Children as Property Resource Wrapper API

// Get the real resource to store the data to; be default the JSON will be persisted in a property named `children` 
Resource real = resolver.getResource("/etc/products/product-class-x/jcr:content/performance-data");

// Wrap the real resource, which will provide a set of methods to write or read the synthetic children
ChildrenAsPropertyResource wrapper = new ChildrenAsPropertyResource(real);

// Create the children that will be persisted to the JSON
Resource child = wrapper.create("child-1", "nt:unstructured");

// Turn the synthetic child to a ModifiableValueMap and write any data you please
ModifiableValueMap mvm = child.adaptTo(ModifiableValueMap.class);
mvm.put("prop-1", "some data");
mvm.put("prop-2", Calendar.getInstance());


// When done with all the writes to your synthetic child, persist these changes to the actual resource (this will turn it from in-memory state in `child` to JSON format)
wrapper.persist();

// Commit the persisted changes to the JCR 
resolver.commit();

// Get the real resource that has the serialized children
Resource real = resolve.getResource("/etc/products/product-class-x/jcr:content/performance-data");

// Wrap the real resource, which will provide a set of methods to write or read the synthetic children
ChildrenAsPropertyResource wrapper = new ChildrenAsPropertyResource(real);

// Read from the wrapper resource as you would any resource
for (Resource child : wrapper.getChildren()) {
  child.getValueMap().get("prop-1", String.class);
}