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PostgreSQL joining using JSONB

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I have this SQL:

CREATE TABLE test(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data JSONB);
INSERT INTO test(data) VALUES('{"parent":null,"children":[2,3]}');
INSERT INTO test(data) VALUES('{"parent":1,"children":[4,5]}');
INSERT INTO test(data) VALUES('{"parent":1,"children":[]}');
INSERT INTO test(data) VALUES('{"parent":2,"children":[]}');
INSERT INTO test(data) VALUES('{"parent":2,"children":[]}');

that would give:

 id |                 data                 
----+--------------------------------------
  1 | {"parent": null, "children": [2, 3]}
  2 | {"parent": 1, "children": [4, 5]}
  3 | {"parent": 1, "children": []}
  4 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}
  5 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}

When doing normal one to many, it would show something like this:

SELECT * 
FROM test x1
  LEFT JOIN test x2
    ON x1.id = (x2.data->>'parent')::INT;
 id |                 data                 | id |               data                
----+--------------------------------------+----+-----------------------------------
  1 | {"parent": null, "children": [2, 3]} |  2 | {"parent": 1, "children": [4, 5]}
  1 | {"parent": null, "children": [2, 3]} |  3 | {"parent": 1, "children": []}
  2 | {"parent": 1, "children": [4, 5]}    |  4 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}
  2 | {"parent": 1, "children": [4, 5]}    |  5 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}
  5 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}        |    | 
  4 | {"parent": 2, "children": []}        |    | 
  3 | {"parent": 1, "children": []}        |    | 

how to join based on children (using LEFT JOIN or WHERE IN)? I’ve tried:

SELECT data->>'children' FROM test;
 ?column? 
----------
 [2, 3]
 [4, 5]
 []
 []
 []

SELECT json_array_elements((data->>'children')::TEXT) FROM t...
               ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.

SELECT json_array_elements((data->>'children')::JSONB) FROM ...
               ^
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.

SELECT json_to_record((data->>'children')::JSON) FROM test;
ERROR:  function returning record called in context that cannot accept type record
HINT:  Try calling the function in the FROM clause using a column definition list.

SELECT * FROM json_to_record((test.data->>'children')::JSON);
ERROR:  missing FROM-clause entry for table "test"
LINE 1: SELECT * FROM json_to_record((test.data->>'children')::JSON)...
                                      ^

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