Allow for modifiers in sub-selectors

gjson.go

@@ -464,9 +464,9 @@ func ParseBytes(json []byte) Result {
 }
 
 func squash(json string) string {
-	// expects that the lead character is a '[' or '{'
+	// expects that the lead character is a '[' or '{' or '('
 	// squash the value, ignoring all nested arrays and objects.
-	// the first '[' or '{' has already been read
+	// the first '[' or '{' or '(', has already been read
 	depth := 1
 	for i := 1; i < len(json); i++ {
 		if json[i] >= '"' && json[i] <= '}' {
@@ -495,9 +495,9 @@ func squash(json string) string {
 						break
 					}
 				}
-			case '{', '[':
+			case '{', '[', '(':
 				depth++
-			case '}', ']':
+			case '}', ']', ')':
 				depth--
 				if depth == 0 {
 					return json[:i+1]
@@ -1056,9 +1056,9 @@ func parseObjectPath(path string) (r objectPathResult) {
 }
 
 func parseSquash(json string, i int) (int, string) {
-	// expects that the lead character is a '[' or '{'
+	// expects that the lead character is a '[' or '{' or '('
 	// squash the value, ignoring all nested arrays and objects.
-	// the first '[' or '{' has already been read
+	// the first '[' or '{' or '(' has already been read
 	s := i
 	i++
 	depth := 1
@@ -1089,9 +1089,9 @@ func parseSquash(json string, i int) (int, string) {
 						break
 					}
 				}
-			case '{', '[':
+			case '{', '[', '(':
 				depth++
-			case '}', ']':
+			case '}', ']', ')':
 				depth--
 				if depth == 0 {
 					i++
@@ -1615,10 +1615,21 @@ func splitPossiblePipe(path string) (left, right string, ok bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if len(path) > 0 && path[0] == '{' {
+		squashed := squash(path[1:])
+		if len(squashed) < len(path)-1 {
+			squashed = path[:len(squashed)+1]
+			remain := path[len(squashed):]
+			if remain[0] == '|' {
+				return squashed, remain[1:], true
+			}
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	// split the left and right side of the path with the pipe character as
 	// the delimiter. This is a little tricky because we'll need to basically
 	// parse the entire path.
-
 	for i := 0; i < len(path); i++ {
 		if path[i] == '\\' {
 			i++
@@ -1699,6 +1710,7 @@ type subSelector struct {
 // first character in path is either '[' or '{', and has already been checked
 // prior to calling this function.
 func parseSubSelectors(path string) (sels []subSelector, out string, ok bool) {
+	modifer := 0
 	depth := 1
 	colon := 0
 	start := 1
@@ -1719,8 +1731,12 @@ func parseSubSelectors(path string) (sels []subSelector, out string, ok bool) {
 		switch path[i] {
 		case '\\':
 			i++
+		case '@':
+			if modifer == 0 && i > 0 && (path[i-1] == '.' || path[i-1] == '|') {
+				modifer = i
+			}
 		case ':':
-			if depth == 1 {
+			if modifer == 0 && colon == 0 && depth == 1 {
 				colon = i
 			}
 		case ',':

gjson_test.go

@@ -1990,3 +1990,29 @@ func TestSingleModifier(t *testing.T) {
 	assert(t, Get(data, "@key").String() == "value")
 	assert(t, Get(data, "\\@key").String() == "value")
 }
+
+func TestModifierInSubSelector(t *testing.T) {
+	AddModifier("case", func(json, arg string) string {
+		if arg == "upper" {
+			return strings.ToUpper(json)
+		}
+		if arg == "lower" {
+			return strings.ToLower(json)
+		}
+		return json
+	})
+	json := `{"friends": [
+		{"age": 44, "first": "Dale", "last": "Murphy"},
+		{"age": 68, "first": "Roger", "last": "Craig"},
+		{"age": 47, "first": "Jane", "last": "Murphy"}
+	]}`
+
+	res := Get(json, `friends.#.{age,first|@case:upper}|@ugly`)
+	exp := `[{"age":44,"@case:upper":"DALE"},{"age":68,"@case:upper":"ROGER"},{"age":47,"@case:upper":"JANE"}]`
+	assert(t, res.Raw == exp)
+
+	res = Get(json, `{friends.#.{age,first:first|@case:upper}|0.first}`)
+	exp = `{"first":"DALE"}`
+	assert(t, res.Raw == exp)
+
+}