serialize.go

package cascadestore

import (
	"encoding/gob"
	"encoding/json"

	"bytes"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
)

// SessionSerializer provides an interface hook for alternative serializers
type SessionSerializer interface {
	Deserialize(d []byte, ss *sessions.Session) error
	Serialize(ss *sessions.Session) ([]byte, error)
}

// JSONSerializer encode the session map to JSON.
type JSONSerializer struct{}

// Serialize to JSON. Will err if there are unmarshalable key values
func (s JSONSerializer) Serialize(ss *sessions.Session) ([]byte, error) {
	m := make(map[string]interface{}, len(ss.Values))
	for k, v := range ss.Values {
		ks, ok := k.(string)
		if !ok {
			err := fmt.Errorf("Non-string key value, cannot serialize session to JSON: %v", k)
			return nil, err
		}
		m[ks] = v
	}
	return json.Marshal(m)
}

// Deserialize back to map[string]interface{}
func (s JSONSerializer) Deserialize(d []byte, ss *sessions.Session) error {
	m := make(map[string]interface{})
	err := json.Unmarshal(d, &m)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("redistore.JSONSerializer.deserialize() Error: %v", err)
		return err
	}
	for k, v := range m {
		ss.Values[k] = v
	}
	return nil
}

// GobSerializer uses gob package to encode the session map
type GobSerializer struct{}

// Serialize using gob
func (s GobSerializer) Serialize(ss *sessions.Session) ([]byte, error) {
	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
	err := enc.Encode(ss.Values)
	if err == nil {
		return buf.Bytes(), nil
	}
	return nil, err
}

// Deserialize back to map[interface{}]interface{}
func (s GobSerializer) Deserialize(d []byte, ss *sessions.Session) error {
	dec := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(d))
	return dec.Decode(&ss.Values)
}