serde_with 2.3.3

Custom de/serialization functions for Rust's serde
Documentation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [Unreleased]

## [2.3.3] - 2023-04-27

### Changed

* Update `syn` to v2 and `darling` to v0.20 (#578)
    Update proc-macro dependencies.
    This change should have no impact on users, but now uses the same dependency as `serde_derive`.

## [2.3.2] - 2023-04-05

### Changed

* Improve the error message when deserializing `OneOrMany` or `PickFirst` fails.
    It now includes the original error message for each of the individual variants.
    This is possible by dropping untagged enums as the internal implementations, since they will likely never support this, as these old PRs show [serde#2376]https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/pull/2376 and [serde#1544]https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/pull/1544.

    The new errors look like:

    ```text
    OneOrMany could not deserialize any variant:
      One: invalid type: map, expected u32
      Many: invalid type: map, expected a sequence
    ```

    ```text
    PickFirst could not deserialize any variant:
      First: invalid type: string "Abc", expected u32
      Second: invalid digit found in string
    ```

### Fixed

* Specify the correct minimum serde version as dependency. (#588)
    Thanks to @nox for submitting a PR.

## [2.3.1] - 2023-03-10

### Fixed

* Undo the changes to the trait bound for `Seq`. (#570, #571)
    The new implementation caused issues with serialization formats that require the sequence length beforehand.
    It also caused problems, that certain attributes which worked before no longer worked, due to mismatching number of references.

    Thanks to  @stefunctional for reporting and for @stephaneyfx for providing a test case.

## [2.3.0] - 2023-03-09

### Added

* Add `serde_as` compatible versions for the existing duplicate key and value handling. (#534)
    The new types `MapPreventDuplicates`, `MapFirstKeyWins`, `SetPreventDuplicates`, and `SetLastValueWins` can replace the existing modules `maps_duplicate_key_is_error`, `maps_first_key_wins`, `sets_duplicate_value_is_error`, and `sets_last_value_wins`.
* Added a new `KeyValueMap` type using the map key as a struct field. (#341)
    This conversion is useful for maps, where an ID value is the map key, but the ID should become part of a single struct.
    The conversion allows this, by using a special field named `$key$`.

    This conversion is possible for structs and maps, using the `$key$` field.
    Tuples, tuple structs, and sequences are supported by turning the first value into the map key.

    Each of the `SimpleStruct`s

    ```rust
    // Somewhere there is a collection:
    // #[serde_as(as = "KeyValueMap<_>")]
    // Vec<SimpleStruct>,

    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
    struct SimpleStruct {
        b: bool,
        // The field named `$key$` will become the map key
        #[serde(rename = "$key$")]
        id: String,
        i: i32,
    }
    ```

    will turn into a JSON snippet like this.

    ```json
    "id-0000": {
      "b": false,
      "i": 123
    },
    ```

### Changed

* Relax the trait bounds of `Seq` to allow for more custom types. (#565)
    This extends the support beyond tuples.

### Fixed

* `EnumMap` passes the `human_readable` status of the `Serializer` to more places.
* Support `alloc` on targets without `target_has_atomic = "ptr"`. (#560)
    Thanks to @vembacher for reporting and fixing the issue.

## [2.2.0] - 2023-01-09

### Added

* Add new `Map` and `Seq` types for converting between maps and tuple lists. (#527)

    The behavior is not new, but already present using `BTreeMap`/`HashMap` or `Vec`.
    However, the new types `Map` and `Seq` are also available on `no_std`, even without the `alloc` feature.

### Changed

* Pin the `serde_with_macros` dependency to the same version as the main crate.
    This simplifies publishing and ensures that always a compatible version is picked.

### Fixed

* `serde_with::apply` had an issue matching types when invisible token groups where in use (#538)
    The token groups can stem from macro_rules expansion, but should be treated mostly transparent.
    The old code required a group to match a group, while now groups are silently removed when checking for type patterns.

## [2.1.0] - 2022-11-16

### Added

* Add new `apply` attribute to simplify repetitive attributes over many fields.
    Multiple rules and multiple attributes can be provided each.

