docs: new design for the documentation site (#5934)

* docs: new design for the documentation site

Apply the brand to the Material for MkDocs site: Inter and JetBrains Mono
served by the site (upright and real italic), brand colours, blue header band
with the syntax pattern, wordmark in the header, new home page (hero, cards,
animated feature tour), 404 page, polish for tabs, search, footer, focus
rings, tables and code blocks, and theme features (code copy, previous/next
footer, TOC follow, search suggestions).

Draw the number railroad diagram, the parser callback events and the iterator
illustrations as inline SVGs that follow the light and dark scheme. The
generator scripts are in docs/mkdocs/scripts/figures; the feature slideshow
(json-light.svg, json-dark.svg, replacing json.gif on the home page) is built
by docs/mkdocs/scripts/slideshow. Decision nodes in five flowcharts become
hexagons, which need far less room.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: add figures, table captions and a macro chooser

- Figures with numbered captions: SAX stepper, json_view layout and edit
  stepper, exception map, JSON pointer and patch walkers, QA pipeline,
  scaling and binary size charts, roadmap lanes, release timeline,
  integration decision tree and namespace builder
- Table captions (nj-table-caption) on 9 pages
- Compile times: modules and PCH charts, filesystem section, re-measured
  Figure 1, links between features/modules.md and compile_times.md
- Interactive macro chooser for features/arbitrary_types.md
- Link check: exclude URLs that answer the plugin with 400/401/419 or are
  dead (customers.md)

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: macro chooser generates adl_serializer for non-default-constructible types

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: cross-link concept pages and API pages in See also sections

Add See also links in both directions between the concept pages (features,
home, integration) and the API pages, write API links in code font, give every
entry a comment after a dash, and show the callback event figure on the parser
callbacks page.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: address review comments on the new design

- Home: add a "Latest release" button
- Sponsors: update the list and group it by tier
- Features: list all feature pages on the index page
- Releases: add highlights per release, link the 4.0 roadmap, add the first commit to the timeline
- Exceptions: prefix all example messages with the exception name
- API: no code font for format names in the See also links of the to_/from_ pages
- Merge Patch: show the document before, the patch, and the result
- Replace "--" with typographic dashes, mark external links with an icon, center Mermaid diagrams

