Example usage for com.fasterxml.jackson.core JsonPointer mayMatchElement

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Prototype

public boolean mayMatchElement() 

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Usage

From source file:io.progix.dropwizard.patch.explicit.JsonPath.java

/**
 * Creates the path using a {@link JsonPointer} by iterating through the segments and creating {@link
 * JsonPathProperty} and {@link JsonPathElement} for each segment.
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 * If a given segment does not match as a String property, an empty {@link JsonPathProperty} is created.
 * <p/>
 * If a given segment does not match as a Integer index, an empty {@link JsonPathElement} is created.
 *
 * @param pointer
 */
public JsonPath(JsonPointer pointer) {
    this.properties = new ArrayList<>();
    this.elements = new ArrayList<>();
    this.pathString = "";

    while (pointer != null) {
        if (pointer.mayMatchProperty() && !pointer.getMatchingProperty().isEmpty()) {
            properties.add(new JsonPathProperty(pointer.getMatchingProperty()));
            this.pathString += pointer.getMatchingProperty() + "/";
        } else if (pointer.getMatchingProperty().equals("-")) {
            /* This character represents the last element in an array */
            elements.add(new JsonPathElement(true));
            this.pathString += pointer.getMatchingProperty() + "/";
        } else {
            properties.add(new JsonPathProperty());
        }

        if (pointer.mayMatchElement()) {
            elements.add(new JsonPathElement(pointer.getMatchingIndex()));
            this.pathString += pointer.getMatchingIndex() + "/";
        } else {
            elements.add(new JsonPathElement());
        }
        pointer = pointer.tail();
    }

    this.pathString = this.pathString.substring(0, this.pathString.length() - 1);
}

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