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+/*
+ * $Id: json_object.h,v 1.12 2006/01/30 23:07:57 mclark Exp $
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Metaparadigm Pte. Ltd.
+ * Michael Clark <michael@metaparadigm.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief Core json-c API. Start here, or with json_tokener.h
+ */
+#ifndef _json_object_h_
+#define _json_object_h_
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define JSON_C_CONST_FUNCTION(func) func __attribute__((const))
+#else
+#define JSON_C_CONST_FUNCTION(func) func
+#endif
+
+#include "json_inttypes.h"
+#include "json_types.h"
+#include "printbuf.h"
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define JSON_OBJECT_DEF_HASH_ENTRIES 16
+
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_to_json_string_ext() and
+ * json_object_to_file_ext() functions which causes the output
+ * to have no extra whitespace or formatting applied.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_PLAIN 0
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_to_json_string_ext() and
+ * json_object_to_file_ext() functions which causes the output to have
+ * minimal whitespace inserted to make things slightly more readable.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_SPACED (1 << 0)
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_to_json_string_ext() and
+ * json_object_to_file_ext() functions which causes
+ * the output to be formatted.
+ *
+ * See the "Two Space Tab" option at https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/
+ * for an example of the format.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY (1 << 1)
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_to_json_string_ext() and
+ * json_object_to_file_ext() functions which causes
+ * the output to be formatted.
+ *
+ * Instead of a "Two Space Tab" this gives a single tab character.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY_TAB (1 << 3)
+/**
+ * A flag to drop trailing zero for float values
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOZERO (1 << 2)
+
+/**
+ * Don't escape forward slashes.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE (1 << 4)
+
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_object_add_ex function which
+ * causes the value to be added without a check if it already exists.
+ * Note: it is the responsibility of the caller to ensure that no
+ * key is added multiple times. If this is done, results are
+ * unpredictable. While this option is somewhat dangerous, it
+ * permits potentially large performance savings in code that
+ * knows for sure the key values are unique (e.g. because the
+ * code adds a well-known set of constant key values).
+ */
+#define JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_KEY_IS_NEW (1 << 1)
+/**
+ * A flag for the json_object_object_add_ex function which
+ * flags the key as being constant memory. This means that
+ * the key will NOT be copied via strdup(), resulting in a
+ * potentially huge performance win (malloc, strdup and
+ * free are usually performance hogs). It is acceptable to
+ * use this flag for keys in non-constant memory blocks if
+ * the caller ensure that the memory holding the key lives
+ * longer than the corresponding json object. However, this
+ * is somewhat dangerous and should only be done if really
+ * justified.
+ * The general use-case for this flag is cases where the
+ * key is given as a real constant value in the function
+ * call, e.g. as in
+ * json_object_object_add_ex(obj, "ip", json,
+ * JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_CONSTANT_KEY);
+ */
+#define JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_CONSTANT_KEY (1 << 2)
+/**
+ * This flag is an alias to JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_CONSTANT_KEY.
+ * Historically, this flag was used first and the new name
+ * JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_CONSTANT_KEY was introduced for version
+ * 0.16.00 in order to have regular naming.
+ * Use of this flag is now legacy.
+ */
+#define JSON_C_OBJECT_KEY_IS_CONSTANT JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_CONSTANT_KEY
+
+/**
+ * Set the global value of an option, which will apply to all
+ * current and future threads that have not set a thread-local value.
+ *
+ * @see json_c_set_serialization_double_format
+ */
+#define JSON_C_OPTION_GLOBAL (0)
+/**
+ * Set a thread-local value of an option, overriding the global value.
+ * This will fail if json-c is not compiled with threading enabled, and
+ * with the __thread specifier (or equivalent) available.
+ *
+ * @see json_c_set_serialization_double_format
+ */
+#define JSON_C_OPTION_THREAD (1)
+
+/* reference counting functions */
+
+/**
+ * Increment the reference count of json_object, thereby taking ownership of it.
+ *
+ * Cases where you might need to increase the refcount include:
+ * - Using an object field or array index (retrieved through
+ * `json_object_object_get()` or `json_object_array_get_idx()`)
+ * beyond the lifetime of the parent object.
