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title: "BoxLang 1.14.0 : Navigate Anything: JSONPath Comes to BoxLang’s DataNavigator"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/boxlang-1-14-0-navigate-anything-jsonpath-comes-to-boxlang-s-datanavigator-zelcxbm30
source_url: https://foojay.io/today/boxlang-1-14-0-navigate-anything-jsonpath-comes-to-boxlangs-datanavigator
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published: 2026-07-02T18:26:52.209Z
updated: 2026-07-02T18:27:22.716Z
tags: ["java"]
reading_time: 10
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# BoxLang 1.14.0 : Navigate Anything: JSONPath Comes to BoxLang’s DataNavigator

**[Foojay.io](https://daily.dev/sources/foojayio)** · 10 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

BoxLang 1.14.0 adds JSONPath-style path expressions to the DataNavigator API. The update introduces a new `query()` method that returns all matches as an array, `getOrDefault()` for guaranteed non-null returns, and `getByKey()`/`hasByKey()` for literal key lookups where dots and brackets are part of the key name. The path expression syntax supports dot notation, array indexing, recursive descent (`..`), wildcards (`[*]`), slices (`[1:3]`), and filter expressions (`[?(@.active == true)]`). Practical examples cover API response processing, configuration introspection, and wildcard/slice extraction, showing how complex multi-level traversals that previously required loops or nested null checks can now be expressed in a single call.

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