Add array notation to dotget/dotset functions

[kgabis]

Example:

/* Initialising object with an array of strings */
JSON_Value *val = json_value_init_object();
JSON_Object *obj = json_object(val);
json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[0]", "item0");
json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[1]", "item1");

json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[3]", "item3"); /* error, index 2 is missing */

json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[2]", "item2");
json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[3]", "item3"); /* ok */

/* Result:
{ "array": ["item0", "item1", "item2", item3"] }
*/

/* Getting a string at index */
const char *str = json_object_dotget_string(obj, "array[0]");

[mu578]

something like an_array.[1].an_object.key would be easier.

is_key_index(const char * path_elem) { ... }

[woodruffw]

As a consumer of this library, some kind of index-independent syntax would also be nice:

json_object_dotset_string(obj, "array[]", "itemN");

Where "array[]" indicates that the value should be appended to the array.

[Ethan-J-Liang]

Array notation is also something I was looking for. Like moe123's comment, some straightforward addressing scheme such as an_array.[1].an_object.key to access a certain element in an array will be very good.

[lidiahhh]

Hi,
I tried your code:

JSON_Value *cloud_pkt_value = json_value_init_object();
JSON_Object *cloud_pkt_object = json_object(cloud_pkt_value);

json_object_dotset_string(cloud_pkt_object, "array[0]", "item0");
json_object_dotset_string(cloud_pkt_object, "array[1]", "item1");

and then added
char * serialized_string = json_serialize_to_string(cloud_pkt_value );

but when i print serialized_string, i get:
{"array[0]":"item0","array[1]":"item1"}
instead of { "array": ["item0", "item1"]}.

Can you explain better how to create arrays?
thanks

[kgabis]

@lidiahhh it's not implemented, it's only a suggestion.