use serde::de::{self, Deserializer, SeqAccess, Visitor};
use std::fmt;
pub fn string<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<String>, D::Error>
where
D: Deserializer<'de>,
{
struct StringOrNumberVisitor;
impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for StringOrNumberVisitor {
type Value = String;
fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
formatter.write_str("a string, number, or sequence")
}
fn visit_bool<E>(self, value: bool) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
Ok(value.to_string())
}
fn visit_i64<E>(self, value: i64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
where
E: de::Error,
{
Ok(value.to_string())
}
fn visit_u64<E>(self, value: u64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
where
E: de::Error,
{
Ok(value.to_string())
}
fn visit_f64<E>(self, value: f64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
where
E: de::Error,
{
Ok(value.to_string())
}
fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
where
E: de::Error,
{
Ok(value.to_owned())
}
fn visit_string<E>(self, value: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
where
E: de::Error,
{
Ok(value)
}
fn visit_none<E>(self) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
Ok(String::new())
}
fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
where
A: SeqAccess<'de>,
{
let mut elements = Vec::new();
while let Some(element) = seq.next_element::<String>()? {
elements.push(element);
}
Ok(elements.join(", "))
}
}
deserializer
.deserialize_any(StringOrNumberVisitor)
.map_or_else(|_| Ok(None), |s| Ok(Some(s)))
}