json_get_string_vec Subroutine

    subroutine json_get_string_vec(json, me, vec)

    implicit none

    class(json_core),intent(inout)                                :: json
    type(json_value),pointer,intent(in)                           :: me
    character(kind=CK,len=*),dimension(:),allocatable,intent(out) :: vec

    logical(LK) :: initialized

    if ( json%exception_thrown ) return

    ! check for 0-length arrays first:
    select case (me%var_type)
    case (json_array)
        if (json%count(me)==0) then
            allocate(vec(0))
            return
        end if
    end select

    initialized = .false.

    !the callback function is called for each element of the array:
    call json%get(me, array_callback=get_chars_from_array)

    if (json%exception_thrown .and. allocated(vec)) deallocate(vec)

    contains

        subroutine get_chars_from_array(json, element, i, count)

        !! callback function for chars

        implicit none

        class(json_core),intent(inout)      :: json
        type(json_value),pointer,intent(in) :: element
        integer(IK),intent(in)              :: i        !! index
        integer(IK),intent(in)              :: count    !! size of array

        character(kind=CK,len=:),allocatable :: cval

        !size the output array:
        if (.not. initialized) then
            allocate(vec(count))
            initialized = .true.
        end if

        !populate the elements:
        call json%get(element, value=cval)
        if (allocated(cval)) then
            vec(i) = cval
            deallocate(cval)
        else
            vec(i) = CK_''
        end if

        end subroutine get_chars_from_array

    end subroutine json_get_string_vec