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json/examples/basic_json_view__operator[]_json_pointer.cpp
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#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
using json_pointer = nlohmann::json::json_pointer;
int main()
{
// a larger document; operator[] with a JSON pointer reaches straight to
// one deeply nested field, without ever building a tree for the rest
json_document doc = json_document::parse(R"(
{
"region": {
"servers": [
{"name": "eu-1", "metrics": {"cpu": 0.42}},
{"name": "eu-2", "metrics": {"cpu": 0.71}}
]
}
}
)");
const auto root = doc.root();
std::cout << root[json_pointer("/region/servers/1/metrics/cpu")].materialize().dump() << '\n';
// a missing key or an out-of-range index along the path gives a
// discarded view, exactly where const json::operator[] would be
// undefined behavior for the same pointer
const auto missing = root[json_pointer("/region/servers/5/metrics/cpu")];
if (!missing.is_discarded())
{
std::cout << missing.materialize().dump() << '\n';
}
else
{
std::cout << "no such server\n";
}
// indexing into a primitive still throws, as basic_json::operator[]
// does for the same pointer
try
{
static_cast<void>(root[json_pointer("/region/servers/0/name/x")]);
}
catch (const nlohmann::json::out_of_range& e)
{
std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
}
}