Add front methods to json_pointers (implements #4889) (#5152)

* Added front, pop_front, and push_front methods to json_pointers in order to facilitate root-to-leaf traversals of JSON object trees. (#4889) Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> * undid VS autoformatting in irrelevant code Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> * Ran make amalgamate, added navigation to json_pointer's new front methods in mkdocs, and fixed errors in documented complexity for those methods. Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> * Fixed GCC 4.8 compile error caused by const iterators Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> * Fixed another gcc-4.8 compile error Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> * amalgamated Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Signed-off-by: trdesilva <5818730+trdesilva@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-08-20 16:13:19 +00:00 · 2026-05-13 07:59:16 +02:00
parent 216c50365e
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@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ are the base for JSON patches.
 - [**pop_back**](pop_back.md) - remove the last reference token
 - [**back**](back.md) - return last reference token
 - [**push_back**](push_back.md) - append an unescaped token at the end of the pointer
+- [**pop_front**](pop_front.md) - remove the first reference token
+- [**front**](front.md) - return first reference token
+- [**push_front**](push_front.md) - append an unescaped token at the start of the pointer
 - [**empty**](empty.md) - return whether the pointer points to the root document

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