lottie: fix & enhance parsing

The object type key does not need to be provided
first. Previously, content was skipped until the
"ty" type key was found. If the key was placed at
the end, the entire object was ignored.
Now, before parsing subsequent elements, finding
the "ty" key is enforced. Since in-situ parsing
does not support backtracking, the key is searched
with an internal function.

Introducing support for the "ty" key placed anywhere
highlighted the use of redundant logic for parsing
the list of shapes — this duplicate logic has been
removed.

src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieParser.cpp

@@ -849,10 +849,12 @@ LottieOffsetPath* LottieParser::parseOffsetPath()
 }
 
 
-LottieObject* LottieParser::parseObject()
+LottieObject* LottieParser::parseObject(const char* type)
 {
-    auto type = getString();
+    if (!type) {
+        type = getString();
         if (!type) return nullptr;
+    }
 
     if (!strcmp(type, "gr")) return parseGroup();
     else if (!strcmp(type, "rc")) return parseRect();
@@ -879,6 +881,24 @@ LottieObject* LottieParser::parseObject()
 void LottieParser::parseObject(Array<LottieObject*>& parent)
 {
     enterObject();
+
+
+    //object type key is not listed as the first one
+    auto value = peekValue();
+    if (value && strcmp(value->GetString(), "ty")) {
+        if (auto type = findObjectType()) {
+            if (auto child = parseObject(type)) {
+                if (child->hidden) delete (child);
+                else parent.push(child);
+            } else {
+                //skip unsupported type
+                while (nextObjectKey()) skip();
+            }
+            free(type);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    //object type key either listed as the first one or never - skip the entire object
     while (auto key = nextObjectKey()) {
         if (KEY_AS("ty")) {
             if (auto child = parseObject()) {
@@ -1080,21 +1100,8 @@ void LottieParser::parseTimeRemap(LottieLayer* layer)
 
 void LottieParser::parseShapes(Array<LottieObject*>& parent)
 {
-    enterArray();
-    while (nextArrayValue()) {
-        enterObject();
-        while (auto key = nextObjectKey()) {
-            if (KEY_AS("it")) {
     enterArray();
     while (nextArrayValue()) parseObject(parent);
-            } else if (KEY_AS("ty")) {
-                if (auto child = parseObject()) {
-                    if (child->hidden) delete(child);
-                    else parent.push(child);
-                }
-            } else skip();
-        }
-     }
 }
 
 

src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieParser.h

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ private:
     template<LottieProperty::Type type = LottieProperty::Type::Invalid, typename T> void parseProperty(T& prop, LottieObject* obj = nullptr);
     template<LottieProperty::Type type = LottieProperty::Type::Invalid, typename T> void parseSlotProperty(T& prop);
 
-    LottieObject* parseObject();
+    LottieObject* parseObject(const char* type = nullptr);
     LottieObject* parseAsset();
     void parseImage(LottieImage* image, const char* data, const char* subPath, bool embedded, float width, float height);
     LottieLayer* parseLayer(LottieLayer* precomp);

src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieParserHandler.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+    /*
  * Copyright (c) 2023 - 2025 the ThorVG project. All rights reserved.
 
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "tvgLottieParserHandler.h"
+#include "tvgStr.h"
 
 
 /************************************************************************/
@@ -184,6 +185,14 @@ int LookaheadParserHandler::peekType()
 }
 
 
+Value* LookaheadParserHandler::peekValue() {
+    if (state >= kHasNull && state <= kHasKey) {
+        return &val;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+
 void LookaheadParserHandler::skipOut(int depth)
 {
     do {
@@ -233,6 +242,31 @@ void LookaheadParserHandler::skip()
 }
 
 
+char* LookaheadParserHandler::findObjectType()
+{
+    auto level = 0;
+    for (auto p = iss.src_; *p != '\0'; ++p) {
+        if (*p == '{') level++;
+        else if (*p == '}') {
+            if (--level < 0) break;
+        } else if (level == 0) {
+            if (!strncmp(p, "\"ty\"", 4)) {
+                p += 4;
+                while (*p != '\0' && (isspace(*p) || *p == '\n')) ++p;
+                if (*p++ != ':') return nullptr;
+                while (*p != '\0' && (isspace(*p) || *p == '\n')) ++p;
+                if (*p++ != '\"') return nullptr;
+                const char* start = p;
+                while (*p != '\0' && *p != '\"') ++p;
+                if (*p == '\"') return strDuplicate(start, p - start);
+                return nullptr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+
 char* LookaheadParserHandler::getPos()
 {
     return iss.src_;

src/loaders/lottie/tvgLottieParserHandler.h

@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ struct LookaheadParserHandler
     void skip();
     void skipOut(int depth);
     int peekType();
+    Value* peekValue();
+    char* findObjectType();
     char* getPos();
 };