Method: JSI::JSON::Pointer#parent

Defined in:

lib/jsi/json/pointer.rb

#parent ⇒ JSI::JSON::Pointer

Returns pointer to the parent of where this pointer points.

Returns:

• (JSI::JSON::Pointer) —

  pointer to the parent of where this pointer points

Raises:

• (JSI::JSON::Pointer::ReferenceError) —

  if this pointer has no parent (points to the root)

# File 'lib/jsi/json/pointer.rb', line 148

def parent
  if root?
    raise(ReferenceError, "cannot access parent of root pointer: #{pretty_inspect.chomp}")
  else
    Pointer.new(reference_tokens[0...-1], type: @type)
  end
end