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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All exceptions inherit from class `json::exception` (which in turn inherits from `std::exception`). It is used as the base class for all exceptions thrown by the `basic_json` class. This class can hence be used as "wildcard" to catch exceptions.
``` mermaid
classDiagram
direction LR
class `std::exception` {
<<interface>>
}
The map shows the class tree and every exception id documented on this page; click an id to jump to its section.
class `json::exception` {
+const int id
+const char* what() const
}
<div class="nj-fig-wrap" markdown>
--8<-- "images/exception_map.svg"
</div>
class `json::parse_error` {
+const std::size_t byte
}
<p class="nj-caption" markdown>The exception classes from `std::exception` down to the five families, each with the ids it can throw. Every id chip links to the section that describes it.</p>
class `json::invalid_iterator`
class `json::type_error`
class `json::out_of_range`
class `json::other_error`
Which exception an element access throws depends on the function and on the type of the value:
`std::exception` <|-- `json::exception`
`json::exception` <|-- `json::parse_error`
`json::exception` <|-- `json::invalid_iterator`
`json::exception` <|-- `json::type_error`
`json::exception` <|-- `json::out_of_range`
`json::exception` <|-- `json::other_error`
```mermaid
flowchart LR
S{{"which call?"}} -->|"at(key)"| A{{"j is"}}
A -->|"object, key missing"| A1["out_of_range.403"]
A -->|"array or null"| A2["type_error.304"]
S -->|"at(index)"| B{{"j is"}}
B -->|"array, index >= size()"| B1["out_of_range.401"]
B -->|"object or null"| B2["type_error.304"]
S -->|"non-const operator[](key)"| C{{"j is"}}
C -->|"object or null"| C1["no exception: a missing key is inserted as null"]
C -->|"array"| C2["type_error.305"]
S -->|"value(key, default)"| D{{"j is"}}
D -->|"object, key missing"| D1["no exception: returns the default"]
D -->|"object, incompatible value type"| D2["type_error.302"]
D -->|"array or null"| D3["type_error.306"]
```
<p class="nj-caption" markdown>Exceptions thrown by element access. Start at the call on the left, follow the edge that matches the type of `j`, and read the exception id (or "no exception") in the box at the end.</p>
### Switch off exceptions
Exceptions are used widely within the library. They can, however, be switched off with either using the compiler flag `-fno-exceptions` or by defining the symbol [`JSON_NOEXCEPTION`](../api/macros/json_noexception.md). In this case, exceptions are replaced by `abort()` calls. You can further control this behavior by defining `JSON_THROW_USER` (overriding `#!cpp throw`), `JSON_TRY_USER` (overriding `#!cpp try`), and `JSON_CATCH_USER` (overriding `#!cpp catch`).
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ JSON uses the `\uxxxx` format to describe Unicode characters. Code points above
!!! failure "Example message"
```
parse error at 14: missing or wrong low surrogate
[json.exception.parse_error.102] parse error at 14: missing or wrong low surrogate
```
!!! note
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Unicode supports code points up to 0x10FFFF. Code points above 0x10FFFF are inva
!!! failure "Example message"
```
parse error: code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid
[json.exception.parse_error.103] parse error: code points above 0x10FFFF are invalid
```
!!! note
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ The provided array index `i` is larger than `size-1`.
!!! failure "Example message"
```
array index 3 is out of range
[json.exception.out_of_range.401] array index 3 is out of range
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.402
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ The special array index `-` in a JSON Pointer never describes a valid element of
!!! failure "Example message"
```
array index '-' (3) is out of range
[json.exception.out_of_range.402] array index '-' (3) is out of range
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.403
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ The provided key was not found in the JSON object.
!!! failure "Example message"
```
key 'foo' not found
[json.exception.out_of_range.403] key 'foo' not found
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.404
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ contains other characters (e.g., `1a`), or `-` where it cannot be used.
!!! failure "Example message"
```
unresolved reference token 'foo'
[json.exception.out_of_range.404] unresolved reference token 'foo'
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.405
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ also thrown when the parent or a reference token of an empty JSON Pointer is req
!!! failure "Example message"
```
JSON pointer has no parent
[json.exception.out_of_range.405] JSON pointer has no parent
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.406
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ double-precision number when `number_float_t` is `#!cpp float`.
!!! failure "Example messages"
```
number overflow parsing '10E1000'
[json.exception.out_of_range.406] number overflow parsing '10E1000'
```
```
[json.exception.out_of_range.406] syntax error while parsing CBOR value: number overflow
@@ -1038,10 +1038,10 @@ exception, because they serialize integers beyond 64 bits as high-precision numb
!!! failure "Example messages"
```
integer number 18446744073709551615 cannot be represented by BON8 as it does not fit int64
[json.exception.out_of_range.407] integer number 18446744073709551615 cannot be represented by BON8 as it does not fit int64
```
```
integer number 1267650600228229401496703205376 cannot be represented by CBOR as it does not fit [-2^64, 2^64-1]
[json.exception.out_of_range.407] integer number 1267650600228229401496703205376 cannot be represented by CBOR as it does not fit [-2^64, 2^64-1]
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.408
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ count and one marker per element are kept), so any value it produces can still b
!!! failure "Example messages"
```
excessive array size: 8658170730974374167
[json.exception.out_of_range.408] excessive array size: 8658170730974374167
```
```
[json.exception.out_of_range.408] syntax error while parsing CBOR size: excessive array size
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ Key identifiers to be serialized to BSON cannot contain code point U+0000, since
!!! failure "Example message"
```
BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte 2)
[json.exception.out_of_range.409] BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte 2)
```
### json.exception.out_of_range.410
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ a JSON pointer exceeds the range of `size_type` (e.g., on 32-bit platforms).
!!! failure "Example message"
```
enum value out of range
array index 18446744073709551615 exceeds size_type
[json.exception.out_of_range.410] enum value out of range
[json.exception.out_of_range.410] array index 18446744073709551615 exceeds size_type
```
The second message is thrown, for instance, by `#!cpp json::parse("[1, 2]").at("/18446744073709551615"_json_pointer)`
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ A JSON Patch `add` operation cannot be applied because the target location's par
!!! failure "Example message"
```
cannot add value: the JSON Patch 'add' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array
[json.exception.out_of_range.411] cannot add value: the JSON Patch 'add' target's parent is of type string, but must be an object or array
```
!!! note
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@ is thrown when a value is too large to be described by such a length field.
!!! failure "Example messages"
```
BSON length 2147483661 exceeds maximum of 2147483647
[json.exception.out_of_range.412] BSON length 2147483661 exceeds maximum of 2147483647
```
```
MessagePack length 4294967296 exceeds maximum of 4294967295
[json.exception.out_of_range.412] MessagePack length 4294967296 exceeds maximum of 4294967295
```
!!! note
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ A JSON Patch `remove` operation cannot be applied because the target location's
!!! failure "Example message"
```
cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type number, but must be an object or array
[json.exception.out_of_range.413] cannot remove value: the JSON Patch 'remove' target's parent is of type number, but must be an object or array
```
!!! note
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ A JSON Patch `move` operation's `"from"` location is a proper prefix of its `"pa
!!! failure "Example message"
```
cannot move value: 'from' path '/0' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/0/0'
[json.exception.out_of_range.414] cannot move value: 'from' path '/0' is a proper prefix of 'path' '/0/0'
```
!!! note
@@ -1262,3 +1262,15 @@ do not throw.
This exception was added in version 3.13.0. Before that, debug builds aborted on an assertion and release builds
wrote a `$` marker without `#`, which [`from_ubjson`](../api/basic_json/from_ubjson.md) then rejected.
## See also
- [`exception`](../api/basic_json/exception.md) - base class of all exceptions thrown by the library
- [`parse_error`](../api/basic_json/parse_error.md) - exceptions indicating a parse error
- [`invalid_iterator`](../api/basic_json/invalid_iterator.md) - exceptions indicating errors with iterators
- [`type_error`](../api/basic_json/type_error.md) - exceptions indicating a wrong type
- [`out_of_range`](../api/basic_json/out_of_range.md) - exceptions indicating access out of range
- [`other_error`](../api/basic_json/other_error.md) - exceptions indicating other library errors
- [`JSON_NOEXCEPTION`](../api/macros/json_noexception.md) - switch off exceptions
- [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../api/macros/json_diagnostics.md) - extended exception messages with the path of the failing value
- [Working Without Exceptions](../features/no_exceptions.md) - use the library without exceptions