Merge branch 'develop' into claude/pr-3899-merge-requirements-e1932e

Conflicts:
- tests/src/unit-custom-base-class.cpp: include list; kept this PR's
  <type_traits>/<utility> and develop's <vector>

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

docs/docset/docSet.sql

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json', 'Class', 'api/ba
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::accept', 'Function', 'api/basic_json/accept/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::array', 'Function', 'api/basic_json/array/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::array_t', 'Type', 'api/basic_json/array_t/index.html');
+INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::as_base_class', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/as_base_class/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::at', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/at/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::back', 'Method', 'api/basic_json/back/index.html');
 INSERT INTO searchIndex(name, type, path) VALUES ('basic_json::basic_json', 'Constructor', 'api/basic_json/basic_json/index.html');

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/as_base_class.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# <small>nlohmann::basic_json::</small>as_base_class
+
+```cpp
+json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept;
+const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept;
+```
+
+Returns a reference to this object as its custom base class [`json_base_class_t`](json_base_class_t.md). No copy is
+made.
+
+Since `basic_json` derives from `json_base_class_t`, a member of `basic_json` hides any member of the custom base class
+with the same name. This function makes such hidden members accessible again.
+
+## Return value
+
+reference to this object as [`json_base_class_t`](json_base_class_t.md)
+
+## Exception safety
+
+No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
+
+## Complexity
+
+Constant.
+
+## Notes
+
+The function is equivalent to `static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(j)` (or `static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(j)`).
+
+## Examples
+
+??? example
+
+    The example shows how to use `as_base_class` to access members of the custom base class that are hidden by members
+    of `basic_json`.
+    
+    ```cpp
+    --8<-- "examples/as_base_class.cpp"
+    ```
+    
+    Output:
+    
+    ```json
+    --8<-- "examples/as_base_class.output"
+    ```
+
+## See also
+
+- [json_base_class_t](json_base_class_t.md) - type of the custom base class
+
+## Version history
+
+- Added in version 3.13.0.

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/index.md

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ Direct access to the stored value of a JSON value.
 - [**get_ref**](get_ref.md) - get a reference value
 - [**operator ValueType**](operator_ValueType.md) - get a value
 - [**get_binary**](get_binary.md) - get a binary value
+- [**as_base_class**](as_base_class.md) - access the custom base class
 
 ### Element access
 

docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json/json_base_class_t.md

@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ A `CustomBaseClass` with non-static data members forfeits `basic_json`'s
 [standard layout](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/StandardLayoutType) guarantee. See
 [Template Parameter Requirements](../../features/types/template_parameters.md#custombaseclass).
 
+#### Name conflicts
+
+Since `basic_json` derives from `CustomBaseClass`, members of `basic_json` hide members of `CustomBaseClass` with the
+same name. Hidden members remain accessible via [`as_base_class`](as_base_class.md) or by casting the value to
+`json_base_class_t`.
+
+!!! warning "Avoid generic member names"
+
+    Future versions of the library may add members to `basic_json` that hide members of `CustomBaseClass` that are
+    accessible today. To reduce the risk of such conflicts, avoid generic names for the members of `CustomBaseClass`,
+    for instance by using a distinctive prefix.
+
 ## Examples
 
 ??? example
@@ -43,6 +55,11 @@ A `CustomBaseClass` with non-static data members forfeits `basic_json`'s
     --8<-- "examples/json_base_class_t.output"
     ```
 
+## See also
+
+- [as_base_class](as_base_class.md) - access the custom base class
+
 ## Version history
 
 - Added in version 3.12.0.
+- Made a public member type in version 3.13.0; it was private before, so it could not be named outside the class.

