTF-32 -- depending on the character type -- and converted to UTF-8; see the
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[`parse`](../../api/basic_json/parse.md) page for an example. A single input may contain only one JSON value.
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Inputs consisting of multiple values separated by newlines are handled by the [JSON Lines](json_lines.md) format.
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By default, the library rejects comments and trailing commas. Both can be enabled with parameters of the `parse`
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function — see [comments](../comments.md) and [trailing commas](../trailing_commas.md).
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[`basic_json_document::parse`](../../api/basic_json_document/parse.md) accepts the same inputs with the same options,
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but keeps the result in a document rather than in a `basic_json` value; see
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[Documents and views](#documents-and-views) below.
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## Strictness and trailing data
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[`parse`](../../api/basic_json/parse.md) reads a single JSON value and requires the whole input to be consumed: any
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@@ -98,6 +105,26 @@ The library offers two parsing models:
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You can influence a DOM parse without switching to the SAX interface by passing a
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[parser callback](parser_callbacks.md), which is called during parsing and can, for example, discard parts of the input.
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## Documents and views
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A third model sits between DOM and SAX: [`basic_json_document::parse`](../../api/basic_json_document/parse.md) parses
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the input into a document that keeps the text and a flat index of the values in it, and
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[`basic_json_view`](../../api/basic_json_view/index.md) gives read-only access to the values through that index.
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The whole input is validated during parsing, but only integers and strings that contain escape sequences are converted
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right away (the strings into a buffer owned by the document). Floating-point numbers and all other strings stay in the
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source text and are only converted when they are read, which is faster and uses less memory than building a tree of `basic_json` values when only parts
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of the document are needed. A document can also be
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modified in place, and it can be saved and loaded again without parsing it.
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```cpp
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#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
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json_document doc = json_document::parse(R"({"happy": true, "pi": 3.141})");
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std::cout << doc.root()["happy"].get<bool>() << '\n';
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```
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See [Zero-copy JSON views](../json_view.md) for the concept and the trade-offs.
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## Exceptions
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When the input is not valid JSON, the `parse` function throws an exception by default. If exceptions are undesired or
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@@ -108,6 +135,7 @@ options.
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## See also
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- [`parse`](../../api/basic_json/parse.md) - deserialize from a compatible input
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- [`basic_json_document::parse`](../../api/basic_json_document/parse.md) - deserialize into a document instead of a value
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- [`accept`](../../api/basic_json/accept.md) - check if the input is valid JSON
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- [`sax_parse`](../../api/basic_json/sax_parse.md) - generate SAX events
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- [JSON Lines](json_lines.md) - parse newline-delimited JSON
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@@ -115,3 +143,4 @@ options.
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- [SAX interface](sax_interface.md) - implement a custom SAX handler
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- [parsing and exceptions](parse_exceptions.md) - control error handling
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- [parsing untrusted input](untrusted_input.md) - what to consider when parsing input from untrusted sources
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- [Zero-copy JSON views](../json_view.md) - parse into a document and read it through a view
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@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Invalid UTF-8 is rejected while parsing, not just while serializing:
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- In JSON text, an ill-formed UTF-8 byte in a string is a
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[`parse_error.101`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error101) ("invalid string: ill-formed UTF-8 byte").
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- In UTF-16 or UTF-32 input, an ill-formed sequence is a
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[`parse_error.101`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error101) as well: a lone surrogate, a high surrogate
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that is not followed by its low surrogate, and a code point above `U+10FFFF` are all rejected.
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- In a binary format, a string that is not valid UTF-8 is a
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[`parse_error.113`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error113).
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