(Java) Append New Item to JSON Array

Demonstrates the notations that can be used in a JSON array index to append to the end of an array.

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    // Starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.77, the following notations are possible to specify that the value
    // should be appended to the end of the array. (In other words, if the array currenty has N elements, then "-1", "", or "*" 
    // indicate an index of N+1.

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();

    json.UpdateInt("lanes[-1]",0);
    json.UpdateInt("lanes[]",1);
    json.UpdateInt("lanes[*]",2);
    json.UpdateInt("lanes[-1]",3);

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

    // Output is:  {"lanes":[0,1,2,3]}
  }
}