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Insert JSON Object into another JSON Object

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Demonstrates how to insert one JSON object into another. Effectively, the JSON object must be copied into the other..

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Imagine we have two separate JSON objects.
        JsonObject jsonA = new JsonObject();
        jsonA.updateString("animal", "zebra");
        jsonA.updateString("colors[0]", "white");
        jsonA.updateString("colors[1]", "black");

        jsonA.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(jsonA.emit());

        // jsonA contains:

        // {
        //   "animal": "zebra",
        //   "colors": [
        //     "white",
        //     "black"
        //   ]
        // }

        JsonObject jsonB = new JsonObject();
        jsonB.updateString("type", "mammal");
        jsonB.updateBool("carnivore", false);

        jsonB.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(jsonB.emit());

        // jsonB contains:

        // {
        //   "type": "mammal",
        //   "carnivore": false
        // }

        // Let's say we want to insert jsonB into jsonA to get this:

        // {
        //   "animal": "zebra",
        //   "info" " {
        //       "type": "mammal",
        //       "carnivore": false
        //     },
        //   "colors": [
        //     "white",
        //     "black"
        //   ]
        // }

        jsonA.addObjectCopyAt(1, "info", jsonB);

        System.out.println(jsonA.emit());

        // The result is this:

        // {
        //   "animal": "zebra",
        //   "info": {
        //     "type": "mammal",
        //     "carnivore": false
        //   },
        //   "colors": [
        //     "white",
        //     "black"
        //   ]
        // }
    }
}