## JSON Object JSON Object — a JSON object representation |

## Synopsis

                        JsonObject;
    JsonObject *        json_object_new                     (void);
    JsonObject *        json_object_ref                     (JsonObject *object);
    void                json_object_unref                   (JsonObject *object);

    void                json_object_add_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *node);
    void                json_object_set_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *node);
    gboolean            json_object_has_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    JsonNode *          json_object_get_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    JsonNode *          json_object_dup_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    GList *             json_object_get_members             (JsonObject *object);
    GList *             json_object_get_values              (JsonObject *object);
    guint               json_object_get_size                (JsonObject *object);
    void                json_object_remove_member           (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                (*JsonObjectForeach)                (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *member_node,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    void                json_object_foreach_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             JsonObjectForeach func,
                                                             gpointer data);

    void                json_object_set_array_member        (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonArray *value);
    JsonArray *         json_object_get_array_member        (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_boolean_member      (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gboolean value);
    gboolean            json_object_get_boolean_member      (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_double_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gdouble value);
    gdouble             json_object_get_double_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_int_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gint64 value);
    gint64              json_object_get_int_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_null_member         (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    gboolean            json_object_get_null_member         (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_object_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonObject *value);
    JsonObject *        json_object_get_object_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);
    void                json_object_set_string_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             const gchar *value);
    const gchar *       json_object_get_string_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

## Description

JsonObject is the representation of the object type inside JSON. It contains JsonNodes, which may contain fundamental types, arrays or other objects. Each member of an object is accessed using its name.

Since objects can be expensive, they are reference counted. You can control the lifetime of a JsonObject using `json_object_ref()` and `json_object_unref()`.

To add or overwrite a member with a given name, use `json_object_set_member()`. To extract a member with a given name, use `json_object_get_member()`. To retrieve the list of members, use `json_object_get_members()`. To retrieve the size of the object (that is, the number of members it has), use `json_object_get_size()`.

## Details

### JsonObject

    typedef struct _JsonObject JsonObject;

A JSON object type. The contents of the JsonObject structure are private and should only be accessed by the provided API

### json_object_new ()

    JsonObject *        json_object_new                     (void);

Creates a new JsonObject, an JSON object type representation.

Returns : | the newly created JsonObject

### json_object_ref ()

    JsonObject *        json_object_ref                     (JsonObject *object);

Increase by one the reference count of a JsonObject.

`object` : | a JsonObject
Returns : | the passed JsonObject, with the reference count increased by one.

### json_object_unref ()

    void                json_object_unref                   (JsonObject *object);

Decreases by one the reference count of a JsonObject. If the reference count reaches zero, the object is destroyed and all its allocated resources are freed.

`object` : | a JsonObject

### json_object_add_member ()

    void                json_object_add_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *node);

### Warning

`json_object_add_member` has been deprecated since version 0.8 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use `json_object_set_member()` instead

Adds a member named `member_name` and containing `node` into a JsonObject. The object will take ownership of the JsonNode.

This function will return if the `object` already contains a member `member_name`.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`node` : | the value of the member. [transfer full]

### json_object_set_member ()

    void                json_object_set_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *node);

Sets `node` as the value of `member_name` inside `object`.

If `object` already contains a member called `member_name` then the member's current value is overwritten. Otherwise, a new member is added to `object`.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`node` : | the value of the member. [transfer full]

Since 0.8

### json_object_has_member ()

    gboolean            json_object_has_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Checks whether `object` has a member named `member_name`.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of a JSON object member
Returns : | `TRUE` if the JSON object has the requested member

### json_object_get_member ()

    JsonNode *          json_object_get_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Retrieves the JsonNode containing the value of `member_name` inside a JsonObject.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the JSON object member to access
Returns : | a pointer to the node for the requested object member, or `NULL`. [transfer none]

### json_object_dup_member ()

    JsonNode *          json_object_dup_member              (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Retrieves a copy of the JsonNode containing the value of `member_name` inside a JsonObject

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the JSON object member to access
Returns : | a copy of the node for the requested object member or `NULL`. Use `json_node_free()` when done. [transfer full]

Since 0.6

### json_object_get_members ()

    GList *             json_object_get_members             (JsonObject *object);

Retrieves all the names of the members of a JsonObject. You can obtain the value for each member using `json_object_get_member()`.

