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JSON Insert Empty Array or Object

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Demonstrates how to use the UpdateNewArray and UpdateNewObject methods to insert an empty array or object.

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Chilkat2 Perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $success = 0;

my $json = Chilkat2::JsonObject->new;

# The following code builds the following JSON, which contains both an empty array and empty object:

#     {
#       "abc": {
#         "xyz": [
#           {
#             "Name": "myName",
#             "Description": "description",
#             "ScheduleDefinition": "schedule definition",
#             "ExceptionScheduleDefinition": "",
#             "Attribute": [
#             ],
#             "SomeEmptyObject": {},
#             "token": "token"
#           }
#         ]
#       }
#     }

$json->UpdateString('abc.xyz[0].Name', 'myName');
$json->UpdateString('abc.xyz[0].Description', 'description');
$json->UpdateString('abc.xyz[0].ScheduleDefinition', 'schedule definition');
$json->UpdateString('abc.xyz[0].ExceptionScheduleDefinition', '');
$json->UpdateNewArray('abc.xyz[0].Attribute');
$json->UpdateNewObject('abc.xyz[0].SomeEmptyObject');
$json->UpdateString('abc.xyz[0].token', 'token');

$json->EmitCompact(0);
print $json->Emit(), "\n";