module Jamespath

def compile(query)

Other tags:
    Example: Compiling an expression -

Other tags:
    See: VM#search -

Returns:
  • (VM) - a virtual machine object that can interpret the expression.

Parameters:
  • query (String) -- the expression to search for. 
def compile(query)
  VM.new(Parser.new.parse(query))
end

def search(query, object)

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    Example: Searching an object -

Returns:
  • (nil) - if no objects matched the expression
  • (Object) - the object, or list of objects, that match the expression.

Parameters:
  • object (Object) -- an object to search for the expression in.
  • query (String) -- the expression to search for. 
def search(query, object)
  compile(query).search(object)
end