From 8d7597b9475de796f2e43828e973ff6c7ec2e695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jochen Berger <fooberger@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 09:29:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add a method to safely read a path from a map, turning an
 InvalidPathException into a null return value

---
 json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
index 3ee451bc..c65d8cde 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ public class Criteria {
         }
     }
 
-
+    private static Object readSafely(JsonPath path, Map<String, Object> map){
+      try{
+        return path.read(map);
+      } catch (InvalidPathException e){
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
 
 
     boolean singleObjectApply(Map<String, Object> map) {