#include #include using json = nlohmann::json; using namespace nlohmann::literals; namespace ns { struct person { std::string name = "John Doe"; std::string address = "123 Fake St"; int age = -1; person() = default; person(std::string name_, std::string address_, int age_) : name(std::move(name_)), address(std::move(address_)), age(age_) {} }; void to_json(nlohmann::json& nlohmann_json_j, const person& nlohmann_json_t) { nlohmann_json_j["name"] = nlohmann_json_t.name; nlohmann_json_j["address"] = nlohmann_json_t.address; nlohmann_json_j["age"] = nlohmann_json_t.age; } void from_json(const nlohmann::json& nlohmann_json_j, person& nlohmann_json_t) { person nlohmann_json_default_obj; nlohmann_json_t.name = nlohmann_json_j.value("name", nlohmann_json_default_obj.name); nlohmann_json_t.address = nlohmann_json_j.value("address", nlohmann_json_default_obj.address); nlohmann_json_t.age = nlohmann_json_j.value("age", nlohmann_json_default_obj.age); } } // namespace ns int main() { ns::person p = {"Ned Flanders", "744 Evergreen Terrace", 60}; // serialization: person -> json json j = p; std::cout << "serialization: " << j << std::endl; // deserialization: json -> person json j2 = R"({"address": "742 Evergreen Terrace", "age": 40, "name": "Homer Simpson"})"_json; auto p2 = j2.template get(); // incomplete deserialization: json j3 = R"({"address": "742 Evergreen Terrace", "name": "Maggie Simpson"})"_json; auto p3 = j3.template get(); std::cout << "roundtrip: " << json(p3) << std::endl; }