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/as_base_class.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+class base_class_with_hidden_members
+{
+  public:
+    const char* type_name() const noexcept
+    {
+        return "my_type_name";
+    }
+
+    std::size_t size() const noexcept
+    {
+        return 42;
+    }
+};
+
+using json = nlohmann::basic_json <
+             std::map,
+             std::vector,
+             std::string,
+             bool,
+             std::int64_t,
+             std::uint64_t,
+             double,
+             std::allocator,
+             nlohmann::adl_serializer,
+             std::vector<std::uint8_t>,
+             base_class_with_hidden_members
+             >;
+
+int main()
+{
+    json j = {1, 2, 3};
+
+    // the members of basic_json hide the members of the base class
+    std::cout << j.type_name() << ' ' << j.size() << '\n';
+
+    // access the hidden members of the base class
+    std::cout << j.as_base_class().type_name() << ' ' << j.as_base_class().size() << '\n';
+}

docs/mkdocs/docs/examples/as_base_class.output

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+array 3
+my_type_name 42

docs/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ nav:
           - 'accept': api/basic_json/accept.md
           - 'array': api/basic_json/array.md
           - 'array_t': api/basic_json/array_t.md
+          - 'as_base_class': api/basic_json/as_base_class.md
           - 'at': api/basic_json/at.md
           - 'back': api/basic_json/back.md
           - 'begin': api/basic_json/begin.md

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     /// workaround type for MSVC
     using basic_json_t = NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL;
-    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
 
   JSON_PRIVATE_UNLESS_TESTED:
     // convenience aliases for types residing in namespace detail;
@@ -215,6 +214,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using cbor_tag_handler_t = detail::cbor_tag_handler_t;
     /// how to encode BJData
     using bjdata_version_t = detail::bjdata_version_t;
+    /// base class used to inject custom functionality into each instance of basic_json
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/json_base_class_t/
+    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
     /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
     using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
 
@@ -1004,38 +1006,18 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using copy_scratch_value_t = std::pair<typename object_t::key_type, basic_json>;
     using copy_scratch_t = std::vector<copy_scratch_value_t, AllocatorType<copy_scratch_value_t>>;
 
-    /// @brief tag selecting the constructor below; used only to build the
-    /// elements of a deep copy (@ref copy_array_level, @ref copy_object_level)
-    struct copy_construct_tag {};
-
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief construct a null value whose base class - and, with @ref
-           JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions - are copied from @a src
-
-    Copy-constructing @ref json_base_class_t here, rather than default-
-    constructing the element and assigning its base class afterwards, means
-    that copying a @ref basic_json only ever requires a copy-constructible
-    base class, and never a move-assignable one as well.
-
-    @note this constructor has to be public: @ref copy_array_level and
-          @ref copy_object_level reach it through @ref array_t's or @ref
-          object_t's own emplace_back(), which constructs the element from
-          outside @ref basic_json and so cannot call a private constructor.
-          @ref copy_construct_tag is private, though, and nothing in the
-          public interface hands out a value of it, so outside code can still
-          never name it to call this constructor itself.
-    */
-    basic_json(copy_construct_tag /*unused*/, const basic_json& src)
-        : json_base_class_t(src)
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-        , start_position(src.start_position)
-        , end_position(src.end_position)
-#endif
+    /// @brief copy everything of @a src into @a dst but its type and value
+    static void copy_metadata(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst)
     {
-    }
+        // a custom base class is only required to be copy-constructible and
+        // move-assignable, so the copy has to go through a temporary
+        static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(dst) = json_base_class_t(static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(src));
 
-  private:
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        dst.start_position = src.start_position;
+        dst.end_position = src.end_position;
+#endif
+    }
 
     /*!
     @brief copy the value of @a src into @a dst, which must not be structured
@@ -1099,11 +1081,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief finish the copy @a dst of @a src that a @ref copy_construct_tag
-           constructor started, other than the children of an object or array
+    @brief copy everything of @a src into the null value @a dst but the children
 
-    @a dst already has @a src's base class and, with @ref
-    JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions; only its value is still missing.
     Objects and arrays are not copied here; they are appended to @a worklist to
     be created later by @ref copy_iteratively. Until that happens, @a dst remains
     a null value, so that a partially built copy can be destroyed at any point
@@ -1111,6 +1090,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     */
     static void copy_shallow(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst, copy_worklist_t& worklist)
     {
+        copy_metadata(src, dst);
+
         if (src.m_data.m_type == value_t::object || src.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
         {
             // defer: dst stays a null value until its container exists
@@ -1131,19 +1112,15 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         const array_t& src_array = *src.m_data.m_value.array;
 
