ToStringVisitor settings to allow pretty formatted JSON (#4933)

include/flatbuffers/minireflect.h

@@ -284,14 +284,27 @@ inline void IterateFlatBuffer(const uint8_t *buffer,
 struct ToStringVisitor : public IterationVisitor {
   std::string s;
   std::string d;
-  ToStringVisitor(std::string delimiter): d(delimiter) {}
+  bool q;
+  std::string in;
+  size_t indent_level;
+  ToStringVisitor(std::string delimiter, bool quotes, std::string indent)
+      : d(delimiter), q(quotes), in(indent), indent_level(0) {}
+  ToStringVisitor(std::string delimiter)
+      : d(delimiter), q(false), in(""), indent_level(0) {}
+
+  void append_indent() {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < indent_level; i++) { s += in; }
+  }
 
   void StartSequence() {
     s += "{";
     s += d;
+    indent_level++;
   }
   void EndSequence() {
     s += d;
+    indent_level--;
+    append_indent();
     s += "}";
   }
   void Field(size_t /*field_idx*/, size_t set_idx, ElementaryType /*type*/,
@@ -302,16 +315,22 @@ struct ToStringVisitor : public IterationVisitor {
       s += ",";
       s += d;
     }
+    append_indent();
     if (name) {
+      if (q) s += "\"";
       s += name;
+      if (q) s += "\"";
       s += ": ";
     }
   }
   template<typename T> void Named(T x, const char *name) {
-    if (name)
+    if (name) {
+      if (q) s += "\"";
       s += name;
-    else
+      if (q) s += "\"";
+    } else {
       s += NumToString(x);
+    }
   }
   void UType(uint8_t x, const char *name) { Named(x, name); }
   void Bool(bool x) { s += x ? "true" : "false"; }
@@ -329,11 +348,25 @@ struct ToStringVisitor : public IterationVisitor {
     EscapeString(str->c_str(), str->size(), &s, true, false);
   }
   void Unknown(const uint8_t *) { s += "(?)"; }
-  void StartVector() { s += "[ "; }
-  void EndVector() { s += " ]"; }
+  void StartVector() {
+    s += "[";
+    s += d;
+    indent_level++;
+    append_indent();
+  }
+  void EndVector() {
+    s += d;
+    indent_level--;
+    append_indent();
+    s += "]";
+  }
   void Element(size_t i, ElementaryType /*type*/,
                const TypeTable * /*type_table*/, const uint8_t * /*val*/) {
-    if (i) s += ", ";
+    if (i) {
+      s += ",";
+      s += d;
+      append_indent();
+    }
   }
 };
 

tests/test.cpp

@@ -1727,6 +1727,38 @@ void UnionVectorTest() {
       "characters_type: [ Belle, MuLan, BookFan, Other, Unused ], "
       "characters: [ { books_read: 7 }, { sword_attack_damage: 5 }, "
       "{ books_read: 2 }, \"Other\", \"Unused\" ] }");
+
+
+  flatbuffers::ToStringVisitor visitor("\n", true, "  ");
+  IterateFlatBuffer(fbb.GetBufferPointer(), MovieTypeTable(), &visitor);
+  TEST_EQ_STR(
+      visitor.s.c_str(),
+      "{\n"
+      "  \"main_character_type\": \"Rapunzel\",\n"
+      "  \"main_character\": {\n"
+      "    \"hair_length\": 6\n"
+      "  },\n"
+      "  \"characters_type\": [\n"
+      "    \"Belle\",\n"
+      "    \"MuLan\",\n"
+      "    \"BookFan\",\n"
+      "    \"Other\",\n"
+      "    \"Unused\"\n"
+      "  ],\n"
+      "  \"characters\": [\n"
+      "    {\n"
+      "      \"books_read\": 7\n"
+      "    },\n"
+      "    {\n"
+      "      \"sword_attack_damage\": 5\n"
+      "    },\n"
+      "    {\n"
+      "      \"books_read\": 2\n"
+      "    },\n"
+      "    \"Other\",\n"
+      "    \"Unused\"\n"
+      "  ]\n"
+      "}");
 }
 
 void ConformTest() {