    ```rust
    #[serde_with::apply(
        Option => #[serde(default)] #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")],
        Option<bool> => #[serde(rename = "bool")],
    )]
    #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
    struct Data {
        a: Option<String>,
        b: Option<u64>,
        c: Option<String>,
        d: Option<bool>,
    }
    ```

    The `apply` attribute will expand into this, applying the attributs to the matching fields:

    ```rust
    #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
    struct Data {
        #[serde(default)]
        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        a: Option<String>,
        #[serde(default)]
        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        b: Option<u64>,
        #[serde(default)]
        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        c: Option<String>,
        #[serde(default)]
        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        #[serde(rename = "bool")]
        d: Option<bool>,
    }
    ```

    The attribute supports field matching using many rules, such as `_` to apply to all fields and partial generics like `Option` to match any `Option` be it `Option<String>`, `Option<bool>`, or `Option<T>`.

### Fixed

* The derive macros `SerializeDisplay` and `DeserializeFromStr` now take better care not to use conflicting names for generic values. (#526)
    All used generics now start with `__` to make conflicts with manually written code unlikely.

    Thanks to @Elrendio for submitting a PR fixing the issue.

## [2.0.1] - 2022-09-09

### Added

* `time` added support for the well-known `Iso8601` format.
    This extends the existing support of `Rfc2822` and `Rfc3339`.

### Changed

* Warn if `serde_as` is used on an enum variant.
    Attributes on enum variants were never supported.
    But `#[serde(with = "...")]` can be added on variants, such that some confusion can occur when migration ([#499]https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/499).

### Note

A cargo bug ([cargo#10801](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10801)) means that upgrading from v1 to v2 may add unnecessary crates to the `Cargo.lock` file.
A diff of the lock-file makes it seem that `serde_with` depends on new crates, even though these crates are unused and will not get compiled or linked.
However, tools consuming `Cargo.lock` or `cargo metadata` might give wrong results.

## [2.0.0] - 2022-07-17

### Added

* Make `JsonString<T>` smarter by allowing nesting `serde_as` definitions.
    This allows applying custom serialization logic, before the value gets converted into a JSON string.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "JsonString<Vec<(JsonString, _)>>")]
    value: BTreeMap<[u8; 2], u32>,

    // JSON
    {"value":"[[\"[1,2]\",3],[\"[4,5]\",6]]"}
    ```

### Changed

* Make `#[serde_as]` behave more intuitive on `Option<T>` fields.

    The `#[serde_as]` macro now detects if a `#[serde_as(as = "Option<S>")]` is used on a field of type `Option<T>` and applies `#[serde(default)]` to the field.
    This restores the ability to deserialize with missing fields and fixes a common annoyance (#183, #185, #311, #417).
    This is a breaking change, since now deserialization will pass where it did not before and this might be undesired.

    The `Option` field and transformation are detected by directly matching on the type name.
    These variants are detected as `Option`.
    * `Option`
    * `std::option::Option`, with or without leading `::`
    * `core::option::Option`, with or without leading `::`

    If an existing `default` attribute is detected, the attribute is not applied again.
    This behavior can be suppressed by using `#[serde_as(no_default)]` or `#[serde_as(as = "Option<S>", no_default)]`.
* `NoneAsEmptyString` and `string_empty_as_none` use a different serialization bound (#388).

    Both types used `AsRef<str>` as the serialization bound.
    This is limiting for non-string types like `Option<i32>`.
    The deserialization often was already more flexible, due to the `FromStr` bound.

    For most std types this should have little impact, as the types implementing `AsRef<str>` mostly implement `Display`, too, such as `String`, `Cow<str>`, or `Rc<str>`.
* Bump MSRV to 1.60. This is required for the optional dependency feature syntax in cargo.

### Removed

* Remove old module based conversions.

    The newer `serde_as` based conversions are preferred.

    * `seq_display_fromstr`: Use `DisplayFromStr` in combination with your container type:

        ```rust
        #[serde_as(as = "BTreeSet<DisplayFromStr>")]
        addresses: BTreeSet<Ipv4Addr>,
        #[serde_as(as = "Vec<DisplayFromStr>")]
        bools: Vec<bool>,
        ```

    * `tuple_list_as_map`: Use `BTreeMap` on a `Vec` of tuples:

        ```rust
        #[serde_as(as = "BTreeMap<_, _>")] // HashMap will also work
        s: Vec<(i32, String)>,
        ```

    * `map_as_tuple_list` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(_, _)>")]`.
    * `display_fromstr` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DisplayFromStr")]`.
    * `bytes_or_string` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "BytesOrString")]`.
    * `default_on_error` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DefaultOnError")]`.
    * `default_on_null` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DefaultOnNull")]`.
    * `string_empty_as_none` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "NoneAsEmptyString")]`.
    * `StringWithSeparator` can now only be used in `serde_as`.
        The definition of the `Separator` trait and its implementations have been moved to the `formats` module.
    * `json::nested` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "json::JsonString")]`.

