util.JSONObject.name

util.JSONObject.name()

util.JSONObject.name() returns the name of the name:value pair by its index.

Syntax:

util.JSONObject.name(pair_index)

Parameters:

pair_index

an index of the element of the specified JSON object (= the name:value pair )

Usage and examples:

util.JSONObject.name() takes the pair index in the specified JSON object as the parameter and returns the name.

The index of the first name:value pair is 1.

If the JSON object included no pair with the specified name, the method returns NULL.

example code

MAIN

DEFINE json_obj util.JSONObject

LET json_obj = util.JSONObject.parse('{"id":123,"name":"Scott","surname":"Smith"}')

DISPLAY json_obj.name(1)

DISPLAY json_obj.name(2)

DISPLAY json_obj.name(3)

CALL fgl_getkey()

END MAIN

obtained results

This method can be used together with util.JSONObject.getLength() and util.JSONObject.getType() in order to read the elements of JSON objects:

example code #2

MAIN

DEFINE json_obj util.JSONObject

DEFINE i INTEGER

LET json_obj = util.JSONObject.parse('{"id":12,"name":"Scott, Frank", "address":"5 Brando Str."}')

FOR i = 1 TO json_obj.getLength()

DISPLAY i, ": ", json_obj.name(i), "=", json_obj.get(json_obj.name(i))

END FOR

CALL fgl_getkey()

END MAIN

obtained results #2

Example programs:

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CVS repository: /lycia_doc_examples

User: client

Project: auxiliary_features/json

Program: util_JSONObject_name