Class iter_impl

dependencies/json/json.hpp:10878–11041

*/
template<typename BasicJsonType>
class iter_impl
{
    /// allow basic_json to access private members
    friend iter_impl<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value, typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type, const BasicJsonType>::type>;
    friend BasicJsonType;
    friend iteration_proxy<iter_impl>;
    friend iteration_proxy_value<iter_impl>;

    using object_t = typename BasicJsonType::object_t;
    using array_t = typename BasicJsonType::array_t;
    // make sure BasicJsonType is basic_json or const basic_json
    static_assert(is_basic_json<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type>::value,
                  "iter_impl only accepts (const) basic_json");

  public:

    /// The std::iterator class template (used as a base class to provide typedefs) is deprecated in C++17.
    /// The C++ Standard has never required user-defined iterators to derive from std::iterator.
    /// A user-defined iterator should provide publicly accessible typedefs named
    /// iterator_category, value_type, difference_type, pointer, and reference.
    /// Note that value_type is required to be non-const, even for constant iterators.
    using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;

    /// the type of the values when the iterator is dereferenced
    using value_type = typename BasicJsonType::value_type;
    /// a type to represent differences between iterators
    using difference_type = typename BasicJsonType::difference_type;
    /// defines a pointer to the type iterated over (value_type)
    using pointer = typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
          typename BasicJsonType::const_pointer,
          typename BasicJsonType::pointer>::type;
    /// defines a reference to the type iterated over (value_type)
    using reference =
        typename std::conditional<std::is_const<BasicJsonType>::value,
        typename BasicJsonType::const_reference,
        typename BasicJsonType::reference>::type;

    /// default constructor
    iter_impl() = default;

    /*!
    @brief constructor for a given JSON instance
    @param[in] object  pointer to a JSON object for this iterator
    @pre object != nullptr
    @post The iterator is initialized; i.e. `m_object != nullptr`.
    */
    explicit iter_impl(pointer object) noexcept : m_object(object)
    {
        JSON_ASSERT(m_object != nullptr);

        switch (m_object->m_type)
        {
            case value_t::object:
            {
                m_it.object_iterator = typename object_t::iterator();
                break;
            }