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[nit.git] / lib / json / serialization.nit
index 61c6f61..3707b19 100644 (file)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # import json::serialization
 #
 # class Person
-#     auto_serializable
+#     serialize
 #
 #     var name: String
 #     var year_of_birth: Int
 # assert alice.to_plain_json == """
 # {"name": "Alice", "year_of_birth": 1978, "next_of_kin": {"name": "Bob", "year_of_birth": 1986, "next_of_kin": null}}"""
 # ~~~
+#
+# ## JSON to Nit objects
+#
+# The `JsonDeserializer` support reading JSON code with minimal meta-data
+# to easily create Nit object from client-side code or configuration files.
+# Each JSON object must define the `__class` attribute with the corresponding
+# Nit class and the expected attributes with its name in Nit followed by its value.
+#
+# ### Usage Example
+#
+# ~~~nitish
+# import json::serialization
+#
+# class MeetupConfig
+#     serialize
+#
+#     var description: String
+#     var max_participants: nullable Int
+#     var answers: Array[FlatString]
+# end
+#
+# var json_code = """
+# {"__class": "MeetupConfig", "description": "My Awesome Meetup", "max_participants": null, "answers": ["Pepperoni", "Chicken"]}"""
+# var deserializer = new JsonDeserializer(json_code)
+#
+# var meet = deserializer.deserialize
+# assert meet isa MeetupConfig
+# assert meet.description == "My Awesome Meetup"
+# assert meet.max_participants == null
+# assert meet.answers == ["Pepperoni", "Chicken"]
+# ~~~
 module serialization
 
-import ::serialization
+import ::serialization::caching
 private import ::serialization::engine_tools
-private import static
+import static
 
 # Serializer of Nit objects to Json string.
 class JsonSerializer
-       super Serializer
+       super CachingSerializer
 
        # Target writing stream
        var stream: Writer
@@ -143,9 +174,9 @@ class JsonSerializer
 
        redef fun serialize_reference(object)
        do
-               if not plain_json and refs_map.has_key(object) then
+               if not plain_json and cache.has_object(object) then
                        # if already serialized, add local reference
-                       var id = ref_id_for(object)
+                       var id = cache.id_for(object)
                        stream.write "\{\"__kind\": \"ref\", \"__id\": "
                        stream.write id.to_s
                        stream.write "\}"
@@ -154,26 +185,11 @@ class JsonSerializer
                        serialize object
                end
        end
-
-       # Map of references to already serialized objects.
-       private var refs_map = new StrictHashMap[Serializable,Int]
-
-       # Get the internal serialized reference for this `object`.
-       private fun ref_id_for(object: Serializable): Int
-       do
-               if refs_map.has_key(object) then
-                       return refs_map[object]
-               else
-                       var id = refs_map.length
-                       refs_map[object] = id
-                       return id
-               end
-       end
 end
 
 # Deserializer from a Json string.
 class JsonDeserializer
-       super Deserializer
+       super CachingDeserializer
 
        # Json text to deserialize from.
        private var text: Text
@@ -184,9 +200,6 @@ class JsonDeserializer
        # Depth-first path in the serialized object tree.
        private var path = new Array[JsonObject]
 
-       # Map of references to already deserialized objects.
-       private var id_to_object = new StrictHashMap[Int, Object]
-
        # Last encountered object reference id.
        #
        # See `id_to_object`.
@@ -200,10 +213,14 @@ class JsonDeserializer
 
        redef fun deserialize_attribute(name)
        do
-               assert not path.is_empty
+               assert not path.is_empty # This is an internal error, abort
                var current = path.last
 
-               assert current.keys.has(name)
+               if not current.keys.has(name) then
+                       errors.add new Error("Deserialization Error: JSON object has not attribute '{name}'.")
+                       return null
+               end
+
                var value = current[name]
 
                return convert_object(value)
@@ -215,37 +232,76 @@ class JsonDeserializer
        do
                var id = just_opened_id
                if id == null then return # Register `new_object` only once
-               id_to_object[id] = new_object
+               cache[id] = new_object
        end
 
