# Target writing stream
var stream: Writer
- # Write plain JSON? easier to read but does not support Nit deserialization
+ # Write plain JSON? Standard JSON without metadata for deserialization
#
# If `false`, the default, serialize to support deserialization:
#
# * Does not support cycles, will replace the problematic references by `null`.
# * Does not serialize the meta-data needed to deserialize the objects
# back to regular Nit objects.
- # * Keys of Nit `HashMap` are converted to their string reprensentation using `to_s`.
+ # * Keys of Nit `HashMap` are converted to their string representation using `to_s`.
var plain_json = false is writable
+ # Write pretty JSON for human eyes?
+ #
+ # Toggles skipping lines between attributes of an object and
+ # properly indent the written JSON.
+ var pretty_json = false is writable
+
+ # Current indentation level used for writing `pretty_json`
+ private var indent_level = 0
+
# List of the current open objects, the first is the main target of the serialization
#
# Used only when `plain_json == true` to detect cycles in serialization.
redef fun serialize_attribute(name, value)
do
if not plain_json or not first_attribute then
- stream.write ", "
+ stream.write ","
first_attribute = false
end
+ new_line_and_indent
stream.write "\""
stream.write name
stream.write "\": "
if not plain_json and cache.has_object(object) then
# if already serialized, add local reference
var id = cache.id_for(object)
- stream.write "\{\"__kind\": \"ref\", \"__id\": "
+ stream.write "\{"
+ indent_level += 1
+ new_line_and_indent
+ stream.write "\"__kind\": \"ref\", \"__id\": "
stream.write id.to_s
+ indent_level -= 1
+ new_line_and_indent
stream.write "\}"
else
# serialize here
serialize object
end
end
+
+ # Write a new line and indent it, only if `pretty_json`
+ private fun new_line_and_indent
+ do
+ if pretty_json then
+ stream.write "\n"
+ for i in indent_level.times do stream.write "\t"
+ end
+ end
end
# Deserializer from a Json string.
do
var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
v.stream.write "\{"
+ v.indent_level += 1
if not v.plain_json then
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "\"__kind\": \"obj\", \"__id\": "
v.stream.write id.to_s
v.stream.write ", \"__class\": \""
v.stream.write "\""
end
core_serialize_to(v)
+
+ v.indent_level -= 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "\}"
end
private fun serialize_to_pure_json(v: JsonSerializer)
do
v.stream.write "["
+ v.indent_level += 1
var is_first = true
for e in self do
if is_first then
is_first = false
- else v.stream.write ", "
+ else v.stream.write ","
+ v.new_line_and_indent
if not v.try_to_serialize(e) then
assert e != null # null would have been serialized
v.warn("element of type {e.class_name} is not serializable.")
end
end
+ v.indent_level -= 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "]"
end
end
# Register as pseudo object
if not v.plain_json then
var id = v.cache.new_id_for(self)
- v.stream.write """{"__kind": "obj", "__id": """
+ v.stream.write """{"""
+ v.indent_level += 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
+ v.stream.write """"__kind": "obj", "__id": """
v.stream.write id.to_s
v.stream.write """, "__class": """"
v.stream.write class_name
- v.stream.write """", "__items": """
+ v.stream.write """","""
+ v.new_line_and_indent
+ v.stream.write """"__items": """
end
serialize_to_pure_json v
if not v.plain_json then
+ v.indent_level -= 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "\}"
end
end
if v.plain_json then
v.stream.write "\{"
+ v.indent_level += 1
var first = true
for key, val in self do
if not first then
- v.stream.write ", "
+ v.stream.write ","
else first = false
+ v.new_line_and_indent
var k = key or else "null"
v.stream.write k.to_s.to_json
v.stream.write "null"
end
end
+ v.indent_level -= 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "\}"
else
- v.stream.write """{"__kind": "obj", "__id": """
+ v.stream.write "\{"
+ v.indent_level += 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
+ 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 """, "__keys": """
+ v.stream.write ","
+ v.new_line_and_indent
+ v.stream.write """"__keys": """
keys.serialize_to_pure_json v
- v.stream.write """, "__values": """
+ v.stream.write ","
+ v.new_line_and_indent
+ v.stream.write """"__values": """
values.serialize_to_pure_json v
+ v.indent_level -= 1
+ v.new_line_and_indent
v.stream.write "\}"
end
end