# miniserde-enum
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This crate exposes derive macros for miniserde's `Serialize` and `Deserialize`
traits on enums.
The goal of this crate is to provide enum support like that of Serde for
miniserde (see [Serde's list of enum representations](https://serde.rs/enum-representations.html)).
## Examples
### Deserializing an externally tagged enum
```rust
use miniserde::{Deserialize, json};
use miniserde_enum::Deserialize_enum;
#[derive(Deserialize_enum, Debug, PartialEq)]
enum External {
A(i32),
#[serde(rename = "renamedB")]
B(i32, String),
C {
x: i32,
},
D,
}
use External::*;
let example = r#"[{"A":21},{"renamedB":[42,"everything"]},{"C":{"x":2}},"D"]"#;
let actual: Vec<External> = json::from_str(example).unwrap();
let expected = [A(21), B(42, "everything".to_string()), C { x: 2 }, D];
assert_eq!(actual, expected);
```
### Serializing an internally tagged enum
```rust
use miniserde::{json, Serialize};
use miniserde_enum::Serialize_enum;
#[serde(tag = "type")]
#[derive(Serialize_enum)]
enum Internal {
A,
#[serde(rename = "renamedB")]
B,
C {
x: i32,
},
}
use Internal::*;
let example = [A, B, C { x: 2 }];
let actual = json::to_string(&example[..]);
let expected = r#"[{"type":"A"},{"type":"renamedB"},{"type":"C","x":2}]"#;
assert_eq!(actual, expected);
```
More examples can be found in the [tests](https://github.com/etwyniel/miniserde-enum/tree/master/tests)
directory.
## Limitations
Deserializing internally tagged enums and adjacently tagged enums requires
the tag to be the first key in the object, otherwise from\_str will return
an error.
Additionally, not every enum representation is currently supported
(see [TODO](#TODO)).
## TODO
- Serialization:
- ~~Externally tagged enums~~
- ~~Internally tagged enums~~
- ~~Untagged enums~~
- Adjacently tagged enums
- Deserialization
- ~~Externally tagged enums~~
- ~~Internally tagged enums~~
- Untagged enums
- ~~Adjacently tagged enums~~
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