* Remove previously deprecated modules.

    * `sets_first_value_wins`
    * `btreemap_as_tuple_list` and `hashmap_as_tuple_list` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(_, _)>")]`.

### Note

A cargo bug ([cargo#10801](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10801)) means that upgrading from v1 to v2 may add unnecessary crates to the `Cargo.lock` file.
A diff of the lock-file makes it seem that `serde_with` depends on new crates, even though these crates are unused and will not get compiled or linked.

## [2.0.0-rc.0] - 2022-06-29

### Changed

* Make `#[serde_as]` behave more intuitive on `Option<T>` fields.

    The `#[serde_as]` macro now detects if a `#[serde_as(as = "Option<S>")]` is used on a field of type `Option<T>` and applies `#[serde(default)]` to the field.
    This restores the ability to deserialize with missing fields and fixes a common annoyance (#183, #185, #311, #417).
    This is a breaking change, since now deserialization will pass where it did not before and this might be undesired.

    The `Option` field and transformation are detected by directly matching on the type name.
    These variants are detected as `Option`.
    * `Option`
    * `std::option::Option`, with or without leading `::`
    * `core::option::Option`, with or without leading `::`

    If an existing `default` attribute is detected, the attribute is not applied again.
    This behavior can be suppressed by using `#[serde_as(no_default)]` or `#[serde_as(as = "Option<S>", no_default)]`.
* `NoneAsEmptyString` and `string_empty_as_none` use a different serialization bound (#388).

    Both types used `AsRef<str>` as the serialization bound.
    This is limiting for non-string types like `Option<i32>`.
    The deserialization often was already more flexible, due to the `FromStr` bound.

    For most std types this should have little impact, as the types implementing `AsRef<str>` mostly implement `Display`, too, such as `String`, `Cow<str>`, or `Rc<str>`.
* Bump MSRV to 1.60. This is required for the optional dependency feature syntax in cargo.

### Removed

* Remove old module based conversions.

    The newer `serde_as` based conversions are preferred.

    * `seq_display_fromstr`: Use `DisplayFromStr` in combination with your container type:

        ```rust
        #[serde_as(as = "BTreeSet<DisplayFromStr>")]
        addresses: BTreeSet<Ipv4Addr>,
        #[serde_as(as = "Vec<DisplayFromStr>")]
        bools: Vec<bool>,
        ```

    * `tuple_list_as_map`: Use `BTreeMap` on a `Vec` of tuples:

        ```rust
        #[serde_as(as = "BTreeMap<_, _>")] // HashMap will also work
        s: Vec<(i32, String)>,
        ```

    * `map_as_tuple_list` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(_, _)>")]`.
    * `display_fromstr` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DisplayFromStr")]`.
    * `bytes_or_string` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "BytesOrString")]`.
    * `default_on_error` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DefaultOnError")]`.
    * `default_on_null` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "DefaultOnNull")]`.
    * `string_empty_as_none` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "NoneAsEmptyString")]`.
    * `StringWithSeparator` can now only be used in `serde_as`.
        The definition of the `Separator` trait and its implementations have been moved to the `formats` module.
    * `json::nested` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "json::JsonString")]`.

* Remove previously deprecated modules.

    * `sets_first_value_wins`
    * `btreemap_as_tuple_list` and `hashmap_as_tuple_list` can be replaced with `#[serde_as(as = "Vec<(_, _)>")]`.

## [1.14.0] - 2022-05-29

### Added

* Add support for `time` crate v0.3 #450

    `time::Duration` can now be serialized with the `DurationSeconds` and related converters.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
    value: Duration,

    // JSON
    "value": 86400,
    ```

    `time::OffsetDateTime` and `time::PrimitiveDateTime` can now be serialized with the `TimestampSeconds` and related converters.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::TimestampMicroSecondsWithFrac<String>")]
    value: time::PrimitiveDateTime,

    // JSON
    "value": "1000000",
    ```

    `time::OffsetDateTime` can be serialized in string format in different well-known formats.
    Two formats are supported, `time::format_description::well_known::Rfc2822` and `time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339`.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "time::format_description::well_known::Rfc2822")]
    rfc_2822: OffsetDateTime,
    #[serde_as(as = "Vec<time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339>")]
    rfc_3339: Vec<OffsetDateTime>,

