fileapi: Add helper to create and reference a json reply file

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx b/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
index cf772d99fc..2fa5495a58 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileAPI.cxx
@@ -175,6 +175,18 @@ std::string cmFileAPI::WriteJsonFile(
   return fileName;
 }
 
+Json::Value cmFileAPI::MaybeJsonFile(Json::Value in, std::string const& prefix)
+{
+  Json::Value out;
+  if (in.isObject() || in.isArray()) {
+    out = Json::objectValue;
+    out["jsonFile"] = this->WriteJsonFile(in, prefix);
+  } else {
+    out = std::move(in);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 std::string cmFileAPI::ComputeSuffixHash(std::string const& file)
 {
   cmCryptoHash hasher(cmCryptoHash::AlgoSHA3_256);
diff --git a/Source/cmFileAPI.h b/Source/cmFileAPI.h
index 4f4506f0a9..8bfae318f9 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileAPI.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileAPI.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ public:
   /** Get the "cmake" instance with which this was constructed.  */
   cmake* GetCMakeInstance() const { return this->CMakeInstance; }
 
+  /** Convert a JSON object or array into an object with a single
+      "jsonFile" member specifying a file named with the given prefix
+      and holding the original object.  Other JSON types are unchanged.  */
+  Json::Value MaybeJsonFile(Json::Value in, std::string const& prefix);
+
 private:
   cmake* CMakeInstance;