value_t

enum class nlohmann::detail::value_t : std::uint8_t

strong

the JSON type enumeration

This enumeration collects the different JSON types. It is internally used to distinguish the stored values, and the functions basic_json::is_null(), basic_json::is_object(), basic_json::is_array(), basic_json::is_string(), basic_json::is_boolean(), basic_json::is_number() (with basic_json::is_number_integer(), basic_json::is_number_unsigned(), and basic_json::is_number_float()), basic_json::is_discarded(), basic_json::is_primitive(), and basic_json::is_structured() rely on it.

Note

There are three enumeration entries (number_integer, number_unsigned, and number_float), because the library distinguishes these three types for numbers: basic_json::number_unsigned_t is used for unsigned integers, basic_json::number_integer_t is used for signed integers, and basic_json::number_float_t is used for floating-point numbers or to approximate integers which do not fit in the limits of their respective type.

See also

see basic_json::basic_json(const value_t value_type) – create a JSON value with the default value for a given type

Since

version 1.0.0

Enumerator
null	null value
object	object (unordered set of name/value pairs)
array	array (ordered collection of values)
string	string value
boolean	boolean value
number_integer	number value (signed integer)
number_unsigned	number value (unsigned integer)
number_float	number value (floating-point)
binary	binary array (ordered collection of bytes)
discarded	discarded by the parser callback function

Definition at line 120 of file json.hpp.

{
    null,             
    object,           
    array,            
    string,           
    boolean,          
    number_integer,   
    number_unsigned,  
    number_float,     
    binary,           
    discarded         
};