Remove SlotData

Because a slot id is smaller than a pointer, this change will ultimately allow reducing the slot size.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -179,19 +179,19 @@ jobs:
 
   conf_test_windows:
     name: Test configuration on Windows
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: windows-2019
     needs: [gcc, clang]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 32-bit
         run: |
-          call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"
+          call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"
           cl /Isrc extras/conf_test/x86.cpp
         shell: cmd
       - name: 64-bit
         run: |
-          call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+          call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
           cl /Isrc extras/conf_test/x64.cpp
         shell: cmd
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ HEAD
 > doc["key"] = str; // same as previous line for supported string classes (`String`, `std::string`, etc.)
 > ```
 
-v7.4.2 (2025-06-20)
-------
-
-* Fix truncated strings on Arduino Due (issue #2181)
-
 v7.4.1 (2025-04-11)
 ------
 

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(ESP_PLATFORM)
 	return()
 endif()
 
-project(ArduinoJson VERSION 7.4.2)
+project(ArduinoJson VERSION 7.4.1)
 
 if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
 	include(CTest)

README.md

@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ See the [tutorial on arduinojson.org](https://arduinojson.org/v7/doc/serializati
 
 ArduinoJson is thankful to its sponsors. Please give them a visit; they deserve it!
 
+<p>
+  <a href="https://www.programmingelectronics.com/" rel="sponsored">
+    <img src="https://arduinojson.org/images/2021/10/programmingeleactronicsacademy.png" alt="Programming Electronics Academy" width="200">
+  </a>
+</p>
 <p>
   <a href="https://github.com/1technophile" rel="sponsored">
     <img alt="1technophile" src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12672732?s=40&v=4">

appveyor.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: 7.4.2.{build}
+version: 7.4.1.{build}
 environment:
   matrix:
     - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022

extras/conf_test/esp8266.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static_assert(ARDUINOJSON_LITTLE_ENDIAN == 1, "ARDUINOJSON_LITTLE_ENDIAN");
 
 static_assert(ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE == 1, "ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE");
 
-static_assert(sizeof(ArduinoJson::detail::VariantData) == 8, "slot size");
+static_assert(sizeof(VariantData) == 8, "slot size");
 
 void setup() {}
 void loop() {}

extras/tests/Misc/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -29,23 +29,3 @@ set_tests_properties(Misc
 	PROPERTIES
 		LABELS "Catch"
 )
-
-add_executable(Issue2181
-	issue2181.cpp # Cannot be linked with other tests
-)
-
-set_target_properties(Issue2181 PROPERTIES UNITY_BUILD OFF)
-
-add_test(Issue2181 Issue2181)
-
-set_tests_properties(Issue2181
-	PROPERTIES
-		LABELS "Catch"
-)
-
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
-	target_compile_options(Issue2181
-		PRIVATE
-			-Wno-keyword-macro # keyword is hidden by macro definition
-	)
-endif()

extras/tests/Misc/issue2181.cpp

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// ArduinoJson - https://arduinojson.org
-// Copyright © 2014-2025, Benoit BLANCHON
-// MIT License
-
-#define true 0x1
-#define false 0x0
-
-#include <ArduinoJson.h>
-#include <catch.hpp>
-
-TEST_CASE("Issue #2181") {
-  JsonDocument doc;
-  doc["hello"] = "world";
-  REQUIRE(doc.as<std::string>() == "{\"hello\":\"world\"}");
-}

extras/tests/ResourceManager/StringBuffer.cpp

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuffer") {
     strcpy(ptr, "hi!");
     sb.save(&variant);
 
-    REQUIRE(variant.type == VariantType::TinyString);
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&variant, &resources).asString() == "hi!");
+    REQUIRE(variant.type() == VariantType::TinyString);
+    REQUIRE(variant.asString(&resources) == "hi!");
   }
 
   SECTION("Tiny string can't contain NUL") {
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuffer") {
     memcpy(ptr, "a\0b", 3);
     sb.save(&variant);
 
-    REQUIRE(variant.type == VariantType::OwnedString);
+    REQUIRE(variant.type() == VariantType::OwnedString);
 
-    auto str = VariantImpl(&variant, &resources).asString();
+    auto str = variant.asString(&resources);
     REQUIRE(str.size() == 3);
     REQUIRE(str.c_str()[0] == 'a');
     REQUIRE(str.c_str()[1] == 0);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuffer") {
     strcpy(ptr, "alfa");
     sb.save(&variant);
 
-    REQUIRE(variant.type == VariantType::OwnedString);
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&variant, &resources).asString() == "alfa");
+    REQUIRE(variant.type() == VariantType::OwnedString);
+    REQUIRE(variant.asString(&resources) == "alfa");
   }
 }

extras/tests/ResourceManager/StringBuilder.cpp

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuilder") {
     REQUIRE(spyingAllocator.log() == AllocatorLog{
                                          Allocate(sizeofStringBuffer()),
                                      });
-    REQUIRE(data.type == VariantType::TinyString);
+    REQUIRE(data.type() == VariantType::TinyString);
   }
 
   SECTION("Tiny string") {
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuilder") {
     str.save(&data);
 
     REQUIRE(resources.overflowed() == false);
-    REQUIRE(data.type == VariantType::TinyString);
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&data, &resources).asString() == "url");
+    REQUIRE(data.type() == VariantType::TinyString);
+    REQUIRE(data.asString(&resources) == "url");
   }
 
   SECTION("Short string fits in first allocation") {
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuilder::save() deduplicates strings") {
     auto s2 = saveString(builder, "world");
     auto s3 = saveString(builder, "hello");
 
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString() == "hello");
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s2, &resources).asString() == "world");
-    REQUIRE(+VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString().c_str() ==
-            +VariantImpl(&s3, &resources).asString().c_str());  // same address
+    REQUIRE(s1.asString(&resources) == "hello");
+    REQUIRE(s2.asString(&resources) == "world");
+    REQUIRE(+s1.asString(&resources).c_str() ==
+            +s3.asString(&resources).c_str());  // same address
 
     REQUIRE(spy.log() ==
             AllocatorLog{
@@ -153,11 +153,10 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuilder::save() deduplicates strings") {
     auto s1 = saveString(builder, "hello world");
     auto s2 = saveString(builder, "hello");
 
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString() == "hello world");
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s2, &resources).asString() == "hello");
-    REQUIRE(
-        +VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString().c_str() !=
-        +VariantImpl(&s2, &resources).asString().c_str());  // different address
+    REQUIRE(s1.asString(&resources) == "hello world");
+    REQUIRE(s2.asString(&resources) == "hello");
+    REQUIRE(+s2.asString(&resources).c_str() !=
+            +s1.asString(&resources).c_str());  // different address
 
     REQUIRE(spy.log() ==
             AllocatorLog{
@@ -172,11 +171,10 @@ TEST_CASE("StringBuilder::save() deduplicates strings") {
     auto s1 = saveString(builder, "hello world");
     auto s2 = saveString(builder, "worl");
 
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString() == "hello world");
-    REQUIRE(VariantImpl(&s2, &resources).asString() == "worl");
-    REQUIRE(
-        VariantImpl(&s1, &resources).asString().c_str() !=
-        VariantImpl(&s2, &resources).asString().c_str());  // different address
+    REQUIRE(s1.asString(&resources) == "hello world");
+    REQUIRE(s2.asString(&resources) == "worl");
+    REQUIRE(s2.asString(&resources).c_str() !=
+            s1.asString(&resources).c_str());  // different address
 
     REQUIRE(spy.log() ==
             AllocatorLog{

idf_component.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-version: "7.4.2"
+version: "7.4.1"
 description: >-
   A simple and efficient JSON library for embedded C++.
-  ★ 6953 stars on GitHub!
+  ★ 6898 stars on GitHub!
   Supports serialization, deserialization, MessagePack, streams, filtering, and more.
   Fully tested and documented.
 url: https://arduinojson.org/

library.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "ArduinoJson",
   "keywords": "json, rest, http, web",
-  "description": "A simple and efficient JSON library for embedded C++. ⭐ 6953 stars on GitHub! Supports serialization, deserialization, MessagePack, streams, filtering, and more. Fully tested and documented.",
+  "description": "A simple and efficient JSON library for embedded C++. ⭐ 6898 stars on GitHub! Supports serialization, deserialization, MessagePack, streams, filtering, and more. Fully tested and documented.",
   "homepage": "https://arduinojson.org/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=library.json",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson.git"
   },
-  "version": "7.4.2",
+  "version": "7.4.1",
   "authors": {
     "name": "Benoit Blanchon",
     "url": "https://blog.benoitblanchon.fr"

library.properties

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name=ArduinoJson
-version=7.4.2
+version=7.4.1
 author=Benoit Blanchon <blog.benoitblanchon.fr>
 maintainer=Benoit Blanchon <blog.benoitblanchon.fr>
 sentence=A simple and efficient JSON library for embedded C++.
-paragraph=⭐ 6953 stars on GitHub! Supports serialization, deserialization, MessagePack, streams, filtering, and more. Fully tested and documented.
+paragraph=⭐ 6898 stars on GitHub! Supports serialization, deserialization, MessagePack, streams, filtering, and more. Fully tested and documented.
 category=Data Processing
 url=https://arduinojson.org/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=library.properties
 architectures=*

src/ArduinoJson.hpp

@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-// Remove true and false macros defined by some cores, such as Arduino Due's
-// See issues #2181 and arduino/ArduinoCore-sam#50
-#ifdef true
-#  undef true
-#endif
-#ifdef false
-#  undef false
-#endif
-
 #include "ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp"
 #include "ArduinoJson/Object/JsonObject.hpp"
 #include "ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariantConst.hpp"
@@ -51,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp"
 #include "ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariantCopier.hpp"
 #include "ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantCompare.hpp"
+#include "ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp"
 #include "ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRefBaseImpl.hpp"
 
 #include "ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp"

src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayData.hpp

@@ -8,30 +8,59 @@
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-class ArrayImpl : public CollectionImpl {
+class ArrayData : public CollectionData {
  public:
-  ArrayImpl() {}
+  VariantData* addElement(ResourceManager* resources);
 
-  ArrayImpl(CollectionData* data, ResourceManager* resources)
-      : CollectionImpl(data, resources) {}
-
-  VariantData* addElement();
+  static VariantData* addElement(ArrayData* array, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!array)
+      return nullptr;
+    return array->addElement(resources);
+  }
 
   template <typename T>
-  bool addValue(const T& value);
+  bool addValue(const T& value, ResourceManager* resources);
 
-  VariantData* getOrAddElement(size_t index);
+  template <typename T>
+  static bool addValue(ArrayData* array, const T& value,
+                       ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!array)
+      return false;
+    return array->addValue(value, resources);
+  }
 
-  VariantData* getElement(size_t index) const;
+  VariantData* getOrAddElement(size_t index, ResourceManager* resources);
 
-  void removeElement(size_t index);
+  VariantData* getElement(size_t index, const ResourceManager* resources) const;
 
-  void remove(iterator it) {
-    CollectionImpl::removeOne(it);
+  static VariantData* getElement(const ArrayData* array, size_t index,
+                                 const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!array)
+      return nullptr;
+    return array->getElement(index, resources);
+  }
+
+  void removeElement(size_t index, ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  static void removeElement(ArrayData* array, size_t index,
+                            ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!array)
+      return;
+    array->removeElement(index, resources);
+  }
+
+  void remove(iterator it, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    CollectionData::removeOne(it, resources);
+  }
+
+  static void remove(ArrayData* array, iterator it,
+                     ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (array)
+      return array->remove(it, resources);
   }
 
  private:
-  iterator at(size_t index) const;
+  iterator at(size_t index, const ResourceManager* resources) const;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Array/ArrayImpl.hpp

@@ -10,37 +10,36 @@
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-inline ArrayImpl::iterator ArrayImpl::at(size_t index) const {
-  auto it = createIterator();
+inline ArrayData::iterator ArrayData::at(
+    size_t index, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  auto it = createIterator(resources);
   while (!it.done() && index) {
-    it.next(resources_);
+    it.next(resources);
     --index;
   }
   return it;
 }
 
-inline VariantData* ArrayImpl::addElement() {
-  if (!data_)
-    return nullptr;
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
-  auto slot = resources_->allocVariant();
+inline VariantData* ArrayData::addElement(ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto slot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!slot)
     return nullptr;
-  CollectionImpl::appendOne(slot);
+  CollectionData::appendOne(slot, resources);
   return slot.ptr();
 }
 
-inline VariantData* ArrayImpl::getOrAddElement(size_t index) {
-  auto it = createIterator();
+inline VariantData* ArrayData::getOrAddElement(size_t index,
+                                               ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto it = createIterator(resources);
   while (!it.done() && index > 0) {
-    it.next(resources_);
+    it.next(resources);
     index--;
   }
   if (it.done())
     index++;
   VariantData* element = it.data();
   while (index > 0) {
-    element = addElement();
+    element = addElement(resources);
     if (!element)
       return nullptr;
     index--;
@@ -48,28 +47,27 @@ inline VariantData* ArrayImpl::getOrAddElement(size_t index) {
   return element;
 }
 
-inline VariantData* ArrayImpl::getElement(size_t index) const {
-  return at(index).data();
+inline VariantData* ArrayData::getElement(
+    size_t index, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  return at(index, resources).data();
 }
 
-inline void ArrayImpl::removeElement(size_t index) {
-  remove(at(index));
+inline void ArrayData::removeElement(size_t index, ResourceManager* resources) {
+  remove(at(index, resources), resources);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-inline bool ArrayImpl::addValue(const T& value) {
-  if (!data_)
-    return false;
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
-  auto slot = resources_->allocVariant();
+inline bool ArrayData::addValue(const T& value, ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources != nullptr);
+  auto slot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!slot)
     return false;
-  JsonVariant variant(slot.ptr(), resources_);
+  JsonVariant variant(slot.ptr(), resources);
   if (!variant.set(value)) {
-    resources_->freeVariant(slot);
+    resources->freeVariant(slot);
     return false;
   }
-  CollectionImpl::appendOne(slot);
+  CollectionData::appendOne(slot, resources);
   return true;
 }
 

src/ArduinoJson/Array/ElementProxy.hpp

@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ class ElementProxy : public VariantRefBase<ElementProxy<TUpstream>>,
   }
 
