Merge pull request #1028 from gracicot/develop

Added support for string_view in C++17

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/from_json.hpp

@@ -72,6 +72,23 @@ void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::string_t& s)
     s = *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::string_t*>();
 }
 
+template <
+    typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType,
+    enable_if_t <
+        is_compatible_string_type<BasicJsonType, CompatibleStringType>::value and
+        not std::is_same<typename BasicJsonType::string_t,
+                         CompatibleStringType>::value,
+        int > = 0 >
+void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, CompatibleStringType& s)
+{
+    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(not j.is_string()))
+    {
+        JSON_THROW(type_error::create(302, "type must be string, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+    }
+
+    s = *j.template get_ptr<const typename BasicJsonType::string_t*>();
+}
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType>
 void from_json(const BasicJsonType& j, typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t& val)
 {

include/nlohmann/detail/conversions/to_json.hpp

@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ struct external_constructor<value_t::string>
         j.m_value = std::move(s);
         j.assert_invariant();
     }
+
+	template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CompatibleStringType,
+		 enable_if_t<not std::is_same<CompatibleStringType, typename BasicJsonType::string_t>::value,
+		             int> = 0>
+		static void construct(BasicJsonType& j, const CompatibleStringType& str)
+	{
+		j.m_type = value_t::string;
+		j.m_value.string = j.template create<typename BasicJsonType::string_t>(str);
+		j.assert_invariant();
+	}
 };
 
 template<>

include/nlohmann/detail/meta.hpp

@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ struct is_compatible_object_type_impl<true, RealType, CompatibleObjectType>
         std::is_constructible<typename RealType::mapped_type, typename CompatibleObjectType::mapped_type>::value;
 };
 
+template<bool B, class RealType, class CompatibleStringType>
+struct is_compatible_string_type_impl : std::false_type {};
+
+template<class RealType, class CompatibleStringType>
+struct is_compatible_string_type_impl<true, RealType, CompatibleStringType>
+{
+    static constexpr auto value =
+        std::is_same<typename RealType::value_type, typename CompatibleStringType::value_type>::value and
+        std::is_constructible<RealType, CompatibleStringType>::value;
+};
+
 template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleObjectType>
 struct is_compatible_object_type
 {
@@ -130,6 +141,15 @@ struct is_compatible_object_type
                                   typename BasicJsonType::object_t, CompatibleObjectType >::value;
 };
 
+template<class BasicJsonType, class CompatibleStringType>
+struct is_compatible_string_type
+{
+    static auto constexpr value = is_compatible_string_type_impl <
+                                  conjunction<negation<std::is_same<void, CompatibleStringType>>,
+                                  has_value_type<CompatibleStringType>>::value,
+                                  typename BasicJsonType::string_t, CompatibleStringType >::value;
+};
+
 template<typename BasicJsonType, typename T>
 struct is_basic_json_nested_type
 {

include/nlohmann/json.hpp

@@ -2829,9 +2829,9 @@ class basic_json
                    not detail::is_basic_json<ValueType>::value
 #ifndef _MSC_VER  // fix for issue #167 operator<< ambiguity under VS2015
                    and not std::is_same<ValueType, std::initializer_list<typename string_t::value_type>>::value
-#endif
-#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_17)
+#if defined(JSON_HAS_CPP_17) && _MSC_VER <= 1914
                    and not std::is_same<ValueType, typename std::string_view>::value
+#endif
 #endif
                    , int >::type = 0 >
     operator ValueType() const