Trait SerializeMap

pub trait SerializeMap {
    type Ok;
    type Error: Error;

    // Required methods
    fn serialize_key<T>(&mut self, key: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
       where T: Serialize + ?Sized;
    fn serialize_value<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
       where T: Serialize + ?Sized;
    fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error>;

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

Returned from Serializer::serialize_map.

Example use

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

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()
    }
}

Example implementation

The example data format presented on the website demonstrates an implementation of SerializeMap for a basic JSON data format.

Required Associated Types

type Ok

Must match the Ok type of our Serializer.

type Error: Error

Must match the Error type of our Serializer.

Required Methods

fn serialize_key<T>(&mut self, key: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>

where T: Serialize + ?Sized,

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.

fn serialize_value<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>

where T: Serialize + ?Sized,

Serialize a map value.

Panics

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

fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error>

Finish serializing a map.

Provided Methods

fn serialize_entry<K, V>( &mut self, key: &K, value: &V, ) -> Result<(), Self::Error>

where K: Serialize + ?Sized, V: Serialize + ?Sized,

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.

Dyn Compatibility

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety", so this trait is not object safe.

Implementors

impl<Ok, Error> SerializeMap for Impossible<Ok, Error>

where Error: Error,

type Ok = Ok

type Error = Error