   FORCE_INLINE VariantData* getData() const {
-    return VariantAttorney::getVariantImpl(upstream_).getElement(index_);
+    return VariantData::getElement(
+        VariantAttorney::getData(upstream_), index_,
+        VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(upstream_));
   }
 
   VariantData* getOrCreateData() const {
-    return VariantAttorney::getOrCreateVariantImpl(upstream_).getOrAddElement(
-        index_);
+    auto data = VariantAttorney::getOrCreateData(upstream_);
+    if (!data)
+      return nullptr;
+    return data->getOrAddElement(
+        index_, VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(upstream_));
   }
 
   TUpstream upstream_;

src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp

@@ -20,25 +20,24 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   using iterator = JsonArrayIterator;
 
   // Constructs an unbound reference.
-  JsonArray() {}
+  JsonArray() : data_(0), resources_(0) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonArray(detail::VariantData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resources)
-      : impl_(detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).asArray()) {}
-
-  // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonArray(const detail::ArrayImpl& impl) : impl_(impl) {}
+  JsonArray(detail::ArrayData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
 
   // Returns a JsonVariant pointing to the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/
   operator JsonVariant() {
-    return JsonVariant(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    void* data = data_;  // prevent warning cast-align
+    return JsonVariant(reinterpret_cast<detail::VariantData*>(data),
+                       resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns a read-only reference to the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/
   operator JsonArrayConst() const {
-    return JsonArrayConst(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    return JsonArrayConst(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Appends a new (empty) element to the array.
@@ -56,14 +55,15 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   template <typename T, detail::enable_if_t<
                             detail::is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariant add() const {
-    return JsonVariant(impl_.addElement(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariant(detail::ArrayData::addElement(data_, resources_),
+                       resources_);
   }
 
   // Appends a value to the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/add/
   template <typename T>
   bool add(const T& value) const {
-    return impl_.addValue(value);
+    return detail::ArrayData::addValue(data_, value, resources_);
   }
 
   // Appends a value to the array.
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   template <typename T,
             detail::enable_if_t<!detail::is_const<T>::value, int> = 0>
   bool add(T* value) const {
-    return impl_.addValue(value);
+    return detail::ArrayData::addValue(data_, value, resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator to the first element of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/begin/
   iterator begin() const {
-    return iterator(impl_.createIterator(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    if (!data_)
+      return iterator();
+    return iterator(data_->createIterator(resources_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator following the last element of the array.
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   // Copies an array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/set/
   bool set(JsonArrayConst src) const {
-    if (isNull())
+    if (!data_)
       return false;
 
     clear();
@@ -104,13 +106,13 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   // Removes the element at the specified iterator.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/remove/
   void remove(iterator it) const {
-    impl_.remove(it.iterator_);
+    detail::ArrayData::remove(data_, it.iterator_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Removes the element at the specified index.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/remove/
   void remove(size_t index) const {
-    impl_.removeElement(index);
+    detail::ArrayData::removeElement(data_, index, resources_);
   }
 
   // Removes the element at the specified index.
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   // Removes all the elements of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/clear/
   void clear() const {
-    impl_.clear();
+    detail::ArrayData::clear(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets or sets the element at the specified index.
@@ -148,31 +150,31 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
   }
 
   operator JsonVariantConst() const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(collectionToVariant(data_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return impl_.isNull();
+    return data_ == 0;
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is bound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/isnull/
   operator bool() const {
-    return !isNull();
+    return data_ != 0;
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return impl_.nesting();
+    return detail::VariantData::nesting(collectionToVariant(data_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the number of elements in the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarray/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return impl_.size();
+    return data_ ? data_->size(resources_) : 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use add<JsonVariant>() instead
@@ -199,18 +201,19 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
 
  private:
   detail::ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return impl_.getResourceManager();
+    return resources_;
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getOrCreateData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
-  mutable detail::ArrayImpl impl_;
+  detail::ArrayData* data_;
+  detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayConst.hpp

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ class JsonArrayConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArrayConst> {
   // Returns an iterator to the first element of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/begin/
   iterator begin() const {
-    return iterator(impl_.createIterator(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    if (!data_)
+      return iterator();
+    return iterator(data_->createIterator(resources_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator to the element following the last element of the array.
@@ -34,22 +36,21 @@ class JsonArrayConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArrayConst> {
   }
 
   // Creates an unbound reference.
-  JsonArrayConst() {}
+  JsonArrayConst() : data_(0), resources_(0) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonArrayConst(detail::VariantData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resources)
-      : impl_(detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).asArray()) {}
-
-  // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonArrayConst(const detail::ArrayImpl& impl) : impl_(impl) {}
+  JsonArrayConst(const detail::ArrayData* data,
+                 const detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
 
   // Returns the element at the specified index.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/subscript/
   template <typename T,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_integral<T>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](T index) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getElement(size_t(index)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(
+        detail::ArrayData::getElement(data_, size_t(index), resources_),
+        resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the element at the specified index.
@@ -64,31 +65,31 @@ class JsonArrayConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArrayConst> {
   }
 
   operator JsonVariantConst() const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getData(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(getData(), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return impl_.isNull();
+    return data_ == 0;
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is bound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/isnull/
   operator bool() const {
-    return !isNull();
+    return data_ != 0;
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return impl_.nesting();
+    return detail::VariantData::nesting(getData(), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the number of elements in the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonarrayconst/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return impl_.size();
+    return data_ ? data_->size(resources_) : 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: always returns zero
@@ -99,10 +100,11 @@ class JsonArrayConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArrayConst> {
 
  private:
   const detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
-  detail::ArrayImpl impl_;
+  const detail::ArrayData* data_;
+  const detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 // Compares the content of two arrays.

src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayIterator.hpp

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class JsonArrayIterator {
 
  public:
   JsonArrayIterator() {}
-  explicit JsonArrayIterator(detail::ArrayImpl::iterator iterator,
+  explicit JsonArrayIterator(detail::ArrayData::iterator iterator,
                              detail::ResourceManager* resources)
       : iterator_(iterator), resources_(resources) {}
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class JsonArrayIterator {
   }
 
  private:
-  detail::ArrayImpl::iterator iterator_;
+  detail::ArrayData::iterator iterator_;
   detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class JsonArrayConstIterator {
 
  public:
   JsonArrayConstIterator() {}
-  explicit JsonArrayConstIterator(detail::ArrayImpl::iterator iterator,
-                                  detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+  explicit JsonArrayConstIterator(detail::ArrayData::iterator iterator,
+                                  const detail::ResourceManager* resources)
       : iterator_(iterator), resources_(resources) {}
 
   JsonVariantConst operator*() const {
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class JsonArrayConstIterator {
   }
 
  private:
-  mutable detail::ArrayImpl::iterator iterator_;
-  mutable detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
+  detail::ArrayData::iterator iterator_;
+  const detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-struct VariantData;
+class VariantData;
 class ResourceManager;
 
 class CollectionIterator {
-  friend class CollectionImpl;
+  friend class CollectionData;
 
  public:
   CollectionIterator() : slot_(nullptr), currentId_(NULL_SLOT) {}
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class CollectionIterator {
   }
 
   VariantData* data() {
-    return slot_;
+    return reinterpret_cast<VariantData*>(slot_);
   }
 
   const VariantData* data() const {
-    return slot_;
+    return reinterpret_cast<const VariantData*>(slot_);
   }
 
  private:
@@ -65,68 +65,58 @@ class CollectionIterator {
   SlotId currentId_, nextId_;
 };
 
-struct CollectionData {
-  SlotId head = NULL_SLOT;
-  SlotId tail = NULL_SLOT;
+class CollectionData {
+  SlotId head_ = NULL_SLOT;
+  SlotId tail_ = NULL_SLOT;
 
+ public:
   // Placement new
   static void* operator new(size_t, void* p) noexcept {
     return p;
   }
 
   static void operator delete(void*, void*) noexcept {}
-};
 
-class CollectionImpl {
- protected:
-  CollectionData* data_;
-  ResourceManager* resources_;
-
- public:
   using iterator = CollectionIterator;
 
-  CollectionImpl() : data_(nullptr), resources_(nullptr) {}
+  iterator createIterator(const ResourceManager* resources) const;
 
-  CollectionImpl(CollectionData* data, ResourceManager* resources)
-      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
+  size_t size(const ResourceManager*) const;
+  size_t nesting(const ResourceManager*) const;
 
-  explicit operator bool() const {
-    return data_ != nullptr;
+  void clear(ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  static void clear(CollectionData* collection, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!collection)
+      return;
+    collection->clear(resources);
   }
 
-  bool isNull() const {
-    return data_ == nullptr;
-  }
-
-  VariantData* getData() const {
-    void* data = data_;  // prevent warning cast-align
-    return reinterpret_cast<VariantData*>(data);
-  }
-
-  ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return resources_;
-  }
-
-  iterator createIterator() const;
-
-  size_t size() const;
-  size_t nesting() const;
-
-  void clear();
-
   SlotId head() const {
-    return data_->head;
+    return head_;
   }
 
  protected:
-  void appendOne(Slot<VariantData> slot);
-  void appendPair(Slot<VariantData> key, Slot<VariantData> value);
+  void appendOne(Slot<VariantData> slot, const ResourceManager* resources);
+  void appendPair(Slot<VariantData> key, Slot<VariantData> value,
+                  const ResourceManager* resources);
 
-  void removeOne(iterator it);
-  void removePair(iterator it);
+  void removeOne(iterator it, ResourceManager* resources);
+  void removePair(iterator it, ResourceManager* resources);
 
  private:
-  Slot<VariantData> getPreviousSlot(VariantData*) const;
+  Slot<VariantData> getPreviousSlot(VariantData*, const ResourceManager*) const;
 };
 
+inline const VariantData* collectionToVariant(
+    const CollectionData* collection) {
+  const void* data = collection;  // prevent warning cast-align
+  return reinterpret_cast<const VariantData*>(data);
+}
+
+inline VariantData* collectionToVariant(CollectionData* collection) {
+  void* data = collection;  // prevent warning cast-align
+  return reinterpret_cast<VariantData*>(data);
+}
+
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionImpl.hpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
 inline CollectionIterator::CollectionIterator(VariantData* slot, SlotId slotId)
     : slot_(slot), currentId_(slotId) {
-  nextId_ = slot_ ? slot_->next : NULL_SLOT;
+  nextId_ = slot_ ? slot_->next() : NULL_SLOT;
 }
 
 inline void CollectionIterator::next(const ResourceManager* resources) {
@@ -22,123 +22,114 @@ inline void CollectionIterator::next(const ResourceManager* resources) {
   slot_ = resources->getVariant(nextId_);
   currentId_ = nextId_;
   if (slot_)
-    nextId_ = slot_->next;
+    nextId_ = slot_->next();
 }
 
-inline CollectionImpl::iterator CollectionImpl::createIterator() const {
-  if (!data_)
-    return iterator();
-  return iterator(resources_->getVariant(data_->head), data_->head);
+inline CollectionData::iterator CollectionData::createIterator(
+    const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  return iterator(resources->getVariant(head_), head_);
 }
 
-inline void CollectionImpl::appendOne(Slot<VariantData> slot) {
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(data_ != nullptr);
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
-
-  if (data_->tail != NULL_SLOT) {
-    auto tail = resources_->getVariant(data_->tail);
-    tail->next = slot.id();
-    data_->tail = slot.id();
+inline void CollectionData::appendOne(Slot<VariantData> slot,
+                                      const ResourceManager* resources) {
+  if (tail_ != NULL_SLOT) {
+    auto tail = resources->getVariant(tail_);
+    tail->setNext(slot.id());
+    tail_ = slot.id();
   } else {
-    data_->head = slot.id();
-    data_->tail = slot.id();
+    head_ = slot.id();
+    tail_ = slot.id();
   }
 }
 
-inline void CollectionImpl::appendPair(Slot<VariantData> key,
-                                       Slot<VariantData> value) {
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(data_ != nullptr);
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
+inline void CollectionData::appendPair(Slot<VariantData> key,
+                                       Slot<VariantData> value,
+                                       const ResourceManager* resources) {
+  key->setNext(value.id());
 
-  key->next = value.id();
-
-  if (data_->tail != NULL_SLOT) {
-    auto tail = resources_->getVariant(data_->tail);
-    tail->next = key.id();
-    data_->tail = value.id();
+  if (tail_ != NULL_SLOT) {
+    auto tail = resources->getVariant(tail_);
+    tail->setNext(key.id());
+    tail_ = value.id();
   } else {
-    data_->head = key.id();
-    data_->tail = value.id();
+    head_ = key.id();
+    tail_ = value.id();
   }
 }
 
-inline void CollectionImpl::clear() {
-  if (!data_)
-    return;
-  auto next = data_->head;
+inline void CollectionData::clear(ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto next = head_;
   while (next != NULL_SLOT) {
     auto currId = next;
-    auto slot = resources_->getVariant(next);
-    next = slot->next;
-    resources_->freeVariant({slot, currId});
+    auto slot = resources->getVariant(next);
+    next = slot->next();
+    resources->freeVariant({slot, currId});
   }
 
-  data_->head = NULL_SLOT;
-  data_->tail = NULL_SLOT;
+  head_ = NULL_SLOT;
+  tail_ = NULL_SLOT;
 }
 
-inline Slot<VariantData> CollectionImpl::getPreviousSlot(
-    VariantData* target) const {
+inline Slot<VariantData> CollectionData::getPreviousSlot(
+    VariantData* target, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
   auto prev = Slot<VariantData>();
-  auto currentId = data_->head;
+  auto currentId = head_;
   while (currentId != NULL_SLOT) {
-    auto currentSlot = resources_->getVariant(currentId);
+    auto currentSlot = resources->getVariant(currentId);
     if (currentSlot == target)
       break;
     prev = Slot<VariantData>(currentSlot, currentId);
-    currentId = currentSlot->next;
+    currentId = currentSlot->next();
   }
   return prev;
 }
 
