JSON AST spike

docs/json-ast.md

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+# JSON AST (Abstract Syntax Tree)
+
+JSON AST is a representation of a JSON object as a tree of nodes.
+
+The following is obtained from running
+
+    ts-node examples/json-ast.ts
+
+## Original JSON:
+```json
+{
+  "name": "John Doe",
+  "age": 42,
+  "active": true,
+  "scores": [
+    95,
+    87,
+    92
+  ],
+  "address": {
+    "street": "123 Main St",
+    "city": "Anytown",
+    "coordinates": {
+      "lat": 42.1234,
+      "lng": -71.2345
+    }
+  },
+  "tags": [
+    "admin",
+    "user",
+    "premium"
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "createdAt": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    "updatedAt": "2023-06-21T12:34:56Z"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## AST:
+```json
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "children": [
+    {
+      "type": "string",
+      "value": "John Doe",
+      "path": "name",
+      "key": "name"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "number",
+      "value": 42,
+      "path": "age",
+      "key": "age"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "value": true,
+      "path": "active",
+      "key": "active"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "array",
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "type": "number",
+          "value": 95,
+          "path": "scores[0]"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "number",
+          "value": 87,
+          "path": "scores[1]"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "number",
+          "value": 92,
+          "path": "scores[2]"
+        }
+      ],
+      "path": "scores",
+      "key": "scores"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "object",
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "123 Main St",
+          "path": "address.street",
+          "key": "street"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "Anytown",
+          "path": "address.city",
+          "key": "city"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "object",
+          "children": [
+            {
+              "type": "number",
+              "value": 42.1234,
+              "path": "address.coordinates.lat",
+              "key": "lat"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "number",
+              "value": -71.2345,
+              "path": "address.coordinates.lng",
+              "key": "lng"
+            }
+          ],
+          "path": "address.coordinates",
+          "key": "coordinates"
+        }
+      ],
+      "path": "address",
+      "key": "address"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "array",
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "admin",
+          "path": "tags[0]"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "user",
+          "path": "tags[1]"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "premium",
+          "path": "tags[2]"
+        }
+      ],
+      "path": "tags",
+      "key": "tags"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "object",
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+          "path": "metadata.createdAt",
+          "key": "createdAt"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "value": "2023-06-21T12:34:56Z",
+          "path": "metadata.updatedAt",
+          "key": "updatedAt"
+        }
+      ],
+      "path": "metadata",
+      "key": "metadata"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+## Traversed AST:
+```text
+OBJECT
+    STRING: "John Doe" [name]
+    NUMBER: 42 [age]
+    BOOLEAN: true [active]
+    ARRAY [scores]
+        NUMBER: 95 [scores[0]]
+        NUMBER: 87 [scores[1]]
+        NUMBER: 92 [scores[2]]
+    OBJECT [address]
+        STRING: "123 Main St" [address.street]
+        STRING: "Anytown" [address.city]
+        OBJECT [address.coordinates]
+            NUMBER: 42.1234 [address.coordinates.lat]
+            NUMBER: -71.2345 [address.coordinates.lng]
+    ARRAY [tags]
+        STRING: "admin" [tags[0]]
+        STRING: "user" [tags[1]]
+        STRING: "premium" [tags[2]]
+    OBJECT [metadata]
+        STRING: "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z" [metadata.createdAt]
+        STRING: "2023-06-21T12:34:56Z" [metadata.updatedAt]
+```

examples/json-ast.ts

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-import { jsonToAst } from './index';
+import { jsonToAst } from '../src/util/json-ast/index';
 
 // Example JSON data
 const exampleJson = {
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   // filter: (node) => !node.path || node.path.includes('address')
 });
 
-// Print the AST
+console.log("Original JSON:", JSON.stringify(exampleJson, null, 2));
-console.log(JSON.stringify(ast, null, 2));
+
+console.log("\nAST:", JSON.stringify(ast, null, 2));
 
 // Example of traversing the AST
 function traverse(node: any, indent = 0) {