    // JSON
    "rfc_2822": "Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600",
    "rfc_3339": ["1997-11-21T09:55:06-06:00"],
    ```

* Deserialize `bool` from integers #456 462

    Deserialize an integer and convert it into a `bool`.
    `BoolFromInt<Strict>` (default) deserializes 0 to `false` and `1` to `true`, other numbers are errors.
    `BoolFromInt<Flexible>` deserializes any non-zero as `true`.
    Serialization only emits 0/1.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "BoolFromInt")] // BoolFromInt<Strict>
    b: bool,

    // JSON
    "b": 1,
    ```

### Changed

* Bump MSRV to 1.53, since the new dependency `time` requires that version.

### Fixed

* Make the documentation clearer by stating that the `#[serde_as]` and `#[skip_serializing_none]` attributes must always be places before `#[derive]`.

## [1.13.0] - 2022-04-23

### Added

* Added support for `indexmap::IndexMap` and `indexmap::IndexSet` types. #431, #436

    Both types are now compatible with these functions: `maps_duplicate_key_is_error`, `maps_first_key_wins`, `sets_duplicate_value_is_error`, `sets_last_value_wins`.
    `serde_as` integration is provided by implementing both `SerializeAs` and `DeserializeAs` for both types.
    `IndexMap`s can also be serialized as a list of types via the `serde_as(as = "Vec<(_, _)>")` annotation.

    All implementations are gated behind the `indexmap` feature.

    Thanks to @jgrund for providing parts of the implementation.

## [1.12.1] - 2022-04-07

### Fixed

* Depend on a newer `serde_with_macros` version to pull in some fixes.
    * Account for generics when deriving implementations with `SerializeDisplay` and `DeserializeFromStr` #413
    * Provide better error messages when parsing types fails #423

## [1.12.0] - 2022-02-07

### Added

* Deserialize a `Vec` and skip all elements failing to deserialize #383

    `VecSkipError` acts like a `Vec`, but elements which fail to deserialize, like the `"Yellow"` are ignored.

    ```rust
    #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
    enum Color {
        Red,
        Green,
        Blue,
    }
    // JSON
    "colors": ["Blue", "Yellow", "Green"],
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "VecSkipError<_>")]
    colors: Vec<Color>,
    // => vec![Blue, Green]
    ```

    Thanks to @hdhoang for creating the PR.

* Transform between maps and `Vec<Enum>` #375

    The new `EnumMap` type converts `Vec` of enums into a single map.
    The key is the enum variant name, and the value is the variant value.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    VecEnumValues(vec![
        EnumValue::Int(123),
        EnumValue::String("Foo".to_string()),
        EnumValue::Unit,
        EnumValue::Tuple(1, "Bar".to_string()),
        EnumValue::Struct {
            a: 666,
            b: "Baz".to_string(),
        },
    ]

    // JSON
    {
      "Int": 123,
      "String": "Foo",
      "Unit": null,
      "Tuple": [
        1,
        "Bar",
      ],
      "Struct": {
        "a": 666,
        "b": "Baz",
      }
    }
    ```

### Changed

* The `Timestamp*Seconds` and `Timestamp*SecondsWithFrac` types can now be used with `chrono::NaiveDateTime`. #389

## [1.11.0] - 2021-10-18

### Added

* Serialize bytes as base64 encoded strings.  
    The character set and padding behavior can be configured.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::base64::Base64")]
    value: Vec<u8>,
    #[serde_as(as = "Base64<Bcrypt, Unpadded>")]
    bcrypt_unpadded: Vec<u8>,

    // JSON
    "value": "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=",
    "bcrypt_unpadded": "QETqZE6eT07wZEO",
    ```

* The minimal supported Rust version (MSRV) is now specified in the `Cargo.toml` via the `rust-version` field. The field is supported in Rust 1.56 and has no effect on versions before.

    More details: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-rust-version-field

### Fixed

* Fixed RUSTSEC-2020-0071 in the `time` v0.1 dependency, but changing the feature flags of the `chrono` dependency. This should not change anything. Crates requiring the `oldtime` feature of `chrono` can enable it separately.
* Allow `HashSet`s with custom hashers to be deserialized when used in combination with `serde_as`.  #408

## [1.10.0] - 2021-09-04

### Added

* Add `BorrowCow` which instructs serde to borrow data during deserialization of `Cow<'_, str>`, `Cow<'_, [u8]>`, or `Cow<'_, [u8; N]>`. (#347)
    The implementation is for [serde#2072]https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/pull/2072#pullrequestreview-735511713 and [serde#2016]https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2016, about `#[serde(borrow)]` not working for `Option<Cow<'a, str>>`.

