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Zig: Using tagged unions to make a simple json formatter
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const JsonString = struct { | |
value: []const u8, | |
}; | |
const JsonNumber = struct { | |
value: f64, | |
}; | |
const JsonObject = struct { | |
const Property = struct { | |
name: []const u8, | |
value: JsonValue, | |
}; | |
values: []Property, | |
}; | |
const JsonArray = struct { | |
values: []JsonValue, | |
}; | |
const JsonValue = union(enum) { | |
String: *JsonString, | |
Number: *JsonNumber, | |
Object: *JsonObject, | |
Array: *JsonArray, | |
}; | |
fn stringifyWarn(val: JsonValue) void { | |
const warn = @import("std").debug.warn; | |
switch (val) { | |
.String => |str| warn("\"{}\"", str.value), | |
.Number => |num| warn("{}", num.value), | |
.Array => |arr| { | |
warn("["); | |
for (arr.values) |arrayVal, i| { | |
if (i != 0) warn(", "); | |
stringifyWarn(arrayVal); | |
} | |
warn("]"); | |
}, | |
.Object => |obj| { | |
warn("{{"); | |
for (obj.values) |prop, i| { | |
if (i != 0) warn(", "); | |
warn("\"{}\"", prop.name); | |
warn(":"); | |
stringifyWarn(prop.value); | |
} | |
warn("}}"); | |
}, | |
} | |
} | |
test "unions" { | |
const Property = JsonObject.Property; | |
const tree = JsonValue{ | |
.Object = &JsonObject{ | |
.values = [_]Property{ | |
Property{ | |
.name = "hash", | |
.value = JsonValue{ .String = &JsonString{ .value = "fa354de12356743f" } }, | |
}, | |
Property{ | |
.name = "expression", | |
.value = JsonValue{ | |
.Array = &JsonArray{ | |
.values = [_]JsonValue{ | |
JsonValue{ .Number = &JsonNumber{ .value = 42 } }, | |
JsonValue{ .String = &JsonString{ .value = "+" } }, | |
JsonValue{ | |
.Array = &JsonArray{ | |
.values = [_]JsonValue{ | |
JsonValue{ .Number = &JsonNumber{ .value = 7 } }, | |
JsonValue{ .String = &JsonString{ .value = "*" } }, | |
JsonValue{ .Number = &JsonNumber{ .value = 55 } }, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}, | |
JsonValue{ .String = &JsonString{ .value = "-" } }, | |
JsonValue{ .Number = &JsonNumber{ .value = 31.45 } }, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}, | |
}; | |
stringifyWarn(tree); | |
} |
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