RFC 3339 support for both Marshal and Unmarshal.

constants.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const (
 	annotationRelation  = "relation"
 	annotationOmitEmpty = "omitempty"
 	annotationISO8601   = "iso8601"
+	annotationRFC3339   = "rfc3339"
 	annotationSeperator = ","
 
 	iso8601TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"

models_test.go

@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ type WithPointer struct {
 	FloatVal *float32 `jsonapi:"attr,float-val"`
 }
 
-type Timestamp struct {
-	ID   int        `jsonapi:"primary,timestamps"`
-	Time time.Time  `jsonapi:"attr,timestamp,iso8601"`
-	Next *time.Time `jsonapi:"attr,next,iso8601"`
+type TimestampModel struct {
+	ID       int        `jsonapi:"primary,timestamps"`
+	DefaultV time.Time  `jsonapi:"attr,defaultv"`
+	DefaultP *time.Time `jsonapi:"attr,defaultp"`
+	ISO8601V time.Time  `jsonapi:"attr,iso8601v,iso8601"`
+	ISO8601P *time.Time `jsonapi:"attr,iso8601p,iso8601"`
+	RFC3339V time.Time  `jsonapi:"attr,rfc3339v,rfc3339"`
+	RFC3339P *time.Time `jsonapi:"attr,rfc3339p,rfc3339"`
 }
 
 type Car struct {

request.go

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ var (
 	// ErrInvalidISO8601 is returned when a struct has a time.Time type field and includes
 	// "iso8601" in the tag spec, but the JSON value was not an ISO8601 timestamp string.
 	ErrInvalidISO8601 = errors.New("Only strings can be parsed as dates, ISO8601 timestamps")
+	// ErrInvalidRFC3339 is returned when a struct has a time.Time type field and includes
+	// "rfc3339" in the tag spec, but the JSON value was not an RFC3339 timestamp string.
+	ErrInvalidRFC3339 = errors.New("Only strings can be parsed as dates, RFC3339 timestamps")
 	// ErrUnknownFieldNumberType is returned when the JSON value was a float
 	// (numeric) but the Struct field was a non numeric type (i.e. not int, uint,
 	// float, etc)
@@ -445,26 +448,25 @@ func handleStringSlice(attribute interface{}) (reflect.Value, error) {
 }
 
 func handleTime(attribute interface{}, args []string, fieldValue reflect.Value) (reflect.Value, error) {
-	var isIso8601 bool
+	var isISO8601, isRFC3339 bool
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(attribute)
 
 	if len(args) > 2 {
 		for _, arg := range args[2:] {
 			if arg == annotationISO8601 {
-				isIso8601 = true
+				isISO8601 = true
+			} else if arg == annotationRFC3339 {
+				isRFC3339 = true
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if isIso8601 {
-		var tm string
-		if v.Kind() == reflect.String {
-			tm = v.Interface().(string)
-		} else {
+	if isISO8601 {
+		if v.Kind() != reflect.String {
 			return reflect.ValueOf(time.Now()), ErrInvalidISO8601
 		}
 
-		t, err := time.Parse(iso8601TimeFormat, tm)
+		t, err := time.Parse(iso8601TimeFormat, v.Interface().(string))
 		if err != nil {
 			return reflect.ValueOf(time.Now()), ErrInvalidISO8601
 		}
@@ -476,6 +478,23 @@ func handleTime(attribute interface{}, args []string, fieldValue reflect.Value)
 		return reflect.ValueOf(t), nil
 	}
 
+	if isRFC3339 {
+		if v.Kind() != reflect.String {
+			return reflect.ValueOf(time.Now()), ErrInvalidRFC3339
+		}
+
+		t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, v.Interface().(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			return reflect.ValueOf(time.Now()), ErrInvalidRFC3339
+		}
+
+		if fieldValue.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+			return reflect.ValueOf(&t), nil
+		}
+
+		return reflect.ValueOf(t), nil
+	}
+
 	var at int64
 