-inline void CollectionImpl::removeOne(iterator it) {
+inline void CollectionData::removeOne(iterator it, ResourceManager* resources) {
   if (it.done())
     return;
   auto curr = it.slot_;
-  auto prev = getPreviousSlot(curr);
-  auto next = curr->next;
+  auto prev = getPreviousSlot(curr, resources);
+  auto next = curr->next();
   if (prev)
-    prev->next = next;
+    prev->setNext(next);
   else
-    data_->head = next;
+    head_ = next;
   if (next == NULL_SLOT)
-    data_->tail = prev.id();
-  resources_->freeVariant({it.slot_, it.currentId_});
+    tail_ = prev.id();
+  resources->freeVariant({it.slot_, it.currentId_});
 }
 
-inline void CollectionImpl::removePair(ObjectImpl::iterator it) {
+inline void CollectionData::removePair(ObjectData::iterator it,
+                                       ResourceManager* resources) {
   if (it.done())
     return;
 
   auto keySlot = it.slot_;
 
   auto valueId = it.nextId_;
-  auto valueSlot = resources_->getVariant(valueId);
+  auto valueSlot = resources->getVariant(valueId);
 
   // remove value slot
-  keySlot->next = valueSlot->next;
-  resources_->freeVariant({valueSlot, valueId});
+  keySlot->setNext(valueSlot->next());
+  resources->freeVariant({valueSlot, valueId});
 
   // remove key slot
-  removeOne(it);
+  removeOne(it, resources);
 }
 
-inline size_t CollectionImpl::nesting() const {
-  if (!data_)
-    return 0;
+inline size_t CollectionData::nesting(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
   size_t maxChildNesting = 0;
-  for (auto it = createIterator(); !it.done(); it.next(resources_)) {
-    VariantImpl variant(it.data(), resources_);
-    size_t childNesting = variant.nesting();
+  for (auto it = createIterator(resources); !it.done(); it.next(resources)) {
+    size_t childNesting = it->nesting(resources);
     if (childNesting > maxChildNesting)
       maxChildNesting = childNesting;
   }
   return maxChildNesting + 1;
 }
 
-inline size_t CollectionImpl::size() const {
+inline size_t CollectionData::size(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
   size_t count = 0;
-  for (auto it = createIterator(); !it.done(); it.next(resources_))
+  for (auto it = createIterator(resources); !it.done(); it.next(resources))
     count++;
   return count;
 }

src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/deserialize.hpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ DeserializationError doDeserialize(TDestination&& dst, TReader reader,
   auto resources = VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(dst);
   dst.clear();
   auto err = TDeserializer<TReader>(resources, reader)
-                 .parse(data, options.filter, options.nestingLimit);
+                 .parse(*data, options.filter, options.nestingLimit);
   shrinkJsonDocument(dst);
   return err;
 }

src/ArduinoJson/Document/JsonDocument.hpp

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsondocument/clear/
   void clear() {
     resources_.clear();
-    data_.type = detail::VariantType::Null;
+    data_.reset();
   }
 
   // Returns true if the root is of the specified type.
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsondocument/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return getVariantImpl().nesting();
+    return data_.nesting(&resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the number of elements in the root array or object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsondocument/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return getVariantImpl().size();
+    return data_.size(&resources_);
   }
 
   // Copies the specified document.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   template <typename TChar>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use doc[\"key\"].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(TChar* key) const {
-    return getVariantImpl().getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return data_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key), &resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use doc[key].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(const TString& key) const {
-    return getVariantImpl().getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return data_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key), &resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](const TString& key) const {
     return JsonVariantConst(
-        getVariantImpl().getMember(detail::adaptString(key)), &resources_);
+        data_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key), &resources_), &resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets a root object's member.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
                                 int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](TChar* key) const {
     return JsonVariantConst(
-        getVariantImpl().getMember(detail::adaptString(key)), &resources_);
+        data_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key), &resources_), &resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets or sets a root array's element.
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   // Gets a root array's member.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsondocument/subscript/
   JsonVariantConst operator[](size_t index) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(getVariantImpl().getElement(index), &resources_);
+    return JsonVariantConst(data_.getElement(index, &resources_), &resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets or sets a root object's member.
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   template <typename T, detail::enable_if_t<
                             detail::is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariant add() {
-    return JsonVariant(getVariantImpl().addElement(), &resources_);
+    return JsonVariant(data_.addElement(&resources_), &resources_);
   }
 
   // Appends a value to the root array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsondocument/add/
   template <typename TValue>
   bool add(const TValue& value) {
-    return getVariantImpl().addValue(value);
+    return data_.addValue(value, &resources_);
   }
 
   // Appends a value to the root array.
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   template <typename TChar,
             detail::enable_if_t<!detail::is_const<TChar>::value, int> = 0>
   bool add(TChar* value) {
-    return getVariantImpl().addValue(value);
+    return data_.addValue(value, &resources_);
   }
 
   // Removes an element of the root array.
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   template <typename T,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_integral<T>::value, int> = 0>
   void remove(T index) {
-    getVariantImpl().removeElement(size_t(index));
+    detail::VariantData::removeElement(getData(), size_t(index),
+                                       getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the root object.
@@ -300,7 +301,8 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
                                     !detail::is_const<TChar>::value,
                                 int> = 0>
   void remove(TChar* key) {
-    getVariantImpl().removeMember(detail::adaptString(key));
+    detail::VariantData::removeMember(getData(), detail::adaptString(key),
+                                      getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the root object.
@@ -308,7 +310,8 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   template <typename TString,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   void remove(const TString& key) {
-    getVariantImpl().removeMember(detail::adaptString(key));
+    detail::VariantData::removeMember(getData(), detail::adaptString(key),
+                                      getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the root object or an element of the root array.
@@ -388,10 +391,6 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
   }
 
  private:
-  detail::VariantImpl getVariantImpl() const {
-    return detail::VariantImpl(&data_, &resources_);
-  }
-
   JsonVariant getVariant() {
     return JsonVariant(&data_, &resources_);
   }
@@ -416,8 +415,8 @@ class JsonDocument : public detail::VariantOperators<const JsonDocument&> {
     return &data_;
   }
 
-  mutable detail::ResourceManager resources_;
-  mutable detail::VariantData data_;
+  detail::ResourceManager resources_;
+  detail::VariantData data_;
 };
 
 inline void convertToJson(const JsonDocument& src, JsonVariant dst) {

src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp

@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
         resources_(resources) {}
 
   template <typename TFilter>
-  DeserializationError parse(VariantData* variant, TFilter filter,
+  DeserializationError parse(VariantData& variant, TFilter filter,
                              DeserializationOption::NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
 
     err = parseVariant(variant, filter, nestingLimit);
 
-    if (!err && latch_.last() != 0 && variant->isFloat()) {
+    if (!err && latch_.last() != 0 && variant.isFloat()) {
       // We don't detect trailing characters earlier, so we need to check now
       return DeserializationError::InvalidInput;
     }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
 
   template <typename TFilter>
   DeserializationError::Code parseVariant(
-      VariantData* variant, TFilter filter,
+      VariantData& variant, TFilter filter,
       DeserializationOption::NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
 
@@ -71,15 +71,13 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     switch (current()) {
       case '[':
         if (filter.allowArray())
-          return parseArray(VariantImpl(variant, resources_).toArray(), filter,
-                            nestingLimit);
+          return parseArray(variant.toArray(), filter, nestingLimit);
         else
           return skipArray(nestingLimit);
 
       case '{':
         if (filter.allowObject())
-          return parseObject(VariantImpl(variant, resources_).toObject(),
-                             filter, nestingLimit);
+          return parseObject(variant.toObject(), filter, nestingLimit);
         else
           return skipObject(nestingLimit);
 
@@ -92,12 +90,12 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
 
       case 't':
         if (filter.allowValue())
-          variant->setBoolean(true);
+          variant.setBoolean(true);
         return skipKeyword("true");
 
       case 'f':
         if (filter.allowValue())
-          variant->setBoolean(false);
+          variant.setBoolean(false);
         return skipKeyword("false");
 
       case 'n':
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
 
   template <typename TFilter>
   DeserializationError::Code parseArray(
-      ArrayImpl array, TFilter filter,
+      ArrayData& array, TFilter filter,
       DeserializationOption::NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
 
@@ -174,12 +172,12 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     for (;;) {
       if (elementFilter.allow()) {
         // Allocate slot in array
-        VariantData* value = array.addElement();
+        VariantData* value = array.addElement(resources_);
         if (!value)
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 
         // 1 - Parse value
-        err = parseVariant(value, elementFilter, nestingLimit.decrement());
+        err = parseVariant(*value, elementFilter, nestingLimit.decrement());
         if (err)
           return err;
       } else {
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
 
   template <typename TFilter>
   DeserializationError::Code parseObject(
-      ObjectImpl object, TFilter filter,
+      ObjectData& object, TFilter filter,
       DeserializationOption::NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
 
@@ -275,19 +273,19 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
       TFilter memberFilter = filter[key];
 
       if (memberFilter.allow()) {
-        auto member = object.getMember(adaptString(key));
+        auto member = object.getMember(adaptString(key), resources_);
         if (!member) {
-          auto keyVariant = object.addPair(&member);
+          auto keyVariant = object.addPair(&member, resources_);
           if (!keyVariant)
             return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 
           stringBuilder_.save(keyVariant);
         } else {
-          VariantImpl(member, resources_).clear();
+          member->clear(resources_);
         }
 
         // Parse value
-        err = parseVariant(member, memberFilter, nestingLimit.decrement());
+        err = parseVariant(*member, memberFilter, nestingLimit.decrement());
         if (err)
           return err;
       } else {
@@ -381,7 +379,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     }
   }
 
-  DeserializationError::Code parseStringValue(VariantData* variant) {
+  DeserializationError::Code parseStringValue(VariantData& variant) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
 
     stringBuilder_.startString();
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     if (err)
       return err;
 
-    stringBuilder_.save(variant);
+    stringBuilder_.save(&variant);
 
     return DeserializationError::Ok;
   }
@@ -506,7 +504,7 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     return DeserializationError::Ok;
   }
 
-  DeserializationError::Code parseNumericValue(VariantData* result) {
+  DeserializationError::Code parseNumericValue(VariantData& result) {
     uint8_t n = 0;
 
     char c = current();
@@ -520,28 +518,26 @@ class JsonDeserializer {
     auto number = parseNumber(buffer_);
     switch (number.type()) {
       case NumberType::UnsignedInteger:
-        if (VariantImpl(result, resources_)
-                .setInteger(number.asUnsignedInteger()))
+        if (result.setInteger(number.asUnsignedInteger(), resources_))
           return DeserializationError::Ok;
         else
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 
       case NumberType::SignedInteger:
-        if (VariantImpl(result, resources_)
-                .setInteger(number.asSignedInteger()))
+        if (result.setInteger(number.asSignedInteger(), resources_))
           return DeserializationError::Ok;
         else
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 
       case NumberType::Float:
-        if (VariantImpl(result, resources_).setFloat(number.asFloat()))
+        if (result.setFloat(number.asFloat(), resources_))
           return DeserializationError::Ok;
         else
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 
 #if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
       case NumberType::Double:
-        if (VariantImpl(result, resources_).setFloat(number.asDouble()))
+        if (result.setFloat(number.asDouble(), resources_))
           return DeserializationError::Ok;
         else
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;

src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonSerializer.hpp

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ class JsonSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
  public:
   static const bool producesText = true;
 
-  JsonSerializer(TWriter writer, ResourceManager* resources)
+  JsonSerializer(TWriter writer, const ResourceManager* resources)
       : formatter_(writer), resources_(resources) {}
 
-  size_t visit(const ArrayImpl& array) {
+  size_t visit(const ArrayData& array) {
     write('[');
 
     auto slotId = array.head();
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class JsonSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
     while (slotId != NULL_SLOT) {
       auto slot = resources_->getVariant(slotId);
 
-      VariantImpl(slot, resources_).accept(*this);
+      slot->accept(*this, resources_);
 
-      slotId = slot->next;
+      slotId = slot->next();
 
       if (slotId != NULL_SLOT)
         write(',');
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class JsonSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
     return bytesWritten();
   }
 
-  size_t visit(const ObjectImpl& object) {
+  size_t visit(const ObjectData& object) {
     write('{');
 
     auto slotId = object.head();
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class JsonSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
 
     while (slotId != NULL_SLOT) {
       auto slot = resources_->getVariant(slotId);
-      VariantImpl(slot, resources_).accept(*this);
+      slot->accept(*this, resources_);
 
-      slotId = slot->next;
+      slotId = slot->next();
 
       if (slotId != NULL_SLOT)
         write(isKey ? ':' : ',');
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class JsonSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
   TextFormatter<TWriter> formatter_;
 
  protected:
-  ResourceManager* resources_;
+  const ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Json/PrettyJsonSerializer.hpp

@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ class PrettyJsonSerializer : public JsonSerializer<TWriter> {
   using base = JsonSerializer<TWriter>;
 
  public:
-  PrettyJsonSerializer(TWriter writer, ResourceManager* resources)
+  PrettyJsonSerializer(TWriter writer, const ResourceManager* resources)
       : base(writer, resources), nesting_(0) {}
 
-  size_t visit(const ArrayImpl& array) {
-    auto it = array.createIterator();
+  size_t visit(const ArrayData& array) {
+    auto it = array.createIterator(base::resources_);
     if (!it.done()) {
       base::write("[\r\n");
       nesting_++;
       while (!it.done()) {
         indent();
-        VariantImpl(it.data(), base::resources_).accept(*this);
+        it->accept(*this, base::resources_);
 
         it.next(base::resources_);
         base::write(it.done() ? "\r\n" : ",\r\n");
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class PrettyJsonSerializer : public JsonSerializer<TWriter> {
     return this->bytesWritten();
   }
 
