Add JsonWriter#values(Iterable<String>)

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriter.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriter.java
index 6d929a28daa..f3b20a91368 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriter.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/main/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriter.java
@@ -179,6 +179,21 @@ public class JsonWriter {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Write a list of values in an array, for example:
+   * <pre>
+   *   writer.beginArray().values(myValues).endArray();
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   * @throws org.sonar.api.utils.text.WriterException on any failure
+   */
+  public JsonWriter values(Iterable<String> values) {
+    for (String value : values) {
+      value(value);
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * @throws org.sonar.api.utils.text.WriterException on any failure
    */
   public JsonWriter valueDate(@Nullable Date value) {
diff --git a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriterTest.java b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriterTest.java
index ea9de6560d5..d5f2cb7b429 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriterTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin-api/src/test/java/org/sonar/api/utils/text/JsonWriterTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.sonar.api.utils.DateUtils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ public class JsonWriterTest {
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void array_values() throws Exception {
+    writer.beginArray().values(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar", "baz")).endArray().close();
+    expect("[\"foo\",\"bar\",\"baz\"]");
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void type_of_values() throws Exception {
     Date date = DateUtils.parseDateTime("2010-05-18T15:50:45+0100");
     writer.beginObject()