id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
5210	JSON writer does not allow attributes and children in the same node	Christian Ceelen <christian.ceelen@…>	Sebastian Redl	"The JSON serialization of property_tree is currently restricts to instances of property_tree that do contain data attributes only in leaf node. 

{{{#!C++
    // Verify if ptree does not contain information that cannot be written to json
    template<class Ptree>
    bool verify_json(const Ptree &pt, int depth)
    {

        typedef typename Ptree::key_type::value_type Ch;
        typedef typename std::basic_string<Ch> Str;

        // Root ptree cannot have data
        if (depth == 0 && !pt.template get_value<Str>().empty())
            return false;
        
        // Ptree cannot have both children and data
        if (!pt.template get_value<Str>().empty() && !pt.empty())
            return false;

        // Check children
        typename Ptree::const_iterator it = pt.begin();
        for (; it != pt.end(); ++it)
            if (!verify_json(it->second, depth + 1))
                return false;

        // Success
        return true;

    }
}}}

To me this is a random limitation. 
I removed it locally and tried to generate an instance with attributes and children:
{{{
{
    ""Object"":{
        ""Name"": ""Object Name"",
        ""Child"": {
            ""Name"": ""Child Name""
        }
    }
}
}}}
It works well. 
Why is this policy built into the json writer? 
Why is there no way to deactivate this policy?
"	Bugs	closed	To Be Determined	property_tree	Boost 1.46.0	Problem	invalid