-  size_t visit(const ObjectImpl& object) {
-    auto it = object.createIterator();
+  size_t visit(const ObjectData& object) {
+    auto it = object.createIterator(base::resources_);
     if (!it.done()) {
       base::write("{\r\n");
       nesting_++;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class PrettyJsonSerializer : public JsonSerializer<TWriter> {
       while (!it.done()) {
         if (isKey)
           indent();
-        VariantImpl(it.data(), base::resources_).accept(*this);
+        it->accept(*this, base::resources_);
         it.next(base::resources_);
         if (isKey)
           base::write(": ");

src/ArduinoJson/Memory/ResourceManager.hpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-struct VariantData;
+class VariantData;
 class VariantWithId;
 
 class ResourceManager {

src/ArduinoJson/Memory/ResourceManagerImpl.hpp

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Memory/ResourceManager.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/alias_cast.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp>
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ inline Slot<VariantData> ResourceManager::allocVariant() {
 }
 
 inline void ResourceManager::freeVariant(Slot<VariantData> slot) {
-  VariantImpl(slot.ptr(), this).clear();
+  slot->clear(this);
   variantPools_.freeSlot(slot);
 }
 

src/ArduinoJson/Memory/StringBuilder.hpp

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <ArduinoJson/Memory/ResourceManager.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp>
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 

src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackBinary.hpp

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct Converter<MsgPackBinary> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
     if (!data)
       return;
     auto resources = getResourceManager(dst);
-    detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).clear();
+    data->clear(resources);
     if (src.data()) {
       size_t headerSize = src.size() >= 0x10000 ? 5
                           : src.size() >= 0x100 ? 3
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ struct Converter<MsgPackBinary> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static MsgPackBinary fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    auto variant = VariantAttorney::getVariantImpl(src);
-    auto rawstr = variant.asRawString();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    if (!data)
+      return {};
+    auto rawstr = data->asRawString();
     auto p = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(rawstr.c_str());
     auto n = rawstr.size();
     if (n >= 2 && p[0] == 0xc4) {  // bin 8

src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
         foundSomething_(false) {}
 
   template <typename TFilter>
-  DeserializationError parse(VariantData* variant, TFilter filter,
+  DeserializationError parse(VariantData& variant, TFilter filter,
                              DeserializationOption::NestingLimit nestingLimit) {
     DeserializationError::Code err;
-    err = parseVariant(variant, filter, nestingLimit);
+    err = parseVariant(&variant, filter, nestingLimit);
     return foundSomething_ ? err : DeserializationError::EmptyInput;
   }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
 
     if (code <= 0x7f || code >= 0xe0) {  // fixint
       if (allowValue)
-        VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setInteger(static_cast<int8_t>(code));
+        variant->setInteger(static_cast<int8_t>(code), resources_);
       return DeserializationError::Ok;
     }
 
@@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
     if (isSigned) {
       auto truncatedValue = static_cast<JsonInteger>(signedValue);
       if (truncatedValue == signedValue) {
-        if (!VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setInteger(truncatedValue))
+        if (!variant->setInteger(truncatedValue, resources_))
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
       }
       // else set null on overflow
     } else {
       auto truncatedValue = static_cast<JsonUInt>(unsignedValue);
       if (truncatedValue == unsignedValue)
-        if (!VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setInteger(truncatedValue))
+        if (!variant->setInteger(truncatedValue, resources_))
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
       // else set null on overflow
     }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
       return err;
 
     fixEndianness(value);
-    VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setFloat(value);
+    variant->setFloat(value, resources_);
 
     return DeserializationError::Ok;
   }
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
       return err;
 
     fixEndianness(value);
-    if (VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setFloat(value))
+    if (variant->setFloat(value, resources_))
       return DeserializationError::Ok;
     else
       return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
 
     doubleToFloat(i, o);
     fixEndianness(value);
-    VariantImpl(variant, resources_).setFloat(value);
+    variant->setFloat(value, resources_);
 
     return DeserializationError::Ok;
   }
@@ -349,10 +349,12 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
 
     bool allowArray = filter.allowArray();
 
-    ArrayImpl array;
+    ArrayData* array;
     if (allowArray) {
       ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(variant != 0);
-      array = VariantImpl(variant, resources_).toArray();
+      array = &variant->toArray();
+    } else {
+      array = 0;
     }
 
     TFilter elementFilter = filter[0U];
@@ -361,7 +363,8 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
       VariantData* value;
 
       if (elementFilter.allow()) {
-        value = array.addElement();
+        ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(array != 0);
+        value = array->addElement(resources_);
         if (!value)
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
       } else {
@@ -385,10 +388,12 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
     if (nestingLimit.reached())
       return DeserializationError::TooDeep;
 
-    ObjectImpl object;
+    ObjectData* object;
     if (filter.allowObject()) {
       ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(variant != 0);
-      object = VariantImpl(variant, resources_).toObject();
+      object = &variant->toObject();
+    } else {
+      object = 0;
     }
 
     for (; n; --n) {
@@ -401,7 +406,9 @@ class MsgPackDeserializer {
       VariantData* member = 0;
 
       if (memberFilter.allow()) {
-        auto keyVariant = object.addPair(&member);
+        ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(object != 0);
+
+        auto keyVariant = object->addPair(&member, resources_);
         if (!keyVariant)
           return DeserializationError::NoMemory;
 

src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackExtension.hpp

@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ class MsgPackExtension {
 template <>
 struct Converter<MsgPackExtension> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static void toJson(MsgPackExtension src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto data = getData(dst);
+    auto data = VariantAttorney::getData(dst);
     if (!data)
       return;
     auto resources = getResourceManager(dst);
-    detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).clear();
+    data->clear(resources);
     if (src.data()) {
       uint8_t format, sizeBytes;
       if (src.size() >= 0x10000) {
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ struct Converter<MsgPackExtension> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static MsgPackExtension fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    auto variant = VariantAttorney::getVariantImpl(src);
-    auto rawstr = variant.asRawString();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    if (!data)
+      return {};
+    auto rawstr = data->asRawString();
     if (rawstr.size() == 0)
       return {};
     auto p = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(rawstr.c_str());

src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackSerializer.hpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class MsgPackSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
  public:
   static const bool producesText = false;
 
-  MsgPackSerializer(TWriter writer, ResourceManager* resources)
+  MsgPackSerializer(TWriter writer, const ResourceManager* resources)
       : writer_(writer), resources_(resources) {}
 
   template <typename T>
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class MsgPackSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
     return bytesWritten();
   }
 
-  size_t visit(const ArrayImpl& array) {
-    size_t n = array.size();
+  size_t visit(const ArrayData& array) {
+    size_t n = array.size(resources_);
     if (n < 0x10) {
       writeByte(uint8_t(0x90 + n));
     } else if (n < 0x10000) {
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ class MsgPackSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
     auto slotId = array.head();
     while (slotId != NULL_SLOT) {
       auto slot = resources_->getVariant(slotId);
-      VariantImpl(slot, resources_).accept(*this);
-      slotId = slot->next;
+      slot->accept(*this, resources_);
+      slotId = slot->next();
     }
 
     return bytesWritten();
   }
 
-  size_t visit(const ObjectImpl& object) {
-    size_t n = object.size();
+  size_t visit(const ObjectData& object) {
+    size_t n = object.size(resources_);
     if (n < 0x10) {
       writeByte(uint8_t(0x80 + n));
     } else if (n < 0x10000) {
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ class MsgPackSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
     auto slotId = object.head();
     while (slotId != NULL_SLOT) {
       auto slot = resources_->getVariant(slotId);
-      VariantImpl(slot, resources_).accept(*this);
-      slotId = slot->next;
+      slot->accept(*this, resources_);
+      slotId = slot->next();
     }
 
     return bytesWritten();
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class MsgPackSerializer : public VariantDataVisitor<size_t> {
   }
 
   CountingDecorator<TWriter> writer_;
-  ResourceManager* resources_;
+  const ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Object/JsonObject.hpp

@@ -20,55 +20,56 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
   using iterator = JsonObjectIterator;
 
   // Creates an unbound reference.
-  JsonObject() {}
+  JsonObject() : data_(0), resources_(0) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonObject(const detail::ObjectImpl& impl) : impl_(impl) {}
-
-  // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonObject(detail::VariantData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resource)
-      : impl_(detail::VariantImpl(data, resource).asObject()) {}
+  JsonObject(detail::ObjectData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resource)
+      : data_(data), resources_(resource) {}
 
   operator JsonVariant() const {
-    return JsonVariant(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    void* data = data_;  // prevent warning cast-align
+    return JsonVariant(reinterpret_cast<detail::VariantData*>(data),
+                       resources_);
   }
 
   operator JsonObjectConst() const {
-    return JsonObjectConst(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    return JsonObjectConst(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   operator JsonVariantConst() const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(getData(), getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(collectionToVariant(data_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return impl_.isNull();
+    return data_ == 0;
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is bound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/isnull/
   operator bool() const {
-    return !isNull();
+    return data_ != 0;
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return impl_.nesting();
+    return detail::VariantData::nesting(collectionToVariant(data_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the number of members in the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return impl_.size();
+    return data_ ? data_->size(resources_) : 0;
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/begin/
   iterator begin() const {
-    return iterator(impl_.createIterator(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    if (!data_)
+      return iterator();
+    return iterator(data_->createIterator(resources_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator following the last key-value pair of the object.
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
   // Removes all the members of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/clear/
   void clear() const {
-    impl_.clear();
+    detail::ObjectData::clear(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Copies an object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/set/
   bool set(JsonObjectConst src) {
-    if (isNull() || src.isNull())
+    if (!data_ || !src.data_)
       return false;
 
     clear();
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
   // Removes the member at the specified iterator.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/remove/
   FORCE_INLINE void remove(iterator it) const {
-    impl_.remove(it.iterator_);
+    detail::ObjectData::remove(data_, it.iterator_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Removes the member with the specified key.
@@ -138,7 +139,8 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
   template <typename TString,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   void remove(const TString& key) const {
-    impl_.removeMember(detail::adaptString(key));
+    detail::ObjectData::removeMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                     resources_);
   }
 
   // Removes the member with the specified key.
@@ -154,7 +156,8 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobject/remove/
   template <typename TChar>
   FORCE_INLINE void remove(TChar* key) const {
-    impl_.removeMember(detail::adaptString(key));
+    detail::ObjectData::removeMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                     resources_);
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -163,7 +166,8 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use obj[key].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(const TString& key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::ObjectData::getMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                         resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj["key"].is<T>() instead
@@ -174,7 +178,8 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
                                 int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use obj[\"key\"].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(TChar* key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::ObjectData::getMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                         resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -222,18 +227,19 @@ class JsonObject : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObject> {
 
  private:
   detail::ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return impl_.getResourceManager();
+    return resources_;
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return detail::collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getOrCreateData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return detail::collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
-  mutable detail::ObjectImpl impl_;
+  detail::ObjectData* data_;
+  detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Object/JsonObjectConst.hpp

@@ -19,47 +19,47 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
   using iterator = JsonObjectConstIterator;
 
   // Creates an unbound reference.
-  JsonObjectConst() {}
+  JsonObjectConst() : data_(0), resources_(0) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonObjectConst(detail::VariantData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resources)
-      : impl_(detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).asObject()) {}
-
-  // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonObjectConst(const detail::ObjectImpl& impl) : impl_(impl) {}
+  JsonObjectConst(const detail::ObjectData* data,
+                  const detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
 
   operator JsonVariantConst() const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getData(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(getData(), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return impl_.isNull();
+    return data_ == 0;
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is bound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/isnull/
   operator bool() const {
-    return !isNull();
+    return data_ != 0;
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return impl_.nesting();
+    return detail::VariantData::nesting(getData(), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the number of members in the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return impl_.size();
+    return data_ ? data_->size(resources_) : 0;
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator to the first key-value pair of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/begin/
   iterator begin() const {
-    return iterator(impl_.createIterator(), impl_.getResourceManager());
+    if (!data_)
+      return iterator();
+    return iterator(data_->createIterator(resources_), resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns an iterator following the last key-value pair of the object.
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use obj[key].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(const TString& key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::ObjectData::getMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                         resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj["key"].is<T>() instead
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
   template <typename TChar>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use obj[\"key\"].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(TChar* key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::ObjectData::getMember(data_, detail::adaptString(key),
+                                         resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -99,8 +101,9 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
   template <typename TString,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](const TString& key) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(detail::ObjectData::getMember(
+                                data_, detail::adaptString(key), resources_),
+                            resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets the member with specified key.
@@ -110,8 +113,9 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
                                     !detail::is_const<TChar>::value,
                                 int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](TChar* key) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(detail::ObjectData::getMember(
+                                data_, detail::adaptString(key), resources_),
+                            resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets the member with specified key.
@@ -133,10 +137,11 @@ class JsonObjectConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonObjectConst> {
 
  private:
   const detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return collectionToVariant(data_);
   }
 
-  detail::ObjectImpl impl_;
+  const detail::ObjectData* data_;
+  const detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 inline bool operator==(JsonObjectConst lhs, JsonObjectConst rhs) {

src/ArduinoJson/Object/JsonObjectIterator.hpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class JsonObjectIterator {
  public:
   JsonObjectIterator() {}
 
-  explicit JsonObjectIterator(detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator,
+  explicit JsonObjectIterator(detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator,
                               detail::ResourceManager* resources)
       : iterator_(iterator), resources_(resources) {}
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class JsonObjectIterator {
   }
 
  private:
-  detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator_;
+  detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator_;
   detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class JsonObjectConstIterator {
  public:
   JsonObjectConstIterator() {}
 
-  explicit JsonObjectConstIterator(detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator,
-                                   detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+  explicit JsonObjectConstIterator(detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator,
+                                   const detail::ResourceManager* resources)
       : iterator_(iterator), resources_(resources) {}
 
   JsonPairConst operator*() const {
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class JsonObjectConstIterator {
   }
 
  private:
-  detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator_;
-  detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
+  detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator_;
+  const detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Object/JsonPair.hpp

