Working on making this lib more usable by usage-testing.

include/JJX/JJX.hpp

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ namespace JJX
             int location;
             std::shared_ptr<std::string> full_source;
         };
+
         struct value {
             std::optional<std::string> string;
             std::optional<double> number;
@@ -26,26 +27,28 @@ namespace JJX
             value_type type;
         };
 
-        struct string_value
-        {
-            std::string string;
-        };
-        struct
+        struct string_val: value { std::string data; };
 
+        struct number_val : value { double data; };
+
+        struct boolean_val : value { bool data; };
+
+        struct object_val : value { std::map<std::string, value> data; };
+
+        struct array_val : value { std::vector<value> data; };
 
         std::tuple<std::vector<json::token>, std::string> lex(std::string);
         std::tuple<json::value, int, std::string> parse(std::vector<json::token>, int index = 0);
         std::tuple<json::value, std::string> parse(std::string);
         std::string deparse(json::value, std::string whitespace = "");
 
-
         value string(const std::string& text);
 
         value number(double input);
 
         value boolean(bool input);
 
-        value array(const std::vector<value>& input);
+        value array(std::vector<value> input);
 
         template <typename T>
         value array_of(const std::vector<T>& input);

main.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 using namespace JJX;
 
-void ParseJsonFile(const std::string& file_path) {
+std::string read_file(const std::string& file_path)
+{
     std::ifstream file(file_path, std::ios::binary);
     if (!file)
         throw std::runtime_error("We couldn't find the file: " + file_path);
@@ -18,10 +19,18 @@ void ParseJsonFile(const std::string& file_path) {
     file.read(&file_content[0], file_size);
     file.close();
 
+    return file_content;
+}
+
+
+void parse_json_file(const std::string& file_path) {
+    auto file_content = read_file(file_path);
+
     auto [text, parse_error] = json::parse(file_content);
     if (!parse_error.empty())
         std::cerr << "Error while parsing json: " << parse_error << std::endl;
 
+
     std::cout << json::deparse(text) << std::endl;
 }
 
@@ -30,10 +39,14 @@ struct Vector3
     float x, y, z;
 };
 
+
 /// Creates json array out of Vector3 type.
 json::value vector3_to_json(const Vector3& input)
 {
-    return json::array({json::number(input.x), json::number(input.y), json::number(input.z)});
+    auto x = json::number(input.x);
+    auto y = json::number(input.y);
+    auto z = json::number(input.z);
+    return json::array({x, y, z});
 }
 
 /// Creates Vector3 type out of json array object.
@@ -49,7 +62,7 @@ Vector3 json_to_vector3(const json::value& obj)
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-    ParseJsonFile("../samples/vector3.json");
+    parse_json_file("../samples/product_info.json");
 
 
     std::cout << json::deparse(vector3_to_json({2,4.5f, 31}));

samples/months.json

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "months": [
+    "January",
+    "February",
+    "March",
+    "April",
+    "May",
+    "June",
+    "July",
+    "August",
+    "September",
+    "October",
+    "November",
+    "December"
+  ]
+}

samples/product_info.json

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+
+  "product_id": "SKU12345",
+
+  "name": "Example Product",
+
+  "description": "This is an example product.",
+
+  "category": "Electronics",
+
+  "price": 199.99,
+
+  "stock_quantity": 50,
+
+  "manufacturer": "TechCo",
+
+  "release_date": "2022-05-10",
+
+  "is_available": true,
+
+  "ratings": {
+
+    "average": 4.5,
+
+    "total": 100
+
+  },
+  "reviews": [
+    {
+      "user": "user123",
+      "rating": 5,
+      "review_text": "Great product, highly recommended!"
+    },
+    {
+      "user": "user456",
+      "rating": 4,
+      "review_text": "Good value for the price."
+    },
+    {
+      "user": "user450",
+      "rating": 4,
+      "review_text": "Good value for the price."
+    }
+  ]
+}

samples/test.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<note>
+    <to>Tove</to>
+    <from>Jani</from>
+    <heading>Reminder</heading>
+    <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
+</note>

src/JSON.cpp

@@ -421,10 +421,11 @@ namespace JJX::json {
         };
     }
 
-    value array(const std::vector<value>& input)
+    value array(std::vector<value> input)
     {
         value arr;
         arr.type = value_type::array;
+        arr.array = std::vector<value>();
 
         for (auto& elem: input)
         {