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Float64 {

request_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package jsonapi
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
@@ -341,75 +342,175 @@ func TestUnmarshalSetsAttrs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestUnmarshalParsesISO8601(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := &OnePayload{
-		Data: &Node{
-			Type: "timestamps",
-			Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
-				"timestamp": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+func TestUnmarshal_Times(t *testing.T) {
+	aTime := time.Date(2016, 8, 17, 8, 27, 12, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		desc         string
+		inputPayload *OnePayload
+		wantErr      bool
+		verification func(tm *TimestampModel) error
+	}{
+		// Default:
+		{
+			desc: "default_byValue",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"defaultv": aTime.Unix(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if !tm.DefaultV.Equal(aTime) {
+					return errors.New("times not equal!")
+				}
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
-	}
-
-	in := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	json.NewEncoder(in).Encode(payload)
-
-	out := new(Timestamp)
-
-	if err := UnmarshalPayload(in, out); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	expected := time.Date(2016, 8, 17, 8, 27, 12, 0, time.UTC)
-
-	if !out.Time.Equal(expected) {
-		t.Fatal("Parsing the ISO8601 timestamp failed")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUnmarshalParsesISO8601TimePointer(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := &OnePayload{
-		Data: &Node{
-			Type: "timestamps",
-			Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
-				"next": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+		{
+			desc: "default_byPointer",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"defaultp": aTime.Unix(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if !tm.DefaultP.Equal(aTime) {
+					return errors.New("times not equal!")
+				}
+				return nil
 			},
 		},
-	}
-
-	in := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	json.NewEncoder(in).Encode(payload)
-
-	out := new(Timestamp)
-
-	if err := UnmarshalPayload(in, out); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	expected := time.Date(2016, 8, 17, 8, 27, 12, 0, time.UTC)
-
-	if !out.Next.Equal(expected) {
-		t.Fatal("Parsing the ISO8601 timestamp failed")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUnmarshalInvalidISO8601(t *testing.T) {
-	payload := &OnePayload{
-		Data: &Node{
-			Type: "timestamps",
-			Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
-				"timestamp": "17 Aug 16 08:027 MST",
+		{
+			desc: "default_invalid",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"defaultv": "not a timestamp!",
+					},
+				},
 			},
+			wantErr: true,
 		},
-	}
-
-	in := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	json.NewEncoder(in).Encode(payload)
-
-	out := new(Timestamp)
+		// ISO 8601:
+		{
+			desc: "iso8601_byValue",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"iso8601v": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if !tm.ISO8601V.Equal(aTime) {
+					return errors.New("times not equal!")
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "iso8601_byPointer",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"iso8601p": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if !tm.ISO8601P.Equal(aTime) {
+					return errors.New("times not equal!")
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "iso8601_invalid",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"iso8601v": "not a timestamp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		// RFC 3339
+		{
+			desc: "rfc3339_byValue",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"rfc3339v": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if got, want := tm.RFC3339V, aTime; got != want {
+					return fmt.Errorf("got %v, want %v", got, want)
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "rfc3339_byPointer",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"rfc3339p": "2016-08-17T08:27:12Z",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			verification: func(tm *TimestampModel) error {
+				if got, want := *tm.RFC3339P, aTime; got != want {
+					return fmt.Errorf("got %v, want %v", got, want)
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "rfc3339_invalid",
+			inputPayload: &OnePayload{
+				Data: &Node{
+					Type: "timestamps",
+					Attributes: map[string]interface{}{
+						"rfc3339v": "not a timestamp",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Serialize the OnePayload using the standard JSON library.
+			in := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+			if err := json.NewEncoder(in).Encode(tc.inputPayload); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
 
-	if err := UnmarshalPayload(in, out); err != ErrInvalidISO8601 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected ErrInvalidISO8601, got %v", err)
+			out := &TimestampModel{}
+			err := UnmarshalPayload(in, out)
+			if got, want := (err != nil), tc.wantErr; got != want {
+				t.Fatalf("UnmarshalPayload error: got %v, want %v", got, want)
+			}
+			if tc.verification != nil {
+				if err := tc.verification(out); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }
 

response.go

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func visitModelNode(model interface{}, included *map[string]*Node,
 				node.ClientID = clientID
 			}
 		} else if annotation == annotationAttribute {
-			var omitEmpty, iso8601 bool
+			var omitEmpty, iso8601, rfc3339 bool
 
 			if len(args) > 2 {
 				for _, arg := range args[2:] {
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ func visitModelNode(model interface{}, included *map[string]*Node,
 						omitEmpty = true
 					case annotationISO8601:
 						iso8601 = true
+					case annotationRFC3339:
+						rfc3339 = true
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -309,6 +311,8 @@ func visitModelNode(model interface{}, included *map[string]*Node,
 
 				if iso8601 {
 					node.Attributes[args[1]] = t.UTC().Format(iso8601TimeFormat)
+				} else if rfc3339 {
+					node.Attributes[args[1]] = t.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 				} else {
 					node.Attributes[args[1]] = t.Unix()
 				}
@@ -329,6 +333,8 @@ func visitModelNode(model interface{}, included *map[string]*Node,
 
 					if iso8601 {
 						node.Attributes[args[1]] = tm.UTC().Format(iso8601TimeFormat)
+					} else if rfc3339 {
+						node.Attributes[args[1]] = tm.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 					} else {
 						node.Attributes[args[1]] = tm.Unix()
 					}