@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE
 class JsonPair {
  public:
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonPair(detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator,
+  JsonPair(detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator,
            detail::ResourceManager* resources) {
     if (!iterator.done()) {
-      detail::VariantImpl variant(iterator.data(), resources);
-      key_ = variant.asString();
+      key_ = iterator->asString(resources);
       iterator.next(resources);
       value_ = JsonVariant(iterator.data(), resources);
     }
@@ -44,11 +43,10 @@ class JsonPair {
 // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonobjectconst/begin_end/
 class JsonPairConst {
  public:
-  JsonPairConst(detail::ObjectImpl::iterator iterator,
-                detail::ResourceManager* resources) {
+  JsonPairConst(detail::ObjectData::iterator iterator,
+                const detail::ResourceManager* resources) {
     if (!iterator.done()) {
-      detail::VariantImpl variant(iterator.data(), resources);
-      key_ = variant.asString();
+      key_ = iterator->asString(resources);
       iterator.next(resources);
       value_ = JsonVariantConst(iterator.data(), resources);
     }

src/ArduinoJson/Object/MemberProxy.hpp

@@ -56,12 +56,17 @@ class MemberProxy
   }
 
   VariantData* getData() const {
-    return VariantAttorney::getVariantImpl(upstream_).getMember(key_);
+    return VariantData::getMember(
+        VariantAttorney::getData(upstream_), key_,
+        VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(upstream_));
   }
 
   VariantData* getOrCreateData() const {
-    return VariantAttorney::getOrCreateVariantImpl(upstream_).getOrAddMember(
-        key_);
+    auto data = VariantAttorney::getOrCreateData(upstream_);
+    if (!data)
+      return nullptr;
+    return data->getOrAddMember(key_,
+                                VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(upstream_));
   }
 
  private:

src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectData.hpp

@@ -8,40 +8,63 @@
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-class VariantImpl;
-
-class ObjectImpl : public CollectionImpl {
+class ObjectData : public CollectionData {
  public:
-  ObjectImpl() {}
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  VariantData* addMember(TAdaptedString key, ResourceManager* resources);
 
-  ObjectImpl(CollectionData* data, ResourceManager* resources)
-      : CollectionImpl(data, resources) {}
+  VariantData* addPair(VariantData** value, ResourceManager* resources);
 
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  VariantData* addMember(TAdaptedString key);
-
-  VariantData* addPair(VariantData** value);
+  VariantData* getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key, ResourceManager* resources);
 
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  VariantData* getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key);
+  VariantData* getMember(TAdaptedString key,
+                         const ResourceManager* resources) const;
 
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  VariantData* getMember(TAdaptedString key) const;
-
-  template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  void removeMember(TAdaptedString key);
-
-  void remove(iterator it) {
-    CollectionImpl::removePair(it);
+  static VariantData* getMember(const ObjectData* object, TAdaptedString key,
+                                const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!object)
+      return nullptr;
+    return object->getMember(key, resources);
   }
 
-  size_t size() const {
-    return CollectionImpl::size() / 2;
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  void removeMember(TAdaptedString key, ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  static void removeMember(ObjectData* obj, TAdaptedString key,
+                           ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!obj)
+      return;
+    obj->removeMember(key, resources);
+  }
+
+  void remove(iterator it, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    CollectionData::removePair(it, resources);
+  }
+
+  static void remove(ObjectData* obj, ObjectData::iterator it,
+                     ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!obj)
+      return;
+    obj->remove(it, resources);
+  }
+
+  size_t size(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    return CollectionData::size(resources) / 2;
+  }
+
+  static size_t size(const ObjectData* obj, const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!obj)
+      return 0;
+    return obj->size(resources);
   }
 
  private:
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  iterator findKey(TAdaptedString key) const;
+  iterator findKey(TAdaptedString key, const ResourceManager* resources) const;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Object/ObjectImpl.hpp

@@ -11,30 +11,32 @@
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-inline VariantData* ObjectImpl::getMember(TAdaptedString key) const {
-  auto it = findKey(key);
+inline VariantData* ObjectData::getMember(
+    TAdaptedString key, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  auto it = findKey(key, resources);
   if (it.done())
     return nullptr;
-  it.next(resources_);
+  it.next(resources);
   return it.data();
 }
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-VariantData* ObjectImpl::getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-  auto data = getMember(key);
+VariantData* ObjectData::getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key,
+                                        ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto data = getMember(key, resources);
   if (data)
     return data;
-  return addMember(key);
+  return addMember(key, resources);
 }
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-inline ObjectImpl::iterator ObjectImpl::findKey(TAdaptedString key) const {
+inline ObjectData::iterator ObjectData::findKey(
+    TAdaptedString key, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
   if (key.isNull())
     return iterator();
   bool isKey = true;
-  for (auto it = createIterator(); !it.done(); it.next(resources_)) {
-    VariantImpl variant(it.data(), resources_);
-    if (isKey && stringEquals(key, adaptString(variant.asString())))
+  for (auto it = createIterator(resources); !it.done(); it.next(resources)) {
+    if (isKey && stringEquals(key, adaptString(it->asString(resources))))
       return it;
     isKey = !isKey;
   }
@@ -42,48 +44,42 @@ inline ObjectImpl::iterator ObjectImpl::findKey(TAdaptedString key) const {
 }
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-inline void ObjectImpl::removeMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-  remove(findKey(key));
+inline void ObjectData::removeMember(TAdaptedString key,
+                                     ResourceManager* resources) {
+  remove(findKey(key, resources), resources);
 }
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-inline VariantData* ObjectImpl::addMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-  if (!data_)
-    return nullptr;
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
-
-  auto keySlot = resources_->allocVariant();
+inline VariantData* ObjectData::addMember(TAdaptedString key,
+                                          ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto keySlot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!keySlot)
     return nullptr;
 
-  auto valueSlot = resources_->allocVariant();
+  auto valueSlot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!valueSlot)
     return nullptr;
 
-  VariantImpl keyImpl(keySlot.ptr(), resources_);
-  if (!keyImpl.setString(key))
+  if (!keySlot->setString(key, resources))
     return nullptr;
 
-  CollectionImpl::appendPair(keySlot, valueSlot);
+  CollectionData::appendPair(keySlot, valueSlot, resources);
 
   return valueSlot.ptr();
 }
 
-inline VariantData* ObjectImpl::addPair(VariantData** value) {
-  if (!data_)
-    return nullptr;
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(resources_ != nullptr);
-
-  auto keySlot = resources_->allocVariant();
+inline VariantData* ObjectData::addPair(VariantData** value,
+                                        ResourceManager* resources) {
+  auto keySlot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!keySlot)
     return nullptr;
 
-  auto valueSlot = resources_->allocVariant();
+  auto valueSlot = resources->allocVariant();
   if (!valueSlot)
     return nullptr;
   *value = valueSlot.ptr();
 
-  CollectionImpl::appendPair(keySlot, valueSlot);
+  CollectionData::appendPair(keySlot, valueSlot, resources);
 
   return keySlot.ptr();
 }

src/ArduinoJson/Serialization/measure.hpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ size_t measure(ArduinoJson::JsonVariantConst source) {
   auto data = VariantAttorney::getData(source);
   auto resources = VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(source);
   TSerializer<DummyWriter> serializer(dp, resources);
-  return VariantImpl(data, resources).accept(serializer);
+  return VariantData::accept(data, resources, serializer);
 }
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Serialization/serialize.hpp

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ size_t doSerialize(ArduinoJson::JsonVariantConst source, TWriter writer) {
   auto data = VariantAttorney::getData(source);
   auto resources = VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(source);
   TSerializer<TWriter> serializer(writer, resources);
-  return VariantImpl(data, resources).accept(serializer);
+  return VariantData::accept(data, resources, serializer);
 }
 
 template <template <typename> class TSerializer, typename TDestination>

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/ConverterImpl.hpp

@@ -60,18 +60,25 @@ struct Converter<T, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_integral<T>::value &&
     : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static bool toJson(T src, JsonVariant dst) {
     ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT_INTEGER_TYPE_IS_SUPPORTED(T);
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    return variant.setInteger(src);
+    auto data = getData(dst);
+    if (!data)
+      return false;
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(dst);
+    data->clear(resources);
+    return data->setInteger(src, resources);
   }
 
   static T fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
     ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT_INTEGER_TYPE_IS_SUPPORTED(T);
-    return getVariantImpl(src).template asIntegral<T>();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data ? data->template asIntegral<T>(resources) : T();
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).template isInteger<T>();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data && data->template isInteger<T>(resources);
   }
 };
 
@@ -83,29 +90,40 @@ struct Converter<T, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_enum<T>::value>>
   }
 
   static T fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return static_cast<T>(getVariantImpl(src).template asIntegral<int>());
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data ? static_cast<T>(data->template asIntegral<int>(resources))
+                : T();
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).template isInteger<int>();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data && data->template isInteger<int>(resources);
   }
 };
 
 template <>
 struct Converter<bool> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static bool toJson(bool src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    return variant.setBoolean(src);
+    auto data = getData(dst);
+    if (!data)
+      return false;
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(dst);
+    data->clear(resources);
+    data->setBoolean(src);
+    return true;
   }
 
   static bool fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).asBoolean();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data ? data->asBoolean(resources) : false;
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->type == detail::VariantType::Boolean;
+    return data && data->isBoolean();
   }
 };
 
@@ -113,13 +131,18 @@ template <typename T>
 struct Converter<T, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_floating_point<T>::value>>
     : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static bool toJson(T src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    return variant.setFloat(src);
+    auto data = getData(dst);
+    if (!data)
+      return false;
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(dst);
+    data->clear(resources);
+    return data->setFloat(src, resources);
   }
 
   static T fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).template asFloat<T>();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return data ? data->template asFloat<T>(resources) : 0;
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
@@ -131,13 +154,13 @@ struct Converter<T, detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_floating_point<T>::value>>
 template <>
 struct Converter<const char*> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static void toJson(const char* src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    variant.setString(detail::adaptString(src));
+    detail::VariantData::setString(getData(dst), detail::adaptString(src),
+                                   getResourceManager(dst));
   }
 
   static const char* fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).asString().c_str();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    return data ? data->asString(getResourceManager(src)).c_str() : 0;
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
@@ -149,13 +172,13 @@ struct Converter<const char*> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
 template <>
 struct Converter<JsonString> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static void toJson(JsonString src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    variant.setString(detail::adaptString(src));
+    detail::VariantData::setString(getData(dst), detail::adaptString(src),
+                                   getResourceManager(dst));
   }
 
   static JsonString fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return getVariantImpl(src).asString();
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    return data ? data->asString(getResourceManager(src)) : JsonString();
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
@@ -167,9 +190,10 @@ struct Converter<JsonString> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
 template <typename T>
 inline detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<T>::value> convertToJson(
     const T& src, JsonVariant dst) {
-  auto variant = detail::VariantAttorney::getVariantImpl(dst);
-  variant.clear();
-  variant.setString(detail::adaptString(src));
+  using namespace detail;
+  auto data = VariantAttorney::getData(dst);
+  auto resources = VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(dst);
+  detail::VariantData::setString(data, adaptString(src), resources);
 }
 
 // SerializedValue<std::string>
@@ -178,23 +202,22 @@ inline detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<T>::value> convertToJson(
 template <typename T>
 struct Converter<SerializedValue<T>> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static void toJson(SerializedValue<T> src, JsonVariant dst) {
-    auto variant = getVariantImpl(dst);
-    variant.clear();
-    variant.setRawString(src);
+    detail::VariantData::setRawString(getData(dst), src,
+                                      getResourceManager(dst));
   }
 };
 
 template <>
 struct Converter<detail::nullptr_t> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   static void toJson(detail::nullptr_t, JsonVariant dst) {
-    getVariantImpl(dst).clear();
+    detail::VariantData::clear(getData(dst), getResourceManager(dst));
   }
   static detail::nullptr_t fromJson(JsonVariantConst) {
     return nullptr;
   }
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data == 0 || data->type == detail::VariantType::Null;
+    return data == 0 || data->isNull();
   }
 };
 
@@ -240,7 +263,7 @@ inline void convertToJson(const ::Printable& src, JsonVariant dst) {
   auto data = detail::VariantAttorney::getData(dst);
   if (!resources || !data)
     return;
-  detail::VariantImpl(data, resources).clear();
+  data->clear(resources);
   detail::StringBuilderPrint print(resources);
   src.printTo(print);
   if (print.overflowed())
@@ -306,12 +329,14 @@ struct Converter<JsonArrayConst> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static JsonArrayConst fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return JsonArrayConst(getData(src), getResourceManager(src));
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto array = data ? data->asArray() : nullptr;
+    return JsonArrayConst(array, getResourceManager(src));
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->type == detail::VariantType::Array;
+    return data && data->isArray();
   }
 };
 
@@ -325,12 +350,14 @@ struct Converter<JsonArray> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static JsonArray fromJson(JsonVariant src) {
-    return JsonArray(getData(src), getResourceManager(src));
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return JsonArray(data != 0 ? data->asArray() : 0, resources);
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariant src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->type == detail::VariantType::Array;
+    return data && data->isArray();
   }
 };
 
@@ -344,12 +371,14 @@ struct Converter<JsonObjectConst> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static JsonObjectConst fromJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
-    return JsonObjectConst(getData(src), getResourceManager(src));
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto object = data != 0 ? data->asObject() : nullptr;
+    return JsonObjectConst(object, getResourceManager(src));
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariantConst src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->type == detail::VariantType::Object;
+    return data && data->isObject();
   }
 };
 
@@ -363,12 +392,14 @@ struct Converter<JsonObject> : private detail::VariantAttorney {
   }
 
   static JsonObject fromJson(JsonVariant src) {
-    return JsonObject(getData(src), getResourceManager(src));
+    auto data = getData(src);
+    auto resources = getResourceManager(src);
+    return JsonObject(data != 0 ? data->asObject() : 0, resources);
   }
 
   static bool checkJson(JsonVariant src) {
     auto data = getData(src);
-    return data && data->type == detail::VariantType::Object;
+    return data && data->isObject();
   }
 };
 

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariant.hpp

@@ -16,29 +16,27 @@ class JsonVariant : public detail::VariantRefBase<JsonVariant>,
 
  public:
   // Creates an unbound reference.
-  JsonVariant() {}
+  JsonVariant() : data_(0), resources_(0) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
   JsonVariant(detail::VariantData* data, detail::ResourceManager* resources)
-      : impl_(data, resources) {}
-
-  // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  JsonVariant(detail::VariantImpl impl) : impl_(impl) {}
+      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
 
  private:
   detail::ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return impl_.getResourceManager();
+    return resources_;
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return data_;
   }
 
   detail::VariantData* getOrCreateData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+    return data_;
   }
 
