* Add element access, iteration, values, and JSON pointers to json_view
Give basic_json_view the read-only access functions of basic_json:
operator[] and at() with keys and indices, front()/back(), find(),
contains(), count(), begin()/end() and cbegin()/cend(), items()
with structured bindings from C++17 on, and type_name().
Exceptions have the ids and messages of the const functions of
basic_json. Where basic_json has undefined behavior the view
answers safely: operator[] with a missing key or an out-of-range
index returns a discarded view, and front()/back() of an empty
container throw invalid_iterator.214. Objects are iterated in
document order, and all members are visited; duplicate-key lookups
find the first member (as yyjson and simdjson do), while parse(),
materialize(), and the map conversions keep the last value, as
parse() does. Keys of up to 16 bytes are compared with two
overlapping loads.
Add value conversions: get<T>()/get_to() for arithmetic types,
bool, nullptr_t, strings (std::basic_string copied,
string_view_t without a copy), BasicJsonType, views, std::vector,
and maps with string keys; get_string() for the string without a
copy; number_token() for the number exactly as written in the
source; value() with keys and JSON pointers; and operator[]/at()/
contains() with JSON pointers. Everything else, including types
with from_json(), goes through materialize() of that subtree.
get<T>() of arithmetic types is inlined down to the conversion, so
reading an integer needs no call.
detail::json_pointer_access exposes a pointer's reference tokens
to code outside basic_json.
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* Make view lookups last-wins and chained access safe
* Lookups (operator[], at, find, contains, count, value, JSON pointers)
return the last member of a duplicate key, as materialize() and
parse() keep it.
* operator[] on a discarded view returns a discarded view instead of
throwing, so v["a"]["b"] is safe for a missing "a".
* operator[] and at() take any integer type (not only int and size_t),
fixing ambiguous calls with unsigned, long, std::int64_t, ...
* Fix the operator[] documentation, which claimed a discarded view for
a type mismatch where type_error.305 is thrown.
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* Replace the removed operator bool of basic_json_view in the header and its tests
A view is tested with is_discarded(); the lookups in at(), value() and
contains(json_pointer) and the unit tests no longer rely on the explicit
conversion to bool.
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* Use named documents in the json_view tests that called root() on a temporary
root() of an rvalue document is deleted, because the views would dangle.
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* Test discarded views with is_discarded() in the operator[] docs and examples
The explicit conversion to bool of basic_json_view is gone.
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* Return the first member of duplicate keys from lookups again
Looking up the last member of a duplicate key cannot stop at a match, so
every lookup scanned the whole object (1.6 to 3.4 times slower for small
objects). operator[](key), at, find, value, contains, count, and JSON
pointer resolution return the first member again, as yyjson and simdjson
do; materialize() and get<map>() keep the last value, as parse().
The documentation says so in the feature page and on each lookup page,
and explains how to get the value parse() would give. The integer index
templates and the discarded chaining of operator[] stay.
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* Do not force-inline the view's functions on MSVC
__forceinline makes MSVC report C4714 for function templates it cannot
inline (get<std::string>), an error under /WX. The forced inlining is
only a performance hint, so use plain inline there.
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* Make json_view.hpp pass include-what-you-use
Mark the includes that are needed by design (json.hpp, the macro
unscope, <tuple> for the tuple_size specialization), take size_t from
<cstring>, and drop the forward declaration of basic_json_document that
the friend declaration makes redundant.
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* Avoid GCC useless-cast warnings in the integer index tests
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* Make json_view.hpp pass include-what-you-use
ci_single_binaries runs IWYU with --error on every header. For json_view.hpp
it suggested adding <array> (std::array is used), the headers that json.hpp
already provides (abi_config, abi_macros, input_adapters, json_pointer,
cpp_future, string_concat, value_t, json_fwd), and <version> for
std::nullptr_t, and removing <cstddef>.
- include <array>
- keep <cstddef> (nullptr_t, size_t; IWYU attributes them to <version> and <cstring>)
- tell IWYU not to suggest the headers that json.hpp provides: the amalgamated
json_view.hpp only includes json.hpp, so including them here would duplicate
their definitions
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* Fix the clang-tidy 22 findings in json_view and its tests
The same changes as on the dump branch, where they were first made, so
that this branch passes clang-tidy on its own.
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* Regenerate the amalgamated headers
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* Report one-character non-numeric array indices like basic_json in the view
Develop's #5800 made basic_json report a JSON pointer array index such as
"/a" as parse_error.109 instead of out_of_range.404, as longer ones were;
the view's array_index() follows, with "-" and the empty token still
unresolved.
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* Address the review of json_view element access
From gregmarr's review of #5622:
- count() counts every member with the key, so count(key) > 1 detects
duplicate keys; it was contains() as 0/1 before.
- get_to() passes types that get<T>() does not convert directly to
from_json with the existing value, as basic_json::get_to() does, so that
a from_json which sets only the fields present keeps the others.
- array_index() checks the empty token and "-" first; the results are
unchanged.
- Docs: no "if an exception is thrown" where a view never changes
anything; the borrowed source must also stay unmodified; items() on a
temporary view is safe; back()/front() notes shortened; the basic_json
see-also entries say how the view's results can differ.
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* Regenerate the amalgamated headers
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* Count matching keys as unsigned in the json_view access test
The conditional added 1 or 0 as int to a std::size_t, which GCC rejects
with -Werror=sign-conversion (ci_test_standards_gcc).
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* Address the second review round of json_view element access
From gregmarr's review of #5622:
- begin()/end(): "a null value or a discarded view iterates as an empty
range", singular like the primitive case before it.
- The class page's list of function groups has no trailing commas.