+        // create all elements up front: growing the array afterwards could
+        // invalidate the pointers that are handed to the worklist; resize()
+        // rather than the fill constructor, because not every array type
+        // provides the latter (e.g., ones without a matching allocator-aware
+        // fill constructor)
         dst.m_data.m_value.array = create<array_t>();
         // only now that the array exists may dst stop being a null value
         dst.m_data.m_type = value_t::array;
-
-        // create every element - its base class already copy-constructed from
-        // its counterpart in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor -
-        // before any of their addresses are handed to worklist below: growing
-        // the array while that is going on could reallocate it and invalidate
-        // addresses taken from an earlier iteration
-        for (const auto& src_element : src_array)
-        {
-            dst.m_data.m_value.array->emplace_back(copy_construct_tag{}, src_element);
-        }
+        dst.m_data.m_value.array->resize(src_array.size());
 
         auto dst_it = dst.m_data.m_value.array->begin();
         for (auto src_it = src_array.cbegin(); src_it != src_array.cend(); ++src_it, ++dst_it)
@@ -1161,14 +1138,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
         // build the complete key skeleton and hand it to the object's range
         // constructor: adding the keys one by one would be quadratic for object
-        // types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map; each
-        // value's base class is already copy-constructed from its counterpart
-        // in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor
+        // types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map
         scratch.clear();
         scratch.reserve(src_object.size());
         for (const auto& element : src_object)
         {
-            scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json(copy_construct_tag{}, element.second));
+            scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json());
         }
 
         dst.m_data.m_value.object = create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(scratch.begin()),
@@ -2718,6 +2693,20 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return *get_ptr<const binary_t*>();
     }
 
+    /// @brief access the custom base class
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
+    json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(*this);
+    }
+
+    /// @brief access the custom base class
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
+    const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(*this);
+    }
+
     /// @}
 
     ////////////////////

single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -27082,7 +27082,6 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
     /// workaround type for MSVC
     using basic_json_t = NLOHMANN_BASIC_JSON_TPL;
-    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
 
   JSON_PRIVATE_UNLESS_TESTED:
     // convenience aliases for types residing in namespace detail;
@@ -27142,6 +27141,9 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using cbor_tag_handler_t = detail::cbor_tag_handler_t;
     /// how to encode BJData
     using bjdata_version_t = detail::bjdata_version_t;
+    /// base class used to inject custom functionality into each instance of basic_json
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/json_base_class_t/
+    using json_base_class_t = ::nlohmann::detail::json_base_class<CustomBaseClass>;
     /// helper type for initializer lists of basic_json values
     using initializer_list_t = std::initializer_list<detail::json_ref<basic_json>>;
 
@@ -27931,38 +27933,18 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     using copy_scratch_value_t = std::pair<typename object_t::key_type, basic_json>;
     using copy_scratch_t = std::vector<copy_scratch_value_t, AllocatorType<copy_scratch_value_t>>;
 
-    /// @brief tag selecting the constructor below; used only to build the
-    /// elements of a deep copy (@ref copy_array_level, @ref copy_object_level)
-    struct copy_construct_tag {};
-
-  public:
-    /*!
-    @brief construct a null value whose base class - and, with @ref
-           JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions - are copied from @a src
-
-    Copy-constructing @ref json_base_class_t here, rather than default-
-    constructing the element and assigning its base class afterwards, means
-    that copying a @ref basic_json only ever requires a copy-constructible
-    base class, and never a move-assignable one as well.
-
-    @note this constructor has to be public: @ref copy_array_level and
-          @ref copy_object_level reach it through @ref array_t's or @ref
-          object_t's own emplace_back(), which constructs the element from
-          outside @ref basic_json and so cannot call a private constructor.
-          @ref copy_construct_tag is private, though, and nothing in the
-          public interface hands out a value of it, so outside code can still
-          never name it to call this constructor itself.
-    */
-    basic_json(copy_construct_tag /*unused*/, const basic_json& src)
-        : json_base_class_t(src)
-#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
-        , start_position(src.start_position)
-        , end_position(src.end_position)
-#endif
+    /// @brief copy everything of @a src into @a dst but its type and value
+    static void copy_metadata(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst)
     {
-    }
+        // a custom base class is only required to be copy-constructible and
+        // move-assignable, so the copy has to go through a temporary
+        static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(dst) = json_base_class_t(static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(src));
 
