Function pvlObjectToJSON

isis/src/base/objs/PvlToJSON/PvlToJSON.cpp:296–334

* Convert the contents of a PvlObject to a JSON object. * Any comments in the base object will be stored in "Comment". * Comments associated with keywords, groups, or nested objects will be * stored inside their associated JSON object. * * An example demonstrating how nested objects and groups are converted * * PvlObject: * * Object = TestObject2 * TestKey3 =

   * @return @b json The contents of the object as a JSON object
   */
  json pvlObjectToJSON(PvlObject &object) {
    // Convert keywords and comments
    json jsonObject = pvlContainerToJSON(object);

    // Convert groups
    PvlObject::PvlGroupIterator groupIt;
    for (groupIt = object.beginGroup(); groupIt != object.endGroup(); groupIt++) {
      // Handle repeated elements by packing them into an array
      if ( jsonObject.contains(groupIt->name().toStdString()) ) {
        if (!jsonObject[groupIt->name().toStdString()].is_array()) {
          json repeatedArray;
          repeatedArray.push_back(jsonObject[groupIt->name().toStdString()]);
          jsonObject[groupIt->name().toStdString()] = repeatedArray;
        }
        jsonObject[groupIt->name().toStdString()].push_back(pvlGroupToJSON(*groupIt));
      }
      else {
        jsonObject[groupIt->name().toStdString()] = pvlGroupToJSON(*groupIt);
      }
    }

    // Convert nested objects
    PvlObject::PvlObjectIterator objectIt;
    for (objectIt = object.beginObject(); objectIt != object.endObject(); objectIt++) {
      // Handle repeated elements by packing them into an array
      if ( jsonObject.contains(objectIt->name().toStdString()) ) {
        if (!jsonObject[objectIt->name().toStdString()].is_array()) {
          json repeatedArray;
          repeatedArray.push_back(jsonObject[objectIt->name().toStdString()]);
          jsonObject[objectIt->name().toStdString()] = repeatedArray;
        }
        jsonObject[objectIt->name().toStdString()].push_back(pvlObjectToJSON(*objectIt));
      }
      else {
        jsonObject[objectIt->name().toStdString()] = pvlObjectToJSON(*objectIt);
      }
    }
    return jsonObject;
  }


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