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nlohmann::basic_json::from_ubjson

// (1)
template<typename InputType>
static basic_json from_ubjson(InputType&& i,
                              const bool strict = true,
                              const bool allow_exceptions = true);
// (2)
template<typename IteratorType, typename SentinelType = IteratorType>
static basic_json from_ubjson(IteratorType first, SentinelType last,
                              const bool strict = true,
                              const bool allow_exceptions = true);

Deserializes a given input to a JSON value using the UBJSON (Universal Binary JSON) serialization format.

  1. Reads from a compatible input.
  2. Reads from an iterator range, or an iterator and a sentinel of a different type (C++20 ranges support).

The exact mapping and its limitations are described on a dedicated page.

Template parameters

InputType
A compatible input, for instance:
  • an std::istream object
  • a FILE pointer
  • a C-style array of characters
  • a pointer to a null-terminated string of single byte characters
  • a container obj for which begin(obj) and end(obj) produce a valid pair of iterators (as found via ADL or member functions, with semantics compatible to std::begin and std::end)
IteratorType
a compatible iterator type
SentinelType
defaults to IteratorType; may be a different type comparable to IteratorType via operator!=, for instance a custom sentinel type for C++20 ranges

Parameters

i (in)
an input in UBJSON format convertible to an input adapter
first (in)
iterator to the start of the input
last (in)
iterator to the end of the input, or a sentinel value that compares equal to the end iterator with operator!=
strict (in)
whether to expect the input to be consumed until EOF (#!cpp true by default)
allow_exceptions (in)
whether to throw exceptions in case of a parse error (optional, #!cpp true by default)

Return value

deserialized JSON value; in case of a parse error and allow_exceptions set to #!cpp false, the return value will be value_t::discarded. The latter can be checked with is_discarded.

Exception safety

Strong guarantee: if an exception is thrown, there are no changes in the JSON value.

Exceptions

  • Throws parse_error.110 if the given input ends prematurely or the end of the file was not reached when strict was set to true
  • Throws parse_error.112 if a parse error occurs
  • Throws parse_error.113 if a string could not be parsed successfully
  • Throws out_of_range.408 if the size of an optimized container or n-dimensional array cannot be represented by std::size_t

Complexity

Linear in the size of the input.

Examples

??? example

The example shows the deserialization of a byte vector in UBJSON format to a JSON value.
 
```cpp
--8<-- "examples/from_ubjson.cpp"
```

Output:

```json
--8<-- "examples/from_ubjson.output"
```

See also

  • to_ubjson create a UBJSON serialization of a JSON value
  • from_cbor create a JSON value from an input in CBOR format
  • from_msgpack create a JSON value from an input in MessagePack format
  • from_bson create a JSON value from an input in BSON format
  • from_bjdata create a JSON value from an input in BJData format

Version history

  • Added in version 3.1.0.
  • Added allow_exceptions parameter in version 3.2.0.
  • Extended container support (1) to include types with lvalue-only ADL begin/end (matching std::begin/std::end semantics) in version 3.13.0.
  • Extended overload (2) to accept heterogeneous iterator+sentinel pairs (C++20 ranges support) in version 3.13.0.

!!! warning "Deprecation"

- Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_ubjson` with a pointer and a length as first two parameters, which has been
  deprecated in version 3.8.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like
  `#!cpp from_ubjson(ptr, len, ...);` with `#!cpp from_ubjson(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.
- Overload (2) replaces calls to `from_ubjson` with a pair of iterators as their first parameter, which has been
  deprecated in version 3.8.0. This overload will be removed in version 4.0.0. Please replace all calls like
  `#!cpp from_ubjson({ptr, ptr+len}, ...);` with `#!cpp from_ubjson(ptr, ptr+len, ...);`.

You should be warned by your compiler with a `-Wdeprecated-declarations` warning if you are using a deprecated
function.