+ * - Detaching an object field or array index from its parent object
+ * (using `json_object_object_del()` or `json_object_array_del_idx()`)
+ * - Sharing a json_object with multiple (not necessarily parallel) threads
+ * of execution that all expect to free it (with `json_object_put()`) when
+ * they're done.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @see json_object_put()
+ * @see json_object_object_get()
+ * @see json_object_array_get_idx()
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_get(struct json_object *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Decrement the reference count of json_object and free if it reaches zero.
+ *
+ * You must have ownership of obj prior to doing this or you will cause an
+ * imbalance in the reference count, leading to a classic use-after-free bug.
+ * In particular, you normally do not need to call `json_object_put()` on the
+ * json_object returned by `json_object_object_get()` or `json_object_array_get_idx()`.
+ *
+ * Just like after calling `free()` on a block of memory, you must not use
+ * `obj` after calling `json_object_put()` on it or any object that it
+ * is a member of (unless you know you've called `json_object_get(obj)` to
+ * explicitly increment the refcount).
+ *
+ * NULL may be passed, which which case this is a no-op.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns 1 if the object was freed.
+ * @see json_object_get()
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_put(struct json_object *obj);
+
+/**
+ * Check if the json_object is of a given type
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param type one of:
+ json_type_null (i.e. obj == NULL),
+ json_type_boolean,
+ json_type_double,
+ json_type_int,
+ json_type_object,
+ json_type_array,
+ json_type_string
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_is_type(const struct json_object *obj, enum json_type type);
+
+/**
+ * Get the type of the json_object. See also json_type_to_name() to turn this
+ * into a string suitable, for instance, for logging.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns type being one of:
+ json_type_null (i.e. obj == NULL),
+ json_type_boolean,
+ json_type_double,
+ json_type_int,
+ json_type_object,
+ json_type_array,
+ json_type_string
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT enum json_type json_object_get_type(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Stringify object to json format.
+ * Equivalent to json_object_to_json_string_ext(obj, JSON_C_TO_STRING_SPACED)
+ * The pointer you get is an internal of your json object. You don't
+ * have to free it, later use of json_object_put() should be sufficient.
+ * If you can not ensure there's no concurrent access to *obj use
+ * strdup().
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns a string in JSON format
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT const char *json_object_to_json_string(struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Stringify object to json format
+ * @see json_object_to_json_string() for details on how to free string.
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param flags formatting options, see JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY and other constants
+ * @returns a string in JSON format
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT const char *json_object_to_json_string_ext(struct json_object *obj, int flags);
+
+/** Stringify object to json format
+ * @see json_object_to_json_string() for details on how to free string.
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param flags formatting options, see JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY and other constants
+ * @param length a pointer where, if not NULL, the length (without null) is stored
+ * @returns a string in JSON format and the length if not NULL
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT const char *json_object_to_json_string_length(struct json_object *obj, int flags,
+ size_t *length);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the userdata set by json_object_set_userdata() or
+ * json_object_set_serializer()
+ *
+ * @param jso the object to return the userdata for
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT void *json_object_get_userdata(json_object *jso);
+
+/**
+ * Set an opaque userdata value for an object
+ *
+ * The userdata can be retrieved using json_object_get_userdata().
+ *
+ * If custom userdata is already set on this object, any existing user_delete
+ * function is called before the new one is set.
+ *
+ * The user_delete parameter is optional and may be passed as NULL, even if
+ * the userdata parameter is non-NULL. It will be called just before the
+ * json_object is deleted, after it's reference count goes to zero
+ * (see json_object_put()).
+ * If this is not provided, it is up to the caller to free the userdata at
+ * an appropriate time. (i.e. after the json_object is deleted)
+ *
+ * Note: Objects created by parsing strings may have custom serializers set
+ * which expect the userdata to contain specific data (due to use of
+ * json_object_new_double_s()). In this case, json_object_set_serialiser() with
+ * NULL as to_string_func should be used instead to set the userdata and reset
+ * the serializer to its default value.
