// Copyright 2016 Marapongo, Inc. All rights reserved. package encoding import ( "encoding/json" "github.com/ghodss/yaml" ) // Exts contains a list of all the valid marshalable extension types. var Exts = []string{ ".json", ".yaml", // Although ".yml" is not a sanctioned YAML extension, it is used quite broadly; so we will support it. ".yml", } // Marshalers is a map of extension to a Marshaler object for that extension. var Marshalers map[string]Marshaler // Marshaler is a type that knows how to marshal and unmarshal data in one format. type Marshaler interface { Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error } var JSON Marshaler = &jsonMarshaler{} type jsonMarshaler struct { } func (m *jsonMarshaler) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(v) } func (m *jsonMarshaler) Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error { // TODO: use a "strict" marshaler, so that we can warn on unrecognized keys (avoiding silly mistakes). We should // set aside an officially sanctioned area in the metadata for extensibility by 3rd parties. return json.Unmarshal(data, v) } var YAML Marshaler = &yamlMarshaler{} type yamlMarshaler struct { } func (m *yamlMarshaler) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) { return yaml.Marshal(v) } func (m *yamlMarshaler) Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error { // TODO: use a "strict" marshaler, so that we can warn on unrecognized keys (avoiding silly mistakes). We should // set aside an officially sanctioned area in the metadata for extensibility by 3rd parties. return yaml.Unmarshal(data, v) }