v1.2.0

Support for table constructors in the json.from_json() function.

Change Log

• data.to_data() function:
  • supports for enhancing tables with the __name metaproperty;
• Nameable mixin — this mixin adds the __name metaproperty to a class created by library middleclass; this metaproperty equals to the name property of the mix target class;
• serialization to JSON:
  • json.from_json() function:
    • optionally, it can recreate tables with the __name property with the passed constructors.

Features

• data.to_data() function — this function recursively calls the __data() metamethod if it exists:
  • supports for enhancing tables with the __name metaproperty;
• Nameable mixin — this mixin adds the __name metaproperty to a class created by library middleclass; this metaproperty equals to the name property of the mix target class;
• serialization to string:
  • string.to_string() function — this function calls the data.to_data() function and then applies library inspect.lua;
  • Stringifiable mixin — this mixin adds the __tostring() metamethod that calls the string.to_string() function;
• serialization to JSON:
  • json.to_json() function — this function calls the data.to_data() function and then transforms the data into the JSON;
  • json.from_json() function — this function transforms the text in the JSON to a data:
    • optionally, it can validate the data against a JSON Schema;
    • optionally, it can recreate tables with the __name property with the passed constructors.