+ *
+ * @param jso the object to set the userdata for
+ * @param userdata an optional opaque cookie
+ * @param user_delete an optional function from freeing userdata
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT void json_object_set_userdata(json_object *jso, void *userdata,
+ json_object_delete_fn *user_delete);
+
+/**
+ * Set a custom serialization function to be used when this particular object
+ * is converted to a string by json_object_to_json_string.
+ *
+ * If custom userdata is already set on this object, any existing user_delete
+ * function is called before the new one is set.
+ *
+ * If to_string_func is NULL the default behaviour is reset (but the userdata
+ * and user_delete fields are still set).
+ *
+ * The userdata parameter is optional and may be passed as NULL. It can be used
+ * to provide additional data for to_string_func to use. This parameter may
+ * be NULL even if user_delete is non-NULL.
+ *
+ * The user_delete parameter is optional and may be passed as NULL, even if
+ * the userdata parameter is non-NULL. It will be called just before the
+ * json_object is deleted, after it's reference count goes to zero
+ * (see json_object_put()).
+ * If this is not provided, it is up to the caller to free the userdata at
+ * an appropriate time. (i.e. after the json_object is deleted)
+ *
+ * Note that the userdata is the same as set by json_object_set_userdata(), so
+ * care must be taken not to overwrite the value when both a custom serializer
+ * and json_object_set_userdata() are used.
+ *
+ * @param jso the object to customize
+ * @param to_string_func the custom serialization function
+ * @param userdata an optional opaque cookie
+ * @param user_delete an optional function from freeing userdata
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT void json_object_set_serializer(json_object *jso,
+ json_object_to_json_string_fn *to_string_func,
+ void *userdata, json_object_delete_fn *user_delete);
+
+#ifdef __clang__
+/*
+ * Clang doesn't pay attention to the parameters defined in the
+ * function typedefs used here, so turn off spurious doc warnings.
+ * {
+ */
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdocumentation"
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Simply call free on the userdata pointer.
+ * Can be used with json_object_set_serializer().
+ *
+ * @param jso unused
+ * @param userdata the pointer that is passed to free().
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT json_object_delete_fn json_object_free_userdata;
+
+/**
+ * Copy the jso->_userdata string over to pb as-is.
+ * Can be used with json_object_set_serializer().
+ *
+ * @param jso The object whose _userdata is used.
+ * @param pb The destination buffer.
+ * @param level Ignored.
+ * @param flags Ignored.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT json_object_to_json_string_fn json_object_userdata_to_json_string;
+
+#ifdef __clang__
+/* } */
+#pragma clang diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
+/* object type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty object with a reference count of 1. The caller of
+ * this object initially has sole ownership. Remember, when using
+ * json_object_object_add or json_object_array_put_idx, ownership will
+ * transfer to the object/array. Call json_object_get if you want to maintain
+ * shared ownership or also add this object as a child of multiple objects or
+ * arrays. Any ownerships you acquired but did not transfer must be released
+ * through json_object_put.
+ *
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_object
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_object(void);
+
+/** Get the hashtable of a json_object of type json_type_object
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns a linkhash
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct lh_table *json_object_get_object(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Get the size of an object in terms of the number of fields it has.
+ * @param obj the json_object whose length to return
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_object_length(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Get the sizeof (struct json_object).
+ * @returns a size_t with the sizeof (struct json_object)
+ */
+JSON_C_CONST_FUNCTION(JSON_EXPORT size_t json_c_object_sizeof(void));
+
+/** Add an object field to a json_object of type json_type_object
+ *
+ * The reference count of `val` will *not* be incremented, in effect
+ * transferring ownership that object to `obj`, and thus `val` will be
+ * freed when `obj` is. (i.e. through `json_object_put(obj)`)
+ *
+ * If you want to retain a reference to the added object, independent
+ * of the lifetime of obj, you must increment the refcount with
+ * `json_object_get(val)` (and later release it with json_object_put()).
+ *
+ * Since ownership transfers to `obj`, you must make sure
+ * that you do in fact have ownership over `val`. For instance,
+ * json_object_new_object() will give you ownership until you transfer it,
+ * whereas json_object_object_get() does not.
+ *
+ * Any previous object stored under `key` in `obj` will have its refcount
+ * decremented, and be freed normally if that drops to zero.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the object field name (a private copy will be duplicated)
+ * @param val a json_object or NULL member to associate with the given field
+ *
+ * @return On success, <code>0</code> is returned.
