Merge pull request #16 from onecodex/master

Make PotionJSONEncoder serialize self-references
biosustain · Nov 6, 2016 · 27b72d8 · 27b72d8
2 parents 9fa46a7 + af46cf8
commit 27b72d8
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diff --git a/potion_client/converter.py b/potion_client/converter.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def dst(self, dt):
 
 class PotionJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
     def encode(self, o):
+        root_id = id(o)
         if self.check_circular:
             markers = {}
         else:
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ def _encode(o):
                 if markers is not None:
                     marker_id = id(o)
                     if marker_id in markers:
+                        if marker_id == root_id:
+                            return {"$ref": "#"}
                         raise ValueError("Circular reference detected")
                     markers[marker_id] = o
                 try: