Add editable documents with set() and push_back()

basic_json_document<BasicJsonType, true> (json_editable_document,
ordered_json_editable_document) can be edited:

- set(view, value): replace a value
- set(object, key, value): assign a member, or add it (a null becomes an
  object); with duplicate keys, the first is assigned and the others go
- set(array, index, value): assign an element
- set(json_pointer, value): the member, element, or ("-", or the size of
  the array) the end of an array a pointer names
- push_back(array, value): append (a null becomes an array)

Values are views (of any document, copied), BasicJsonType values, and
everything BasicJsonType can be constructed from. The source text is never
written, and the parsed index never moves: new values and element
sequences go to storage owned by the document (edit_storage.hpp), so views
stay valid, and a view keeps referring to its value (after an assignment,
it sees the new one). Read-only documents are unchanged; editing one does
not compile.

Errors are those of basic_json where the operation corresponds
(type_error.305/308, out_of_range.401/403/405, parse_error.106/109); a view
of another document is invalid_iterator.202. Strings are checked for UTF-8
when they enter the document, with the type_error.316 that
basic_json::dump() throws for the same string, so that a document only
holds valid UTF-8. Binary values cannot be stored (the new
type_error.319), and edits of 4 GiB or more end with out_of_range.416.
Views of editable and read-only documents compare with each other.

Tests (unit-json_view_edit.cpp): random assignments, member and element
changes, copies within and between documents, and pushes, applied to an
ordered_json_editable_document and to the ordered_json value; after every
edit both must serialize (also indented and with ensure_ascii),
materialize, compare, and read back the same. Further: the errors, strings
that stay valid while the edit arena grows, numbers (NaN, infinities,
extremes; number_format::source), nulls that become containers, the root
replaced, duplicate keys, values of other documents, large objects, and
documents reused with read().

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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// __ _____ _____ _____
// __| | __| | | | JSON for Modern C++ (supporting code)
// | | |__ | | | | | | version 3.12.0
// |_____|_____|_____|_|___| https://github.com/nlohmann/json
//
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
#include "doctest_compatibility.h"
#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
using nlohmann::json;
using nlohmann::ordered_json;
using nlohmann::json_document;
using nlohmann::json_editable_document;
using nlohmann::json_editable_view;
using nlohmann::ordered_json_document;
using nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_document;
using nlohmann::ordered_json_editable_view;
using ptr_t = ordered_json::json_pointer;
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdint>
#include <functional>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <random>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
namespace
{
std::uint32_t rng()
{
static std::mt19937 generator(5295);
return generator();
}
int r(int n)
{
return static_cast<int>(rng() % static_cast<unsigned>(n));
}
int counter = 0;
std::string random_string()
{
static const char* const pieces[] = {"a", "Z", " ", "~", "\n", "\"", "\\", "/", "\xc3\xa9", "\xe3\x81\x82", "\xf0\x9f\x98\x80", "\x7f", "\x1f", "0", "key"};
std::string s;
for (int i = r(3) == 0 ? r(30) : r(6); i > 0; --i)
{
s += pieces[r(15)];
}
return s;
}
ordered_json random_scalar()
{
switch (r(9))
{
case 0:
return nullptr;
case 1:
return r(2) == 0;
case 2:
return static_cast<std::int64_t>(rng()) - 2147483648LL;
case 3:
return static_cast<std::uint64_t>(rng()) * 4294967296ULL + rng();
case 4:
return static_cast<double>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(rng())) / (1 + r(1000));
case 5:
return r(2) == 0 ? 1e300 * (r(2) == 0 ? 1 : -1) : 5e-324;
case 6:
return -0.0;
default:
return random_string();
}
}
ordered_json random_value(int depth)
{
