Why isn't the JSON object an array?

Question

My JSON file looks like this:

{
"strings": {
    "keyone": "abc",
    "keytwo": "def",
    }
}

Using C++,

const Json::Value strings = root["strings"];
for (int index = 0; index < strings.size(); index++) 
{
    std::cout << strings.isArray() << std::endl;
    std::cout << strings.get(index, "ERROR") << std::endl;
}

strings.IsArray() returns 0, saying it's not an array. And the second line strings.get(index, "ERROR)", just crashes when executing, probably because I'm using it like an array when it's not.

So I'm assuming strings is just a string and not an array. How can I make it an array object?

Why doesn't the JSON above contain a JSON-Array? JSON types (Array, Object, String, etc) are all distinct and do not "share" an ancestor (unlike JavaScript Arrays and JavaScript Objects). Most implementations tend to thus not allow a JSON-Object to be treated as a JSON-Array (and doing so would actually violate the JSON guarantees of such structures). — user166390
– user166390, Commented Jul 7, 2012 at 2:21

André Caron · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-07 02:11:50Z

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"strings.IsArray()" returns 0, saying it's not an array

Of course it does, "strings":{ ... } is an "object" in JSON terms.

answered Jul 7, 2012 at 2:11

André Caron

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