Function json_patch::merge

pub fn merge(doc: &mut Value, patch: &Value)

Patch provided JSON document (given as serde_json::Value) in place with JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7396).

Example

Create and patch document:

#[macro_use]
extern crate serde_json;
extern crate json_patch;

use json_patch::merge;

let mut doc = json!({
  "title": "Goodbye!",
  "author" : {
    "givenName" : "John",
    "familyName" : "Doe"
  },
  "tags":[ "example", "sample" ],
  "content": "This will be unchanged"
});

let patch = json!({
  "title": "Hello!",
  "phoneNumber": "+01-123-456-7890",
  "author": {
    "familyName": null
  },
  "tags": [ "example" ]
});

merge(&mut doc, &patch);
assert_eq!(doc, json!({
  "title": "Hello!",
  "author" : {
    "givenName" : "John"
  },
  "tags": [ "example" ],
  "content": "This will be unchanged",
  "phoneNumber": "+01-123-456-7890"
}));