This source file includes following definitions.
- add
 
- writeJson
 
- writeJson
 
- dump
 
- printTabs
 
- readJson
 
- readJsonArray
 
- validatePathExtension
 
#include "JsonHelper.h"
#include "sys/stat.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
JsonObject JsonHelper::add(string key, string value, JsonObject &json)
{
    json[key] =  value;
    return json;
}
bool JsonHelper::writeJson(JsonObject json, string path)
{
    if(!validatePathExtension(path))
    {
        return false;
    }
    ofstream JsonSaveFile(path);
    string jsonString;
    jsonString = dump(json);
    JsonSaveFile << jsonString;
    JsonSaveFile.close();
    return true;
}
bool JsonHelper::writeJson(JsonArray json, string path)
{
    if(!validatePathExtension(path))
    {
        return false;
    }
    string arrayString = "[";
    size_t jsonSize = json.size();
    for(size_t i = 0; i < jsonSize; ++i)
    {
        arrayString += "\n" + dump(json.at(i).object_items(), 1);
        if(i != jsonSize - 1)
        {
            arrayString += ",";
        }
    }
    arrayString += "\n]";
    ofstream JsonSaveFile(path);
    JsonSaveFile << arrayString;
    JsonSaveFile.close();
    return true;
}
string JsonHelper::dump(JsonObject json, int extraTab)
{
    string dump = Json(json).dump();
    
    string out = "";
    unsigned int tabCounter = extraTab;
    printTabs(out,tabCounter);
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < dump.size(); ++i)
    {
        if(dump[i] == '{' || dump[i] == '[')
        {            
            out += dump[i];
            out += '\n';
            ++tabCounter;
            printTabs(out, tabCounter);
        }
        else if(dump[i] == '}' || dump[i] == ']')
        {
            out += '\n';
            --tabCounter;
            printTabs(out, tabCounter);
            out += dump[i];
        }
        else if(dump[i] == ',')
        {
            out += dump[i];
            out += '\n';
            printTabs(out, tabCounter);
            ++i; 
        }
        else
        {
            out += dump[i];
        }
    }
    return out;
}
void JsonHelper::printTabs(string &out, int tabCounter)
{
    for(int i = 0; i < tabCounter; ++i)
    {
        out += '\t';
    }
}
JsonObject JsonHelper::readJson(string path)
{
    std::size_t ext = path.find_last_of('.');
    std::string extension = path.substr(ext+1);
    if(extension.compare("json") && extension.compare("JSON"))
    {
        std::cout << "Fail open file, extension not valid!" << std::endl;
        return JsonObject();
    }
    struct stat buffer;
    if(stat(path.c_str(),&buffer))
    {
        std::cout << "Fail open file, file doesn't exist" << std::endl;
        return JsonObject();
    }
    ifstream tfile;
    string json_str;
    string json_str2;
    string err = "";
    tfile.open(path);
    while(tfile)
    {
        std::getline(tfile, json_str);
        json_str2.append(json_str);
    }
    tfile.close();
    size_t beginning = json_str2.find_first_of("{");
    int fixchar = json_str2[json_str2.size() - 2] == '}' ? 1 : 0;
    return Json::parse(json_str2.substr(beginning,json_str2.size() - fixchar),err).object_items();
}
JsonArray JsonHelper::readJsonArray(const string &path)
{
    std::size_t ext = path.find_last_of('.');
    std::string extension = path.substr(ext+1);
    if(extension.compare("json") && extension.compare("JSON"))
    {
        std::cout << "Fail open file, extension not valid!" << std::endl;
        return JsonArray();
    }
    struct stat buffer;
    if(stat(path.c_str(),&buffer))
    {
        std::cout << "Fail open file, file doesn't exist" << std::endl;
        return JsonArray();
    }
    ifstream tfile;
    string json_str;
    string json_str2;
    string err = "";
    tfile.open(path);
    while(tfile)
    {
        std::getline(tfile, json_str);
        json_str2.append(json_str);
    }
    tfile.close();
    vector<Json> data;
    if (json_str2.size() != 0)
    {
        size_t beginning = json_str2.find_first_of("[");
        int fixchar = json_str2[json_str2.size() - 2] == ']' ? 1 : 0;
        return Json::parse(json_str2.substr(beginning, json_str2.size() - fixchar), err).array_items();
    }
    else
        return data;
}
bool JsonHelper::validatePathExtension(string &path)
{
    if(path.empty())
    {
        std::cout << "Fail saving json file" << std::endl;
        return false;
    }
    std::size_t ext = path.find_last_of('.');
    std::string realFilePath = path;
    if(ext == std::string::npos)
    {
        realFilePath += ".json";
    }
    else
    {
        std::string extension = path.substr(ext+1);
        if(extension.compare("json") && extension.compare("JSON"))
        {
            std::cout << "Fail saving file, extension not valid!" << std::endl;
            return false;
        }
    }
    path = realFilePath;
    return true;
}