toArray() method implementation

[beeyev]

Firstly, thanks for the great package, I really like using it.

One question, is it possible for you to implement toArray() to get an array representation of the json ?

[localheinz]

@beeyev

Thank for opening an issue!

I am not sure whether adding this method would make sense, since a JSON string could be decoded to

• an array
• an object
• a string
• a number (an int or a float)
• a bool
• a null

If I wanted to do it consistently, I would have to

• add all of these methods
• in each of these methods, throw an exception if the JSON string does not decode to the corresponding type

What do you think?

[beeyev]

From my perspective these three are enough: array, object, string.

in each of these methods, throw an exception if the JSON string does not decode to the corresponding type

I would propose to change the default behavior, and throw an exception if source JSON is invalid when Json object is constructed. By doing this, we make sure that Json object always contains correct JSON data inside.