JsonToken Data type
Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.
Is a container for any well-formed JSON data. A default JsonToken object contains the JSON value of NULL.
Instance methods
The following methods are available on instances of the JsonToken data type.
| Method name | Description |
|---|---|
| AsArray() | Converts the value in a JsonToken to a JsonArray data type. |
| AsObject() | Converts the value in a JsonToken to a JsonObject data type. |
| AsValue() | Converts the value in a JsonToken to a JsonValue data type. |
| Clone() | Creates a deep-copy of the JsonToken value. |
| IsArray() | Indicates whether a JsonToken represents a JSON array. |
| IsObject() | Indicates whether a JsonToken contains a JSON object. |
| IsValue() | Indicates whether a JsonToken contains a JSON value. |
| Path() | Retrieves the JSON path of the token relative to the root of its containing tree. |
| ReadFrom(Text) | Reads the JSON data from the string into a JsonToken variable. |
| ReadFrom(InStream) | Reads the JSON data from the stream into a JsonToken variable. |
| SelectToken(Text, var JsonToken) | Selects a JsonToken using a JPath expression. |
| WriteTo(var Text) | Serializes and writes the JSON data of the JsonToken to a given Text object. |
| WriteTo(OutStream) | Serializes and writes the JSON data of the JsonToken to a given OutStream object. |
Note
For performance reasons all HTTP, JSON, TextBuilder, and XML types are reference types, not value types. Reference types holds a pointer to the data elsewhere in memory, whereas value types store its own data.