Boxed Types Serialization

Boxed Types Serialization — Serialize and deserialize GBoxed types

Description

GLib's GBoxed type is a generic wrapper for arbitrary C structures.

JSON-GLib allows serialization and deserialization of a GBoxed type by registering functions mapping a JsonNodeType to a specific GType.

When registering a GBoxed type you should also register the corresponding transformation functions, e.g.:

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GType
my_struct_get_type (void)
{
  static GType boxed_type = 0;

  if (boxed_type == 0)
    {
      boxed_type =
        g_boxed_type_register_static (g_intern_static_string ("MyStruct"),
                                      (GBoxedCopyFunc) my_struct_copy,
                                      (GBoxedFreeFunc) my_struct_free);

      json_boxed_register_serialize_func (boxed_type, JSON_NODE_OBJECT,
                                          my_struct_serialize);
      json_boxed_register_deserialize_func (boxed_type, JSON_NODE_OBJECT,
                                            my_struct_deserialize);
    }

  return boxed_type;
}

The serialization function will be invoked by json_boxed_serialize(): it will be passed a pointer to the C structure and it must return a JsonNode. The deserialization function will be invoked by json_boxed_deserialize(): it will be passed a JsonNode for the declared type and it must return a newly allocated C structure.

It is possible to check whether a GBoxed type can be deserialized from a specific JsonNodeType, and whether a GBoxed can be serialized and to which specific JsonNodeType.

Functions

JsonBoxedSerializeFunc ()

JsonNode *
(*JsonBoxedSerializeFunc) (gconstpointer boxed);

Serializes the passed GBoxed and stores it inside a JsonNode

Parameters

boxed

a GBoxed

 

Returns

the newly created JsonNode

Since: 0.10


JsonBoxedDeserializeFunc ()

gpointer
(*JsonBoxedDeserializeFunc) (JsonNode *node);

Deserializes the contents of the passed JsonNode into a GBoxed

Parameters

node

a JsonNode

 

Returns

the newly created boxed type

Since: 0.10


json_boxed_register_serialize_func ()

void
json_boxed_register_serialize_func (GType gboxed_type,
                                    JsonNodeType node_type,
                                    JsonBoxedSerializeFunc serialize_func);

Registers a serialization function for a GBoxed of type gboxed_type to a JsonNode of type node_type

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Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

node_type

a node type

 

serialize_func

serialization function for boxed_type into a JsonNode of type node_type

 

Since: 0.10


json_boxed_register_deserialize_func ()

void
json_boxed_register_deserialize_func (GType gboxed_type,
                                      JsonNodeType node_type,
                                      JsonBoxedDeserializeFunc deserialize_func);

Registers a deserialization function for a GBoxed of type gboxed_type from a JsonNode of type node_type

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Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

node_type

a node type

 

deserialize_func

deserialization function for boxed_type from a JsonNode of type node_type

 

Since: 0.10


json_boxed_can_serialize ()

gboolean
json_boxed_can_serialize (GType gboxed_type,
                          JsonNodeType *node_type);

Checks whether it is possible to serialize a GBoxed of type gboxed_type into a JsonNode. The type of the JsonNode is placed inside node_type if the function returns TRUE and it's undefined otherwise.

Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

node_type

the JsonNode type to which the boxed type can be serialized into.

[out]

Returns

TRUE if the type can be serialized, and FALSE otherwise.

Since: 0.10


json_boxed_can_deserialize ()

gboolean
json_boxed_can_deserialize (GType gboxed_type,
                            JsonNodeType node_type);

Checks whether it is possible to deserialize a GBoxed of type gboxed_type from a JsonNode of type node_type

Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

node_type

a JsonNode type

 

Returns

TRUE if the type can be deserialized, FALSE otherwise

Since: 0.10


json_boxed_serialize ()

JsonNode *
json_boxed_serialize (GType gboxed_type,
                      gconstpointer boxed);

Serializes boxed , a pointer to a GBoxed of type gboxed_type , into a JsonNode

Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

boxed

a pointer to a GBoxed of type gboxed_type

 

Returns

a JsonNode with the serialization of the boxed type, or NULL if serialization either failed or was not possible.

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Since: 0.10


json_boxed_deserialize ()

gpointer
json_boxed_deserialize (GType gboxed_type,
                        JsonNode *node);

Deserializes node into a GBoxed of gboxed_type

Parameters

gboxed_type

a boxed type

 

node

a JsonNode

 

Returns

the newly allocated GBoxed. Use g_boxed_free() to release the resources allocated by this function.

[transfer full]

Since: 0.10

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