From c50e78e6e0aadbbceccfbe6267891d97ba9f1528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Beno=C3=AEt=20Blanchon?=
 <bblanchon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:35:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clone an object or an array

---
 Bag-of-Tricks.md | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Bag-of-Tricks.md b/Bag-of-Tricks.md
index 5c0abab..e43f21f 100644
--- a/Bag-of-Tricks.md
+++ b/Bag-of-Tricks.md
@@ -401,35 +401,35 @@ Throwing<DynamicJsonBuffer> jsonBuffer;
 
 See issue [#205](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/issues/205).
 
-## Reuse JsonBuffer
-
-:warning: **JsonBuffer are designed to be non reusable.**
-
-:warning: **This is on purpose and this is actually here to help!**
-
-:warning: **It prevents memory leaks and dangling pointer.**
-
-:warning: **This section is only intended to insane people who deliberately ignores the recommendation of the library author.**
-
-:warning: [READ THE FAQ BEFORE USING THIS!!!!!!!](https://bblanchon.github.io/ArduinoJson/faq/how-to-reuse-a-jsonbuffer/)
-
-
-Here is how you can write your own `clear()` function:
+## Clone an object or an array
 
 ```c++
-template<typename T>
-void clear(T& instance)
+JsonVariant clone(JsonBuffer& jb, JsonVariant prototype)
 {
-    instance = T();
+  if (prototype.is<JsonObject>()) {
+    const JsonObject& protoObj = prototype;
+    JsonObject& newObj = jb.createObject();
+    for (const auto& kvp : protoObj) {
+      newObj[kvp.key] = clone(jb, kvp.value);
+    }
+    return newObj;
+  }
+
+  if (prototype.is<JsonArray>()) {
+    const JsonArray& protoArr = prototype;
+    JsonArray& newArr = jb.createArray();
+    for (const auto& elem : protoArr) {
+      newArr.add(clone(jb, elem));
+    }
+    return newArr;
+  }
+
+  if (prototype.is<char*>()) {
+    return jb.strdup(prototype.as<char*>());
+  }
+
+  return prototype;
 }
 ```
 
-To use it in your code:
-
-```c++
-clear(jsonBuffer);
-```
-
-See issues [#72](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/issues/72), [#115](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/issues/115), [#141](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/issues/141)
-
-See [ArduinoJson: Avoiding pitfalls](https://bblanchon.github.io/ArduinoJson/doc/pitfalls/#4-dont-reuse-the-same-jsonbuffer)
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+See issue [#533](https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/issues/533)
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