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When the JSON input is well formed and no key path is provided, the parser shall return the closest complete root JSON value according to the API contract, including complete object, array, string, number, boolean, or null values.
Specification
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When the JSON input is well formed and no key path is provided, the parser shall return the closest complete root JSON value according to the API contract, including complete object, array, string, number, boolean, or null values.
the parser shall always satisfy !json_input_is_well_formed | key_path_is_provided | returns_root_value_without_key_path
Rationale & tags
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Rationale & tags
Why this requirement exists, and how it is categorised.
Get has special root-extraction behavior when no key path is provided, so that contract should be modeled independently from addressed lookup.
Verification & provenance
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Review
- Status
- approved
- Reviewer
- Buger · lead_engineer
- Reviewed
- Jul 26, 2026, 15:21 UTC
History
- Created
- Apr 14, 2026, 00:00 UTC · Created via CLI
- Modified
- Jul 26, 2026, 15:21 UTC · Buger
Change history
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Obligations
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1 obligation · 1 discharged
Browse the catalogueApplying the operation twice produces the same result as applying once.
Get with no path returns different root slices across calls on identical input (e.g. trims surrounding whitespace inconsistently), corrupting downstream equality or hash invariants.
- nominalrequiredpresentCovered by 1 test
Formula evidence
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Formula evidence
The formal formula behind this requirement, the variables it is written over, and the tests that exercise it (each term is explained inline).
FRETish formula
the parser shall always satisfy !json_input_is_well_formed | key_path_is_provided | returns_root_value_without_key_path
Variables
| Name | Type | Direction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| json_input_is_well_formed | — | True when the provided JSON byte slice is well formed for the lookup case under evaluation. | |
| key_path_is_provided | — | True when the caller supplies at least one key-path segment for the lookup case under evaluation. | |
| returns_root_value_without_key_path | — | True when Get returns the closest complete root JSON value for a well-formed input when no key path is provided. |
Witnesses· 4 scenarios total
- TestMCDC_SYS_REQ_018_Row1_TriggerFalseexercises 1 condition scenario
- TestMCDC_SYS_REQ_018_Row2_InvariantViolationexercises 1 condition scenario
- TestMCDC_SYS_REQ_018_Row3_RootValueReturnedexercises 1 condition scenario
- TestMCDC_SYS_REQ_018_Row4_KeyPathProvidedexercises 1 condition scenario
MC/DC truth table· 4 rows
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mcdc:ignoreNo-actionfalse-result row satisfied by designUncoveredneeds a covering test| # | json_input_is_well_formed | key_path_is_provided | returns_root_value_without_key_path | Result | Proves | Covering test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | F | F | T | json_input_is_well_formed | |
| 2 | T | F | F | F | json_input_is_well_formed | |
| 3 | T | F | T | T | returns_root_value_without_key_path | |
| 4 | T | T | F | T | key_path_is_provided |
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Impact
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Impact
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If you change this
Files to re-check (1)
- parser.goparser.go
Tests to re-run (4)
- deep_spec_test.godeep_spec_test.go
- mcdc_spec_witnesses_test.gomcdc_spec_witnesses_test.go
- obligation_evidence_test.goobligation_evidence_test.go
- parser_test.goparser_test.go
What this rests on
Parent requirements (1)
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