+ * On error, a negative value is returned.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_object_add(struct json_object *obj, const char *key,
+ struct json_object *val);
+
+/** Add an object field to a json_object of type json_type_object
+ *
+ * The semantics are identical to json_object_object_add, except that an
+ * additional flag fields gives you more control over some detail aspects
+ * of processing. See the description of JSON_C_OBJECT_ADD_* flags for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the object field name (a private copy will be duplicated)
+ * @param val a json_object or NULL member to associate with the given field
+ * @param opts process-modifying options. To specify multiple options, use
+ * (OPT1|OPT2)
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_object_add_ex(struct json_object *obj, const char *const key,
+ struct json_object *const val, const unsigned opts);
+
+/** Get the json_object associate with a given object field.
+ * Deprecated/discouraged: used json_object_object_get_ex instead.
+ *
+ * This returns NULL if the field is found but its value is null, or if
+ * the field is not found, or if obj is not a json_type_object. If you
+ * need to distinguish between these cases, use json_object_object_get_ex().
+ *
+ * *No* reference counts will be changed. There is no need to manually adjust
+ * reference counts through the json_object_put/json_object_get methods unless
+ * you need to have the child (value) reference maintain a different lifetime
+ * than the owning parent (obj). Ownership of the returned value is retained
+ * by obj (do not do json_object_put unless you have done a json_object_get).
+ * If you delete the value from obj (json_object_object_del) and wish to access
+ * the returned reference afterwards, make sure you have first gotten shared
+ * ownership through json_object_get (& don't forget to do a json_object_put
+ * or transfer ownership to prevent a memory leak).
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the object field name
+ * @returns the json_object associated with the given field name
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_object_get(const struct json_object *obj,
+ const char *key);
+
+/** Get the json_object associated with a given object field.
+ *
+ * This returns true if the key is found, false in all other cases (including
+ * if obj isn't a json_type_object).
+ *
+ * *No* reference counts will be changed. There is no need to manually adjust
+ * reference counts through the json_object_put/json_object_get methods unless
+ * you need to have the child (value) reference maintain a different lifetime
+ * than the owning parent (obj). Ownership of value is retained by obj.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the object field name
+ * @param value a pointer where to store a reference to the json_object
+ * associated with the given field name.
+ *
+ * It is safe to pass a NULL value.
+ * @returns whether or not the key exists
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT json_bool json_object_object_get_ex(const struct json_object *obj, const char *key,
+ struct json_object **value);
+
+/** Delete the given json_object field
+ *
+ * The reference count will be decremented for the deleted object. If there
+ * are no more owners of the value represented by this key, then the value is
+ * freed. Otherwise, the reference to the value will remain in memory.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the object field name
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT void json_object_object_del(struct json_object *obj, const char *key);
+
+/**
+ * Iterate through all keys and values of an object.
+ *
+ * Adding keys to the object while iterating is NOT allowed.
+ *
+ * Deleting an existing key, or replacing an existing key with a
+ * new value IS allowed.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param key the local name for the char* key variable defined in the body
+ * @param val the local name for the json_object* object variable defined in
+ * the body
+ */
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__STRICT_ANSI__) && (defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
+
+#define json_object_object_foreach(obj, key, val) \
+ char *key = NULL; \
+ struct json_object *val __attribute__((__unused__)) = NULL; \
+ for (struct lh_entry *entry##key = lh_table_head(json_object_get_object(obj)), \
+ *entry_next##key = NULL; \
+ ({ \
+ if (entry##key) \
+ { \
+ key = (char *)lh_entry_k(entry##key); \
+ val = (struct json_object *)lh_entry_v(entry##key); \
+ entry_next##key = lh_entry_next(entry##key); \
+ }; \
+ entry##key; \
+ }); \
+ entry##key = entry_next##key)
+
+#else /* ANSI C or MSC */
+
+#define json_object_object_foreach(obj, key, val) \
+ char *key = NULL; \
+ struct json_object *val = NULL; \
+ struct lh_entry *entry##key; \
+ struct lh_entry *entry_next##key = NULL; \
+ for (entry##key = lh_table_head(json_object_get_object(obj)); \
+ (entry##key ? (key = (char *)lh_entry_k(entry##key), \
+ val = (struct json_object *)lh_entry_v(entry##key), \
+ entry_next##key = lh_entry_next(entry##key), entry##key) \
+ : 0); \
+ entry##key = entry_next##key)
+
+#endif /* defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__STRICT_ANSI__) && (defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) */
+
+/** Iterate through all keys and values of an object (ANSI C Safe)
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param iter the object iterator, use type json_object_iter
+ */
+#define json_object_object_foreachC(obj, iter) \
+ for (iter.entry = lh_table_head(json_object_get_object(obj)); \
+ (iter.entry ? (iter.key = (char *)lh_entry_k(iter.entry), \
+ iter.val = (struct json_object *)lh_entry_v(iter.entry), iter.entry) \
+ : 0); \
+ iter.entry = lh_entry_next(iter.entry))
+
+/* Array type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_array
+ * with 32 slots allocated.
