🚧 conversions for std::optional

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #include <utility> // pair, declval
 #include <valarray> // valarray
 
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    #include <optional> // optional
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/detail/exceptions.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
@@ -33,6 +37,21 @@ void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename std::nullptr_t& n)
     n = nullptr;
 }
 
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, std::optional<T>& opt)
+{
+    if (j.is_null())
+    {
+        opt = std::nullopt;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        opt = j.template get<T>();
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 // overloads for basic_json template parameters
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename ArithmeticType,
          enable_if_t<std::is_arithmetic<ArithmeticType>::value and

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 #include <valarray> // valarray
 #include <vector> // vector
 
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+    #include <optional> // optional
+#endif
+
 #include <nlohmann/detail/iterators/iteration_proxy.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp>
@@ -198,6 +202,22 @@ struct external_constructor<value_t::object>
 // to_json //
 /////////////
 
+#ifdef JSON_HAS_CPP_17
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
+         enable_if_t<std::is_constructible<BasicJsonType, T>::value, int> = 0>
+void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, const std::optional<T>& opt)
+{
+    if (opt.has_value())
+    {
+        j = *opt;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        j = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T,
          enable_if_t<std::is_same<T, typename BasicJsonType::boolean_t>::value, int> = 0>
 void to_json(BasicJsonType& j, T b) noexcept