Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get the Root of a JSON Document

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Demonstrates how to get back to the JSON root object from anywhere in the JSON document. This example uses the following JSON document:

{
  "flower": "tulip",
  "abc":
    {
    "x": [
       { "a" : 1 },
       { "b1" : 100, "b2" : 200 },
       { "c" : 3 }
    ],
    "y": 200,
    "z": 200
    }
}

Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
jsonStr: WideString;
abcObj: TChilkatJsonObject;
xArray: TChilkatJsonArray;
bObj: TChilkatJsonObject;
docRoot: TChilkatJsonObject;

begin
success := 0;

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);

jsonStr := '{"flower": "tulip","abc":{"x": [{ "a" : 1 },{ "b1" : 100, "b2" : 200 },{ "c" : 3 }],"y": 200,"z": 200}}';

success := json.Load(jsonStr);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(json.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Get the "abc" object.
abcObj := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
success := json.ObjectOf2('abc',abcObj.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(json.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Side note: The JSON of a sub-part of the document can be emitted from any JSON object:
abcObj.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(abcObj.Emit());

//  Navigate to the "x" array
xArray := TChilkatJsonArray.Create(Self);
abcObj.ArrayOf2('x',xArray.ControlInterface);

//  Navigate to the 2nd object contained within the array.  This contains members b1 and b2
bObj := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
xArray.ObjectAt2(1,bObj.ControlInterface);

//  Show that we're at "b1/b2".
//  The value of "b1" should be "200"
Memo1.Lines.Add('b2 = ' + IntToStr(bObj.IntOf('b2')));

//  Now go back to the JSON doc root:
docRoot := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
bObj.GetDocRoot2(docRoot.ControlInterface);

//  We'll skip the null check and assume it's non-null...

//  Pretty-print the JSON doc from the root to show that this is indeed the root.
docRoot.EmitCompact := 0;
Memo1.Lines.Add(docRoot.Emit());