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Unmarshal JSON to different structs (based on another field)
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package main | |
import ( | |
"encoding/json" | |
"fmt" | |
"sync" | |
) | |
type Something struct { | |
Aaa string `json:"aaa"` | |
} | |
type Person struct { | |
Type string `json:"type"` | |
RawValue *json.RawMessage `json:"raw"` | |
value interface{} `json:"-"` | |
unmarshalValueMutex sync.Mutex `json:"-"` | |
} | |
func (p *Person) Value() (interface{}, error) { | |
if p.RawValue == nil { | |
return p.value, nil | |
} | |
p.unmarshalValueMutex.Lock() | |
if p.RawValue != nil { | |
rawValue := p.RawValue | |
p.RawValue = nil | |
switch p.Type { | |
case "string": | |
p.value = "" | |
case "struct": | |
p.value = &Something{} | |
} | |
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(*rawValue), &p.value); err != nil { | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
} | |
p.unmarshalValueMutex.Unlock() | |
return p.value, nil | |
} | |
func (p *Person) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { | |
rawData, err := json.Marshal(p.value) | |
if err != nil { | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
rawMessage := json.RawMessage(rawData) | |
p.RawValue = &rawMessage | |
return json.Marshal(*p) // Important, using p here would end in recursion | |
} | |
var _ json.Marshaler = (*Person)(nil) | |
func panicIfError(err error) { | |
if err != nil { | |
panic(err.Error()) | |
} | |
} | |
func main() { | |
test(`{"type":"string","raw":"aaa"}`) | |
test(`{"type":"struct","raw":{"aaa": "bbb"}}`) | |
} | |
func test(jsonString string) { | |
p := Person{} | |
json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &p) | |
_, err := p.Value() | |
panicIfError(err) | |
fmt.Printf("value=%#v\n", p.value) | |
bytes, err := json.Marshal(&p) | |
panicIfError(err) | |
fmt.Println(string(bytes)) | |
} |
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