From 64ad0ad4a9cf82bc0f75f70535dbf9cea805281d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thulinma <jaron@vietors.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:50:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added JSON::Value::append() which returns a reference to a
 newly appended element

---
 lib/json.cpp | 12 ++++++++++++
 lib/json.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/json.cpp b/lib/json.cpp
index 23f6c68c..e5b1d32e 100644
--- a/lib/json.cpp
+++ b/lib/json.cpp
@@ -1212,6 +1212,18 @@ void JSON::Value::append(const JSON::Value &rhs){
   arrVal.push_back(new JSON::Value(rhs));
 }
 
+/// Appends a null value to the end of this JSON::Value array.
+/// Turns this value into an array if it is not already one.
+/// Returns a reference to the appended element.
+JSON::Value & JSON::Value::append(){
+  if (myType != ARRAY){
+    null();
+    myType = ARRAY;
+  }
+  arrVal.push_back(new JSON::Value());
+  return **arrVal.rbegin();
+}
+
 /// Prepends the given value to the beginning of this JSON::Value array.
 /// Turns this value into an array if it is not already one.
 void JSON::Value::prepend(const JSON::Value &rhs){
diff --git a/lib/json.h b/lib/json.h
index e4c4839a..20799b9b 100644
--- a/lib/json.h
+++ b/lib/json.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace JSON{
     std::string toString() const;
     std::string toPrettyString(size_t indent = 0) const;
     void append(const Value &rhs);
+    Value & append();
     void prepend(const Value &rhs);
     void shrink(uint32_t size);
     void removeMember(const std::string &name);