json_view: no save() and load() on big-endian targets

The image format is little-endian only. Instead of throwing
type_error.320 at runtime, save_image(), load_image() and the members
save() and load() do not exist on a big-endian target, so a call fails to
compile, like set() on a read-only document. type_error.320 remains for
saving a discarded document.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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## Exceptions
On a big-endian target, throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) -- the same
exception [`save()`](save.md#exceptions) throws there, since the image format is little-endian only.
Otherwise throws [`parse_error.116`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error116) if `image` is not one
Throws [`parse_error.116`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error116) if `image` is not one
`save()` could have written, or fails the requested `check`:
| message | when |
@@ -95,6 +92,9 @@ are checked once, however many nodes refer to it.
## Notes
**Little-endian targets only.** On a big-endian target, `load()` does not exist, just like
[`save()`](save.md#notes): the image format is little-endian, so a call fails to compile.
### `image_check` { #image_check }
```cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ Throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) i
[discarded](is_discarded.md) -- a default-constructed document, or one a failed [`parse()`](parse.md)/
[`read()`](read.md) with `allow_exceptions == false` left discarded.
On a big-endian target, throws `type_error.320` with a different message instead: the image format is little-endian
only (see [Notes](#notes)).
Throws [`out_of_range.416`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range416) if the node count, the text, or
the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-bit offsets
[`parse()`](parse.md#exceptions) and, for edits, [`set`](set.md)/[`push_back`](push_back.md) are already limited to.
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-b
[json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
```
```
[json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
```
```
[json.exception.out_of_range.416] images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
```
@@ -70,9 +64,9 @@ else -- see [`load`'s Exceptions](load.md#exceptions).
the *same* build on the *same* (little-endian) machine -- not as a long-term storage format. Keep the original
JSON text if you need to read a saved document back with a future library version.
**Little-endian only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. `save()` (and
[`load`](load.md)) throw `type_error.320` on a big-endian target rather than silently produce bytes a big-endian
reader could not interpret correctly.
**Little-endian targets only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. On a
big-endian target, `save()` and [`load`](load.md) do not exist: a call fails to compile rather than produce bytes a
big-endian reader could not interpret correctly.
## Examples
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!!! warning "Experimental"
The image format is versioned but not yet stable, and may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
stable. It is little-endian only, and tied to the library build that wrote it -- use it to cache a document or to
hand one to another process running the *same* build, not as a long-term storage format; keep the original JSON
text if a saved document needs to be readable by a future library version.
stable. It is little-endian only (on big-endian targets, `save()` and `load()` do not exist), and tied to the
library build that wrote it -- use it to cache a document or to hand one to another process running the *same*
build, not as a long-term storage format; keep the original JSON text if a saved document needs to be readable by
a future library version.
The idea of a document you can read without parsing comes from zero-copy formats such as
[FlatBuffers](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers) and [YaFF](https://github.com/yandex/yaff); the check
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@@ -853,17 +853,12 @@ from JSON text.
[`basic_json_document::save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) cannot write an
[image](../features/json_view.md#images) of a [discarded](../api/basic_json_document/is_discarded.md) document.
[`save()`](../api/basic_json_document/save.md) and [`load()`](../api/basic_json_document/load.md) also throw this
exception on a big-endian target, since the image format is little-endian only.
!!! failure "Example messages"
```
[json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
```
```
[json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
```
!!! note