serde_with/serde_conv.rs
1/// Create new conversion adapters from functions
2///
3/// The macro lets you create a new converter, which is usable for serde's with-attribute and `#[serde_as]`.
4/// Its main use case is to write simple converters for types, which are not serializable.
5/// Another use-case is to change the serialization behavior if the implemented `Serialize`/`Deserialize` trait is insufficient.
6///
7/// The macro takes four arguments:
8///
9/// 1. The name of the converter type.
10/// The type can be prefixed with a visibility modifies like `pub` or `pub(crate)`.
11/// By default, the type is not marked as public (`pub(self)`).
12/// 2. The type `T` we want to extend with custom behavior.
13/// 3. A function or macro taking a `&T` and returning a serializable type.
14/// 4. A function or macro taking a deserializable type and returning a `Result<T, E>`.
15/// The error type `E` must implement [`Display`].
16///
17/// [`Display`]: std::fmt::Display
18///
19/// # Example
20///
21/// In this example, we write custom serialization behavior for a `Rgb` type.
22/// We want to serialize it as a `[u8; 3]`.
23///
24/// ```rust
25/// # #[cfg(feature = "macros")] {
26/// # use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
27/// # use serde_with::serde_as;
28///
29/// #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
30/// struct Rgb {
31/// red: u8,
32/// green: u8,
33/// blue: u8,
34/// }
35///
36/// serde_with::serde_conv!(
37/// #[doc = "Serialize and deserialize `Rgb` as `[u8; 3]`."]
38/// RgbAsArray,
39/// Rgb,
40/// |rgb: &Rgb| [rgb.red, rgb.green, rgb.blue],
41/// |value: [u8; 3]| -> Result<_, std::convert::Infallible> {
42/// Ok(Rgb {
43/// red: value[0],
44/// green: value[1],
45/// blue: value[2],
46/// })
47/// }
48/// );
49///
50/// //////////////////////////////////////////////////
51///
52/// // We define some colors to be used later
53///
54/// let green = Rgb {red: 0, green: 255, blue: 0};
55/// let orange = Rgb {red: 255, green: 128, blue: 0};
56/// let pink = Rgb {red: 255, green: 0, blue: 255};
57///
58/// //////////////////////////////////////////////////
59///
60/// // We can now use the `RgbAsArray` adapter with `serde_as`.
61///
62/// #[serde_as]
63/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
64/// struct Colors {
65/// #[serde_as(as = "RgbAsArray")]
66/// one_rgb: Rgb,
67/// #[serde_as(as = "Vec<RgbAsArray>")]
68/// rgbs_in_vec: Vec<Rgb>,
69/// }
70///
71/// let data = Colors {
72/// one_rgb: orange,
73/// rgbs_in_vec: vec![green, pink],
74/// };
75/// let json = serde_json::json!({
76/// "one_rgb": [255, 128, 0],
77/// "rgbs_in_vec": [
78/// [0, 255, 0],
79/// [255, 0, 255]
80/// ]
81/// });
82///
83/// assert_eq!(json, serde_json::to_value(&data).unwrap());
84/// assert_eq!(data, serde_json::from_value(json).unwrap());
85///
86/// //////////////////////////////////////////////////
87///
88/// // The types generated by `serde_conv` is also compatible with serde's with attribute
89///
90/// #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
91/// struct ColorsWith {
92/// #[serde(with = "RgbAsArray")]
93/// rgb_with: Rgb,
94/// }
95///
96/// let data = ColorsWith {
97/// rgb_with: pink,
98/// };
99/// let json = serde_json::json!({
100/// "rgb_with": [255, 0, 255]
101/// });
102///
103/// assert_eq!(json, serde_json::to_value(&data).unwrap());
104/// assert_eq!(data, serde_json::from_value(json).unwrap());
105/// # }
106/// ```
107#[macro_export]
108macro_rules! serde_conv {
109 ($(#[$attr:meta])* $m:ident, $t:ty, $ser:expr, $de:expr) => {$crate::serde_conv!($(#[$attr])* pub(self) $m, $t, $ser, $de);};
110 ($(#[$attr:meta])* $vis:vis $m:ident, $t:ty, $ser:expr, $de:expr) => {
111 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
112 $(#[$attr])*
113 $vis struct $m;
114
115 // Prevent clippy lints triggering because of the template here
116 // https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/pull/320
117 // https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/pull/729
118 #[allow(clippy::all)]
119 const _:() = {
120 impl $m {
121 $vis fn serialize<S>(x: &$t, serializer: S) -> $crate::__private__::Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
122 where
123 S: $crate::__private__::Serializer,
124 {
125 let y = $ser(x);
126 $crate::__private__::Serialize::serialize(&y, serializer)
127 }
128
129 $vis fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> $crate::__private__::Result<$t, D::Error>
130 where
131 D: $crate::__private__::Deserializer<'de>,
132 {
133 let y = $crate::__private__::Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
134 $de(y).map_err($crate::__private__::DeError::custom)
135 }
136 }
137
138 impl $crate::SerializeAs<$t> for $m {
139 fn serialize_as<S>(x: &$t, serializer: S) -> $crate::__private__::Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
140 where
141 S: $crate::__private__::Serializer,
142 {
143 Self::serialize(x, serializer)
144 }
145 }
146
147 impl<'de> $crate::DeserializeAs<'de, $t> for $m {
148 fn deserialize_as<D>(deserializer: D) -> $crate::__private__::Result<$t, D::Error>
149 where
150 D: $crate::__private__::Deserializer<'de>,
151 {
152 Self::deserialize(deserializer)
153 }
154 }
155 };
156 };
157}