The json_serializer plugin handles serializing entire Sequel::Model objects to JSON, as well as support for deserializing JSON directly into Sequel::Model objects. It requires the json library, and can work with either the pure ruby version or the C extension.
Basic Example:
album = Album[1] album.to_json # => '{"json_class"=>"Album","id"=>1,"name"=>"RF","artist_id"=>2}'
In addition, you can provide options to control the JSON output:
album.to_json(:only=>:name) album.to_json(:except=>[:id, :artist_id]) # => '{"json_class"="Album","name"=>"RF"}' album.to_json(:include=>:artist) # => '{"json_class":"Album","id":1,"name":"RF","artist_id":2, "artist":{"json_class":"Artist","id":2,"name":"YJM"}}'
You can use a hash value with :include to pass options to associations:
album.to_json(:include=>{:artist=>{:only=>:name}}) # => '{"json_class":"Album","id":1,"name":"RF","artist_id":2, "artist":{"json_class":"Artist","name":"YJM"}}'
You can specify the :root option to nest the JSON under the name of the model:
album.to_json(:root => true) # => '{"album":{"id":1,"name":"RF","artist_id":2}}'
In addition to creating JSON, this plugin also enables Sequel::Model objects to be automatically created when JSON is parsed:
json = album.to_json album = JSON.parse(json)
In addition, you can update existing model objects directly from JSON using from_json:
album.from_json(json)
This works by parsing the JSON (which should return a hash), and then calling set with the returned hash.
Additionally, to_json also exists as a class and dataset method, both of which return all objects in the dataset:
Album.to_json Album.filter(:artist_id=>1).to_json(:include=>:tags)
Usage:
# Add JSON output capability to all model subclass instances (called before loading subclasses) Sequel::Model.plugin :json_serializer # Add JSON output capability to Album class instances Album.plugin :json_serializer
Set up the column readers to do deserialization and the column writers to save the value in deserialized_values.
# File lib/sequel/plugins/json_serializer.rb, line 69 def self.configure(model, opts={}) model.instance_eval do @json_serializer_opts = (@json_serializer_opts || {}).merge(opts) end end
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