Document values and JSON pointers of json_view

- API pages for get, get_to, get_string, number_token, and value of
  basic_json_view; JSON pointer overloads of operator[], at, and
  contains; links both ways with the basic_json pages
- the feature page describes which conversions copy nothing
- the examples show when the view helps: strings without copies, numbers
  exactly as written, and paths into a large text

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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Niels Lohmann
2026-09-30 21:01:37 +02:00
parent 0650a48659
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#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
#include <string>
using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
using json_view = nlohmann::json_view;
int main()
{
json_document doc = json_document::parse(R"({"server": {"host": "localhost"}})");
const json_view server = doc.root()["server"];
// "port" is missing -- value() returns the default instead of
// throwing, so optional configuration fields never need their own
// try/catch
std::cout << server.value("host", std::string("0.0.0.0")) << '\n';
std::cout << server.value("port", 8080) << '\n';
// a present but wrong-typed default still throws -- value() only
// replaces "not found", not "wrong type", exactly as basic_json::value
try
{
static_cast<void>(server.value("host", 0));
}
catch (const nlohmann::json::type_error& e)
{
std::cout << e.what() << '\n';
}
}