+ * If you know the array size you'll need ahead of time, use
+ * json_object_new_array_ext() instead.
+ * @see json_object_new_array_ext()
+ * @see json_object_array_shrink()
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_array
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_array(void);
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_array
+ * with the desired number of slots allocated.
+ * @see json_object_array_shrink()
+ * @param initial_size the number of slots to allocate
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_array
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_array_ext(int initial_size);
+
+/** Get the arraylist of a json_object of type json_type_array
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns an arraylist
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct array_list *json_object_get_array(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Get the length of a json_object of type json_type_array
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns an int
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT size_t json_object_array_length(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Sorts the elements of jso of type json_type_array
+*
+* Pointers to the json_object pointers will be passed as the two arguments
+* to sort_fn
+*
+* @param jso the json_object instance
+* @param sort_fn a sorting function
+*/
+JSON_EXPORT void json_object_array_sort(struct json_object *jso,
+ int (*sort_fn)(const void *, const void *));
+
+/** Binary search a sorted array for a specified key object.
+ *
+ * It depends on your compare function what's sufficient as a key.
+ * Usually you create some dummy object with the parameter compared in
+ * it, to identify the right item you're actually looking for.
+ *
+ * @see json_object_array_sort() for hints on the compare function.
+ *
+ * @param key a dummy json_object with the right key
+ * @param jso the array object we're searching
+ * @param sort_fn the sort/compare function
+ *
+ * @return the wanted json_object instance
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *
+json_object_array_bsearch(const struct json_object *key, const struct json_object *jso,
+ int (*sort_fn)(const void *, const void *));
+
+/** Add an element to the end of a json_object of type json_type_array
+ *
+ * The reference count will *not* be incremented. This is to make adding
+ * fields to objects in code more compact. If you want to retain a reference
+ * to an added object you must wrap the passed object with json_object_get
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param val the json_object to be added
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_array_add(struct json_object *obj, struct json_object *val);
+
+/** Insert or replace an element at a specified index in an array (a json_object of type json_type_array)
+ *
+ * The reference count will *not* be incremented. This is to make adding
+ * fields to objects in code more compact. If you want to retain a reference
+ * to an added object you must wrap the passed object with json_object_get
+ *
+ * The reference count of a replaced object will be decremented.
+ *
+ * The array size will be automatically be expanded to the size of the
+ * index if the index is larger than the current size.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param idx the index to insert the element at
+ * @param val the json_object to be added
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_array_put_idx(struct json_object *obj, size_t idx,
+ struct json_object *val);
+
+/** Get the element at specified index of array `obj` (which must be a json_object of type json_type_array)
+ *
+ * *No* reference counts will be changed, and ownership of the returned
+ * object remains with `obj`. See json_object_object_get() for additional
+ * implications of this behavior.
