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| <div class="docblock item-decl"><pre class="rust trait"><code>pub trait VariantAccess<'de>: <a class="trait" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/marker/trait.Sized.html" title="trait core::marker::Sized">Sized</a> { |
| type <a href="#associatedtype.Error" class="associatedtype">Error</a>: <a class="trait" href="trait.Error.html" title="trait serde::de::Error">Error</a>; |
| fn <a href="#tymethod.unit_variant" class="fnname">unit_variant</a>(self) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html">()</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>>; |
| <div class="item-spacer"></div> fn <a href="#tymethod.newtype_variant_seed" class="fnname">newtype_variant_seed</a><T>(self, seed: T) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.DeserializeSeed.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::DeserializeSeed::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>><br> <span class="where">where<br> T: <a class="trait" href="trait.DeserializeSeed.html" title="trait serde::de::DeserializeSeed">DeserializeSeed</a><'de></span>; |
| <div class="item-spacer"></div> fn <a href="#tymethod.tuple_variant" class="fnname">tuple_variant</a><V>(<br> self, <br> len: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.usize.html">usize</a>, <br> visitor: V<br> ) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><V::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.Visitor.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::Visitor::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>><br> <span class="where">where<br> V: <a class="trait" href="trait.Visitor.html" title="trait serde::de::Visitor">Visitor</a><'de></span>; |
| <div class="item-spacer"></div> fn <a href="#tymethod.struct_variant" class="fnname">struct_variant</a><V>(<br> self, <br> fields: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">&'static [</a>&'static <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.str.html">str</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">]</a>, <br> visitor: V<br> ) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><V::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.Visitor.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::Visitor::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>><br> <span class="where">where<br> V: <a class="trait" href="trait.Visitor.html" title="trait serde::de::Visitor">Visitor</a><'de></span>; |
| |
| fn <a href="#method.newtype_variant" class="fnname">newtype_variant</a><T>(self) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>><br> <span class="where">where<br> T: <a class="trait" href="../trait.Deserialize.html" title="trait serde::Deserialize">Deserialize</a><'de></span>, |
| { ... } |
| }</code></pre></div><details class="rustdoc-toggle top-doc" open><summary class="hideme"><span>Expand description</span></summary><div class="docblock"><p><code>VariantAccess</code> is a visitor that is created by the <code>Deserializer</code> and |
| passed to the <code>Deserialize</code> to deserialize the content of a particular enum |
| variant.</p> |
| <h2 id="lifetime" class="section-header"><a href="#lifetime">Lifetime</a></h2> |
| <p>The <code>'de</code> lifetime of this trait is the lifetime of data that may be |
| borrowed by the deserialized enum variant. See the page <a href="https://serde.rs/lifetimes.html">Understanding |
| deserializer lifetimes</a> for a more detailed explanation of these lifetimes.</p> |
| <h2 id="example-implementation" class="section-header"><a href="#example-implementation">Example implementation</a></h2> |
| <p>The <a href="https://serde.rs/data-format.html">example data format</a> presented on the website demonstrates an |
| implementation of <code>VariantAccess</code> for a basic JSON data format.</p> |
| </div></details><h2 id="associated-types" class="small-section-header">Associated Types<a href="#associated-types" class="anchor"></a></h2><div class="methods"><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="associatedtype.Error" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2021" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">type <a href="#associatedtype.Error" class="associatedtype">Error</a>: <a class="trait" href="trait.Error.html" title="trait serde::de::Error">Error</a></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>The error type that can be returned if some error occurs during |
| deserialization. Must match the error type of our <code>EnumAccess</code>.</p> |
| </div></details></div><h2 id="required-methods" class="small-section-header">Required methods<a href="#required-methods" class="anchor"></a></h2><div class="methods"><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="tymethod.unit_variant" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2058" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">fn <a href="#tymethod.unit_variant" class="fnname">unit_variant</a>(self) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html">()</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Called when deserializing a variant with no values.</p> |
| <p>If the data contains a different type of variant, the following |
| <code>invalid_type</code> error should be constructed:</p> |
| |
| <div class='information'><div class='tooltip edition' data-edition="2018">ⓘ</div></div><div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered edition"><code><span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">unit_variant</span>(<span class="self">self</span>) -> <span class="prelude-ty">Result</span><span class="op"><</span>(), <span class="ident"><span class="self">Self</span>::Error</span><span class="op">></span> { |
| <span class="comment">// What the data actually contained; suppose it is a tuple variant.</span> |
| <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">unexp</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Unexpected::TupleVariant</span>; |
| <span class="prelude-val">Err</span>(<span class="ident">de::Error::invalid_type</span>(<span class="ident">unexp</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="string">"unit variant"</span>)) |
| }</code></pre></div> |
| </div></details><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="tymethod.newtype_variant_seed" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2100-2102" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">fn <a href="#tymethod.newtype_variant_seed" class="fnname">newtype_variant_seed</a><T>(self, seed: T) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.DeserializeSeed.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::DeserializeSeed::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>> <span class="where fmt-newline">where<br> T: <a class="trait" href="trait.DeserializeSeed.html" title="trait serde::de::DeserializeSeed">DeserializeSeed</a><'de>, </span></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Called when deserializing a variant with a single value.</p> |
| <p><code>Deserialize</code> implementations should typically use |
| <code>VariantAccess::newtype_variant</code> instead.</p> |
| <p>If the data contains a different type of variant, the following |
| <code>invalid_type</code> error should be constructed:</p> |
| |
| <div class='information'><div class='tooltip edition' data-edition="2018">ⓘ</div></div><div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered edition"><code><span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">newtype_variant_seed</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">T</span><span class="op">></span>(<span class="self">self</span>, <span class="ident">_seed</span>: <span class="ident">T</span>) -> <span class="prelude-ty">Result</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">T::Value</span>, <span class="ident"><span class="self">Self</span>::Error</span><span class="op">></span> |
| <span class="kw">where</span> |
| <span class="ident">T</span>: <span class="ident">DeserializeSeed</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="lifetime">'de</span><span class="op">></span>, |
| { |
| <span class="comment">// What the data actually contained; suppose it is a unit variant.</span> |
| <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">unexp</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Unexpected::UnitVariant</span>; |
| <span class="prelude-val">Err</span>(<span class="ident">de::Error::invalid_type</span>(<span class="ident">unexp</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="string">"newtype variant"</span>)) |
| }</code></pre></div> |
| </div></details><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="tymethod.tuple_variant" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2160-2162" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">fn <a href="#tymethod.tuple_variant" class="fnname">tuple_variant</a><V>(<br> self, <br> len: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.usize.html">usize</a>, <br> visitor: V<br>) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><V::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.Visitor.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::Visitor::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>> <span class="where fmt-newline">where<br> V: <a class="trait" href="trait.Visitor.html" title="trait serde::de::Visitor">Visitor</a><'de>, </span></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Called when deserializing a tuple-like variant.</p> |
| <p>The <code>len</code> is the number of fields expected in the tuple variant.</p> |
| <p>If the data contains a different type of variant, the following |
| <code>invalid_type</code> error should be constructed:</p> |
| |
| <div class='information'><div class='tooltip edition' data-edition="2018">ⓘ</div></div><div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered edition"><code><span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">tuple_variant</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">V</span><span class="op">></span>( |
| <span class="self">self</span>, |
| <span class="ident">_len</span>: <span class="ident">usize</span>, |
| <span class="ident">_visitor</span>: <span class="ident">V</span>, |
| ) -> <span class="prelude-ty">Result</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">V::Value</span>, <span class="ident"><span class="self">Self</span>::Error</span><span class="op">></span> |
| <span class="kw">where</span> |