-  mutable detail::VariantImpl impl_;
+  detail::VariantData* data_;
+  detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 namespace detail {

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariantConst.hpp

@@ -35,34 +35,34 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
 
  public:
   // Creates an unbound reference.
-  JsonVariantConst() {}
+  JsonVariantConst() : data_(nullptr), resources_(nullptr) {}
 
   // INTERNAL USE ONLY
-  explicit JsonVariantConst(detail::VariantData* data,
-                            detail::ResourceManager* resources)
-      : impl_(data, resources) {}
+  explicit JsonVariantConst(const detail::VariantData* data,
+                            const detail::ResourceManager* resources)
+      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
 
   // Returns true if the value is null or the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariantconst/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return impl_.isNull();
+    return detail::VariantData::isNull(data_);
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
   bool isUnbound() const {
-    return impl_.getData() == nullptr;
+    return !data_;
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the value.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariantconst/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return impl_.nesting();
+    return detail::VariantData::nesting(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Returns the size of the array or object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariantconst/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return impl_.size();
+    return detail::VariantData::size(data_, resources_);
   }
 
   // Casts the value to the specified type.
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
   template <typename T,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_integral<T>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](T index) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getElement(size_t(index)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(
+        detail::VariantData::getElement(data_, size_t(index), resources_),
+        resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets object's member with specified key.
@@ -113,8 +114,9 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
   template <typename TString,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](const TString& key) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(detail::VariantData::getMember(
+                                data_, detail::adaptString(key), resources_),
+                            resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets object's member with specified key.
@@ -124,8 +126,9 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
                                     !detail::is_const<TChar>::value,
                                 int> = 0>
   JsonVariantConst operator[](TChar* key) const {
-    return JsonVariantConst(impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)),
-                            impl_.getResourceManager());
+    return JsonVariantConst(detail::VariantData::getMember(
+                                data_, detail::adaptString(key), resources_),
+                            resources_);
   }
 
   // Gets object's member with specified key or the array's element at the
@@ -146,7 +149,8 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
             detail::enable_if_t<detail::IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use var[key].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(const TString& key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::VariantData::getMember(getData(), detail::adaptString(key),
+                                          resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj["key"].is<T>() instead
@@ -157,7 +161,8 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
                                 int> = 0>
   ARDUINOJSON_DEPRECATED("use obj[\"key\"].is<T>() instead")
   bool containsKey(TChar* key) const {
-    return impl_.getMember(detail::adaptString(key)) != 0;
+    return detail::VariantData::getMember(getData(), detail::adaptString(key),
+                                          resources_) != 0;
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: use obj[key].is<T>() instead
@@ -176,16 +181,17 @@ class JsonVariantConst : public detail::VariantTag,
   }
 
  protected:
-  detail::VariantData* getData() const {
-    return impl_.getData();
+  const detail::VariantData* getData() const {
+    return data_;
   }
 
-  detail::ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return impl_.getResourceManager();
+  const detail::ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
+    return resources_;
   }
 
  private:
-  mutable detail::VariantImpl impl_;
+  const detail::VariantData* data_;
+  const detail::ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/JsonVariantVisitor.hpp

@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ class VisitorAdapter {
  public:
   using result_type = typename TVisitor::result_type;
 
-  VisitorAdapter(TVisitor& visitor) : visitor_(&visitor) {}
+  VisitorAdapter(TVisitor& visitor, const ResourceManager* resources)
+      : visitor_(&visitor), resources_(resources) {}
 
-  result_type visit(const ArrayImpl& array) {
-    return visitor_->visit(JsonArrayConst(array));
+  result_type visit(const ArrayData& value) {
+    return visitor_->visit(JsonArrayConst(&value, resources_));
   }
 
-  result_type visit(const ObjectImpl& object) {
-    return visitor_->visit(JsonObjectConst(object));
+  result_type visit(const ObjectData& value) {
+    return visitor_->visit(JsonObjectConst(&value, resources_));
   }
 
   template <typename T>
@@ -43,15 +44,18 @@ class VisitorAdapter {
 
  private:
   TVisitor* visitor_;
+  const ResourceManager* resources_;
 };
 
 template <typename TVisitor>
 typename TVisitor::result_type accept(JsonVariantConst variant,
                                       TVisitor& visit) {
   auto data = VariantAttorney::getData(variant);
+  if (!data)
+    return visit.visit(nullptr);
   auto resources = VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(variant);
-  VisitorAdapter<TVisitor> adapter(visit);
-  return VariantImpl(data, resources).accept(adapter);
+  VisitorAdapter<TVisitor> adapter(visit, resources);
+  return data->accept(adapter, resources);
 }
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantAttorney.hpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/attributes.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Polyfills/type_traits.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantTo.hpp>
 #include "JsonVariantConst.hpp"
 
@@ -26,16 +26,6 @@ class VariantAttorney {
     return client.getData();
   }
 
-  template <typename TClient>
-  static VariantImpl getVariantImpl(TClient& client) {
-    return VariantImpl(client.getData(), client.getResourceManager());
-  }
-
-  template <typename TClient>
-  static VariantImpl getOrCreateVariantImpl(TClient& client) {
-    return VariantImpl(client.getOrCreateData(), client.getResourceManager());
-  }
-
   template <typename TClient>
   static VariantData* getOrCreateData(TClient& client) {
     return client.getOrCreateData();

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantContent.hpp

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 enum class VariantTypeBits : uint8_t {
   OwnedStringBit = 0x01,  // 0000 0001
   NumberBit = 0x08,       // 0000 1000
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-  EightByteBit = 0x10,  // 0001 0000
-#endif
+  EightByteBit = 0x10,    // 0001 0000
   CollectionMask = 0x60,
 };
 
@@ -57,6 +55,8 @@ union VariantContent {
   uint32_t asUint32;
   int32_t asInt32;
   SlotId asSlotId;
+  ArrayData asArray;
+  ObjectData asObject;
   CollectionData asCollection;
   struct StringNode* asOwnedString;
   char asTinyString[tinyStringMaxLength + 1];

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ArduinoJson/Memory/MemoryPool.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Memory/StringNode.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Misc/SerializedValue.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Numbers/convertNumber.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp>
+#include <ArduinoJson/Strings/StringAdapters.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantContent.hpp>
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
@@ -22,11 +27,12 @@ static bool isTinyString(const T& s, size_t n) {
   return !containsNul;
 }
 
-struct VariantData {
-  VariantContent content;  // must be first to allow cast from array to variant
-  VariantType type = VariantType::Null;
-  SlotId next = NULL_SLOT;
+class VariantData {
+  VariantContent content_;  // must be first to allow cast from array to variant
+  VariantType type_;
+  SlotId next_;
 
+ public:
   // Placement new
   static void* operator new(size_t, void* p) noexcept {
     return p;
@@ -34,50 +40,566 @@ struct VariantData {
 
   static void operator delete(void*, void*) noexcept {}
 
-  void setBoolean(bool value) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type == VariantType::Null);
-    type = VariantType::Boolean;
-    content.asBoolean = value;
+  VariantData() : type_(VariantType::Null), next_(NULL_SLOT) {}
+
+  SlotId next() const {
+    return next_;
+  }
+
+  void setNext(SlotId slot) {
+    next_ = slot;
+  }
+
+  template <typename TVisitor>
+  typename TVisitor::result_type accept(
+      TVisitor& visit, const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte(resources);
+#else
+    (void)resources;  // silence warning
+#endif
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::Float:
+        return visit.visit(content_.asFloat);
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
+      case VariantType::Double:
+        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asDouble);
+#endif
+
+      case VariantType::Array:
+        return visit.visit(content_.asArray);
+
+      case VariantType::Object:
+        return visit.visit(content_.asObject);
+
+      case VariantType::TinyString:
+        return visit.visit(JsonString(content_.asTinyString));
+
+      case VariantType::LinkedString:
+        return visit.visit(JsonString(asLinkedString(resources), true));
+
+      case VariantType::OwnedString:
+        return visit.visit(JsonString(content_.asOwnedString->data,
+                                      content_.asOwnedString->length));
+
+      case VariantType::RawString:
+        return visit.visit(RawString(content_.asOwnedString->data,
+                                     content_.asOwnedString->length));
+
+      case VariantType::Int32:
+        return visit.visit(static_cast<JsonInteger>(content_.asInt32));
+
+      case VariantType::Uint32:
+        return visit.visit(static_cast<JsonUInt>(content_.asUint32));
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+      case VariantType::Int64:
+        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asInt64);
+
+      case VariantType::Uint64:
+        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asUint64);
+#endif
+
+      case VariantType::Boolean:
+        return visit.visit(content_.asBoolean != 0);
+
+      default:
+        return visit.visit(nullptr);
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename TVisitor>
+  static typename TVisitor::result_type accept(const VariantData* var,
+                                               const ResourceManager* resources,
+                                               TVisitor& visit) {
+    if (var != 0)
+      return var->accept(visit, resources);
+    else
+      return visit.visit(nullptr);
+  }
+
+  VariantData* addElement(ResourceManager* resources) {
+    auto array = isNull() ? &toArray() : asArray();
+    return detail::ArrayData::addElement(array, resources);
+  }
+
+  static VariantData* addElement(VariantData* var, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return nullptr;
+    return var->addElement(resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  bool addValue(const T& value, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    auto array = isNull() ? &toArray() : asArray();
+    return detail::ArrayData::addValue(array, value, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  static bool addValue(VariantData* var, const T& value,
+                       ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return false;
+    return var->addValue(value, resources);
+  }
+
+  bool asBoolean(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte(resources);
+#else
+    (void)resources;  // silence warning
+#endif
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::Boolean:
+        return content_.asBoolean;
+      case VariantType::Uint32:
+      case VariantType::Int32:
+        return content_.asUint32 != 0;
+      case VariantType::Float:
+        return content_.asFloat != 0;
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
+      case VariantType::Double:
+        return eightByteValue->asDouble != 0;
+#endif
+      case VariantType::Null:
+        return false;
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+      case VariantType::Uint64:
+      case VariantType::Int64:
+        return eightByteValue->asUint64 != 0;
+#endif
+      default:
+        return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ArrayData* asArray() {
+    return isArray() ? &content_.asArray : 0;
+  }
+
+  const ArrayData* asArray() const {
+    return const_cast<VariantData*>(this)->asArray();
+  }
+
+  CollectionData* asCollection() {
+    return isCollection() ? &content_.asCollection : 0;
+  }
+
+  const CollectionData* asCollection() const {
+    return const_cast<VariantData*>(this)->asCollection();
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  T asFloat(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    static_assert(is_floating_point<T>::value, "T must be a floating point");
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte(resources);
+#else
+    (void)resources;  // silence warning
+#endif
+    const char* str = nullptr;
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::Boolean:
+        return static_cast<T>(content_.asBoolean);
+      case VariantType::Uint32:
+        return static_cast<T>(content_.asUint32);
+      case VariantType::Int32:
+        return static_cast<T>(content_.asInt32);
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+      case VariantType::Uint64:
+        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
+      case VariantType::Int64:
+        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
+#endif
+      case VariantType::TinyString:
+        str = content_.asTinyString;
+        break;
+      case VariantType::LinkedString:
+        str = asLinkedString(resources);
+        break;
+      case VariantType::OwnedString:
+        str = content_.asOwnedString->data;
+        break;
+      case VariantType::Float:
+        return static_cast<T>(content_.asFloat);
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
+      case VariantType::Double:
+        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asDouble);
+#endif
+      default:
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(str != nullptr);
+    return parseNumber<T>(str);
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  T asIntegral(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    static_assert(is_integral<T>::value, "T must be an integral type");
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte(resources);
+#else
+    (void)resources;  // silence warning
+#endif
+    const char* str = nullptr;
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::Boolean:
+        return content_.asBoolean;
+      case VariantType::Uint32:
+        return convertNumber<T>(content_.asUint32);
+      case VariantType::Int32:
+        return convertNumber<T>(content_.asInt32);
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+      case VariantType::Uint64:
+        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
+      case VariantType::Int64:
+        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
+#endif
+      case VariantType::TinyString:
+        str = content_.asTinyString;
+        break;
+      case VariantType::LinkedString:
+        str = asLinkedString(resources);
+        break;
+      case VariantType::OwnedString:
+        str = content_.asOwnedString->data;
+        break;
+      case VariantType::Float:
+        return convertNumber<T>(content_.asFloat);
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
+      case VariantType::Double:
+        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asDouble);
+#endif
+      default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(str != nullptr);
+    return parseNumber<T>(str);
+  }
+
+  ObjectData* asObject() {
+    return isObject() ? &content_.asObject : 0;
+  }
+
+  const ObjectData* asObject() const {
+    return const_cast<VariantData*>(this)->asObject();
+  }
+
+  JsonString asRawString() const {
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::RawString:
+        return JsonString(content_.asOwnedString->data,
+                          content_.asOwnedString->length);
+      default:
+        return JsonString();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const char* asLinkedString(const ResourceManager* resources) const;
+
+  JsonString asString(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::TinyString:
+        return JsonString(content_.asTinyString);
+      case VariantType::LinkedString:
+        return JsonString(asLinkedString(resources), true);
+      case VariantType::OwnedString:
+        return JsonString(content_.asOwnedString->data,
+                          content_.asOwnedString->length);
+      default:
+        return JsonString();
+    }
+  }
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+  const EightByteValue* getEightByte(const ResourceManager* resources) const;
+#endif
+
+  VariantData* getElement(size_t index,
+                          const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    return ArrayData::getElement(asArray(), index, resources);
+  }
+
+  static VariantData* getElement(const VariantData* var, size_t index,
+                                 const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    return var != 0 ? var->getElement(index, resources) : 0;
   }
 
