(C#) Insert JSON Array into another JSON Object

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Demonstrates how to insert a JSON array into a JSON object.

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// Imagine we have two separate JSON objects.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonA = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonA.UpdateString("ciphertext","encryptedData");
jsonA.UpdateInt("status",200);
jsonA.UpdateString("error","errorMsg");

jsonA.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(jsonA.Emit());

// jsonA contains:

// {
//   "ciphertext": "encryptedData",
//   "status": 200,
//   "error": "errorMsg"
// }

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonB = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonB.UpdateString("users[0].role","Surgeon");
jsonB.UpdateNewArray("users[0].sub_roles");
jsonB.UpdateBool("users[0].viewable_for_sharing",true);
jsonB.UpdateInt("users[0].eula_create_date",123);
jsonB.UpdateString("users[1].role","Support");
jsonB.UpdateString("users[1].sub_roles[0]","Tech");
jsonB.UpdateString("users[1].sub_roles[1]","Service");
jsonB.UpdateBool("users[1].viewable_for_sharing",true);
jsonB.UpdateInt("users[1].eula_create_date",123);

jsonB.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(jsonB.Emit());

// jsonB contains:

// {
//   "users": [
//     {
//       "role": "Surgeon",
//       "sub_roles": [],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 1649108922482
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "Support",
//       "sub_roles": [
//         "Tech",
//         "Service"
//       ],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 1649108951523
//     }
//   ]
// }

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

// {
//   "ciphertext": "encryptedData",
//   "status": 200,
//   "error": "errorMsg",
//   "users": [
//     {
//       "role": "Surgeon",
//       "sub_roles": [],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 1649108922482
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "Support",
//       "sub_roles": [
//         "Tech",
//         "Service"
//       ],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 1649108951523
//     }
//   ]
// }

// First add an empty array at the desired location (-1 means append to end).
jsonA.AddArrayAt(-1,"users");

// The destination is the empty "users" array, the source is the populated "users" array in jsonB.
Chilkat.JsonArray jsonUsersDest = jsonA.ArrayOf("users");
Chilkat.JsonArray jsonUsersSrc = jsonB.ArrayOf("users");
// Copy the array items from source to dest
jsonUsersDest.AppendArrayItems(jsonUsersSrc);

Debug.WriteLine(jsonA.Emit());

// The end result is this:

// {
//   "ciphertext": "encryptedData",
//   "status": 200,
//   "error": "errorMsg",
//   "users": [
//     {
//       "role": "Surgeon",
//       "sub_roles": [
//       ],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 123
//     },
//     {
//       "role": "Support",
//       "sub_roles": [
//         "Tech",
//         "Service"
//       ],
//       "viewable_for_sharing": true,
//       "eula_create_date": 123
//     }
//   ]
// }