const int k = depth > 3 ? 4 : r(7);
if (k == 0)
{
ordered_json o = ordered_json::object();
for (int i = r(5); i > 0; --i)
{
o[random_string() + "#" + std::to_string(counter++)] = random_value(depth + 1);
}
return o;
}
if (k == 1)
{
ordered_json a = ordered_json::array();
for (int i = r(5); i > 0; --i)
{
a.push_back(random_value(depth + 1));
}
return a;
}
return random_scalar();
}
void collect(const ordered_json& j, const ptr_t& p, std::vector<ptr_t>& out)
{
out.push_back(p);
if (j.is_object())
{
for (const auto& kv : j.items())
{
collect(kv.value(), p / kv.key(), out);
}
}
else if (j.is_array())
{
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < j.size(); ++i)
{
collect(j[i], p / i, out);
}
}
}
// the edited view and the ordered_json value read the same through the whole
// read API
void compare(const ordered_json_editable_view& v, const ordered_json& j)
{
REQUIRE(v.type() == j.type());
REQUIRE(v.size() == j.size());
if (j.is_object())
{
auto jt = j.begin();
for (auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it, ++jt)
{
CHECK(std::string(it.key().data(), it.key().size()) == jt.key());
CHECK(v[jt.key()].dump() == jt.value().dump());
CHECK(v.contains(jt.key()));
compare(*it, jt.value());
}
}
else if (j.is_array())
{
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < j.size(); ++i)
{
CHECK(v[i].dump() == j[i].dump());
}
std::size_t i = 0;
for (const auto e : v)
{
compare(e, j[i++]);
}
if (!j.empty())
{
CHECK(v.back().dump() == j.back().dump());
}
}
else if (j.is_string())
{
CHECK(v.get<std::string>() == j.get<std::string>());
}
else if (j.is_number_float())
{
const double a = v.get<double>();
const double b = j.get<double>();
CHECK(std::memcmp(&a, &b, sizeof(double)) == 0);
}
else if (j.is_number_integer())
{
CHECK(v.get<std::int64_t>() == j.get<std::int64_t>());
CHECK(v.get<std::uint64_t>() == j.get<std::uint64_t>());
}
}
void check_all(const ordered_json_editable_document& d, const ordered_json& j, bool deep)
{
const std::string text = d.root().dump();
REQUIRE(text == j.dump());
CHECK(d.root().materialize() == j);
if (deep)
{
CHECK(d.root().dump(2) == j.dump(2));
CHECK(d.root().dump(-1, ' ', true) == j.dump(-1, ' ', true));
CHECK(d.root() == j);
compare(d.root(), j);
// a fresh document of the text reads the same
const ordered_json_document fresh = ordered_json_document::parse(text);
CHECK(fresh.root() == d.root());
}
}
} // namespace
TEST_CASE("json_view edits: differential")
{
// random edits are applied to an ordered_json_editable_document and to the
// ordered_json parse() produces; after every edit both must serialize,
// materialize, and read back the same
for (int n = 0; n < 150; ++n)
{
ordered_json j = random_value(0);
if (r(4) == 0)
{
j = ordered_json::object({{"a", random_value(1)}, {"b", random_value(1)}});
}
const std::string text = j.dump(r(2) == 0 ? -1 : 2);
CAPTURE(text);
ordered_json_editable_document d = ordered_json_editable_document::parse(text);
j = ordered_json::parse(text);
const ordered_json_document other = ordered_json_document::parse(random_value(0).dump());
const int edits = 30;
for (int e = 0; e < edits; ++e)
{
std::vector<ptr_t> paths;
collect(j, ptr_t(), paths);
const ptr_t p = paths[static_cast<std::size_t>(r(static_cast<int>(paths.size())))];
const ordered_json& target = j[p];
const ordered_json_editable_view tv = d.root().at(p);
const int op = r(12);
{
if (op == 0) // assign a scalar
{
const ordered_json v = random_scalar();
if (v.is_string() && r(2) == 0)
{
d.set(tv, v.get<std::string>());
}
else if (v.is_number_unsigned() && r(2) == 0)
{
d.set(tv, v.get<std::uint64_t>());
}
else
{
d.set(tv, v);
}
j[p] = v;
}
else if (op == 1) // assign a new array/object (or anything), sometimes via the pointer API
{
const ordered_json v = random_value(2);
if (r(2) == 0)
{
d.set(p, v);
}
else
{
d.set(tv, v);
}
j[p] = v;
}
else if (op == 2) // copy a value of the same document
{
const ptr_t q = paths[static_cast<std::size_t>(r(static_cast<int>(paths.size())))];
const ordered_json v = j[q];
d.set(tv, d.root().at(q));
j[p] = v;
}
else if (op == 3) // copy a value of another document
{
d.set(tv, other.root());
j[p] = other.root().materialize();