        # Convert from simple Json object to Nit object
        private fun convert_object(object: nullable Object): nullable Object
        do
+               if object isa JsonParseError then
+                       errors.add object
+                       return null
+               end
+
                if object isa JsonObject then
-                       assert object.keys.has("__kind")
-                       var kind = object["__kind"]
+                       var kind = null
+                       if object.keys.has("__kind") then
+                               kind = object["__kind"]
+                       end
 
                        # ref?
                        if kind == "ref" then
-                               assert object.keys.has("__id")
+                               if not object.keys.has("__id") then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object reference does not declare a `__id`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
+
                                var id = object["__id"]
-                               assert id isa Int
+                               if not id isa Int then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object reference declares a non-integer `__id`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
+
+                               if not cache.has_id(id) then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object reference has an unknown `__id`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
 
-                               assert id_to_object.has_key(id)
-                               return id_to_object[id]
+                               return cache.object_for(id)
                        end
 
                        # obj?
-                       if kind == "obj" then
-                               assert object.keys.has("__id")
-                               var id = object["__id"]
-                               assert id isa Int
+                       if kind == "obj" or kind == null then
+                               var id = null
+                               if object.keys.has("__id") then
+                                       id = object["__id"]
+
+                                       if not id isa Int then
+                                               errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object declaration declares a non-integer `__id`.")
+                                               return object
+                                       end
 
-                               assert object.keys.has("__class")
-                               var class_name = object["__class"]
-                               assert class_name isa String
+                                       if cache.has_id(id) then
+                                               errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object with `__id` {id} is deserialized twice.")
+                                               # Keep going
+                                       end
+                               end
 
-                               assert not id_to_object.has_key(id) else print "Error: Object with id '{id}' of {class_name} is deserialized twice."
+                               var class_name = object.get_or_null("__class")
+                               if class_name == null then
+                                       # Fallback to custom heuristic
+                                       class_name = class_name_heuristic(object)
+                               end
+
+                               if class_name == null then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object declaration does not declare a `__class`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
+
+                               if not class_name isa String then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object declaration declares a non-string `__class`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
 
                                # advance on path
                                path.push object
@@ -262,36 +318,140 @@ class JsonDeserializer
 
                        # char?
                        if kind == "char" then
-                               assert object.keys.has("__val")
+                               if not object.keys.has("__val") then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON `char` object does not declare a `__val`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
+
                                var val = object["__val"]
-                               assert val isa String
 
-                               if val.length != 1 then print "Error: expected a single char when deserializing '{val}'."
+                               if not val isa String or val.is_empty then
+                                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON `char` object does not declare a single char in `__val`.")
+                                       return object
+                               end
 
                                return val.chars.first
                        end
 
-                       print "Malformed Json string: unexpected Json Object kind '{kind or else "null"}'"
-                       abort
+                       errors.add new Error("Serialization Error: JSON object has an unknown `__kind`.")
+                       return object
                end
 
+               # Simple JSON array without serialization metadata
                if object isa Array[nullable Object] then
-                       # special case, isa Array[nullable Serializable]
-                       var array = new Array[nullable Serializable]
-                       for e in object do array.add e.as(nullable Serializable)
+                       var array = new Array[nullable Object]
+                       var types = new HashSet[String]
+                       var has_nullable = false
+                       for e in object do
+                               var res = convert_object(e)
+                               array.add res
+
+                               if res != null then
+                                       types.add res.class_name
+                               else has_nullable = true
+                       end
+
+                       if types.length == 1 then
+                               var array_type = types.first
+
+                               var typed_array
+                               if array_type == "FlatString" then
+                                       if has_nullable then
+                                               typed_array = new Array[nullable FlatString]
+                                       else typed_array = new Array[FlatString]
+                               else if array_type == "Int" then
+                                       if has_nullable then
+                                               typed_array = new Array[nullable Int]
+                                       else typed_array = new Array[Int]
+                               else if array_type == "Float" then
+                                       if has_nullable then
+                                               typed_array = new Array[nullable Float]
+                                       else typed_array = new Array[Float]
+                               else
+                                       # TODO support all array types when we separate the constructor
+                                       # `from_deserializer` from the filling of the items.
+
+                                       if not has_nullable then
+                                               typed_array = new Array[Object]
+                                       else
+                                               # Unsupported array type, return as `Array[nullable Object]`
+                                               return array
+                                       end
+                               end
+
+                               assert typed_array isa Array[nullable Object]
+
+                               # Copy item to the new array
+                               for e in array do typed_array.add e
+                               return typed_array
+                       end
+
+                       # Uninferable type, return as `Array[nullable Object]`
                        return array
                end
 
