GET_BOOLEAN Function

This function returns a boolean member value.

Syntax

APEX_JSON.GET_BOOLEAN (
    p_path             IN VARCHAR2,
    p0                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p1                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p2                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p3                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p4                 IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_default          IN BOOLEAN  DEFAULT NULL,
    p_values           IN t_values DEFAULT g_values )
RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_path`	Index into `p_values`.
`p[0-4]`	Each %N in `p_path` is replaced by `pN` and every i-th %s or %d is replaced by the `p[i-1]`.
`p_default`	The default value if the member does not exist.
`p_values`	Parsed JSON members. The default is `g_values`.

Returns

Return	Description
`TRUE`	Value at the given path position.
`FALSE`	Value at the given path position.
`NULL`	Value at the given path position.
`VALUE_ERROR`	Raises this error if `p_values(p_path)` is not boolean.

Example

This example parses a JSON string and prints the boolean value at a position.

DECLARE
    j apex_json.t_values;
BEGIN
    apex_json.parse(j, '{ "items": [ 1, 2, { "foo": true } ] }');
    IF apex_json.get_boolean(p_path=>'items[%d].foo', p0=>3,p_values=>j) THEN
        dbms_output.put_line('items[3].foo is true');
    END IF;
END;