    ```rust
    #[serde_as]
    #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
    struct Data<'a> {
        #[serde_as(as = "Option<[BorrowCow; 1]>")]
        nested: Option<[Cow<'a, str>; 1]>,
    }
    ```

    The `#[serde(borrow)]` annotation is automatically added by the `#[serde_as]` attribute.

### Changed

* Bump MSRV to 1.46, since the dev-dependency `bitflags` requires that version now.
* `flattened_maybe!` no longer requires the `serde_with` crate to be available with a specific name.
    This allows renaming the crate or using `flattened_maybe!` through a re-export without any complications.

## [1.9.4] - 2021-06-18

### Fixed

* `with_prefix!` now supports an optional visibility modifier. (#327, #328)  
    If not specified `pub(self)` is assumed.

    ```rust
    with_prefix!(prefix_active "active_");                   // => mod {...}
    with_prefix!(pub prefix_active "active_");               // => pub mod {...}
    with_prefix!(pub(crate) prefix_active "active_");        // => pub(crate) mod {...}
    with_prefix!(pub(in other_mod) prefix_active "active_"); // => pub(in other_mod) mod {...}
    ```

    Thanks to @elpiel for raising and fixing the issue.

## [1.9.3] - 2021-06-14

### Added

* The `Bytes` type now supports borrowed and Cow arrays of fixed size (requires Rust 1.51+)

    ```rust
    #[serde_as(as = "Bytes")]
    #[serde(borrow)]
    borrowed_array: &'a [u8; 15],
    #[serde_as(as = "Bytes")]
    #[serde(borrow)]
    cow_array: Cow<'a, [u8; 15]>,
    ```

    Note: For borrowed arrays the used Deserializer needs to support Serde's 0-copy deserialization.

## [1.9.2] - 2021-06-07

### Fixed

* Suppress clippy warnings, which can occur while using `serde_conv` (#320)
    Thanks to @mkroening for reporting and fixing the issue.

## [1.9.1] - 2021-05-15

### Changed

* `NoneAsEmptyString`: Deserialize using `FromStr` instead of using `for<'a> From<&'a str>` (#316)
    This will *not* change any behavior when applied to a field of type `Option<String>` as used in the documentation.
    Thanks to @mkroening for finding and fixing the issue.

## [1.9.0] - 2021-05-09

### Added

* Added `FromInto` and `TryFromInto` adapters, which enable serialization by converting into a proxy type.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "FromInto<(u8, u8, u8)>")]
    value: Rgb,

    impl From<(u8, u8, u8)> for Rgb { ... }
    impl From<Rgb> for (u8, u8, u8) { ... }

    // JSON
    "value": [128, 64, 32],
    ```

* New `serde_conv!` macro to create conversion types with reduced boilerplate.
    The generated types can be used with `#[serde_as]` or serde's with-attribute.

    ```rust
    serde_with::serde_conv!(
        RgbAsArray,
        Rgb,
        |rgb: &Rgb| [rgb.red, rgb.green, rgb.blue],
        |value: [u8; 3]| -> Result<_, std::convert::Infallible> {
            Ok(Rgb {
                red: value[0],
                green: value[1],
                blue: value[2],
            })
        }
    );
    ```

## [1.8.1] - 2021-04-19

### Added

* The `hex::Hex` type also works for u8-arrays on Rust 1.48.
    Thanks to @TheAlgorythm for raising and fixing the issue.

## [1.8.0] - 2021-03-30

### Added

* Added `PickFirst` adapter for `serde_as`. [#291]
    It allows deserializing from multiple different forms.
    Deserializing a number from either a number or string can be implemented like:

    ```rust
    #[serde_as(as = "PickFirst<(_, DisplayFromStr)>")]
    value: u32,
    ```

* Implement `SerializeAs`/`DeserializeAs` for more wrapper types. [#288], [#293]
    This now supports:
    * `Arc`, `sync::Weak`
    * `Rc`, `rc::Weak`
    * `Cell`, `RefCell`
    * `Mutex`, `RwLock`
    * `Result`

[#288]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/288
[#291]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/291
[#293]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/293

### Changed

* Add a new `serde_with::rust::map_as_tuple_list` module as a replacement for `serde_with::rust::btreemap_as_tuple_list` and `serde_with::rust::hashmap_as_tuple_list`.
    The new module uses `IntoIterator` and `FromIterator` as trait bound making it usable in more situations.
    The old names continue to exist but are marked as deprecated.