- document_data::key_equals() compares a key node with a string, for the
key comparisons that were spelled out in each lookup.
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* Regenerate the amalgamated headers
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* Write the negated enable_if conditions of json_view with negation<>
With a ! or && in the condition, astyle spaces the whole template
header (template < ... >); detail::negation and a named trait keep it
compact, as the library writes such conditions elsewhere. From gregmarr's
review of #5630.
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* Regenerate the amalgamated headers
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* Keep detail::negation out of json_view.hpp's enable_ifs
include-what-you-use asks json_view.hpp to include
detail/meta/type_traits.hpp for it, which the single header must not do
(the amalgamation would duplicate json's internals). The two conditions of
value() go through a trait in value.hpp, like the others.
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* Regenerate the amalgamated headers
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* Report one-character non-numeric array indices like longer ones
A JSON pointer reference token that is not a number but has only one
character (e.g. "/a/x") was reported as out_of_range.404 ("unresolved
reference token"), because the "is not a number" check only ran for
tokens longer than one character; "/a/xy" got parse_error.109. Both now
throw parse_error.109. "-" and the empty token are still reported as
out_of_range.404. As a consequence, value(json_pointer, default) on an
array now throws for "/x" as it already did for "/xy".
Also document why ordered_map::erase's destroy/placement-new loop on
pair<const Key, T> is kept despite [basic.life]/8 before C++20.
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* Document the one-character array index change
Add 3.13.0 version-history entries to at, operator[], value, patch,
patch_inplace, and unflatten, and describe in exceptions.md which array
indices throw parse_error.109 and which out_of_range.404.
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Since #4958, a key type implicitly convertible to std::string_view was
accepted by is_usable_as_basic_json_key_type without checking that the
object's comparator can actually compare object_t::key_type with that
key type. The key was then forwarded unchanged to the underlying map,
so const operator[], at, find, count, contains, erase and value failed
to compile (a hard error inside <map>) for a key convertible only to
std::string_view, and value() rejected such keys outright. For keys
convertible to both std::string and std::string_view, the KeyType&&
templates now won overload resolution over the object_t::key_type
overloads and then failed the same way, a regression from 3.12.0. Only
the non-const operator[] worked, because it uses emplace(), which
constructs a std::string from the key explicitly. ordered_json was not
affected, since ordered_map checks comparability itself.
Add a trait, is_string_view_convertible_key_type, that recognizes a key
type that is convertible to std::string_view but not directly
comparable with the object's key type, provided std::string_view itself
is comparable with it. at(), operator[], find(), count(), contains(),
erase() and value() now route such keys through a new lookup_key()
helper that converts them to std::string_view before they reach the
object, matching how the object's transparent comparator already
supports std::string_view lookups.
Fixes#5663.
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* Review and extend the documentation, and check it in CI
A review of all documentation pages found factual errors, dead links,
missing cross-references, and gaps in examples. This fixes them and adds
checks so the same problems are caught automatically.
Fixes:
- wrong signatures and version histories (operator!= C++20 member,
binary() subtype type, get<PointerType>(), JSON_NO_THREAD_LOCAL, ...)
- stale descriptions (number parsing since #5283, UBJSON table, SAX
example that no longer compiled, tsl::ordered_map advice)
- dead internal and external links; repology.org badges (the domain is
suspended) replaced by badges that query the registries directly
- deprecation notes link the migration guide; the guide itself fixed
Additions:
- "See also" sections, cross-references, 25 runnable examples, 12
Mermaid diagrams, new API pages for json_pointer::operator<=> and
byte_container_with_subtype::operator==/!=
- landing page, guides for untrusted input and performance
- "unreleased" badge after versions newer than the latest release
Checks:
- strict documentation build (broken links/anchors fail it); CI and
the publish workflow fetch the full history the build needs
- weekly external link check, Mermaid syntax check in CI
- check_structure.py: example titles, heading levels, alt texts,
header links, docset index coverage; its unused-example check works
again
- all examples produce the same output on every platform
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
* Keep the customer links that could not be fixed
A dead link on the customers page is still the evidence of where the
use of the library was documented. Keep the original URLs of the entries
without a working replacement (Marne, Cisco Webex Desk Camera, Philips
Hue, CyberArk) and exclude exactly these URLs from the link check.
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
* Correct the duplicate-key recipe's claim about SAX positions
The SAX interface's key() receives no position either; only parse_error()
does. Also note that the recipe does not report the path to the repeated
key (see discussion #5085).
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* Say the library is available as a single header and mention json_fwd.hpp
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* Correct documentation errors found while hunting for bugs
- patch/patch_inplace: list the JSON pointer errors parse_error.106-109
and out_of_range.402/404, and quote the actual parse_error.105 message.
- unflatten: list parse_error.106/107/108 and out_of_range.404.
- to_bson: list out_of_range.415 (binary subtype above 255) and note
that 412 and 415 are new in 3.13.0.
- to_string: state that string_t must be convertible to std::string, also
in the StringType requirements table.
- JSON Lines: a `while (input >> j)` loop also throws after the last value
for concatenated JSON values; show a loop that works for both.
- BON8: a string gets 0xFF only if nothing follows it in the message; a
string at the end of an array or object is ended by 0xFE.
- custom_string_type.hpp: add operator+=(char), which the "Always
required" list asks for (json_pointer::to_string, flatten, unflatten,
and diff did not compile), and an ADL int_to_string for diff and items.
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
* Cache the release headers with functools.lru_cache
Codacy (Pylint) flagged the mutable default argument that header() used
as its cache. functools.lru_cache keeps the same memoization without it.
The script's output is unchanged.
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