[pve-devel] [PATCH dart_api_client 1/4] Add string serializer to handle int and double values

[Aaron Lauterer]

Adding a custom serializer for Strings allows us to catch situations
where the PVE API provides an int or a double instead of the expected
string and convert that to a string.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer at proxmox.com>
---
 lib/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/src/models/serializers.dart           |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart

diff --git a/lib/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart b/lib/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0622360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import 'package:built_collection/built_collection.dart';
+import 'package:built_value/serializer.dart';
+
+class PveStringSerializer implements PrimitiveSerializer<String> {
+  final bool structured = false;
+  @override
+  final Iterable<Type> types = BuiltList<Type>([String]);
+  @override
+  final String wireName = 'String';
+
+  @override
+  Object serialize(Serializers serializers, String string,
+      {FullType specifiedType = FullType.unspecified}) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String deserialize(Serializers serializers, Object? serialized,
+      {FullType specifiedType = FullType.unspecified}) {
+    if (serialized is int || serialized is double) {
+      return serialized.toString();
+    }
+    return serialized as String;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/models/serializers.dart b/lib/src/models/serializers.dart
index c079ee3..57b06f4 100644
--- a/lib/src/models/serializers.dart
+++ b/lib/src/models/serializers.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:built_value/json_object.dart';
 import 'package:built_value/serializer.dart';
 import 'package:built_value/standard_json_plugin.dart';
 import 'package:proxmox_dart_api_client/src/models/pve_bool_serializer.dart';
+import 'package:proxmox_dart_api_client/src/models/pve_string_serializer.dart';
 import 'package:proxmox_dart_api_client/src/models/pve_datetime_from_epoch_serializer.dart';
 import 'package:proxmox_dart_api_client/src/models/pve_models.dart';
 
@@ -41,5 +42,6 @@ part 'serializers.g.dart';
 final Serializers serializers = (_$serializers.toBuilder()
       ..addPlugin(StandardJsonPlugin())
       ..add(PveBoolSerializer())
+      ..add(PveStringSerializer())
       ..add(PveDateTimeFromEpoch()))
     .build();
-- 
2.30.2