Enum ContainerKind 

pub enum ContainerKind {
    Object,
    Array,
    Element,
}

The kind of container being parsed.

This distinguishes between format-specific container types to enable better error messages and type checking.

Variants

Object

JSON/YAML/TOML object: definitely struct-like with key-value pairs. Type mismatches (e.g., object where array expected) should produce errors.

Array

JSON/YAML array: definitely sequence-like. Type mismatches (e.g., array where object expected) should produce errors.

Element

XML/KDL element: semantically ambiguous. Could be interpreted as struct, sequence, or scalar wrapper depending on target type. The deserializer decides based on what type it’s deserializing into.

Implementations

impl ContainerKind

pub fn is_ambiguous(self) -> bool

Returns true if this container kind is ambiguous (can be struct or sequence).

pub fn name(self) -> &'static str

Human-readable name for error messages.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ContainerKind

fn clone(&self) -> ContainerKind

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for ContainerKind

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl PartialEq for ContainerKind

fn eq(&self, other: &ContainerKind) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Copy for ContainerKind

impl Eq for ContainerKind

impl StructuralPartialEq for ContainerKind