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* json_view: view_mode enum instead of bool Editable, node_kind for node::kind

basic_json_document and basic_json_view take a view_mode (read_only, the
default, or editable) instead of a bool: basic_json_document<json, true>
did not say what true means. The shortcut aliases are unchanged.

The kind of a node is a node_kind (the value_t values plus link, 10 as
before), which removes the static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::...) of
every comparison. The node and image layouts are unchanged.

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

* json_view: node_kind in the node writers, spell out read_only, comment fixes

The builder and the edit functions take and store a node_kind instead of
casting a value_t; the numbering assertions and the comments now speak of
node_kind, and the link kind notes that it follows value_t::discarded.
The read-only aliases name view_mode::read_only like the editable ones.
view_mode.md says the mode is a compile-time property of the type.

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

* json_view: views of read-only documents convert to editable views

A read-only document has no edits, so a view of it reads correctly as a
view of an editable document before its first edit. The implicit
conversion lets a function taking a json_editable_view accept the views
of both modes. There is no conversion the other way: a read-only view of
an editable document would read wrong values after the next edit.

The mode comparisons in the cross-mode operator==/!= use an
is_other_mode trait, which astyle keeps compact.

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

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Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-10-26 20:13:30 +01:00

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# <small>nlohmann::</small>json_view
<small>Defined in header `<nlohmann/json_view.hpp>`</small>
```cpp
using json_view = basic_json_view<json, view_mode::read_only>;
```
This type is a [`basic_json_view`](basic_json_view/index.md) of a value of a [`json_document`](json_document.md).
## Examples
??? example
The example below demonstrates how to use the type `nlohmann::json_view`.
```cpp
--8<-- "examples/json_view.cpp"
```
Output:
```json
--8<-- "examples/json_view.output"
```
## See also
- [json_document](json_document.md) - the document type this view refers into
- [ordered_json_view](ordered_json_view.md) - the corresponding view for `ordered_json_document`
## Version history
Added in version 3.13.0.