(please check updates below)
this was just to test though but basically what it does is when it receives a message(message would be like abc/xyz/pq=yo) then makes a out of it like:- {"root":[{"abc":[{"xyz":[{"pq":"yo"}]}]}]} but whet I want is for example there exists a json already and if someone wants to add value like abc/xyz/lm=ayo then if it doesn't exist then it will add that to the existing json. and if someone wants to update something like abc/xyz/pq=ayo then it will update it. That is if there exists a child then it updates a value else it creates it.
in case you are wondering why the json have an array even for a single child i.e. because in case if we want to add data to particular child we can easily add.
Please keep in mind this was just test code I in readFileResult() but I want to change entire structure.
Update:- as I know the exact path when user wants to add data I can easily add data to that path but the problem is how to check how to check if there exists data? As I've nested child in Arrays('{"root":[{"abc":[{"xyz":[{"pq":"yo"}]}]}]}') I can not loop through each child and parse it coz it would be consuming a lot of resources and time.
Another Update:- I've changed the structure to rfc8259 to get rid of these arrays. This should be simpler but still struggling in "updating" the data.
CodePudding user response：
I found another better way to fix this, I changed the structure a little bit. and Instead of using JSONWriter and JSONArray, I just used JSONObjects to query and edit objects easily. You can check this out.
CodePudding user response：
For inserting objects to JSON if it does not exit or updating if it exists, I think there are multiple ways. Now I don't know your limitations of use case but simplest one would be like below pseudo code :
- get root level json object
- get input from user e.g. abc/xyz/lm=ayo
- split input first by '=' for value at index 1 and then by '/' for keys.
- Now iterate over keys
Find in object is key exists.
If key exists, get json object for that key and check for next keys inside this object.
If key does not exist, add keys in hierarchy and at last key, store above value.
Hope that it is helpful. Let me know if this does not work for you, I can provide an alternate.
Good luck and Happy coding.