}
else if ((op == 4 || op == 5) && target.is_object()) // set a member (new or existing)
{
std::string key = random_string() + "#" + std::to_string(counter++);
if (op == 5 && !target.empty())
{
key = std::next(target.begin(), r(static_cast<int>(target.size()))).key();
}
const ordered_json v = random_value(2);
d.set(tv, key, v);
j[p][key] = v;
}
else if (op == 7 && (target.is_array() || target.is_null())) // push_back
{
const ordered_json v = random_value(2);
d.push_back(tv, v);
j[p].push_back(v);
}
else if (op == 10 && target.is_array() && !target.empty()) // assign an element
{
const std::size_t i = static_cast<std::size_t>(r(static_cast<int>(target.size())));
const ordered_json v = random_value(2);
d.set(tv, i, v);
j[p][i] = v;
}
else if (op == 11) // a held view sees the assignment
{
const ordered_json v = random_value(2);
const ordered_json_editable_view held = d.root().at(p);
d.set(p, v);
j[p] = v;
CHECK(held.dump() == v.dump());
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
CAPTURE(p.to_string());
CAPTURE(op);
check_all(d, j, e % 8 == 7 || e == edits - 1);
}
}
}
namespace
{
std::string exception_of_call(const std::function<void()>& f)
{
try
{
f();
}
catch (const json::exception& e)
{
return e.what();
}
return "";
}
} // namespace
TEST_CASE("json_view edits: errors")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(R"({"o": {"a": 1}, "a": [1, 2], "n": 1, "z": null})");
const json_editable_view root = d.root();
const json_document other = json_document::parse("[1]");
json_editable_document other_editable = json_editable_document::parse("[1]");
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(other_editable.root(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json_editable_view(), 1), "[json.exception.invalid_iterator.202] view does not belong to this document", json::invalid_iterator&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], "k", 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a string argument with array", json::type_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["o"], 0, 1), "[json.exception.type_error.305] cannot use operator[] with a numeric argument with object", json::type_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], 2, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 2 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root["a"], -1, 1), "[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index -1 is out of range", json::out_of_range&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.push_back(root["o"], 1), "[json.exception.type_error.308] cannot use push_back() with object", json::type_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(json::json_pointer("/a/01"), 1), "[json.exception.parse_error.106] parse error: array index '01' must not begin with '0'", json::parse_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json_editable_view()), "[json.exception.type_error.302] type must be a value, but is discarded", json::type_error&);
CHECK_THROWS_WITH_AS(d.set(root, json::binary({1, 2})), "[json.exception.type_error.319] cannot store a binary value in a json_document", json::type_error&);
// invalid UTF-8 is rejected when it enters the document, with the error
// basic_json::dump() reports for the same string
for (const std::string bad :
{"\xC3\x28", "a\xE2\x28\xA1", "\xF0\x28\x8C\xBC", "\xE2\x82", "x\xF0\x9F\x98", "\xFF", "\xED\xA0\x80", "\xC0\xAF"
})
{
CAPTURE(bad);
const std::string expected = exception_of_call([&]
{
const std::string text = json(bad).dump();
static_cast<void>(text);
});
CHECK(!expected.empty());
CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(root["z"], bad); }) == expected);
CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(root["o"], bad, 1); }) == expected);
CHECK(exception_of_call([&] { d.set(root["z"], json{{"k", bad}}); }) == expected);
}
// nothing of the failed edits is visible
CHECK(root.dump() == R"({"o":{"a":1},"a":[1,2],"n":1,"z":null})");
static_cast<void>(other);
}
TEST_CASE("json_view edits: views and values")
{
SECTION("strings stay valid while more edits come")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse("[]");
