Add implicit conversion from Object and Array to Value (#1404)

Allows resolution of JSON Pointer on Object and Array

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index 533a9ad2..028235ec 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -2612,6 +2612,7 @@ public:
     GenericArray& operator=(const GenericArray& rhs) { value_ = rhs.value_; return *this; }
     ~GenericArray() {}
 
+    operator ValueType&() const { return value_; }
     SizeType Size() const { return value_.Size(); }
     SizeType Capacity() const { return value_.Capacity(); }
     bool Empty() const { return value_.Empty(); }
@@ -2667,6 +2668,7 @@ public:
     GenericObject& operator=(const GenericObject& rhs) { value_ = rhs.value_; return *this; }
     ~GenericObject() {}
 
+    operator ValueType&() const { return value_; }
     SizeType MemberCount() const { return value_.MemberCount(); }
     SizeType MemberCapacity() const { return value_.MemberCapacity(); }
     bool ObjectEmpty() const { return value_.ObjectEmpty(); }
diff --git a/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp b/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
index 72c686f0..43718038 100644
--- a/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/pointertest.cpp
@@ -1529,6 +1529,38 @@ TEST(Pointer, Ambiguity) {
     }
 }
 
+TEST(Pointer, ResolveOnObject) {
+    Document d;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(d.Parse("{\"a\": 123}").HasParseError());
+
+    {
+        Value::ConstObject o = static_cast<const Document&>(d).GetObject();
+        EXPECT_EQ(123, Pointer("/a").Get(o)->GetInt());
+    }
+
+    {
+        Value::Object o = d.GetObject();
+        Pointer("/a").Set(o, 456, d.GetAllocator());
+        EXPECT_EQ(456, Pointer("/a").Get(o)->GetInt());
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(Pointer, ResolveOnArray) {
+    Document d;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(d.Parse("[1, 2, 3]").HasParseError());
+
+    {
+        Value::ConstArray a = static_cast<const Document&>(d).GetArray();
+        EXPECT_EQ(2, Pointer("/1").Get(a)->GetInt());
+    }
+
+    {
+        Value::Array a = d.GetArray();
+        Pointer("/1").Set(a, 123, d.GetAllocator());
+        EXPECT_EQ(123, Pointer("/1").Get(a)->GetInt());
+    }
+}
+
 TEST(Pointer, LessThan) {
     static const struct {
         const char *str;