serialization: add support for Arrays

[nit.git] / lib / json_serialization.nit

diff --git a/lib/json_serialization.nit b/lib/json_serialization.nit
index 4b15e88..4b47eff 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/json_serialization.nit
+++ b/lib/json_serialization.nit
@@ -106,3 +106,19 @@ redef class NativeString
        redef fun serialize_to_json(v) do to_s.serialize_to_json(v)
 end
 
+redef class Array[E]
+       redef fun serialize_to_json(v) do
+               v.stream.write "["
+               var is_first = true
+               for e in self do
+                       if is_first then
+                               is_first = false
+                       else v.stream.write(", ")
+                       
+                       if not v.try_to_serialize(e) then
+                               v.warn("element of type {e.class_name} is not serializable.")
+                       end
+               end
+               v.stream.write "]"
+       end
+end