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Implementing Custom Marshal / Unmarshal for a custom type (and using an interface)
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package main | |
import ( | |
"bytes" | |
"encoding/json" | |
"fmt" | |
"log" | |
"os" | |
"strconv" | |
) | |
type Farter interface { | |
Fart() string | |
} | |
func DoAFartAsJSON(f Farter) { | |
log.Println("Farting:", f.Fart()) | |
json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(f) | |
} | |
func main() { | |
a := make(Stuff) | |
a[1] = "asdf" | |
a[-1] = "qwer" | |
log.Println("Initial: ", a) | |
stuff, err := json.Marshal(a) | |
log.Println("Serialized: ", string(stuff), err) | |
b := make(Stuff) | |
err = json.Unmarshal(stuff, &b) | |
log.Println("Deserialized:", b, err) | |
DoAFartAsJSON(a) | |
} | |
type Stuff map[int]string | |
func (this Stuff) Fart() string { | |
return "pfft" | |
} | |
func (this Stuff) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { | |
buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("{") | |
length := len(this) | |
count := 0 | |
for key, value := range this { | |
jsonValue, err := json.Marshal(value) | |
if err != nil { | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\"%d\":%s", key, string(jsonValue))) | |
count++ | |
if count < length { | |
buffer.WriteString(",") | |
} | |
} | |
buffer.WriteString("}") | |
return buffer.Bytes(), nil | |
} | |
func (this Stuff) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error { | |
var stuff map[string]string | |
err := json.Unmarshal(b, &stuff) | |
if err != nil { | |
return err | |
} | |
for key, value := range stuff { | |
numericKey, err := strconv.Atoi(key) | |
if err != nil { | |
return err | |
} | |
this[numericKey] = value | |
} | |
return nil | |
} |
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Playground code - https://play.golang.org/p/a47Oe8qMlq4