= `object` A <<ref_value>> stores an instance of <<ref_object>> as the underlying representation for a JSON object. Instances of the <<ref_object>> type are associative containers holding key and value pairs, where the key is a <<ref_string_view>> and the mapped type is a <<ref_value>>. These containers are modelled after standard maps with these properties:

An empty object may be constructed without incurring any memory allocations using the <<default_memory_resource,default memory resource>>. A <<ref_storage_ptr>> can also be explicitly specified:

Similar to the `std` counterpart, elements may be accessed directly by their key with bounds checking using <<ref_object_at>>, or without bounds checking using <<ref_object_operator_lb_rb>> which creates a null element if the key does not already exist: