cpp-stateful-serializer/include/serializer/jsonizer.h

//
//  jsonizer.h
//  serializer
//
//  Created by Sam Jaffe on 3/15/23.
//

#pragma once

#include <iosfwd>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

#include <json/forwards.h>

#include <serializer/forwards.h>

namespace serializer {

class Jsonizer {
public:
  template <typename T> Json::Value to_json(T const & value) const;
  template <typename T>
  void from_json(T & value, Json::Value const & json) const;
  template <typename T> T from_json(Json::Value const & json) const;
  /**
   * @brief Load an object from either JSON, or from p_cache, depending on
   * the structure of the inputs.
   * @param ptr A pointer to an uninstantiated value
   * @param json A JSON object or string. If json is a string, then we attempt
   * to load ptr from p_cache, according to {@see Json::Value::asString}. If
   * json is an object, then we instead construct it like normal and attempt
   * to store the new object in p_cache.
   * @throws If json.isString() and T is not a recognized type in shared_cache
   * then this function will throw according to {@see shared_cache::fetch}.
   */
  template <typename T>
  void from_json(std::shared_ptr<T const> & ptr,
                 Json::Value const & json) const;

  /**
   * @brief Construct an object of type 'T' from a datastream
   * @param T the output type to be deserialized
   * @param in A stream of JSON data
   * @return A newly constructed object by value
   */
  template <typename T> T from_stream(std::istream & in) const;
  template <typename T> T from_string(std::string const & in) const;
  /**
   * @brief Write an object out to a datastream, such as std::cout or a file
   * @param T the input type to be serialized
   * @param value The instance of type T to serialize
   * @param out an output stream of any sort
   */
  template <typename T>
  void to_stream(T const & value, std::ostream & out) const;
  /**
   * @brief Construct an object of type 'T' from a file handle
   * @param T the output type to be deserialized
   * @param file the name of a JSON file on disk to be read
   * @return A newly constructed object by value
   */
  template <typename T> T from_file(std::string const & file) const;

  /**
   * @brief Construct a jsonizer with a personal instance of the data cache.
   * Because there is no getter for p_cache, all cached instances are locally
   * stored, meaning that each jsonizer default-constructed will have a
   * different state of the cache.
   */
  Jsonizer();
  /**
   * @brief Construct a jsonizer with an externally owned cache
   * @param cache A shared_ptr to a data cache. Cannot be null
   * @throws std::logic_error if cache == nullptr
   */
  Jsonizer(std::shared_ptr<SharedCache> cache);
  /**
   * Do not permit the construction of a jsonizer from a nullptr literal.
   * This moves the run-time exception std::logic_error to compiler time.
   */
  Jsonizer(std::nullptr_t) = delete;

private:
  template <typename T, size_t... Is>
  Json::Value to_json(T & value, std::index_sequence<Is...>) const;
  template <typename T, size_t... Is>
  void from_json(T & value, Json::Value const & json,
                 std::index_sequence<Is...>) const;

  template <typename T> Json::Value to_json_impl(T const & value) const;
  template <typename T>
  void from_json_impl(T & value, Json::Value const & json) const;

  template <typename T, typename F>
  T from_cached_json(std::string const & key, Json::Value const & json,
                     F && fetch) const;

private:
  std::shared_ptr<SharedCache> p_cache;
};

}