package Dancer2::Serializer::Mutable; # ABSTRACT: Serialize and deserialize content based on HTTP header $Dancer2::Serializer::Mutable::VERSION = '2.1.0'; use Moo; use Carp 'croak'; use Encode; use Module::Runtime 'require_module'; with 'Dancer2::Core::Role::Serializer'; use constant DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE => 'application/json'; has '+content_type' => ( default => DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE() ); my $serializer = { 'YAML' => { to => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::to_yaml(@_) }, from => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::from_yaml(@_) }, }, 'Dumper' => { to => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::to_dumper(@_) }, from => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::from_dumper(@_) }, }, 'JSON' => { to => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::to_json(@_) }, from => sub { Dancer2::Core::DSL::from_json(@_) }, }, }; has mapping => ( is => 'ro', lazy => 1, default => sub { my $self = shift; if ( my $mapping = $self->config->{mapping} ) { # initialize non-default serializers for my $s ( values %$mapping ) { # TODO allow for arguments via the config next if $serializer->{$s}; my $serializer_class = "Dancer2::Serializer::$s"; require_module($serializer_class); my $serializer_object = $serializer_class->new; $serializer->{$s} = { from => sub { shift; $serializer_object->deserialize(@_) }, to => sub { shift; $serializer_object->serialize(@_) }, }; } return $mapping; } return { 'text/x-yaml' => 'YAML', 'text/html' => 'YAML', 'text/x-data-dumper' => 'Dumper', 'text/x-json' => 'JSON', 'application/json' => 'JSON', } }, ); sub serialize { my ( $self, $entity ) = @_; # Look for valid format in the headers my $format = $self->_get_content_type('accept'); # Match format with a serializer and return $format and return $serializer->{$format}{'to'}->( $self, $entity ); # If none is found then just return the entity without change return $entity; } sub deserialize { my ( $self, $content ) = @_; my $format = $self->_get_content_type('content_type'); $format and return $serializer->{$format}{'from'}->($self, $content); return $content; } sub _get_content_type { my ($self, $header) = @_; if ( $self->has_request ) { # Search for the first HTTP header variable which specifies # supported content. Both content_type and accept are checked # for backwards compatibility. foreach my $method ( $header, qw ) { if ( my $value = $self->request->header($method) ) { if ( my $serializer = $self->mapping->{$value} ) { $self->set_content_type($value); return $serializer; } } } } # If none if found, return the default, 'JSON'. $self->set_content_type( DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE() ); return 'JSON'; } 1; __END__ =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME Dancer2::Serializer::Mutable - Serialize and deserialize content based on HTTP header =head1 VERSION version 2.1.0 =head1 SYNOPSIS # in config.yml serializer: Mutable engines: serializer: Mutable: mapping: 'text/x-yaml' : YAML 'text/html' : YAML 'text/x-data-dumper' : Dumper 'text/x-json' : JSON 'application/json' : JSON # in the app put '/something' => sub { # deserialized from request my $name = param( 'name' ); ... # will be serialized to the most # fitting format return { message => "user $name added" }; }; =head1 DESCRIPTION This serializer will try find the best (de)serializer for a given request. For this, it will pick the first valid content type found from the following list and use its related serializer. =over =item The B from the request headers =item the B from the request headers =item The default is B =back The content-type/serializer mapping that C uses is serializer | content types ---------------------------------------------------------- Dancer2::Serializer::YAML | text/x-yaml, text/html Dancer2::Serializer::Dumper | text/x-data-dumper Dancer2::Serializer::JSON | text/x-json, application/json A different mapping can be provided via the config file. For example, the default mapping would be configured as engines: serializer: Mutable: mapping: 'text/x-yaml' : YAML 'text/html' : YAML 'text/x-data-dumper' : Dumper 'text/x-json' : JSON 'application/json' : JSON The keys of the mapping are the content-types to serialize, and the values the serializers to use. Serialization for C, C and C are done using internal Dancer mechanisms. Any other serializer will be taken to be as Dancer2 serialization class (minus the C prefix) and an instance of it will be used to serialize/deserialize data. For example, adding L to the mapping would be: engines: serializer: Mutable: mapping: 'text/x-yaml' : YAML 'text/html' : YAML 'text/x-data-dumper' : Dumper 'text/x-json' : JSON 'text/xml' : XML =head2 INTERNAL METHODS The following methods are used internally by C and are not made accessible via the DSL. =head2 serialize Serialize a data structure. The format it is serialized to is determined automatically as described above. It can be one of YAML, Dumper, JSON, defaulting to JSON if there's no clear preference from the request. =head2 deserialize Deserialize the provided serialized data to a data structure. The type of serialization format depends on the request's content-type. For now, it can be one of YAML, Dumper, JSON. =head2 content_type Returns the content-type that was used during the last C / C call. B : you must call C / C before calling C. Otherwise the return value will be C. =head1 AUTHOR Dancer Core Developers =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Alexis Sukrieh. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut