frontend serialization: don't create `core_serialize_to` if it exists

[nit.git] / src / frontend / serialization_phase.nit

diff --git a/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit b/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
index 7fc1c31..4549144 100644 (file)
--- a/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
+++ b/src/frontend/serialization_phase.nit
@@ -181,6 +181,16 @@ private class SerializationPhasePreModel
        do
                var npropdefs = nclassdef.n_propdefs
 
+               # Do not insert a `core_serialize_to` if it already exists
+               for npropdef in npropdefs do
+                       if npropdef isa AMethPropdef then
+                               var methid = npropdef.n_methid
+                               if methid != null and methid.collect_text == "core_serialize_to" then
+                                       return
+                               end
+                       end
+               end
+
                var code = new Array[String]
                code.add "redef fun core_serialize_to(v)"
                code.add "do"
@@ -312,9 +322,21 @@ do
                                code.add """
        self.{{{name}}} = v.deserialize_attribute("{{{attribute.serialize_name}}}", "{{{type_name}}}")
 """
-                       else code.add """
+                       else
+                               code.add """
        var {{{name}}} = v.deserialize_attribute("{{{attribute.serialize_name}}}", "{{{type_name}}}")
        if v.deserialize_attribute_missing then
+"""
+                               # What to do when an attribute is missing?
+                               if attribute.has_value then
+                                       # Leave it to the default value
+                               else if mtype isa MNullableType then
+                                       code.add """
+               self.{{{name}}} = null"""
+                               else code.add """
+               v.errors.add new Error("Deserialization Error: attribute `{class_name}::{{{name}}}` missing from JSON object")"""
+
+                               code.add """
        else if not {{{name}}} isa {{{type_name}}} then
                v.errors.add new AttributeTypeError(self, "{{{attribute.serialize_name}}}", {{{name}}}, "{{{type_name}}}")
                if v.keep_going == false then return
@@ -322,6 +344,7 @@ do
                self.{{{name}}} = {{{name}}}
        end
 """
+                       end
                end
 
                code.add "end"