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  VariantData* getMember(TAdaptedString key,
+                         const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    return ObjectData::getMember(asObject(), key, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  static VariantData* getMember(const VariantData* var, TAdaptedString key,
+                                const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return 0;
+    return var->getMember(key, resources);
+  }
+
+  VariantData* getOrAddElement(size_t index, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    auto array = isNull() ? &toArray() : asArray();
+    if (!array)
+      return nullptr;
+    return array->getOrAddElement(index, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  VariantData* getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (key.isNull())
+      return nullptr;
+    auto obj = isNull() ? &toObject() : asObject();
+    if (!obj)
+      return nullptr;
+    return obj->getOrAddMember(key, resources);
+  }
+
+  bool isArray() const {
+    return type_ == VariantType::Array;
+  }
+
+  bool isBoolean() const {
+    return type_ == VariantType::Boolean;
+  }
+
+  bool isCollection() const {
+    return type_ & VariantTypeBits::CollectionMask;
+  }
+
+  bool isFloat() const {
+    return type_ & VariantTypeBits::NumberBit;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  bool isInteger(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte(resources);
+#else
+    (void)resources;  // silence warning
+#endif
+    switch (type_) {
+      case VariantType::Uint32:
+        return canConvertNumber<T>(content_.asUint32);
+
+      case VariantType::Int32:
+        return canConvertNumber<T>(content_.asInt32);
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+      case VariantType::Uint64:
+        return canConvertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
+
+      case VariantType::Int64:
+        return canConvertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
+#endif
+
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool isNull() const {
+    return type_ == VariantType::Null;
+  }
+
+  static bool isNull(const VariantData* var) {
+    if (!var)
+      return true;
+    return var->isNull();
+  }
+
+  bool isObject() const {
+    return type_ == VariantType::Object;
+  }
+
+  bool isString() const {
+    return type_ == VariantType::LinkedString ||
+           type_ == VariantType::OwnedString ||
+           type_ == VariantType::TinyString;
+  }
+
+  size_t nesting(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    auto collection = asCollection();
+    if (collection)
+      return collection->nesting(resources);
+    else
+      return 0;
+  }
+
+  static size_t nesting(const VariantData* var,
+                        const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return 0;
+    return var->nesting(resources);
+  }
+
+  void removeElement(size_t index, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    ArrayData::removeElement(asArray(), index, resources);
+  }
+
+  static void removeElement(VariantData* var, size_t index,
+                            ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return;
+    var->removeElement(index, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  void removeMember(TAdaptedString key, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    ObjectData::removeMember(asObject(), key, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  static void removeMember(VariantData* var, TAdaptedString key,
+                           ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return;
+    var->removeMember(key, resources);
+  }
+
+  void reset() {  // TODO: remove
+    type_ = VariantType::Null;
+  }
+
+  void setBoolean(bool value) {
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+    type_ = VariantType::Boolean;
+    content_.asBoolean = value;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 4, bool> setFloat(T value, ResourceManager*) {
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+    type_ = VariantType::Float;
+    content_.asFloat = value;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 8, bool> setFloat(T value, ResourceManager*);
+
+  template <typename T>
+  enable_if_t<is_signed<T>::value, bool> setInteger(T value,
+                                                    ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  template <typename T>
+  enable_if_t<is_unsigned<T>::value, bool> setInteger(
+      T value, ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  void setRawString(StringNode* s) {
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(s);
+    type_ = VariantType::RawString;
+    content_.asOwnedString = s;
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  void setRawString(SerializedValue<T> value, ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  template <typename T>
+  static void setRawString(VariantData* var, SerializedValue<T> value,
+                           ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return;
+    var->clear(resources);
+    var->setRawString(value, resources);
+  }
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  bool setString(TAdaptedString value, ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  template <typename TAdaptedString>
+  static void setString(VariantData* var, TAdaptedString value,
+                        ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return;
+    var->clear(resources);
+    var->setString(value, resources);
+  }
+
+  bool setLinkedString(const char* s, ResourceManager* resources);
+
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
   void setTinyString(const TAdaptedString& s) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type == VariantType::Null);
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
     ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(s.size() <= tinyStringMaxLength);
 
-    type = VariantType::TinyString;
+    type_ = VariantType::TinyString;
 
     auto n = uint8_t(s.size());
     for (uint8_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
       char c = s[i];
       ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(c != 0);  // no NUL in tiny string
-      content.asTinyString[i] = c;
+      content_.asTinyString[i] = c;
     }
 
-    content.asTinyString[n] = 0;
+    content_.asTinyString[n] = 0;
   }
 
   void setOwnedString(StringNode* s) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type == VariantType::Null);
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
     ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(s);
-    type = VariantType::OwnedString;
-    content.asOwnedString = s;
+    type_ = VariantType::OwnedString;
+    content_.asOwnedString = s;
   }
 
-  void setRawString(StringNode* s) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type == VariantType::Null);
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(s);
-    type = VariantType::RawString;
-    content.asOwnedString = s;
+  size_t size(const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+    if (isObject())
+      return content_.asObject.size(resources);
+
+    if (isArray())
+      return content_.asArray.size(resources);
+
+    return 0;
   }
 
-  bool isFloat() const {
-    return type & VariantTypeBits::NumberBit;
+  static size_t size(const VariantData* var, const ResourceManager* resources) {
+    return var != 0 ? var->size(resources) : 0;
   }
 
-  bool isString() const {
-    return type == VariantType::LinkedString ||
-           type == VariantType::OwnedString || type == VariantType::TinyString;
+  ArrayData& toArray() {
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+    type_ = VariantType::Array;
+    new (&content_.asArray) ArrayData();
+    return content_.asArray;
+  }
+
+  static ArrayData* toArray(VariantData* var, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return 0;
+    var->clear(resources);
+    return &var->toArray();
+  }
+
+  ObjectData& toObject() {
+    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+    type_ = VariantType::Object;
+    new (&content_.asObject) ObjectData();
+    return content_.asObject;
+  }
+
+  static ObjectData* toObject(VariantData* var, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return 0;
+    var->clear(resources);
+    return &var->toObject();
+  }
+
+  VariantType type() const {
+    return type_;
+  }
+
+  // Release the resources used by this variant and set it to null.
+  void clear(ResourceManager* resources);
+
+  static void clear(VariantData* var, ResourceManager* resources) {
+    if (!var)
+      return;
+    var->clear(resources);
   }
 };
 

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantImpl.hpp

@@ -5,570 +5,160 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <ArduinoJson/Memory/ResourceManager.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Misc/SerializedValue.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Numbers/convertNumber.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Strings/JsonString.hpp>
-#include <ArduinoJson/Strings/StringAdapters.hpp>
 #include <ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp>
 
 ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE
 
-class VariantImpl {
- public:
-  VariantImpl() : data_(nullptr), resources_(nullptr) {}
-
-  VariantImpl(VariantData* data, ResourceManager* resources)
-      : data_(data), resources_(resources) {}
-
-  VariantData* getData() const {
-    return data_;
-  }
-
-  ResourceManager* getResourceManager() const {
-    return resources_;
-  }
-
-  template <typename TVisitor>
-  typename TVisitor::result_type accept(TVisitor& visit) {
-    if (!data_)
-      return visit.visit(nullptr);
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte();
-#endif
-    switch (data_->type) {
-      case VariantType::Float:
-        return visit.visit(data_->content.asFloat);
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
-      case VariantType::Double:
-        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asDouble);
-#endif
-
-      case VariantType::Array:
-        return visit.visit(asArray());
-
-      case VariantType::Object:
-        return visit.visit(asObject());
-
-      case VariantType::TinyString:
-        return visit.visit(JsonString(data_->content.asTinyString));
-
-      case VariantType::LinkedString:
-        return visit.visit(JsonString(asLinkedString(), true));
-
-      case VariantType::OwnedString:
-        return visit.visit(JsonString(data_->content.asOwnedString->data,
-                                      data_->content.asOwnedString->length));
-
-      case VariantType::RawString:
-        return visit.visit(RawString(data_->content.asOwnedString->data,
-                                     data_->content.asOwnedString->length));
-
-      case VariantType::Int32:
-        return visit.visit(static_cast<JsonInteger>(data_->content.asInt32));
-
-      case VariantType::Uint32:
-        return visit.visit(static_cast<JsonUInt>(data_->content.asUint32));
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-      case VariantType::Int64:
-        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asInt64);
-
-      case VariantType::Uint64:
-        return visit.visit(eightByteValue->asUint64);
-#endif
-
-      case VariantType::Boolean:
-        return visit.visit(data_->content.asBoolean != 0);
-
-      default:
-        return visit.visit(nullptr);
-    }
-  }
-
-  VariantData* addElement() {
-    auto array = isNull() ? toArray() : asArray();
-    return array.addElement();
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  bool addValue(const T& value) {
-    auto array = isNull() ? toArray() : asArray();
-    return array.addValue(value);
-  }
-
-  bool asBoolean() const {
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte();
-#endif
-    switch (data_->type) {
-      case VariantType::Boolean:
-        return data_->content.asBoolean;
-      case VariantType::Uint32:
-      case VariantType::Int32:
-        return data_->content.asUint32 != 0;
-      case VariantType::Float:
-        return data_->content.asFloat != 0;
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
-      case VariantType::Double:
-        return eightByteValue->asDouble != 0;
-#endif
-      case VariantType::Null:
-        return false;
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-      case VariantType::Uint64:
-      case VariantType::Int64:
-        return eightByteValue->asUint64 != 0;
-#endif
-      default:
-        return true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  ArrayImpl asArray() {
-    return ArrayImpl(isArray() ? &data_->content.asCollection : nullptr,
-                     resources_);
-  }
-
-  CollectionImpl asCollection() {
-    return CollectionImpl(
-        isCollection() ? &data_->content.asCollection : nullptr, resources_);
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  T asFloat() const {
-    if (!data_)
-      return 0.0;
-
-    static_assert(is_floating_point<T>::value, "T must be a floating point");
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte();
-#endif
-    const char* str = nullptr;
-    switch (data_->type) {
-      case VariantType::Boolean:
-        return static_cast<T>(data_->content.asBoolean);
-      case VariantType::Uint32:
-        return static_cast<T>(data_->content.asUint32);
-      case VariantType::Int32:
-        return static_cast<T>(data_->content.asInt32);
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-      case VariantType::Uint64:
-        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
-      case VariantType::Int64:
-        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
-#endif
-      case VariantType::TinyString:
-        str = data_->content.asTinyString;
-        break;
-      case VariantType::LinkedString:
-        str = asLinkedString();
-        break;
-      case VariantType::OwnedString:
-        str = data_->content.asOwnedString->data;
-        break;
-      case VariantType::Float:
-        return static_cast<T>(data_->content.asFloat);
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
-      case VariantType::Double:
-        return static_cast<T>(eightByteValue->asDouble);
-#endif
-      default:
-        return 0.0;
-    }
-
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(str != nullptr);
-    return parseNumber<T>(str);
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  T asIntegral() const {
-    if (!data_)
-      return 0;
-
-    static_assert(is_integral<T>::value, "T must be an integral type");
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte();
-#endif
-    const char* str = nullptr;
-    switch (data_->type) {
-      case VariantType::Boolean:
-        return data_->content.asBoolean;
-      case VariantType::Uint32:
-        return convertNumber<T>(data_->content.asUint32);
-      case VariantType::Int32:
-        return convertNumber<T>(data_->content.asInt32);
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-      case VariantType::Uint64:
-        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
-      case VariantType::Int64:
-        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
-#endif
-      case VariantType::TinyString:
-        str = data_->content.asTinyString;
-        break;
-      case VariantType::LinkedString:
-        str = asLinkedString();
-        break;
-      case VariantType::OwnedString:
-        str = data_->content.asOwnedString->data;
-        break;
-      case VariantType::Float:
-        return convertNumber<T>(data_->content.asFloat);
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
-      case VariantType::Double:
-        return convertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asDouble);
-#endif
-      default:
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(str != nullptr);
-    return parseNumber<T>(str);
-  }
-
-  ObjectImpl asObject() {
-    return ObjectImpl(isObject() ? &data_->content.asCollection : nullptr,
-                      resources_);
-  }
-
-  JsonString asRawString() const {
-    switch (type()) {
-      case VariantType::RawString:
-        return JsonString(data_->content.asOwnedString->data,
-                          data_->content.asOwnedString->length);
-      default:
-        return JsonString();
-    }
-  }
-
-  const char* asLinkedString() const {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type() == VariantType::LinkedString);
-    return resources_->getStaticString(data_->content.asSlotId);
-  }
-
-  JsonString asString() const {
-    switch (type()) {
-      case VariantType::TinyString:
-        return JsonString(data_->content.asTinyString);
-      case VariantType::LinkedString:
-        return JsonString(asLinkedString(), true);
-      case VariantType::OwnedString:
-        return JsonString(data_->content.asOwnedString->data,
-                          data_->content.asOwnedString->length);
-      default:
-        return JsonString();
-    }
-  }
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-  const EightByteValue* getEightByte() const {
-    return type() & VariantTypeBits::EightByteBit
-               ? resources_->getEightByte(data_->content.asSlotId)
-               : 0;
-  }
-#endif
-
-  VariantData* getElement(size_t index) {
-    return asArray().getElement(index);
-  }
-
-  template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  VariantData* getMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-    return asObject().getMember(key);
-  }
-
-  VariantData* getOrAddElement(size_t index) {
-    auto array = isNull() ? toArray() : asArray();
-    return array.getOrAddElement(index);
-  }
-
-  template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  VariantData* getOrAddMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-    if (key.isNull())
-      return nullptr;
-    auto obj = isNull() ? toObject() : asObject();
-    return obj.getOrAddMember(key);
-  }
-
-  bool isArray() const {
-    return type() == VariantType::Array;
-  }
-
-  bool isBoolean() const {
-    return type() == VariantType::Boolean;
-  }
-
-  bool isCollection() const {
-    return type() & VariantTypeBits::CollectionMask;
-  }
-
-  bool isFloat() const {
-    return data_ && data_->isFloat();
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  bool isInteger() const {
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-    auto eightByteValue = getEightByte();
-#endif
-    switch (data_->type) {
-      case VariantType::Uint32:
-        return canConvertNumber<T>(data_->content.asUint32);
-
-      case VariantType::Int32:
-        return canConvertNumber<T>(data_->content.asInt32);
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-      case VariantType::Uint64:
-        return canConvertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asUint64);
-
-      case VariantType::Int64:
-        return canConvertNumber<T>(eightByteValue->asInt64);
-#endif
-
-      default:
-        return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  bool isNull() const {
-    return type() == VariantType::Null;
-  }
-
-  bool isObject() const {
-    return type() == VariantType::Object;
-  }
-
-  bool isString() const {
-    return data_ && data_->isString();
-  }
-
-  size_t nesting() {
-    return asCollection().nesting();
-  }
-
-  void removeElement(size_t index) {
-    asArray().removeElement(index);
-  }
-
-  template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  void removeMember(TAdaptedString key) {
-    asObject().removeMember(key);
-  }
-
-  bool setBoolean(bool value) {
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-    data_->setBoolean(value);
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 4, bool> setFloat(T value) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type() == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-    data_->type = VariantType::Float;
-    data_->content.asFloat = value;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 8, bool> setFloat(T value) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(isNull());  // must call clear() first
-
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-
-    float valueAsFloat = static_cast<float>(value);
-
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
-    if (value == valueAsFloat) {
-      data_->type = VariantType::Float;
-      data_->content.asFloat = valueAsFloat;
-    } else {
-      auto slot = resources_->allocEightByte();
-      if (!slot)
-        return false;
-      data_->type = VariantType::Double;
-      data_->content.asSlotId = slot.id();
-      slot->asDouble = value;
-    }
-#else
-    data_->type = VariantType::Float;
-    data_->content.asFloat = valueAsFloat;
-#endif
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  enable_if_t<is_signed<T>::value, bool> setInteger(T value) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(isNull());  // must call clear() first
-
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-
-    if (canConvertNumber<int32_t>(value)) {
-      data_->type = VariantType::Int32;
-      data_->content.asInt32 = static_cast<int32_t>(value);
-    }
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-    else {
-      auto slot = resources_->allocEightByte();
-      if (!slot)
-        return false;
-      data_->type = VariantType::Int64;
-      data_->content.asSlotId = slot.id();
-      slot->asInt64 = value;
-    }
-#endif
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  enable_if_t<is_unsigned<T>::value, bool> setInteger(T value) {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(isNull());  // must call clear() first
-
-    if (!data_)
-      return false;
-
-    if (canConvertNumber<uint32_t>(value)) {
-      data_->type = VariantType::Uint32;
-      data_->content.asUint32 = static_cast<uint32_t>(value);
-    }
-#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
-    else {
-      auto slot = resources_->allocEightByte();
-      if (!slot)
-        return false;
-      data_->type = VariantType::Uint64;
-      data_->content.asSlotId = slot.id();
-      slot->asUint64 = value;
-    }
-#endif
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  void setRawString(SerializedValue<T> value);
-
-  template <typename TAdaptedString>
-  bool setString(TAdaptedString value);
-
-  bool setLinkedString(const char* s);
-
-  size_t size() {
-    if (isObject())
-      return asObject().size();
-
-    if (isArray())
-      return asArray().size();
-
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  ArrayImpl toArray() {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type() == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
-    if (!data_)
-      return ArrayImpl();
-    data_->type = VariantType::Array;
-    return ArrayImpl(new (&data_->content.asCollection) CollectionData(),
-                     resources_);
-  }
-
-  ObjectImpl toObject() {
-    ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type() == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
-    if (!data_)
-      return ObjectImpl();
-    data_->type = VariantType::Object;
-    return ObjectImpl(new (&data_->content.asCollection) CollectionData(),
-                      resources_);
-  }
-
-  VariantType type() const {
-    return data_ ? data_->type : VariantType::Null;
-  }
-
-  // Release the resources used by this variant and set it to null.
-  void clear();
-
- private:
-  VariantData* data_;
-  ResourceManager* resources_;
-};
-
 template <typename T>
-inline void VariantImpl::setRawString(SerializedValue<T> value) {
-  if (!data_)
-    return;
-  auto dup = resources_->saveString(adaptString(value.data(), value.size()));
+inline void VariantData::setRawString(SerializedValue<T> value,
+                                      ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+  auto dup = resources->saveString(adaptString(value.data(), value.size()));
   if (dup)
-    data_->setRawString(dup);
+    setRawString(dup);
 }
 