const auto first = d.push_back(d.root(), std::string(100, 'x')).get_string();
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
{
d.push_back(d.root(), std::string(static_cast<std::size_t>(i % 50), 'y'));
}
CHECK(std::string(first.data(), first.size()) == std::string(100, 'x'));
CHECK(d.root().size() == 1001);
}
SECTION("numbers")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(R"([1.50, 1E2, 3])");
d.set(d.root(), 2, 0.1);
d.push_back(d.root(), std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN());
d.push_back(d.root(), -std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity());
d.push_back(d.root(), static_cast<std::uint64_t>(18446744073709551615u));
d.push_back(d.root(), static_cast<std::int64_t>(-9223372036854775807 - 1));
CHECK(d.root().dump() == "[1.5,100.0,0.1,null,null,18446744073709551615,-9223372036854775808]");
CHECK(d.root().dump(-1, ' ', false, json_editable_view::number_format::source) == "[1.50,1E2,0.1,null,null,18446744073709551615,-9223372036854775808]");
CHECK(std::isnan(d.root()[3].get<double>()));
CHECK(std::isinf(d.root()[4].get<double>()));
CHECK(d.root()[2].number_token() == "0.1");
CHECK(d.root()[5].get<std::uint64_t>() == 18446744073709551615u);
CHECK(d.root()[6].number_token() == "-9223372036854775808");
CHECK(d.root().materialize().dump() == json::parse(R"([1.5, 100.0, 0.1, null, null, 18446744073709551615, -9223372036854775808])").dump());
}
SECTION("nulls become containers, and the root can be replaced")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse("[null, null]");
d.set(d.root()[0], "k", 1);
d.push_back(d.root()[1], true);
CHECK(d.root().dump() == R"([{"k":1},[true]])");
d.set(d.root(), "scalar");
CHECK(d.root().dump() == R"("scalar")");
d.set(d.root(), json{{"x", {1, 2}}});
d.set(json::json_pointer("/x/-"), 3);
d.set(json::json_pointer("/x/3"), 4); // the size of the array appends too
d.set(json::json_pointer("/y"), false);
CHECK(d.root().dump() == R"({"x":[1,2,3,4],"y":false})");
}
SECTION("duplicate keys")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(R"({"a": 1, "b": 2, "a": 3})");
d.set(d.root(), "a", 4); // the first member is assigned, the others dropped
CHECK(d.root().dump() == R"({"a":4,"b":2})");
}
SECTION("values from other documents")
{
const json_document source = json_document::parse(R"({"list": [1, "two", {"three": 3.5}], "text": "a\nb"})");
json_editable_document edited = json_editable_document::parse("[0]");
edited.set(edited.root(), 0, json{{"inner", {1, 2}}});
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse("{}");
d.set(d.root(), "copy", source.root()["list"]);
d.set(d.root(), "text", source.root()["text"]);
d.set(d.root(), "edited", edited.root()[0]);
d.set(d.root(), "self", d.root()["copy"]);
CHECK(d.root().dump() == R"({"copy":[1,"two",{"three":3.5}],"text":"a\nb","edited":{"inner":[1,2]},"self":[1,"two",{"three":3.5}]})");
CHECK(d.root()["copy"] == source.root()["list"]);
CHECK(source.root()["list"] == d.root()["self"]);
CHECK(d.root() != source.root());
}
SECTION("large objects")
{
std::string text = "{";
for (int i = 0; i < 200; ++i)
{
text += (i != 0 ? ",\"k" : "\"k") + std::to_string(i) + "\":" + std::to_string(i);
}
text += "}";
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse(text);
d.set(d.root(), "k7", "seven"); // assigned in place: the index stays in use
CHECK(d.root()["k7"].get_string() == "seven");
d.set(d.root(), "new", 1); // appended: the members move, the lookup is linear
CHECK(d.root()["new"].get<int>() == 1);
CHECK(d.root()["k199"].get<int>() == 199);
CHECK(d.root().size() == 201);
}
SECTION("reuse and memory")
{
json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse("[1, 2, 3]");
const std::size_t before = d.memory_usage();
for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
{
d.push_back(d.root(), "some text");
}
CHECK(d.memory_usage() > before);
const json_editable_view first = d.root()[0];
d.shrink_to_fit(); // (with edits, the index stays in place)
CHECK(first.get<int>() == 1);
d.read(std::string("[true]"));
CHECK(d.root().dump() == "[true]");
d.push_back(d.root(), false);
CHECK(d.root().dump() == "[true,false]");
}
}