package data import ( "errors" "fmt" "strconv" "strings" ) // Define an error that our UnmarshalJSON() method can return if we're unable to parse // or convert the JSON string successfully. var ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat = errors.New("invalid runtime format") // Declare a custom Runtime type, which has the underlying int32 type type Runtime int32 // The rule about pointers vs. values for receivers is that value methods // can be invoked on pointers and values, but pointer methods can only // be invoked on pointers. // Implements json.Marshaler interface. func (r Runtime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { // Generate a string containing the movie runtime jsonValue := fmt.Sprintf("%d mins", r) //Use strconv.Quote() function on the string to wrap it in double quotes // necessary to be valid json quotedJSONValue := strconv.Quote(jsonValue) // convert the string to byte slice and return it return []byte(quotedJSONValue), nil } // Implement a UnmarshalJSON() method on the Runtime type so that it satisfies the // json.Unmarshaler interface. IMPORTANT: Because UnmarshalJSON() needs to modify the // receiver (our Runtime type), we must use a pointer receiver for this to work // correctly. Otherwise, we will only be modifying a copy (which is then discarded when // this method returns). func (r *Runtime) UnmarshalJSON(jsonValue []byte) error { // We expect that the incoming JSON value will be a string in the format // " mins", and the first thing we need to do is remove the surrounding // double-quotes from this string. If we can't unquote it, then we return the // ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error. unquotedJSONValue, err := strconv.Unquote(string(jsonValue)) if err != nil { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Split the string to isolate the part containing the number. parts := strings.Split(unquotedJSONValue, " ") // Sanity check the parts of the string to make sure it was in the expected format. // If it isn't, we return the ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error again. if len(parts) != 2 || parts[1] != "mins" { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Otherwise, parse the string containing the number into an int32. Again, if this // fails return the ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error. i, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[0], 10, 32) if err != nil { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Convert the int32 to a Runtime type and assign this to the receiver. Note that we // use the * operator to deference the receiver (which is a pointer to a Runtime // type) in order to set the underlying value of the pointer. *r = Runtime(i) return nil }