JsonTsMapper

JsonTsMapper is a small package that maps JSON objects to an instance of a TypeScript class

• Minimalist : only one dependency
• Create instances of classes instead of raw object
• Format validation
• Allow custom mapping
• Easy to use
• Inspired by Java way

Exemple :

import { JsonTsMapper, JsonProperty } from 'json-ts-mapper'
class MyClass{

  @JsonProperty(String)
  myValue:string;
}

// Assume that you get a json string or object from any source
const jsonString = '{ ... }';
const jsonObject = { ... };

const instance1 = JsonTsMapper.deserialize(jsonString, MyClass);
const instance2 = JsonTsMapper.deserialize(jsonObject, MyClass);

console.log(instance1); // print MyClass{ ... } instead of Object{ ... }
console.log(instance2); // print MyClass{ ... } instead of Object{ ... }

Changelog

See changelog

install

npm install json-ts-mapper --save

Configuration

The package makes use of TypeScript decorators. If not done already, please activate them in your tsconfig.json under compilerOptions as follows:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    [...]
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    [...]
}

Usage

serialize / deserialize

import { JsonTsMapper } from 'json-ts-mapper'

// serialize can take an instance or an array of it
JsonTsMapper.serialize(instance) // => {...}
JsonTsMapper.serialize([instance1, instance2]) // => [{...},{...}]

//serializeToString is same to serialize but stringified
JsonTsMapper.serializeToString(instance); // => "{...}"

//serializeAs an object against a class definition
JsonTsMapper.serializeAs(instance, MyClass); // => {...}
JsonTsMapper.serializeAs([instance1, instance2], MyClass); // => [{...},{...}]

//serializeAsToString is same to serializeAs but stringified
JsonTsMapper.serializeAsToString(instance, MyClass); // => "{...}"

// deserialize can take json string or object, single instance or array
JsonTsMapper.deserialize("{...}", MyClass); // =>MyClass{...}
JsonTsMapper.deserialize({...}, MyClass); // =>MyClass{...}
JsonTsMapper.deserialize("[{...},{...}]", MyClass); // => [ MyClass{...}, MyClass{...} ]
JsonTsMapper.deserialize([{...},{...}], MyClass); // => [ MyClass{...}, MyClass{...} ]

JsonTsMapper.deserializeObject(json, MyClass); //=> deserialize unique object
JsonTsMapper.deserializeArray(json, MyClass); //=> deserialize an array

JsonTsMapper.isMapped(target) //=> return true if target is mapped, target can be a class or an instance

Class definition

• Properties need to be preceeded by @JsonProperty(JsonPropertyType?, jsonPropertyName?)
• Properties can be preceeded by
  • @Optional
  • @NotNull
  • @Converter(ConverterClass) to add a special converter for this property

import { JsonProperty, Optional, Converter, Any, NotNull} from 'json-ts-mapper';
import { DateConverter } from '...';

export class User {
  @JsonProperty(Number)
  @NotNull() // property cant be null or missing
  id:number;

  @JsonProperty(String)
  @Optional() // property is optional
  libelle:string;

  @JsonProperty(Boolean, 'valid')
  isValid:boolean; // json and class properties can have different names

  @JsonProperty([Number])
  values:number[];

  @JsonProperty(Any)
  anything:any;  

  // Assume that you have a class 'UserInfos' decorated with @JsonProperty
  @JsonProperty(UserInfos)
  infos:UserInfos;

  @JsonProperty(String)
  @Converter(DateConverter) // a custom converter used to handle special mapping
  date:Date;
}

JsonProperty :

Define name and type of expected JSON Property.

Expected type	TypeScript type
String	string
Number	number
Boolean	boolean
User	User
Any	any
[String]	string[]
[Number]	number[]
[Boolean]	boolean[]
[User]	User[]
[Any]	any[]

Optional :

Allow property to be omitted or equal to undefined
Cant be used together with NotNull

NotNull :

Disallow property to be equal to null
Cant be used together with Optional

Converter :

Define a class that handle convertion between JSON and Ts property

Converter

A converter can be a class, an instance of class or an object, it must be satisfying the AbstractJsonConverter interface

import { AbstractJsonConverter } from 'json-ts-mapper';

class DateConverter extends AbstractJsonConverter<string, Date>{

  serialize(obj: Date): string{
    // serialize object to string
  }
  deserialize(obj: string): Date{
    // deserialize date string to date object
  }
}

const converter = {
   serialize(obj: Date): string{
    // serialize object to string
  },
  deserialize(obj: string): Date{
    // deserialize date string to date object
  }
}