cJSON/cJSON_Utils.h

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#ifndef cJSON_Utils__h
#define cJSON_Utils__h

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

#include "cJSON.h"

/* Implement RFC6901 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901) JSON Pointer spec. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GetPointer(cJSON * const object, const char *pointer);
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GetPointerCaseSensitive(cJSON * const object, const char *pointer);

/* Implement RFC6902 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902) JSON Patch spec. */
/* NOTE: This modifies objects in 'from' and 'to' by sorting the elements by their key */
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GeneratePatches(cJSON * const from, cJSON * const to);
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GeneratePatchesCaseSensitive(cJSON * const from, cJSON * const to);
/* Utility for generating patch array entries. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(cJSON * const array, const char * const operation, const char * const path, const cJSON * const value);
/* Returns 0 for success. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(cJSON * const object, const cJSON * const patches);
CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive(cJSON * const object, const cJSON * const patches);

/*
// Note that ApplyPatches is NOT atomic on failure. To implement an atomic ApplyPatches, use:
//int cJSONUtils_AtomicApplyPatches(cJSON **object, cJSON *patches)
//{
//    cJSON *modme = cJSON_Duplicate(*object, 1);
//    int error = cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(modme, patches);
//    if (!error)
//    {
//        cJSON_Delete(*object);
//        *object = modme;
//    }
//    else
//    {
//        cJSON_Delete(modme);
//    }
//
//    return error;
//}
// Code not added to library since this strategy is a LOT slower.
*/

/* Implement RFC7386 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396) JSON Merge Patch spec. */
/* target will be modified by patch. return value is new ptr for target. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_MergePatch(cJSON *target, const cJSON * const patch);
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_MergePatchCaseSensitive(cJSON *target, const cJSON * const patch);
/* generates a patch to move from -> to */
/* NOTE: This modifies objects in 'from' and 'to' by sorting the elements by their key */
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatch(cJSON * const from, cJSON * const to);
CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatchCaseSensitive(cJSON * const from, cJSON * const to);

/* Given a root object and a target object, construct a pointer from one to the other. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(const cJSON * const object, const cJSON * const target);

/* Sorts the members of the object into alphabetical order. */
CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON * const object);
CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON * const object);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif