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Request: I would like find_or_create to create the child paths if any of the fields in the path is null
Consider this code snippet
from jsonpath_ng.ext import parse
data = {"folder": {"document": None}}
expr = parse('$.folder.document.doc_a.value')
print(expr.find_or_create(data))
print(f"After find_or_create: {data}")Current Output
[]
After find_or_create: {'folder': {'document': None}}
Expected Output
[DatumInContext(value={}, path=Fields('value'), context=DatumInContext(value={'value': {}}, path=Fields('doc_a'), context=DatumInContext(value={'doc_a': {'value': {}}}, path=Fields('document'), context=DatumInContext(value={'document': {'doc_a': {'value': {}}}}, path=Fields('folder'), context=DatumInContext(value={'folder': {'document': {'doc_a': {'value': {}}}}}, path=Root(), context=None)))))]
After find_or_create: {'folder': {'document': {'doc_a': {'value': {}}}}}
i.e., find_or_create creates doc_a for None docuement field
It seems to be an intentional behavior. Please let me know if i missed anything here.
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