private static void parseObject()

in src/main/software/amazon/event/ruler/JsonRuleCompiler.java [139:177]


    private static void parseObject(final List<Map<String, List<Patterns>>> rules,
                                    final Path path,
                                    final JsonParser parser,
                                    final boolean withQuotes) throws IOException {

        boolean fieldsPresent = false;
        while (parser.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
            fieldsPresent = true;

            // field name
            final String stepName = parser.getCurrentName();

            // If it is "$or" primitive, we should bypass that primitive itself in the path as it is not
            // a real field name, it is just used to describe the "$or" relationship among object in the followed array.
            if (stepName.equals(Constants.OR_RELATIONSHIP_KEYWORD)) {
                parseIntoOrRelationship(rules, path, parser, withQuotes);
                // all Objects in $or array have been handled in above function, just bypass below logic.
                continue;
            }

            switch (parser.nextToken()) {
            case START_OBJECT:
                path.push(stepName);
                parseObject(rules, path, parser, withQuotes);
                path.pop();
                break;

            case START_ARRAY:
                writeRules(rules, path.extendedName(stepName), parser, withQuotes);
                break;

            default:
                barf(parser, String.format("\"%s\" must be an object or an array", stepName));
            }
        }
        if (!fieldsPresent) {
            barf(parser, "Empty objects are not allowed");
        }
    }