                return object
        end
 
-       redef fun deserialize do return convert_object(root)
+       redef fun deserialize
+       do
+               errors.clear
+               return convert_object(root)
+       end
+
+       # User customizable heuristic to get the name of the Nit class to deserialize `json_object`
+       #
+       # This method is called only when deserializing an object without the metadata `__class`.
+       # Return the class name as a `String` when it can be inferred.
+       # Return `null` when the class name cannot be found.
+       #
+       # If a valid class name is returned, `json_object` will then be deserialized normally.
+       # So it must contain the attributes of the corresponding class, as usual.
+       #
+       # ~~~nitish
+       # class MyData
+       #     serialize
+       #
+       #     var data: String
+       # end
+       #
+       # class MyError
+       #     serialize
+       #
+       #     var error: String
+       # end
+       #
+       # class MyJsonDeserializer
+       #     super JsonDeserializer
+       #
+       #     redef fun class_name_heuristic(json_object)
+       #     do
+       #         if json_object.keys.has("error") then return "MyError"
+       #         if json_object.keys.has("data") then return "MyData"
+       #         return null
+       #     end
+       # end
+       #
+       # var json = """{"data": "some other data"}"""
+       # var deserializer = new MyJsonDeserializer(json)
+       # var deserialized = deserializer.deserialize
+       # assert deserialized isa MyData
+       #
+       # json = """{"error": "some error message"}"""
+       # deserializer = new MyJsonDeserializer(json)
+       # deserialized = deserializer.deserialize
+       # assert deserialized isa MyError
+       # ~~~
+       protected fun class_name_heuristic(json_object: JsonObject): nullable String
+       do
+               return null
+       end
 end
 
 redef class Serializable
        private fun serialize_to_json(v: JsonSerializer)
        do
-               var id = v.ref_id_for(self)
+               var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
                v.stream.write "\{"
                if not v.plain_json then
                        v.stream.write "\"__kind\": \"obj\", \"__id\": "
@@ -376,14 +536,12 @@ redef class SimpleCollection[E]
        do
                # Register as pseudo object
                if not v.plain_json then
-                       var id = v.ref_id_for(self)
+                       var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
                        v.stream.write """{"__kind": "obj", "__id": """
                        v.stream.write id.to_s
                        v.stream.write """, "__class": """"
                        v.stream.write class_name
-                       v.stream.write """", "__length": """
-                       v.stream.write length.to_s
-                       v.stream.write """, "__items": """
+                       v.stream.write """", "__items": """
                end
 
                serialize_to_pure_json v
@@ -395,37 +553,25 @@ redef class SimpleCollection[E]
 
        redef init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)
        do
+               super
                if v isa JsonDeserializer then
                        v.notify_of_creation self
                        init
 
-                       var length = v.deserialize_attribute("__length").as(Int)
                        var arr = v.path.last["__items"].as(SequenceRead[nullable Object])
-                       for i in length.times do
-                               var obj = v.convert_object(arr[i])
+                       for o in arr do
+                               var obj = v.convert_object(o)
                                self.add obj
                        end
                end
        end
 end
 
-redef class Array[E]
-       redef fun serialize_to_json(v)
-       do
-               if v.plain_json or class_name == "Array[nullable Serializable]" then
-                       # Using class_name to get the exact type,
-                       # we do not want Array[Int] or anything else here.
-
-                       serialize_to_pure_json v
-               else super
-       end
-end
-
 redef class Map[K, V]
        redef fun serialize_to_json(v)
        do
                # Register as pseudo object
-               var id = v.ref_id_for(self)
+               var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
 
                if v.plain_json then
                        v.stream.write "\{"
@@ -466,10 +612,11 @@ redef class Map[K, V]
        # Instantiate a new `Array` from its serialized representation.
        redef init from_deserializer(v: Deserializer)
        do
-               init
+               super
 
                if v isa JsonDeserializer then
                        v.notify_of_creation self
+                       init
 
                        var length = v.deserialize_attribute("__length").as(Int)
                        var keys = v.path.last["__keys"].as(SequenceRead[nullable Object])