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examples/basic_json_view__operator_eq.cpp

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+#include <iostream>
+#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
+
+using json_document = nlohmann::json_document;
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+int main()
+{
+    // two snapshots of a polled configuration endpoint -- compare them
+    // directly as views, without ever building a nlohmann::json value for
+    // either one
+    const json_document previous = json_document::parse(
+                                       R"({"name": "cache", "port": 6379, "timeout": 30})");
+    const json_document current = json_document::parse(
+                                      R"({"port": 6379.0, "timeout": 30, "name": "cache"})");
+
+    // same members, reordered, and 6379 written as a float -- operator==
+    // treats them the same way BasicJsonType::operator== would
+    std::cout << std::boolalpha << (previous.root() == current.root()) << '\n';
+
+    // an actually changed value is detected the same way
+    const json_document changed = json_document::parse(
+                                      R"({"name": "cache", "port": 6380, "timeout": 30})");
+    std::cout << (previous.root() == changed.root()) << '\n';
+
+    // comparing a view directly against an expected json value -- handy in a
+    // test, without materializing the received document at all
+    const json expected = {{"name", "cache"}, {"port", 6379}, {"timeout", 30}};
+    std::cout << (previous.root() == expected) << '\n';
+}