-  private:
+#if JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS
+        dst.start_position = src.start_position;
+        dst.end_position = src.end_position;
+#endif
+    }
 
     /*!
     @brief copy the value of @a src into @a dst, which must not be structured
@@ -28026,11 +28008,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     }
 
     /*!
-    @brief finish the copy @a dst of @a src that a @ref copy_construct_tag
-           constructor started, other than the children of an object or array
+    @brief copy everything of @a src into the null value @a dst but the children
 
-    @a dst already has @a src's base class and, with @ref
-    JSON_DIAGNOSTIC_POSITIONS, positions; only its value is still missing.
     Objects and arrays are not copied here; they are appended to @a worklist to
     be created later by @ref copy_iteratively. Until that happens, @a dst remains
     a null value, so that a partially built copy can be destroyed at any point
@@ -28038,6 +28017,8 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     */
     static void copy_shallow(const basic_json& src, basic_json& dst, copy_worklist_t& worklist)
     {
+        copy_metadata(src, dst);
+
         if (src.m_data.m_type == value_t::object || src.m_data.m_type == value_t::array)
         {
             // defer: dst stays a null value until its container exists
@@ -28058,19 +28039,15 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
     {
         const array_t& src_array = *src.m_data.m_value.array;
 
+        // create all elements up front: growing the array afterwards could
+        // invalidate the pointers that are handed to the worklist; resize()
+        // rather than the fill constructor, because not every array type
+        // provides the latter (e.g., ones without a matching allocator-aware
+        // fill constructor)
         dst.m_data.m_value.array = create<array_t>();
         // only now that the array exists may dst stop being a null value
         dst.m_data.m_type = value_t::array;
-
-        // create every element - its base class already copy-constructed from
-        // its counterpart in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor -
-        // before any of their addresses are handed to worklist below: growing
-        // the array while that is going on could reallocate it and invalidate
-        // addresses taken from an earlier iteration
-        for (const auto& src_element : src_array)
-        {
-            dst.m_data.m_value.array->emplace_back(copy_construct_tag{}, src_element);
-        }
+        dst.m_data.m_value.array->resize(src_array.size());
 
         auto dst_it = dst.m_data.m_value.array->begin();
         for (auto src_it = src_array.cbegin(); src_it != src_array.cend(); ++src_it, ++dst_it)
@@ -28088,14 +28065,12 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
 
         // build the complete key skeleton and hand it to the object's range
         // constructor: adding the keys one by one would be quadratic for object
-        // types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map; each
-        // value's base class is already copy-constructed from its counterpart
-        // in src, via the copy_construct_tag constructor
+        // types that are backed by a vector, such as nlohmann::ordered_map
         scratch.clear();
         scratch.reserve(src_object.size());
         for (const auto& element : src_object)
         {
-            scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json(copy_construct_tag{}, element.second));
+            scratch.emplace_back(element.first, basic_json());
         }
 
         dst.m_data.m_value.object = create<object_t>(std::make_move_iterator(scratch.begin()),
@@ -29645,6 +29620,20 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
         return *get_ptr<const binary_t*>();
     }
 
+    /// @brief access the custom base class
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
+    json_base_class_t& as_base_class() noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<json_base_class_t&>(*this);
+    }
+
+    /// @brief access the custom base class
+    /// @sa https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/as_base_class/
+    const json_base_class_t& as_base_class() const noexcept
+    {
+        return static_cast<const json_base_class_t&>(*this);
+    }
+
     /// @}
 
     ////////////////////

tests/src/unit-custom-base-class.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "doctest_compatibility.h"
@@ -406,72 +408,70 @@ TEST_CASE("JSON Visit Node")
     CHECK(expected.empty());
 }
 