+ *
+ * Calling this with anything other than a json_type_array will trigger
+ * an assert.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param idx the index to get the element at
+ * @returns the json_object at the specified index (or NULL)
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_array_get_idx(const struct json_object *obj,
+ size_t idx);
+
+/** Delete an elements from a specified index in an array (a json_object of type json_type_array)
+ *
+ * The reference count will be decremented for each of the deleted objects. If there
+ * are no more owners of an element that is being deleted, then the value is
+ * freed. Otherwise, the reference to the value will remain in memory.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param idx the index to start deleting elements at
+ * @param count the number of elements to delete
+ * @returns 0 if the elements were successfully deleted
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_array_del_idx(struct json_object *obj, size_t idx, size_t count);
+
+/**
+ * Shrink the internal memory allocation of the array to just
+ * enough to fit the number of elements in it, plus empty_slots.
+ *
+ * @param jso the json_object instance, must be json_type_array
+ * @param empty_slots the number of empty slots to leave allocated
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_array_shrink(struct json_object *jso, int empty_slots);
+
+/* json_bool type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_boolean
+ * @param b a json_bool 1 or 0
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_boolean
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_boolean(json_bool b);
+
+/** Get the json_bool value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type is coerced to a json_bool if the passed object is not a json_bool.
+ * integer and double objects will return 0 if there value is zero
+ * or 1 otherwise. If the passed object is a string it will return
+ * 1 if it has a non zero length.
+ * If any other object type is passed 0 will be returned, even non-empty
+ * json_type_array and json_type_object objects.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns a json_bool
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT json_bool json_object_get_boolean(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Set the json_bool value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_boolean and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_boolean
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_boolean(struct json_object *obj, json_bool new_value);
+
+/* int type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_int
+ * Note that values are stored as 64-bit values internally.
+ * To ensure the full range is maintained, use json_object_new_int64 instead.
+ * @param i the integer
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_int
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_int(int32_t i);
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_int
+ * @param i the integer
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_int
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_int64(int64_t i);
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_uint
+ * @param i the integer
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_uint
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_uint64(uint64_t i);
+
+/** Get the int value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type is coerced to a int if the passed object is not a int.
+ * double objects will return their integer conversion. Strings will be
+ * parsed as an integer. If no conversion exists then 0 is returned
+ * and errno is set to EINVAL. null is equivalent to 0 (no error values set)
+ *
+ * Note that integers are stored internally as 64-bit values.
+ * If the value of too big or too small to fit into 32-bit, INT32_MAX or
+ * INT32_MIN are returned, respectively.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns an int
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int32_t json_object_get_int(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Set the int value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_int and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_int
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_int(struct json_object *obj, int new_value);
+
+/** Increment a json_type_int object by the given amount, which may be negative.
+ *
+ * If the type of obj is not json_type_int then 0 is returned with no further
+ * action taken.
+ * If the addition would result in a overflow, the object value
+ * is set to INT64_MAX.
+ * If the addition would result in a underflow, the object value
+ * is set to INT64_MIN.
+ * Neither overflow nor underflow affect the return value.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param val the value to add
+ * @returns 1 if the increment succeeded, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_int_inc(struct json_object *obj, int64_t val);
+
+/** Get the int value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type is coerced to a int64 if the passed object is not a int64.
+ * double objects will return their int64 conversion. Strings will be
+ * parsed as an int64. If no conversion exists then 0 is returned.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Set errno to 0 directly before a call to this function to determine
+ * whether or not conversion was successful (it does not clear the value for
+ * you).
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns an int64
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int64_t json_object_get_int64(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Get the uint value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type is coerced to a uint64 if the passed object is not a uint64.
+ * double objects will return their uint64 conversion. Strings will be
+ * parsed as an uint64. If no conversion exists then 0 is returned.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Set errno to 0 directly before a call to this function to determine
+ * whether or not conversion was successful (it does not clear the value for
+ * you).
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns an uint64
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT uint64_t json_object_get_uint64(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Set the int64_t value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_int and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_int
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_int64(struct json_object *obj, int64_t new_value);
+
+/** Set the uint64_t value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_uint and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_uint
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_uint64(struct json_object *obj, uint64_t new_value);
+
+/* double type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_double
+ *
+ * @see json_object_double_to_json_string() for how to set a custom format string.
+ *
+ * @param d the double
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_double
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_double(double d);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new json_object of type json_type_double, using
+ * the exact serialized representation of the value.
