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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Support filtering after advanced feature functions like `@array()`  (e.g., $.store..*@array()[?(@property !== 0)])","articleBody":"Consider the given sample JSON document \n\n```\n{\n    \"store\": {\n        \"book\": [{\n            \"category\": \"reference\",\n            \"author\": \"Nigel Rees\",\n            \"title\": \"Sayings of the Century\",\n            \"price\": 8.95\n        },\n        {\n            \"category\": \"fiction\",\n            \"author\": \"Evelyn Waugh\",\n            \"title\": \"Sword of Honour\",\n            \"price\": 12.99\n        },\n        {\n            \"category\": \"fiction\",\n            \"author\": \"Herman Melville\",\n            \"title\": \"Moby Dick\",\n            \"isbn\": \"0-553-21311-3\",\n            \"price\": 8.99\n        },\n        {\n            \"category\": \"fiction\",\n            \"author\": \"J. R. R. Tolkien\",\n            \"title\": \"The Lord of the Rings\",\n            \"isbn\": \"0-395-19395-8\",\n            \"price\": 22.99\n        }],\n        \"bicycle\": {\n            \"color\": \"red\",\n            \"price\": 19.95\n        }\n    }\n}\n```\nJSONPath Plus currently supports advanced feature functions such as \n\n```\n@array(),\n@object() and so on.\n```\n\nThis correctly returns the elements under any node.\n\n**Example JSONPath expression** \n```\n$.store..*@array()\n```\n**Output**\n```\n[\n  [\n    {\n      category: 'reference',\n      author: 'Nigel Rees',\n      title: 'Sayings of the Century',\n      price: 8.95\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Evelyn Waugh',\n      title: 'Sword of Honour',\n      price: 12.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Herman Melville',\n      title: 'Moby Dick',\n      isbn: '0-553-21311-3',\n      price: 8.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'J. R. R. Tolkien',\n      title: 'The Lord of the Rings',\n      isbn: '0-395-19395-8',\n      price: 22.99\n    }\n  ]\n]\n```\n\n**Improvement**\nWhen a filter which contains another JSONPath Plus feature ,\n\nExample JSONPath expression\n\n```\n$.store..*@array()[?(@property !== 0)]\n```\n\nJSONPath Plus stops evaluating after @array()  and does not process the next filter expression.\nThe second filter block `[?(@property !==0)]`is not processed at all.\n\n**Actual Output**\n```\n[\n  [\n    {\n      category: 'reference',\n      author: 'Nigel Rees',\n      title: 'Sayings of the Century',\n      price: 8.95\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Evelyn Waugh',\n      title: 'Sword of Honour',\n      price: 12.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Herman Melville',\n      title: 'Moby Dick',\n      isbn: '0-553-21311-3',\n      price: 8.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'J. R. R. Tolkien',\n      title: 'The Lord of the Rings',\n      isbn: '0-395-19395-8',\n      price: 22.99\n    }\n  ]\n]\n\n```\n\n**Expected Output** : After evaluating @array(), the engine must continue processing the next filters.\n```\n[\n     {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Evelyn Waugh',\n      title: 'Sword of Honour',\n      price: 12.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'Herman Melville',\n      title: 'Moby Dick',\n      isbn: '0-553-21311-3',\n      price: 8.99\n    },\n    {\n      category: 'fiction',\n      author: 'J. R. R. Tolkien',\n      title: 'The Lord of the Rings',\n      isbn: '0-395-19395-8',\n      price: 22.99\n    }\n]\n```\n\nSo, the pipeline should work like this :\n\n- First it processes `$.store..*@array()` .\n- Then the processed results should be passed to the next filter. In this case, it is `[?(@property !==0)]`\n- Return the final results after processing all the filters","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Laavanja19","@type":"Person","name":"Laavanja19"},"datePublished":"2025-12-08T08:20:25.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/246/JSONPath/issues/246"}