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Firebase JSON Put and Patch

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Demonstrates how to apply Firebase put and patch events to a JSON database.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String json1 = "{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}";

        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();

        // Use Firebase delimiters for JSON paths.
        json.setDelimiterChar("/");

        json.load(json1);
        json.firebasePut("/c", "{\"foo\": true, \"bar\": false}");
        // Output should be: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":{"foo":true,"bar":false}}
        System.out.println("1) " + json.emit());

        json.firebasePut("/c", "\"hello world\"");
        // Output should be: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":"hello world"}
        System.out.println("2) " + json.emit());

        json.firebasePut("/c", "{\"foo\": \"abc\", \"bar\": 123}");
        // Output should be: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":{"foo":"abc","bar":123}}
        System.out.println("3) " + json.emit());

        // Back to the original..
        json.firebasePut("/", "{\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}");
        System.out.println("4) " + json.emit());

        json.firebasePut("/c", "{\"foo\": true, \"bar\": false}");
        json.firebasePatch("/c", "{\"foo\": 3, \"baz\": 4}");
        // Output should be: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":{"foo":3,"bar":false,"baz":4}}
        System.out.println("5) " + json.emit());

        json.firebasePatch("/c", "{\"foo\": \"abc123\", \"baz\": {\"foo\": true, \"bar\": false}, \"bax\": {\"foo\": 200, \"bar\": 400} }");
        // Output should be: {"a":1,"b":2,"c":{"foo":"abc123","bar":false,"baz":{"foo":true,"bar":false},"bax":{"foo":200,"bar":400}}}
        System.out.println("6) " + json.emit());
    }
}