+ *
+ * This allows for numbers that would otherwise get displayed
+ * inefficiently (e.g. 12.3 => "12.300000000000001") to be
+ * serialized with the more convenient form.
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *
+ * This is used by json_tokener_parse_ex() to allow for
+ * an exact re-serialization of a parsed object.
+ *
+ * The userdata field is used to store the string representation, so it
+ * can't be used for other data if this function is used.
+ *
+ * A roughly equivalent sequence of calls, with the difference being that
+ * the serialization function won't be reset by json_object_set_double(), is:
+ * @code
+ * jso = json_object_new_double(d);
+ * json_object_set_serializer(jso, json_object_userdata_to_json_string,
+ * strdup(ds), json_object_free_userdata);
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @param d the numeric value of the double.
+ * @param ds the string representation of the double. This will be copied.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_double_s(double d, const char *ds);
+
+/**
+ * Set a global or thread-local json-c option, depending on whether
+ * JSON_C_OPTION_GLOBAL or JSON_C_OPTION_THREAD is passed.
+ * Thread-local options default to undefined, and inherit from the global
+ * value, even if the global value is changed after the thread is created.
+ * Attempting to set thread-local options when threading is not compiled in
+ * will result in an error. Be sure to check the return value.
+ *
+ * double_format is a "%g" printf format, such as "%.20g"
+ *
+ * @return -1 on errors, 0 on success.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_c_set_serialization_double_format(const char *double_format,
+ int global_or_thread);
+
+/** Serialize a json_object of type json_type_double to a string.
+ *
+ * This function isn't meant to be called directly. Instead, you can set a
+ * custom format string for the serialization of this double using the
+ * following call (where "%.17g" actually is the default):
+ *
+ * @code
+ * jso = json_object_new_double(d);
+ * json_object_set_serializer(jso, json_object_double_to_json_string,
+ * "%.17g", NULL);
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * @see printf(3) man page for format strings
+ *
+ * @param jso The json_type_double object that is serialized.
+ * @param pb The destination buffer.
+ * @param level Ignored.
+ * @param flags Ignored.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_double_to_json_string(struct json_object *jso, struct printbuf *pb,
+ int level, int flags);
+
+/** Get the double floating point value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type is coerced to a double if the passed object is not a double.
+ * integer objects will return their double conversion. Strings will be
+ * parsed as a double. If no conversion exists then 0.0 is returned and
+ * errno is set to EINVAL. null is equivalent to 0 (no error values set)
+ *
+ * If the value is too big to fit in a double, then the value is set to
+ * the closest infinity with errno set to ERANGE. If strings cannot be
+ * converted to their double value, then EINVAL is set & NaN is returned.
+ *
+ * Arrays of length 0 are interpreted as 0 (with no error flags set).
+ * Arrays of length 1 are effectively cast to the equivalent object and
+ * converted using the above rules. All other arrays set the error to
+ * EINVAL & return NaN.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Set errno to 0 directly before a call to this function to
+ * determine whether or not conversion was successful (it does not clear
+ * the value for you).
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns a double floating point number
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT double json_object_get_double(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Set the double value of a json_object
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_double and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_double
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * If the object was created with json_object_new_double_s(), the serialization
+ * function is reset to the default and the cached serialized value is cleared.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_double(struct json_object *obj, double new_value);
+
+/* string type methods */
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_string
+ *
+ * A copy of the string is made and the memory is managed by the json_object
+ *
+ * @param s the string
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_string
+ * @see json_object_new_string_len()
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_string(const char *s);
+
+/** Create a new empty json_object of type json_type_string and allocate
+ * len characters for the new string.
+ *
+ * A copy of the string is made and the memory is managed by the json_object
+ *
+ * @param s the string
+ * @param len max length of the new string
+ * @returns a json_object of type json_type_string
+ * @see json_object_new_string()
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_string_len(const char *s, const int len);
+
+/** Get the string value of a json_object
+ *
+ * If the passed object is of type json_type_null (i.e. obj == NULL),
+ * NULL is returned.
+ *
+ * If the passed object of type json_type_string, the string contents
+ * are returned.
+ *
+ * Otherwise the JSON representation of the object is returned.