`object` : | a JsonObject
Returns : | a GList of member names. The content of the list is owned by the JsonObject and should never be modified or freed. When you have finished using the returned list, use `g_list_free()` to free the resources it has allocated. [element-type utf8][transfer container]

### json_object_get_values ()

    GList *             json_object_get_values              (JsonObject *object);

Retrieves all the values of the members of a JsonObject.

`object` : | a JsonObject
Returns : | a GList of JsonNodes. The content of the list is owned by the JsonObject and should never be modified or freed. When you have finished using the returned list, use `g_list_free()` to free the resources it has allocated. [element-type JsonNode][transfer container]

### json_object_get_size ()

    guint               json_object_get_size                (JsonObject *object);

Retrieves the number of members of a JsonObject.

`object` : | a JsonObject
Returns : | the number of members

### json_object_remove_member ()

    void                json_object_remove_member           (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Removes `member_name` from `object`, freeing its allocated resources.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member to remove

### JsonObjectForeach ()

    void                (*JsonObjectForeach)                (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonNode *member_node,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

The function to be passed to `json_object_foreach_member()`. You should not add or remove members to and from `object` within this function. It is safe to change the value of `member_node`.

`object` : | the iterated JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`member_node` : | a JsonNode containing the `member_name` value
`user_data` : | data passed to the function

Since 0.8

### json_object_foreach_member ()

    void                json_object_foreach_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             JsonObjectForeach func,
                                                             gpointer data);

Iterates over all members of `object` and calls `func` on each one of them.

It is safe to change the value of a JsonNode of the `object` from within the iterator `func`, but it is not safe to add or remove members from the `object`.

`object` : | a JsonObject
`func` : | the function to be called on each member. [scope call]
`data` : | data to be passed to the function. [closure]

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_array_member ()

    void                json_object_set_array_member        (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonArray *value);

Convenience function for setting an array `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

The `object` will take ownership of the passed JsonArray

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member. [transfer full]

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_array_member ()

    JsonArray *         json_object_get_array_member        (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the array stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the array inside the object's member. [transfer none]

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_boolean_member ()

    void                json_object_set_boolean_member      (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gboolean value);

Convenience function for setting a boolean `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_boolean_member ()

    gboolean            json_object_get_boolean_member      (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the boolean value stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the boolean value of the object's member

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_double_member ()

    void                json_object_set_double_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gdouble value);

Convenience function for setting a floating point `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_double_member ()

    gdouble             json_object_get_double_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the floating point value stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the floating point value of the object's member

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_int_member ()

    void                json_object_set_int_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             gint64 value);

Convenience function for setting an integer `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_int_member ()

    gint64              json_object_get_int_member          (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the integer value stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the integer value of the object's member

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_null_member ()

    void                json_object_set_null_member         (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function for setting a null `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_null_member ()

    gboolean            json_object_get_null_member         (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that checks whether the value stored in `member_name` of `object` is null

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | `TRUE` if the value is null

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_object_member ()

    void                json_object_set_object_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             JsonObject *value);

Convenience function for setting an object `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

The `object` will take ownership of the passed JsonObject

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member. [transfer full]

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_object_member ()

    JsonObject *        json_object_get_object_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the object stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the object inside the object's member. [transfer none]

Since 0.8

### json_object_set_string_member ()

    void                json_object_set_string_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name,
                                                             const gchar *value);

Convenience function for setting a string `value` of `member_name` inside `object`.

See also: `json_object_set_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
`value` : | the value of the member

Since 0.8

### json_object_get_string_member ()

    const gchar *       json_object_get_string_member       (JsonObject *object,
                                                             const gchar *member_name);

Convenience function that retrieves the string value stored in `member_name` of `object`

See also: `json_object_get_member()`

`object` : | a JsonObject
`member_name` : | the name of the member
Returns : | the string value of the object's member

Since 0.8