operator[]() [2/4]

json fl::json::operator[] ( const fl::string & key )

inline

Definition at line 589 of file json.h.

                                                     {
        if (!mValue || !mValue->is_object()) {
            mValue = fl::make_shared<json_value>(json_object{});
        }
        // Get reference to the json_value
        auto objPtr = mValue->data.ptr<json_object>();
        if (objPtr) {
            // If key doesn't exist, create a new json_value and insert it
            if (objPtr->find(key) == objPtr->end()) {
                (*objPtr)[key] = fl::make_shared<json_value>(nullptr);
            }
            // Return a new json object that wraps the shared_ptr to the json_value
            return json((*objPtr)[key]);
        }
        // Should not happen if mValue is properly initialized as an object
        //return *reinterpret_cast<json*>(&get_null_value());