+ *
+ * The returned string memory is managed by the json_object and will
+ * be freed when the reference count of the json_object drops to zero.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns a string or NULL
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT const char *json_object_get_string(struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Get the string length of a json_object
+ *
+ * If the passed object is not of type json_type_string then zero
+ * will be returned.
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @returns int
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_get_string_len(const struct json_object *obj);
+
+/** Set the string value of a json_object with zero terminated strings
+ * equivalent to json_object_set_string_len (obj, new_value, strlen(new_value))
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_string(json_object *obj, const char *new_value);
+
+/** Set the string value of a json_object str
+ *
+ * The type of obj is checked to be a json_type_string and 0 is returned
+ * if it is not without any further actions. If type of obj is json_type_string
+ * the object value is changed to new_value
+ *
+ * @param obj the json_object instance
+ * @param new_value the value to be set; Since string length is given in len this need not be zero terminated
+ * @param len the length of new_value
+ * @returns 1 if value is set correctly, 0 otherwise
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_set_string_len(json_object *obj, const char *new_value, int len);
+
+/** This method exists only to provide a complementary function
+ * along the lines of the other json_object_new_* functions.
+ * It always returns NULL, and it is entirely acceptable to simply use NULL directly.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT struct json_object *json_object_new_null(void);
+
+/** Check if two json_object's are equal
+ *
+ * If the passed objects are equal 1 will be returned.
+ * Equality is defined as follows:
+ * - json_objects of different types are never equal
+ * - json_objects of the same primitive type are equal if the
+ * c-representation of their value is equal
+ * - json-arrays are considered equal if all values at the same
+ * indices are equal (same order)
+ * - Complex json_objects are considered equal if all
+ * contained objects referenced by their key are equal,
+ * regardless their order.
+ *
+ * @param obj1 the first json_object instance
+ * @param obj2 the second json_object instance
+ * @returns whether both objects are equal or not
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_equal(struct json_object *obj1, struct json_object *obj2);
+
+/**
+ * Perform a shallow copy of src into *dst as part of an overall json_object_deep_copy().
+ *
+ * If src is part of a containing object or array, parent will be non-NULL,
+ * and key or index will be provided.
+ * When shallow_copy is called *dst will be NULL, and must be non-NULL when it returns.
+ * src will never be NULL.
+ *
+ * If shallow_copy sets the serializer on an object, return 2 to indicate to
+ * json_object_deep_copy that it should not attempt to use the standard userdata
+ * copy function.
+ *
+ * @return On success 1 or 2, -1 on errors
+ */
+typedef int(json_c_shallow_copy_fn)(json_object *src, json_object *parent, const char *key,
+ size_t index, json_object **dst);
+
+/**
+ * The default shallow copy implementation for use with json_object_deep_copy().
+ * This simply calls the appropriate json_object_new_<type>() function and
+ * copies over the serializer function (_to_json_string internal field of
+ * the json_object structure) but not any _userdata or _user_delete values.
+ *
+ * If you're writing a custom shallow_copy function, perhaps because you're using
+ * your own custom serializer, you can call this first to create the new object
+ * before customizing it with json_object_set_serializer().
+ *
+ * @return 1 on success, -1 on errors, but never 2.
+ */
+JSON_EXPORT json_c_shallow_copy_fn json_c_shallow_copy_default;
+
+/**
+ * Copy the contents of the JSON object.
+ * The destination object must be initialized to NULL,
+ * to make sure this function won't overwrite an existing JSON object.
+ *
+ * This does roughly the same thing as
+ * `json_tokener_parse(json_object_get_string(src))`.
+ *
+ * @param src source JSON object whose contents will be copied
+ * @param dst pointer to the destination object where the contents of `src`;
+ * make sure this pointer is initialized to NULL
+ * @param shallow_copy an optional function to copy individual objects, needed
+ * when custom serializers are in use. See also
+ * json_object set_serializer.
+ *
+ * @returns 0 if the copy went well, -1 if an error occurred during copy
+ * or if the destination pointer is non-NULL
+ */
+
+JSON_EXPORT int json_object_deep_copy(struct json_object *src, struct json_object **dst,
+ json_c_shallow_copy_fn *shallow_copy);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif