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// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package json_test
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"strings"
)
type Animal int
const (
Unknown Animal = iota
Gopher
Zebra
)
func (a *Animal) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
var s string
if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
return err
}
switch strings.ToLower(s) {
default:
*a = Unknown
case "gopher":
*a = Gopher
case "zebra":
*a = Zebra
}
return nil
}
func (a Animal) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
var s string
switch a {
default:
s = "unknown"
case Gopher:
s = "gopher"
case Zebra:
s = "zebra"
}
return json.Marshal(s)
}
func Example_customMarshalJSON() {
blob := `["gopher","armadillo","zebra","unknown","gopher","bee","gopher","zebra"]`
var zoo []Animal
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(blob), &zoo); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
census := make(map[Animal]int)
for _, animal := range zoo {
census[animal] += 1
}
fmt.Printf("Zoo Census:\n* Gophers: %d\n* Zebras: %d\n* Unknown: %d\n",
census[Gopher], census[Zebra], census[Unknown])
// Output:
// Zoo Census:
// * Gophers: 3
// * Zebras: 2
// * Unknown: 3
}