QJsonValue Class

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Member Function Documentation

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(QJsonValue::Type type = Null)

Creates a QJsonValue of type type.

The default is to create a Null value.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(QLatin1StringView s)

Creates a value of type String, with the Latin-1 string viewed by s.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(bool b)

Creates a value of type Bool, with value b.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(const QJsonArray &a)

Creates a value of type Array, with value a.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(const QJsonObject &o)

Creates a value of type Object, with value o.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(const QString &s)

Creates a value of type String, with value s.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(const char *s)

Creates a value of type String with value s, assuming UTF-8 encoding of the input.

You can disable this constructor by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(double v)

Creates a value of type Double, with value v.

[noexcept, since 6.3] QJsonValue::QJsonValue(QJsonArray &&a)

This is an overloaded function.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.3.

[noexcept, since 6.3] QJsonValue::QJsonValue(QJsonObject &&o)

This is an overloaded function.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.3.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(int v)

This is an overloaded function.

Creates a value of type Double, with value v.

QJsonValue::QJsonValue(qint64 v)

This is an overloaded function.

Creates a value of type Double, with value v. NOTE: the integer limits for IEEE 754 double precision data is 2^53 (-9007199254740992 to +9007199254740992). If you pass in values outside this range expect a loss of precision to occur.

[noexcept] QJsonValue::QJsonValue(const QJsonValue &other)

Creates a copy of other.

[noexcept] QJsonValue::QJsonValue(QJsonValue &&other)

Move-constructs a QJsonValue from other.

[noexcept] QJsonValue::~QJsonValue()

Destroys the value.

[static, since 6.9] QJsonValue QJsonValue::fromJson(QByteArrayView json, QJsonParseError *error = nullptr)

Parses json as a UTF-8 encoded JSON value, and creates a QJsonValue from it.

Returns a valid QJsonValue if the parsing succeeds. If it fails, the returned value will be undefined, and the optional error variable will contain further details about the error.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.9.

See also QJsonParseError, isUndefined(), and toJson().

[static] QJsonValue QJsonValue::fromVariant(const QVariant &variant)

Converts variant to a QJsonValue and returns it.

The conversion will convert QVariant types as follows:

Loss of information and other types

QVariant can carry more information than is representable in JSON. If the QVariant is not one of the types above, the conversion is not guaranteed and is subject to change in future versions of Qt, as the UUID one did. Code should strive not to use any other types than those listed above.

If QVariant::isNull() returns true, a null QJsonValue is returned or inserted into the list or object, regardless of the type carried by QVariant. Note the behavior change in Qt 6.0 affecting QVariant::isNull() also affects this function.

A floating point value that is either an infinity or NaN will be converted to a null JSON value. Since Qt 6.0, QJsonValue can store the full precision of any 64-bit signed integer without loss, but in previous versions values outside the range of ±2^53 may lose precision. Unsigned 64-bit values greater than or equal to 2^63 will either lose precision or alias to negative values, so QMetaType::ULongLong should be avoided.

For other types not listed above, a conversion to string will be attempted, usually but not always by calling QVariant::toString(). If the conversion fails the value is replaced by a null JSON value. Note that QVariant::toString() is also lossy for the majority of types. For example, if the passed QVariant is representing raw byte array data, it is recommended to pre-encode it to Base64 (or another lossless encoding), otherwise a lossy conversion using QString::fromUtf8() will be used.

Please note that the conversions via QVariant::toString() are subject to change at any time. Both QVariant and QJsonValue may be extended in the future to support more types, which will result in a change in how this function performs conversions.

See also toVariant() and QCborValue::fromVariant().

bool QJsonValue::isArray() const

Returns true if the value contains an array.

See also toArray().

bool QJsonValue::isBool() const

Returns true if the value contains a boolean.

See also toBool().

bool QJsonValue::isDouble() const

Returns true if the value contains a double.

See also toDouble().

bool QJsonValue::isNull() const

Returns true if the value is null.

bool QJsonValue::isObject() const

Returns true if the value contains an object.

See also toObject().

bool QJsonValue::isString() const

Returns true if the value contains a string.

See also toString().

bool QJsonValue::isUndefined() const

Returns true if the value is undefined. This can happen in certain error cases as e.g. accessing a non existing key in a QJsonObject.

[noexcept] void QJsonValue::swap(QJsonValue &other)

Swaps this value with other. This operation is very fast and never fails.

QJsonArray QJsonValue::toArray(const QJsonArray &defaultValue) const

Converts the value to an array and returns it.

If type() is not Array, the defaultValue will be returned.

QJsonArray QJsonValue::toArray() const

This is an overloaded function.

Converts the value to an array and returns it.

If type() is not Array, a QJsonArray() will be returned.

bool QJsonValue::toBool(bool defaultValue = false) const

Converts the value to a bool and returns it.

If type() is not bool, the defaultValue will be returned.

double QJsonValue::toDouble(double defaultValue = 0) const

Converts the value to a double and returns it.

If type() is not Double, the defaultValue will be returned.

int QJsonValue::toInt(int defaultValue = 0) const

Converts the value to an int and returns it.

If type() is not Double or the value is not a whole number, the defaultValue will be returned.

[since 6.0] qint64 QJsonValue::toInteger(qint64 defaultValue = 0) const

Converts the value to an integer and returns it.

If type() is not Double or the value is not a whole number representable as qint64, the defaultValue will be returned.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.0.

[since 6.9] QByteArray QJsonValue::toJson(QJsonValue::JsonFormat format = JsonFormat::Indented) const

Converts the QJsonValue to a UTF-8 encoded JSON value in the provided format.

This function was introduced in Qt 6.9.

See also fromJson() and JsonFormat.

QJsonObject QJsonValue::toObject(const QJsonObject &defaultValue) const

Converts the value to an object and returns it.

If type() is not Object, the defaultValue will be returned.

QJsonObject QJsonValue::toObject() const

This is an overloaded function.

Converts the value to an object and returns it.

If type() is not Object, the QJsonObject() will be returned.

QString QJsonValue::toString() const

Converts the value to a QString and returns it.

If type() is not String, a null QString will be returned.

See also QString::isNull().

QString QJsonValue::toString(const QString &defaultValue) const

Converts the value to a QString and returns it.

If type() is not String, the defaultValue will be returned.

QVariant QJsonValue::toVariant() const

Converts the value to a QVariant().

The QJsonValue types will be converted as follows:

See also fromVariant().

QJsonValue::Type QJsonValue::type() const

Returns the type of the value.

See also QJsonValue::Type.

[noexcept] QJsonValue &QJsonValue::operator=(QJsonValue &&other)

Move-assigns other to this value.

[noexcept] QJsonValue &QJsonValue::operator=(const QJsonValue &other)

Assigns the value stored in other to this object.

const QJsonValue QJsonValue::operator[](const QString &key) const

Returns a QJsonValue representing the value for the key key.

Equivalent to calling toObject().value(key).

The returned QJsonValue is QJsonValue::Undefined if the key does not exist, or if isObject() is false.

See also QJsonValue, QJsonValue::isUndefined(), and QJsonObject.

const QJsonValue QJsonValue::operator[](qsizetype i) const

Returns a QJsonValue representing the value for index i.

Equivalent to calling toArray().at(i).

The returned QJsonValue is QJsonValue::Undefined, if i is out of bounds, or if isArray() is false.

See also QJsonValue, QJsonValue::isUndefined(), and QJsonArray.

const QJsonValue QJsonValue::operator[](QLatin1StringView key) const

This is an overloaded function.

const QJsonValue QJsonValue::operator[](QStringView key) const

This is an overloaded function.