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Niels Lohmann d04f78864c Document editable json_documents
- API pages for set and push_back of basic_json_document and for the
  editable aliases; the class overviews name the Editable parameter
- type_error.319 on the exceptions page
- the feature page explains editing, and the examples show when it
  helps: a configuration file changed without reformatting it

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-30 21:02:05 +02:00

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#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json_view.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
using json_editable_document = nlohmann::json_editable_document;
using json_editable_view = nlohmann::json_editable_view;
int main()
{
// a configuration file, as it might be read from disk -- "price" is
// written with a trailing zero that has no effect on its value
const std::string text = R"({
"name": "cache",
"host": "db1",
"port": 6379,
"price": 19.90,
"replicas": ["db2", "db3"],
"timeout": 30
})";
json_editable_document doc = json_editable_document::parse(text);
doc.set(doc.root()["port"], 6380); // (1) replace a value
doc.set(doc.root(), "region", "us-east"); // (2) add a member
doc.set(doc.root()["replicas"], 0, "db4"); // (3) assign an element
doc.set(json::json_pointer("/timeout"), 45); // (4) via a JSON pointer
// members stay in document order (the new one at the end), and a number
// that was not itself edited keeps its exact spelling
std::cout << doc.root().dump(2, ' ', false, json_editable_view::number_format::source) << "\n\n";
// the same edits on a plain json value: object_t is a std::map, so
// parsing already sorted the keys, and dump() rewrites every number to
// its shortest form, even "price", which was never touched
json plain = json::parse(text);
plain["port"] = 6380;
plain["region"] = "us-east";
plain["replicas"][0] = "db4";
plain[json::json_pointer("/timeout")] = 45;
std::cout << plain.dump(2) << '\n';
}