### Deprecated

* Deprecated the module names `serde_with::rust::btreemap_as_tuple_list` and `serde_with::rust::hashmap_as_tuple_list`.
    You can use `serde_with::rust::map_as_tuple_list` as a replacement.

### Fixed

* Implement `Timestamp*Seconds` and `Duration*Seconds` also for chrono types.
    This closes [#194]. This was incompletely implemented in [#199].

[#194]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/194
[#199]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/199

## [1.7.0] - 2021-03-24

### Added

* Add support for arrays of arbitrary size. ([#272])
    This feature requires Rust 1.51+.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "[[_; 64]; 33]")]
    value: [[u8; 64]; 33],

    // JSON
    "value": [[0,0,0,0,0,...], [0,0,0,...], ...],
    ```

    Mapping of arrays was available before, but limited to arrays of length 32.
    All conversion methods are available for the array elements.

    This is similar to the existing [`serde-big-array`] crate with three important improvements:

    1. Support for the `serde_as` annotation.
    2. Supports non-copy elements (see [serde-big-array#6][serde-big-array-copy]).
    3. Supports arbitrary nestings of arrays (see [serde-big-array#7][serde-big-array-nested]).

[#272]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/pull/272
[`serde-big-array`]: https://crates.io/crates/serde-big-array
[serde-big-array-copy]: https://github.com/est31/serde-big-array/issues/6
[serde-big-array-nested]: https://github.com/est31/serde-big-array/issues/7

* Arrays with tuple elements can now be deserialized from  a map. ([#272])
    This feature requires Rust 1.51+.

    ```rust
    // Rust
    #[serde_as(as = "BTreeMap<_, _>")]
    value: [(String, u16); 3],

    // JSON
    "value": {
        "a": 1,
        "b": 2,
        "c": 3
    },
    ```

* The `Bytes` type is heavily inspired by `serde_bytes` and ports it to the `serde_as` system. ([#277])

    ```rust
    #[serde_as(as = "Bytes")]
    value: Vec<u8>,
    ```

    Compared to `serde_bytes` these improvements are available

    1. Integration with the `serde_as` annotation (see [serde-bytes#14][serde-bytes-complex]).
    2. Implementation for arrays of arbitrary size (Rust 1.51+) (see [serde-bytes#26][serde-bytes-arrays]).

[#277]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/pull/277
[serde-bytes-complex]: https://github.com/serde-rs/bytes/issues/14
[serde-bytes-arrays]: https://github.com/serde-rs/bytes/issues/26

* The `OneOrMany` type allows deserializing a `Vec` from either a single element or a sequence. ([#281])

    ```rust
    #[serde_as(as = "OneOrMany<_>")]
    cities: Vec<String>,
    ```

    This allows deserializing from either `cities: "Berlin"` or `cities: ["Berlin", "Paris"]`.
    The serialization can be configured to always emit a list with `PreferMany` or emit a single element with `PreferOne`.

[#281]: https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/pull/281

## [1.6.4] - 2021-02-16

### Fixed

* Fix compiling when having a struct field without the `serde_as` annotation by updating `serde_with_macros`.
    This broke in 1.4.0 of `serde_with_macros`. [#267]https://github.com/jonasbb/serde_with/issues/267

## [1.6.3] - 2021-02-15

### Changed

* Bump macro crate dependency (`serde_with_macros`) to 1.4.0 to pull in those improvements.

## [1.6.2] - 2021-01-30

### Added

* New function `serde_with::rust::deserialize_ignore_any`.
    This function allows deserializing any data and returns the default value of the type.
    This can be used in conjunction with `#[serde(other)]` to allow deserialization of unknown data carrying enum variants.

    Thanks to @lovasoa for suggesting and implementing it.

## [1.6.1] - 2021-01-24

### Added

* Add new types similar to `DurationSeconds` and `TimestampSeconds` but for base units of milliseconds, microseconds, and nanoseconds.
    The `*WithFrac` variants also exist.
* Add `SerializeAs` implementation for references.

