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/** * Copyright 2018 Nitor Creations Oy * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package io.nitor.api.backend.util; import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray; import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject; public class JsonPointer { public static String fetch(JsonObject root, String pointer) { if (pointer.length() == 0) { return null; } int arrIdx = pointer.indexOf("[]"); int dotIdx = pointer.indexOf('.'); if (dotIdx == 0) { pointer = pointer.substring(1); arrIdx = pointer.indexOf("[]"); dotIdx = pointer.indexOf('.'); } if (arrIdx > 0 && arrIdx < dotIdx) { Object val = root.getValue(pointer.substring(0, arrIdx)); if (val instanceof JsonArray) { StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); String remaining = pointer.substring(arrIdx + 2); ((JsonArray) val).forEach(o -> { String value; if (o instanceof JsonObject) { value = fetch((JsonObject) o, remaining); } else { value = o.toString(); } if (value != null) { sb.append(value).append(','); } }); if (sb.length() > 0) { sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1); } return sb.toString(); } return null; } String key = dotIdx < 0 ? pointer : pointer.substring(0, dotIdx); Object val = root.getValue(key); if (val instanceof JsonObject) { return fetch((JsonObject) val, pointer.substring(dotIdx + 1)); } if (val == null) { return null; } return val.toString(); } }