populateFromJSON

Recursively populates a passed associative or dynamic array with the contents of a JSONValue.

This is used where we want to store information on disk but keep it in memory without the overhead of dealing with JSONValues.

Note: This only works with JSONValues that conform to arrays and associative arrays, not such that mix element/value types.

@safe
void
populateFromJSON
(
T
)
(
ref T target
,
const JSONValue json
,
const bool lowercaseKeys = false
,
const bool lowercaseValues = false
)
if (
isMutable!T
)

Parameters

target T

Reference to target array or associative array to write to.

json JSONValue

Source JSONValue to sync the contents with.

lowercaseKeys bool

Whether or not to save string keys in lowercase.

lowercaseValues bool

Whether or not to save final string values in lowercase.

Throws

Exception if the passed JSONValue had unexpected types.

Examples

1 import std.json : JSONType, JSONValue;
2 
3 {
4     long[string] aa =
5     [
6         "abc" : 123,
7         "def" : 456,
8         "ghi" : 789,
9     ];
10 
11     JSONValue j = JSONValue(aa);
12     typeof(aa) fromJSON;
13 
14     foreach (immutable key, const value; j.objectNoRef)
15     {
16         fromJSON[key] = value.integer;
17     }
18 
19     assert(aa == fromJSON);  // not is
20 
21     auto aaCopy = aa.dup;
22 
23     aa["jlk"] = 12;
24     assert(aa != fromJSON);
25 
26     aa = typeof(aa).init;
27     populateFromJSON(aa, j);
28     assert(aa == aaCopy);
29 }
30 {
31     auto aa =
32     [
33         "abc" : true,
34         "def" : false,
35         "ghi" : true,
36     ];
37 
38     JSONValue j = JSONValue(aa);
39     typeof(aa) fromJSON;
40 
41     foreach (immutable key, const value; j.objectNoRef)
42     {
43         if (value.type == JSONType.true_) fromJSON[key] = true;
44         else if (value.type == JSONType.false_) fromJSON[key] = false;
45         else
46         {
47             assert(0);
48         }
49     }
50 
51     assert(aa == fromJSON);  // not is
52 
53     auto aaCopy = aa.dup;
54 
55     aa["jkl"] = false;
56     assert(aa != fromJSON);
57 
58     aa = typeof(aa).init;
59     populateFromJSON(aa, j);
60     assert(aa == aaCopy);
61 }
62 {
63     auto arr = [ "abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl" ];
64 
65     JSONValue j = JSONValue(arr);
66     typeof(arr) fromJSON;
67 
68     foreach (const value; j.arrayNoRef)
69     {
70         fromJSON ~= value.str;
71     }
72 
73     assert(arr == fromJSON);  // not is
74 
75     auto arrCopy = arr.dup;
76 
77     arr[0] = "no";
78     assert(arr != arrCopy);
79 
80     arr = [];
81     populateFromJSON(arr, j);
82     assert(arr == arrCopy);
83 }
84 {
85     auto aa =
86     [
87         "abc" : [ "def", "ghi", "jkl" ],
88         "def" : [ "MNO", "PQR", "STU" ],
89     ];
90 
91     JSONValue j = JSONValue(aa);
92     typeof(aa)fromJSON;
93 
94     foreach (immutable key, const arrJSON; j.objectNoRef)
95     {
96         foreach (const entry; arrJSON.arrayNoRef)
97         {
98             fromJSON[key] ~= entry.str;
99         }
100     }
101 
102     assert(aa == fromJSON);  // not is
103 
104     auto aaCopy = aa.dup;
105     aaCopy["abc"] = aa["abc"].dup;
106 
107     aa["abc"][0] = "no";
108     aa["ghi"] ~= "VWXYZ";
109     assert(aa != fromJSON);
110 
111     aa = typeof(aa).init;
112     populateFromJSON(aa, j);
113     assert(aa == aaCopy);
114 }
115 {
116     int[3] arr = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
117 
118     JSONValue j = JSONValue(arr);
119 
120     int[3] arr2;
121     arr2.populateFromJSON(j);
122     assert(arr2 == arr);
123 }