### Changed

* Release `Sized` trait bound from `As`, `Same`, `SerializeAs`, and `SerializeAsWrap`.
    Only the serialize part is relaxed.

## [1.6.0] - 2020-11-22

### Added

* Add `DefaultOnNull` as the equivalent for `rust::default_on_null` but for the `serde_as` system.
* Support specifying a path to the `serde_with` crate for the `serde_as` and derive macros.
    This is useful when using crate renaming in Cargo.toml or while re-exporting the macros.

    Many thanks to @tobz1000 for raising the issue and contributing fixes.

### Changed

* Bump minimum supported rust version to 1.40.0

## [1.5.1] - 2020-10-07

### Fixed

* Depend on serde with the `derive` feature enabled.
    The `derive` feature is required to deserialize untagged enums which are used in the `DefaultOnError` helpers.
    This fixes compilation of `serde_with` in scenarios where no other crate enables the `derive` feature.

## [1.5.0] - 2020-10-01

### Added

* The largest addition to this release is the addition of the `serde_as` de/serialization scheme.
    It's goal is it to be a more flexible replacement to serde's with-annotation, by being more composable than before.
    No longer is it a problem to add a custom de/serialization adapter is the type is within an `Option` or a `Vec`.

    Thanks to `@markazmierczak` for the design of the trait without whom this wouldn't be possible.

    More details about this new scheme can be found in the also new [user guide]https://docs.rs/serde_with/1.5.0/serde_with/guide/index.html
* This release also features a detailed user guide.
    The guide focusses more on how to use this crate by providing examples.
    For example, it includes a section about the available feature flags of this crate and how you can migrate to the shiny new `serde_as` scheme.
* The crate now features de/serialization adaptors for the std and chrono's `Duration` types. #56 #104
* Add a `hex` module, which allows formatting bytes (i.e. `Vec<u8>`) as a hexadecimal string.
    The formatting supports different arguments how the formatting is happening.
* Add two derive macros, `SerializeDisplay` and `DeserializeFromStr`, which implement the `Serialize`/`Deserialize` traits based on `Display` and `FromStr`.
    This is in addition to the already existing methods like `DisplayFromStr`, which act locally, whereas the derive macros provide the traits expected by the rest of the ecosystem.

    This is part of `serde_with_macros` v1.2.0.
* Added some `serialize` functions to modules which previously had none.
    This makes it easier to use the conversion when also deriving `Serialize`.
    The functions simply pass through to the underlying `Serialize` implementation.
    This affects `sets_duplicate_value_is_error`, `maps_duplicate_key_is_error`, `maps_first_key_wins`, `default_on_error`, and `default_on_null`.
* Added `sets_last_value_wins` as a replacement for `sets_first_value_wins` which is deprecated now.
    The default behavior of serde is to prefer the first value of a set so the opposite is taking the last value.
* Added `#[serde_as]` compatible conversion methods for serializing durations and timestamps as numbers.
    The four types `DurationSeconds`, `DurationSecondsWithFrac`, `TimestampSeconds`, `TimestampSecondsWithFrac` provide the serialization conversion with optional subsecond precision.
    There is support for `std::time::Duration`, `chrono::Duration`, `std::time::SystemTime` and `chrono::DateTime`.
    Timestamps are serialized as a duration since the UNIX epoch.
    The serialization can be customized.
    It supports multiple formats, such as `i64`, `f64`, or `String`, and the deserialization can be tweaked if it should be strict or lenient when accepting formats.

### Changed

* Convert the code to use 2018 edition.
* @peterjoel improved the performance of `with_prefix!`. #101

### Fixed

* The `with_prefix!` macro, to add a string prefixes during serialization, now also works with unit variant enum types. #115 #116
* The `serde_as` macro now supports serde attributes and no longer panic on unrecognized values in the attribute.
    This is part of `serde_with_macros` v1.2.0.

### Deprecated

* Deprecate `sets_first_value_wins`.
    The default behavior of serde is to take the first value, so this module is not necessary.

## [1.5.0-alpha.2] - 2020-08-16

### Added

* Add a `hex` module, which allows formatting bytes (i.e. `Vec<u8>`) as a hexadecimal string.
    The formatting supports different arguments how the formatting is happening.
* Add two derive macros, `SerializeDisplay` and `DeserializeFromStr`, which implement the `Serialize`/`Deserialize` traits based on `Display` and `FromStr`.
    This is in addition to the already existing methods like `DisplayFromStr`, which act locally, whereas the derive macros provide the traits expected by the rest of the ecosystem.

