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caching a parsed document as an image, loading it without parsing, the
difference between a borrowed and an owned image, and a full check
rejecting a damaged image that a bounds check still reads safely.

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nlohmann::basic_json_document::read

template<typename InputType>
void read(InputType&& input,
         const bool allow_exceptions = true,
         const bool ignore_comments = false,
         const bool ignore_trailing_commas = false);

(Re-)parses input into #!cpp *this, discarding the document's previous value and reusing its memory (the node index, the decoded-string buffer, and, if applicable, the owned copy of the text) rather than allocating a fresh document. parse() is implemented in terms of this function, applied to a default-constructed document.

Template parameters

InputType
A compatible input; see parse.

Parameters

input (in)
Input to parse from.
allow_exceptions (in)
whether to throw exceptions in case of a parse error (optional, #!cpp true by default)
ignore_comments (in)
whether comments should be ignored and treated like whitespace (#!cpp true) or yield a parse error (#!cpp false); (optional, #!cpp false by default)
ignore_trailing_commas (in)
whether trailing commas in arrays or objects should be ignored and treated like whitespace (#!cpp true) or yield a parse error (#!cpp false); (optional, #!cpp false by default)

Exceptions

Same as parse.

Complexity

Linear in the length of the input.

Notes

Every view taken from #!cpp *this before the call -- including the previous root() -- is invalidated, whether or not the new parse succeeds; take fresh views from root() afterward.

input is borrowed or owned by the same rules as parse(); a document can borrow on one call and own on the next, since ownership is decided freshly each time.

Examples

??? example

The example below parses a sequence of messages into the same document, reusing its memory instead of allocating
a new document for each one.

```cpp
--8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__read.cpp"
```

Output:

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

See also

  • parse - deserialize from a compatible input
  • root - the view of the root value
  • load - read a document from an image instead of parsing JSON text

Version history

  • Added in version 3.13.0.