| <span class="ident">V</span>: <span class="ident">Visitor</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="lifetime">'de</span><span class="op">></span>, |
| { |
| <span class="comment">// What the data actually contained; suppose it is a unit variant.</span> |
| <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">unexp</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Unexpected::UnitVariant</span>; |
| <span class="prelude-val">Err</span>(<span class="ident">de::Error::invalid_type</span>(<span class="ident">unexp</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="string">"tuple variant"</span>)) |
| }</code></pre></div> |
| </div></details><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="tymethod.struct_variant" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2207-2213" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">fn <a href="#tymethod.struct_variant" class="fnname">struct_variant</a><V>(<br> self, <br> fields: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">&'static [</a>&'static <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.str.html">str</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">]</a>, <br> visitor: V<br>) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><V::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.Visitor.html#associatedtype.Value" title="type serde::de::Visitor::Value">Value</a>, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>> <span class="where fmt-newline">where<br> V: <a class="trait" href="trait.Visitor.html" title="trait serde::de::Visitor">Visitor</a><'de>, </span></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Called when deserializing a struct-like variant.</p> |
| <p>The <code>fields</code> are the names of the fields of the struct variant.</p> |
| <p>If the data contains a different type of variant, the following |
| <code>invalid_type</code> error should be constructed:</p> |
| |
| <div class='information'><div class='tooltip edition' data-edition="2018">ⓘ</div></div><div class="example-wrap"><pre class="rust rust-example-rendered edition"><code><span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">struct_variant</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">V</span><span class="op">></span>( |
| <span class="self">self</span>, |
| <span class="ident">_fields</span>: <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="lifetime">'static</span> [<span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="lifetime">'static</span> <span class="ident">str</span>], |
| <span class="ident">_visitor</span>: <span class="ident">V</span>, |
| ) -> <span class="prelude-ty">Result</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="ident">V::Value</span>, <span class="ident"><span class="self">Self</span>::Error</span><span class="op">></span> |
| <span class="kw">where</span> |
| <span class="ident">V</span>: <span class="ident">Visitor</span><span class="op"><</span><span class="lifetime">'de</span><span class="op">></span>, |
| { |
| <span class="comment">// What the data actually contained; suppose it is a unit variant.</span> |
| <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="ident">unexp</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">Unexpected::UnitVariant</span>; |
| <span class="prelude-val">Err</span>(<span class="ident">de::Error::invalid_type</span>(<span class="ident">unexp</span>, <span class="kw-2">&</span><span class="string">"struct variant"</span>)) |
| }</code></pre></div> |
| </div></details></div><h2 id="provided-methods" class="small-section-header">Provided methods<a href="#provided-methods" class="anchor"></a></h2><div class="methods"><details class="rustdoc-toggle" open><summary><div id="method.newtype_variant" class="method has-srclink"><div class="rightside"><a class="srclink" href="../../src/serde/de/mod.rs.html#2110-2115" title="goto source code">source</a></div><h4 class="code-header">fn <a href="#method.newtype_variant" class="fnname">newtype_variant</a><T>(self) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T, Self::<a class="associatedtype" href="trait.VariantAccess.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::de::VariantAccess::Error">Error</a>> <span class="where fmt-newline">where<br> T: <a class="trait" href="../trait.Deserialize.html" title="trait serde::Deserialize">Deserialize</a><'de>, </span></h4></div></summary><div class="docblock"><p>Called when deserializing a variant with a single value.</p> |
| <p>This method exists as a convenience for <code>Deserialize</code> implementations. |
| <code>VariantAccess</code> implementations should not override the default |
| behavior.</p> |
| </div></details></div><h2 id="implementors" class="small-section-header">Implementors<a href="#implementors" class="anchor"></a></h2><div class="item-list" id="implementors-list"></div><script type="text/javascript" src="../../implementors/serde/de/trait.VariantAccess.js" async></script></section><section id="search" class="content hidden"></section></div></main><div id="rustdoc-vars" data-root-path="../../" data-current-crate="serde" data-themes="ayu,dark,light" data-resource-suffix="" data-rustdoc-version="1.60.0-nightly (1bd4fdc94 2022-01-12)" ></div> |
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