    This is part of `serde_with_macros` v1.2.0-alpha.3.

### Fixed

* The `serde_as` macro now supports serde attributes and no longer panic on unrecognized values in the attribute.
    This is part of `serde_with_macros` v1.2.0-alpha.2.

## [1.5.0-alpha.1] - 2020-06-27

### Added

* The largest addition to this release is the addition of the `serde_as` de/serialization scheme.
    It's goal is it to be a more flexible replacement to serde's with-annotation, by being more composable than before.
    No longer is it a problem to add a custom de/serialization adapter is the type is within an `Option` or a `Vec`.

    Thanks to `@markazmierczak` for the design of the trait without whom this wouldn't be possible.

    More details about this new scheme can be found in the also new [user guide]https://docs.rs/serde_with/1.5.0-alpha.1/serde_with/guide/index.html
* This release also features a detailed user guide.
    The guide focusses more on how to use this crate by providing examples.
    For example, it includes a section about the available feature flags of this crate and how you can migrate to the shiny new `serde_as` scheme.
* The crate now features de/serialization adaptors for the std and chrono's `Duration` types. #56 #104

### Changed

* Convert the code to use 2018 edition.
* @peterjoel improved the performance of `with_prefix!`. #101

### Fixed

* The `with_prefix!` macro, to add a string prefixes during serialization, now also works with unit variant enum types. #115 #116

## [1.4.0] - 2020-01-16

### Added

* Add a helper to deserialize a `Vec<u8>` from `String` (#35)
* Add `default_on_error` helper, which turns errors into `Default`s of the type
* Add `default_on_null` helper, which turns `null` values into `Default`s of the type

### Changed

* Bump minimal Rust version to 1.36.0
    * Supports Rust Edition 2018
    * version-sync depends on smallvec which requires 1.36
* Improved CI pipeline by running `cargo audit` and `tarpaulin` in all configurations now.

## [1.3.1] - 2019-04-09

### Fixed

* Use `serde_with_macros` with proper dependencies specified.

## [1.3.0] - 2019-04-02

### Added

* Add `skip_serializing_none` attribute, which adds `#[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]` for each Option in a struct.
    This is helpful for APIs which have many optional fields.
    The effect of can be negated by adding `serialize_always` on those fields, which should always be serialized.
    Existing `skip_serializing_if` will never be modified and those fields keep their behavior.

## [1.2.0] - 2019-03-04

### Added

* Add macro helper to support deserializing values with nested or flattened syntax #38
* Serialize tuple list as map helper

### Changed

* Bumped minimal Rust version to 1.30.0

## [1.1.0] - 2019-02-18

### Added

* Serialize HashMap/BTreeMap as list of tuples

## [1.0.0] - 2019-01-17

### Added

* No changes in this release.
* Bumped version number to indicate the stability of the library.

## [0.2.5] - 2018-11-29

### Added

* Helper which deserializes an empty string as `None` and otherwise uses `FromStr` and `AsRef<str>`.

## [0.2.4] - 2018-11-24

### Added

* De/Serialize sequences by using `Display` and `FromStr` implementations on each element. Contributed by @katyo

## [0.2.3] - 2018-11-08

### Added

* Add missing docs and enable deny missing_docs
* Add badges to Cargo.toml and crates.io

### Changed

* Improve Travis configuration
* Various clippy improvements

## [0.2.2] - 2018-08-05

### Added

* `unwrap_or_skip` allows to transparently serialize the inner part of a `Some(T)`
* Add deserialization helper for sets and maps, inspired by [comment]https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/553#issuecomment-299711855
    * Create an error if duplicate values for a set are detected
    * Create an error if duplicate keys for a map are detected
    * Implement a first-value wins strategy for sets/maps. This is different to serde's default
        which implements a last value wins strategy.

## [0.2.1] - 2018-06-05

### Added

* Double Option pattern to differentiate between missing, unset, or existing value
* `with_prefix!` macro, which puts a prefix on every struct field

## [0.2.0] - 2018-05-31

### Added

* Add chrono support: Deserialize timestamps from int, float, and string
* Serialization of embedded JSON strings
* De/Serialization using `Display` and `FromStr` implementations
* String-based collections using `Display` and `FromStr`, allows deserializing "#foo,#bar"

## [0.1.0] - 2017-08-17

### Added

* Reserve name on crates.io