valueAlloc

Calls value and stores the result in dynamically allocated memory instead of taking a writer.

Caller owns returned memory.

Function parameters

Parameters

gpa:Allocator
v:anytype
options:Options

Type definitions in this namespace

Types

Options

Functions in this namespace

Functions

beginArray
beginObject
endArray
endObject
print: An alternative to calling `write` that formats a value with `std.fmt`.
beginWriteRaw: An alternative to calling `write` that allows you to write directly to the `.writer` field, e.g.
endWriteRaw: See `beginWriteRaw`.
objectField: See `Stringify` for when to call this method.
objectFieldRaw: See `Stringify` for when to call this method.
beginObjectFieldRaw: In the rare case that you need to write very long object field names,
endObjectFieldRaw: See `beginObjectFieldRaw`.
write: Renders the given Zig value as JSON.
value: Writes the given value to the `Writer` writer.
valueAlloc: Calls `value` and stores the result in dynamically allocated memory instead
encodeJsonString: Write `string` to `writer` as a JSON encoded string.
encodeJsonStringChars: Write `chars` to `writer` as JSON encoded string characters.

Error sets in this namespace

Error Sets

Error

Source

Implementation

pub fn valueAlloc(gpa: Allocator, v: anytype, options: Options) error{OutOfMemory}![]u8 {
    var aw: std.io.Writer.Allocating = .init(gpa);
    defer aw.deinit();
    value(v, options, &aw.writer) catch return error.OutOfMemory;
    return aw.toOwnedSlice();
}