-inline bool VariantImpl::setLinkedString(const char* s) {
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(isNull());  // must call clear() first
+inline bool VariantData::setLinkedString(const char* s,
+                                         ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
   ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(s);
 
-  auto slotId = resources_->saveStaticString(s);
+  auto slotId = resources->saveStaticString(s);
   if (slotId == NULL_SLOT)
     return false;
 
-  data_->type = VariantType::LinkedString;
-  data_->content.asSlotId = slotId;
+  type_ = VariantType::LinkedString;
+  content_.asSlotId = slotId;
   return true;
 }
 
 template <typename TAdaptedString>
-inline bool VariantImpl::setString(TAdaptedString value) {
-  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(isNull());  // must call clear() first
-
-  if (!data_)
-    return false;
+inline bool VariantData::setString(TAdaptedString value,
+                                   ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
 
   if (value.isNull())
     return false;
 
   if (value.isStatic())
-    return setLinkedString(value.data());
+    return setLinkedString(value.data(), resources);
 
   if (isTinyString(value, value.size())) {
-    data_->setTinyString(value);
+    setTinyString(value);
     return true;
   }
 
-  auto dup = resources_->saveString(value);
+  auto dup = resources->saveString(value);
   if (dup) {
-    data_->setOwnedString(dup);
+    setOwnedString(dup);
     return true;
   }
 
   return false;
 }
 
-inline void VariantImpl::clear() {
-  if (!data_)
-    return;
-
-  if (data_->type & VariantTypeBits::OwnedStringBit)
-    resources_->dereferenceString(data_->content.asOwnedString->data);
+inline void VariantData::clear(ResourceManager* resources) {
+  if (type_ & VariantTypeBits::OwnedStringBit)
+    resources->dereferenceString(content_.asOwnedString->data);
 
 #if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
-  if (data_->type & VariantTypeBits::EightByteBit)
-    resources_->freeEightByte(data_->content.asSlotId);
+  if (type_ & VariantTypeBits::EightByteBit)
+    resources->freeEightByte(content_.asSlotId);
 #endif
 
-  asCollection().clear();
+  auto collection = asCollection();
+  if (collection)
+    collection->clear(resources);
 
-  data_->type = VariantType::Null;
+  type_ = VariantType::Null;
+}
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_8_BYTE_POOL
+inline const EightByteValue* VariantData::getEightByte(
+    const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  return type_ & VariantTypeBits::EightByteBit
+             ? resources->getEightByte(content_.asSlotId)
+             : 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+inline const char* VariantData::asLinkedString(
+    const ResourceManager* resources) const {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::LinkedString);
+  return resources->getStaticString(content_.asSlotId);
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+enable_if_t<sizeof(T) == 8, bool> VariantData::setFloat(
+    T value, ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+  (void)resources;                                 // silence warning
+
+  float valueAsFloat = static_cast<float>(value);
+
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE
+  if (value == valueAsFloat) {
+    type_ = VariantType::Float;
+    content_.asFloat = valueAsFloat;
+  } else {
+    auto slot = resources->allocEightByte();
+    if (!slot)
+      return false;
+    type_ = VariantType::Double;
+    content_.asSlotId = slot.id();
+    slot->asDouble = value;
+  }
+#else
+  type_ = VariantType::Float;
+  content_.asFloat = valueAsFloat;
+#endif
+  return true;
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+enable_if_t<is_signed<T>::value, bool> VariantData::setInteger(
+    T value, ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+  (void)resources;                                 // silence warning
+
+  if (canConvertNumber<int32_t>(value)) {
+    type_ = VariantType::Int32;
+    content_.asInt32 = static_cast<int32_t>(value);
+  }
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+  else {
+    auto slot = resources->allocEightByte();
+    if (!slot)
+      return false;
+    type_ = VariantType::Int64;
+    content_.asSlotId = slot.id();
+    slot->asInt64 = value;
+  }
+#endif
+  return true;
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+enable_if_t<is_unsigned<T>::value, bool> VariantData::setInteger(
+    T value, ResourceManager* resources) {
+  ARDUINOJSON_ASSERT(type_ == VariantType::Null);  // must call clear() first
+  (void)resources;                                 // silence warning
+
+  if (canConvertNumber<uint32_t>(value)) {
+    type_ = VariantType::Uint32;
+    content_.asUint32 = static_cast<uint32_t>(value);
+  }
+#if ARDUINOJSON_USE_LONG_LONG
+  else {
+    auto slot = resources->allocEightByte();
+    if (!slot)
+      return false;
+    type_ = VariantType::Uint64;
+    content_.asSlotId = slot.id();
+    slot->asUint64 = value;
+  }
+#endif
+  return true;
 }
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRefBase.hpp

@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ class VariantRefBase : public VariantTag {
   // Sets the value to null.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/clear/
   void clear() const {
-    getOrCreateVariantImpl().clear();
+    VariantData::clear(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Returns true if the value is null or the reference is unbound.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/isnull/
   bool isNull() const {
-    return getVariantImpl().isNull();
+    return VariantData::isNull(getData());
   }
 
   // Returns true if the reference is unbound.
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ class VariantRefBase : public VariantTag {
   // Returns the size of the array or object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/size/
   size_t size() const {
-    return getVariantImpl().size();
+    return VariantData::size(getData(), getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Returns the depth (nesting level) of the value.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/nesting/
   size_t nesting() const {
-    return getVariantImpl().nesting();
+    return VariantData::nesting(getData(), getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Appends a new (empty) element to the array.
@@ -120,34 +120,38 @@ class VariantRefBase : public VariantTag {
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/add/
   template <typename T>
   bool add(const T& value) const {
-    return getOrCreateVariantImpl().addValue(value);
+    return detail::VariantData::addValue(getOrCreateData(), value,
+                                         getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Appends a value to the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/add/
   template <typename T, enable_if_t<!is_const<T>::value, int> = 0>
   bool add(T* value) const {
-    return getOrCreateVariantImpl().addValue(value);
+    return detail::VariantData::addValue(getOrCreateData(), value,
+                                         getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes an element of the array.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/remove/
   void remove(size_t index) const {
-    getVariantImpl().removeElement(index);
+    VariantData::removeElement(getData(), index, getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/remove/
   template <typename TChar, enable_if_t<IsString<TChar*>::value, int> = 0>
   void remove(TChar* key) const {
-    getVariantImpl().removeMember(adaptString(key));
+    VariantData::removeMember(getData(), adaptString(key),
+                              getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the object.
   // https://arduinojson.org/v7/api/jsonvariant/remove/
   template <typename TString, enable_if_t<IsString<TString>::value, int> = 0>
   void remove(const TString& key) const {
-    getVariantImpl().removeMember(adaptString(key));
+    VariantData::removeMember(getData(), adaptString(key),
+                              getResourceManager());
   }
 
   // Removes a member of the object or an element of the array.
@@ -271,14 +275,6 @@ class VariantRefBase : public VariantTag {
     return VariantAttorney::getOrCreateData(derived());
   }
 
-  VariantImpl getVariantImpl() const {
-    return VariantImpl(getData(), getResourceManager());
-  }
-
-  VariantImpl getOrCreateVariantImpl() const {
-    return VariantImpl(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager());
-  }
-
   FORCE_INLINE ArduinoJson::JsonVariant getVariant() const;
 
   FORCE_INLINE ArduinoJson::JsonVariantConst getVariantConst() const {

src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRefBaseImpl.hpp

@@ -69,20 +69,23 @@ inline void convertToJson(const VariantRefBase<TDerived>& src,
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T, enable_if_t<is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, int>>
 inline T VariantRefBase<TDerived>::add() const {
-  return JsonVariant(getOrCreateVariantImpl().addElement(),
-                     getResourceManager());
+  return JsonVariant(
+      detail::VariantData::addElement(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager()),
+      getResourceManager());
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename TString, enable_if_t<IsString<TString>::value, int>>
 inline bool VariantRefBase<TDerived>::containsKey(const TString& key) const {
-  return getVariantImpl().getMember(adaptString(key)) != 0;
+  return VariantData::getMember(getData(), adaptString(key),
+                                getResourceManager()) != 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename TChar, enable_if_t<IsString<TChar*>::value, int>>
 inline bool VariantRefBase<TDerived>::containsKey(TChar* key) const {
-  return getVariantImpl().getMember(adaptString(key)) != 0;
+  return VariantData::getMember(getData(), adaptString(key),
+                                getResourceManager()) != 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>
@@ -147,25 +150,26 @@ inline bool VariantRefBase<TDerived>::doSet(const T& value, true_type) const {
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T, enable_if_t<is_same<T, JsonArray>::value, int>>
 inline JsonArray VariantRefBase<TDerived>::to() const {
-  auto variant = getOrCreateVariantImpl();
-  variant.clear();
-  return JsonArray(variant.toArray());
+  return JsonArray(
+      VariantData::toArray(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager()),
+      getResourceManager());
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T, enable_if_t<is_same<T, JsonObject>::value, int>>
 JsonObject VariantRefBase<TDerived>::to() const {
-  auto variant = getOrCreateVariantImpl();
-  variant.clear();
-  return JsonObject(variant.toObject());
+  return JsonObject(
+      VariantData::toObject(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager()),
+      getResourceManager());
 }
 
 template <typename TDerived>
 template <typename T, enable_if_t<is_same<T, JsonVariant>::value, int>>
 JsonVariant VariantRefBase<TDerived>::to() const {
-  detail::VariantImpl impl(getOrCreateData(), getResourceManager());
-  impl.clear();
-  return JsonVariant(impl);
+  auto data = getOrCreateData();
+  auto resources = getResourceManager();
+  detail::VariantData::clear(data, resources);
+  return JsonVariant(data, resources);
 }
 
 ARDUINOJSON_END_PRIVATE_NAMESPACE

src/ArduinoJson/version.hpp

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION "7.4.2"
+#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION "7.4.1"
 #define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 7
 #define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_REVISION 2
-#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_MACRO V742
+#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_REVISION 1
+#define ARDUINOJSON_VERSION_MACRO V741