Document json_document and json_view

- API pages for basic_json_document and basic_json_view, one per member,
  and for the four aliases, each with an example
- features/json_view.md: the problem the view solves, ownership and
  lifetime, what matches basic_json::parse() and what differs, and when
  to choose json, ordered_json, SAX, or the view
- the examples show why one would use the view, not only how: borrowed
  vs. owned input, reading a few fields and materializing one subtree,
  reusing a document across many messages
- registered in the mkdocs navigation, llms.txt, the docset, the
  exceptions page (out_of_range.416), architecture.md, the integration
  page, and the README; the yyjson credit is added to the README and
  license.md

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# <small>nlohmann::basic_json_view::</small>empty
```cpp
bool empty() const noexcept;
```
Checks whether [`size()`](size.md) is `0`, as [`BasicJsonType::empty()`](../basic_json/empty.md) would for the same
value.
## Return value
The return value depends on the type and is defined as follows:
| Value type | return value |
|----------------------|-----------------|
| null | `#!cpp true` |
| discarded | `#!cpp true` |
| boolean | `#!cpp false` |
| string | `#!cpp false` |
| number | `#!cpp false` |
| object | `#!cpp object_t::empty()` |
| array | `#!cpp array_t::empty()` |
## Exception safety
No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
## Complexity
Constant.
## Notes
As for [`BasicJsonType::empty()`](../basic_json/empty.md), this does not return whether a string value is empty -- it
is `#!cpp false` for any string, regardless of its length.
## Examples
??? example
The example below uses [`size()`](size.md) and `empty()` to decide whether a parsed message is worth acting on,
without materializing it into a `BasicJsonType` value.
```cpp
--8<-- "examples/basic_json_view__size_empty.cpp"
```
Output:
```json
--8<-- "examples/basic_json_view__size_empty.output"
```
## See also
- [size](size.md) - return the number of elements
- [`BasicJsonType::empty`](../basic_json/empty.md) - the corresponding function of `basic_json`
## Version history
- Added in version 3.13.0.