-// A custom base class with a const member: copy-constructible (initializing a
-// const member works fine), but not copy-/move-assignable (assigning one does
-// not). Used to check that copy construction never requires more than that.
-struct const_member_base
+// Test accessing members of a custom base class that are hidden by members of nlohmann::basic_json
+class base_class_with_hidden_members
 {
-    const int id = 7; // NOLINT(misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes)
+  public:
+    const char* type_name() const noexcept // NOLINT(readability-convert-member-functions-to-static)
+    {
+        return "custom type_name";
+    }
+
+    std::size_t size() const noexcept
+    {
+        return m_size;
+    }
+
+    std::size_t m_size = 42;
 };
 
-using json_with_const_base = nlohmann::basic_json <
-                             std::map,
-                             std::vector,
-                             std::string,
-                             bool,
-                             std::int64_t,
-                             std::uint64_t,
-                             double,
-                             std::allocator,
-                             nlohmann::adl_serializer,
-                             std::vector<std::uint8_t>,
-                             const_member_base
-                             >;
+using json_with_hidden_base_members =
+    nlohmann::basic_json <
+    std::map,
+    std::vector,
+    std::string,
+    bool,
+    std::int64_t,
+    std::uint64_t,
+    double,
+    std::allocator,
+    nlohmann::adl_serializer,
+    std::vector<std::uint8_t>,
+    base_class_with_hidden_members
+    >;
 
-// build an array nested @a depth levels deep, with the innermost value 1;
-// every level is constructed (never assigned), since const_member_base does
-// not support assignment
-static json_with_const_base make_nested_array(std::size_t depth)
+TEST_CASE("JSON Node as_base_class")
 {
-    if (depth == 0)
-    {
-        return json_with_const_base(1);
-    }
-    return json_with_const_base::array({make_nested_array(depth - 1)});
-}
+    using json = json_with_hidden_base_members;
 
-TEST_CASE("Regression test for issue #5674 - copy construction must not require an assignable base class")
-{
-    SECTION("depth 0")
-    {
-        // as in the original bug report: copy construction only, no assignment
-        const json_with_const_base j = {1, 2};
-        const json_with_const_base copy = j; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
+    static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(std::declval<json&>().as_base_class()), json::json_base_class_t&>::value, "");
+    static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(std::declval<const json&>().as_base_class()), const json::json_base_class_t&>::value, "");
+    static_assert(noexcept(std::declval<json&>().as_base_class()), "");
+    static_assert(noexcept(std::declval<const json&>().as_base_class()), "");
 
-        CHECK(copy.size() == 2);
-        CHECK(copy.id == 7);
+    SECTION("non-const")
+    {
+        json j = {1, 2, 3};
+
+        CHECK(std::string(j.type_name()) == "array");
+        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
+        CHECK(std::string(j.as_base_class().type_name()) == "custom type_name");
+        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 42);
+        CHECK(&j.as_base_class() == &static_cast<json::json_base_class_t&>(j));
+
+        j.as_base_class().m_size = 7;
+        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 7);
+        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
     }
 
-    SECTION("nested deeper than the copy constructor's descent bound")
+    SECTION("const")
     {
-        // beyond nesting_depth_limit() (128) levels, the copy constructor
-        // copies without the call stack (copy_iteratively / copy_array_level),
-        // which used to assign the base class of every element it created
-        const std::size_t depth = 300;
+        const json j = {1, 2, 3};
 
-        const json_with_const_base j = make_nested_array(depth);
-        const json_with_const_base copy = j; // NOLINT(performance-unnecessary-copy-initialization)
-
-        const json_with_const_base* c = &copy;
-        for (std::size_t level = 0; level <= depth; ++level)
-        {
-            CAPTURE(level)
-            REQUIRE(c->id == 7);
-            if (level < depth)
-            {
-                c = &c->at(0);
-            }
-        }
-        CHECK(*c == 1);
+        CHECK(std::string(j.type_name()) == "array");
+        CHECK(j.size() == 3);
+        CHECK(std::string(j.as_base_class().type_name()) == "custom type_name");
+        CHECK(j.as_base_class().size() == 42);
+        CHECK(&j.as_base_class() == &static_cast<const json::json_base_class_t&>(j));
     }
 }