From 740aaff8ff5f756397af3ecff976df60bd0e5003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zan mlakar <z4n.mlakar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 19:41:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: explain toJSON validation with anyOf and oneOf

---
 README.md           | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/toJSON.test.js | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd042d73..0e8b9fee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -393,6 +393,45 @@ const stringify = fastJson({
 })
 ```
 
+At an *anyOf* or *oneOf* node, branch selection validates the input before
+serializing the selected branch. For object schemas, this includes checking
+required properties on nested objects before calling their `toJSON()` methods.
+An object whose required properties exist only in its `toJSON()` result can
+therefore fail to match any branch, even if it serializes successfully with the
+same object schema outside *anyOf* or *oneOf*.
+
+Convert those objects before passing them to `stringify`:
+
+```javascript
+const stringify = fastJson({
+  oneOf: [{
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      balance: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          value: { type: 'number' }
+        },
+        required: ['value']
+      }
+    },
+    required: ['balance']
+  }, {
+    type: 'null'
+  }]
+})
+
+const balance = {
+  amount: 100,
+  toJSON () {
+    return { value: this.amount }
+  }
+}
+
+console.log(stringify({ balance: balance.toJSON() })) // '{"balance":{"value":100}}'
+stringify({ balance }) // throws: The value of '#' does not match schema definition.
+```
+
 <a name="if-then-else"></a>
 #### If/then/else
 `fast-json-stringify` supports `if/then/else` jsonschema feature. See [ajv documentation](https://ajv.js.org/keywords.html#ifthenelse).
diff --git a/test/toJSON.test.js b/test/toJSON.test.js
index 61010b1b..75a11625 100644
--- a/test/toJSON.test.js
+++ b/test/toJSON.test.js
@@ -58,6 +58,44 @@ test('use toJSON method on nested object types', (t) => {
   t.assert.equal('[{"productName":"cola"},{"productName":"sprite"}]', stringify(array))
 })
 
+for (const keyword of ['anyOf', 'oneOf']) {
+  test(`${keyword} validates nested objects before calling toJSON`, (t) => {
+    t.plan(4)
+
+    const schema = {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        balance: {
+          type: 'object',
+          properties: {
+            value: { type: 'number' }
+          },
+          required: ['value']
+        }
+      },
+      required: ['balance']
+    }
+    const stringify = build({
+      [keyword]: [schema, { type: 'null' }]
+    })
+    let calls = 0
+    const balance = {
+      amount: 100,
+      toJSON () {
+        calls++
+        return { value: this.amount }
+      }
+    }
+
+    t.assert.throws(() => stringify({ balance }), {
+      message: "The value of '#' does not match schema definition."
+    })
+    t.assert.equal(calls, 0)
+    t.assert.equal(stringify({ balance: balance.toJSON() }), '{"balance":{"value":100}}')
+    t.assert.equal(build(schema)({ balance }), '{"balance":{"value":100}}')
+  })
+}
+
 test('not use toJSON if does not exist', (t) => {
   t.plan(1)