Trait serde::ser::SerializeMap [−] [src]

pub trait SerializeMap {
    type Ok;
    type Error: Error;
    fn serialize_key<T: ?Sized>(&mut self, key: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error> where T: Serialize;
    fn serialize_value<T: ?Sized>(&mut self,
                                  value: &T)
                                  -> Result<(), Self::Error> where T: Serialize;
    fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error>;

    fn serialize_entry<K: ?Sized, V: ?Sized>(&mut self,
                                             key: &K,
                                             value: &V)
                                             -> Result<(), Self::Error> where K: Serialize, V: Serialize { ... }
}

Returned from Serializer::serialize_map.

use serde::ser::{Serialize, Serializer, SerializeMap};

impl<K, V> Serialize for HashMap<K, V>
    where K: Serialize,
          V: Serialize
{
    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
        where S: Serializer
    {
        let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(self.len()))?;
        for (k, v) in self {
            map.serialize_entry(k, v)?;
        }
        map.end()
    }
}

Associated Types

Must match the Ok type of our Serializer.

Must match the Error type of our Serializer.

Required Methods

Serialize a map key.

If possible, Serialize implementations are encouraged to use serialize_entry instead as it may be implemented more efficiently in some formats compared to a pair of calls to serialize_key and serialize_value.

Serialize a map value.

Panics

Calling serialize_value before serialize_key is incorrect and is allowed to panic or produce bogus results.

Finish serializing a map.

Provided Methods

Serialize a map entry consisting of a key and a value.

Some Serialize types are not able to hold a key and value in memory at the same time so SerializeMap implementations are required to support serialize_key and serialize_value individually. The serialize_entry method allows serializers to optimize for the case where key and value are both available. Serialize implementations are encouraged to use serialize_entry if possible.

The default implementation delegates to serialize_key and serialize_value. This is appropriate for serializers that do not care about performance or are not able to optimize serialize_entry any better than this.

Implementors