Improvement, allows to inject path as array

Author: raphaelstolt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+### v4.1.0
+  * Additional ability to inject path as an array. Closes issue [50](https://github.com/raphaelstolt/php-jsonpatch/issues/50).
 ### v4.0.0
   * Dropped support for unsupported PHP versions
 

src/Rs/Json/Patch.php

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function __construct($targetDocument, $patchDocument, $allowedPatchOperat
 
     /**
      * @throws \Rs\Json\Patch\FailedTestException
-     * @return string
+     * @return mixed
      */
     public function apply()
     {

src/Rs/Json/Patch/Operation.php

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ abstract class Operation
     protected $name;
 
     /**
-     * @var string
+     * @var string|array
      */
     protected $path;
 
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ public function getName()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return string
+     * @return string|array
      */
     public function getPath()
     {
+        if (is_array($this->path)) {
+            return '/'.implode('/', $this->path);
+        }
         return $this->path;
     }
 
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ protected function getPointerParts()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  string $targetDocument
+     * @param  mixed $targetDocument
      *
      * @return mixed
      */

tests/integration/Rs/Json/PatchAddTest.php

@@ -42,6 +42,26 @@ public function shouldAddEmptyObject()
             $patchedDocument
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function shouldAllowPathAsAnArray()
+    {
+        $targetDocument = '{"foo":{"obj": {"property": "value", "emptyObj": {}}}}';
+        $patchDocument = '[{"op":"add", "path":["foo", "obj", "anotherProp"], "value":"qux"}]';
+        $expectedDocument = '{"foo":{"obj": {"property": "value", "anotherProp": "qux", "emptyObj": {}}}}';
+
+        $patch = new Patch($targetDocument, $patchDocument);
+        $patchedDocument = $patch->apply();
+
+        $this->assertJsonStringEqualsJsonString(
+            $expectedDocument,
+            $patchedDocument
+        );
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * @test
      * @ticket 33 (https://github.com/raphaelstolt/php-jsonpatch/issues/33)