JSON Advanced: A Fork of encoding/json with Enhanced Functionality

JSON Advanced is a fork of the standard Go encoding/json package, providing additional functionality to marshal and unmarshal JSON. This library is fully compatible with the original encoding/json library and includes two new struct tags: omit_encode and omit_decode.

• Fully compatible with Go's standard encoding/json library.
• Supports two new struct tags:
  • omit_encode: Excludes a field from being encoded into JSON.
  • omit_decode: Excludes a field from being decoded from JSON.

To install the package, run:

go get github.com/getevo/json

Then, import it in your Go files:

import "github.com/yourusername/json-advanced"

The JSON Advanced package can be used in the same way as the standard encoding/json package, with the addition of the omit_encode and omit_decode struct json tags.

Here's a basic example that demonstrates the use of the new struct tags:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "github.com/getevo/json"
)

type User struct {
    Name        string `json:"name"`
    Password    string `json:"password,omit_encode"`
    SecretToken string `json:"secret_token,omit_decode"`
}

func main() {
    user := User{
        Name:        "John Doe",
        Password:    "password123",
        SecretToken: "supersecrettoken",
    }

    // Marshal the struct to JSON
    jsonData, err := json.Marshal(user)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(jsonData)) // Output: {"name":"John Doe","secret_token":"supersecrettoken"}

    // Unmarshal JSON back into the struct
    input := `{"name":"Jane Doe","password":"newpassword","secret_token":"newtoken"}`
    err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &user)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Printf("%+v\n", user)
    // Output: {Name:Jane Doe Password:password123 SecretToken:supersecrettoken}
}

The API of JSON Advanced is fully compatible with the standard encoding/json package, with added support for the omit_encode and omit_decode struct tags.

• func Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error)

  Marshals the provided data into JSON format. Fields tagged with omit_encode will be excluded from the JSON output.

• func Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error

  Unmarshals the provided JSON data into the specified struct. Fields tagged with omit_decode will not be populated during this process.

• func MarshalIndent(v interface{}, prefix, indent string) ([]byte, error)

  Similar to Marshal, but formats the output with indentation. Fields tagged with omit_encode will be omitted from the JSON output.

• func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *json.Decoder

  Creates a new JSON decoder. Fields tagged with omit_decode will be ignored when decoding JSON into structs.

• func NewEncoder(w io.Writer) *json.Encoder

  Creates a new JSON encoder. Fields tagged with omit_encode will be omitted when encoding structs to JSON.

• type Decoder

  The Decoder type functions similarly to encoding/json.Decoder, with the additional capability to respect the omit_decode tag when decoding JSON.

• type Encoder

  The Encoder type functions similarly to encoding/json.Encoder, with the additional capability to respect the omit_encode tag when encoding to JSON.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for more details.

This library is a fork of the Go standard library's encoding/json package, enhanced with additional functionality inspired by the needs of the Go development community.