objectAt

fun JsonElement.objectAt(pointer: KPointer): JsonObject?(source)

Returns the JsonObject at pointer, or null if the path is absent.

Return

The JsonObject at the specified path, or null if absent.

Parameters

pointer

The KPointer identifying the value to retrieve.

Throws

if the value at pointer exists but is not a JsonObject (including kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonNull).


fun JsonElement.objectAt(path: String): JsonObject?(source)

Parses path via KPointer.from and returns the JsonObject at that path, or null if absent.

Return

The JsonObject at the specified path, or null if absent.

Parameters

path

A pointer string (RFC 6901, fragment, or dot-notation, dispatched by prefix).

Throws

if path is not a valid pointer string, or if the value at path exists but is not a JsonObject.