Allow for custom JSON encoding implementations

bind.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package echo
 
 import (
 	"encoding"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -66,13 +65,13 @@ func (b *DefaultBinder) BindBody(c Context, i interface{}) (err error) {
 	ctype := req.Header.Get(HeaderContentType)
 	switch {
 	case strings.HasPrefix(ctype, MIMEApplicationJSON):
-		if err = json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(i); err != nil {
-			if ute, ok := err.(*json.UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
-				return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("Unmarshal type error: expected=%v, got=%v, field=%v, offset=%v", ute.Type, ute.Value, ute.Field, ute.Offset)).SetInternal(err)
-			} else if se, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
-				return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("Syntax error: offset=%v, error=%v", se.Offset, se.Error())).SetInternal(err)
+		if err = c.Echo().JSONSerializer.Deserialize(c, i); err != nil {
+			switch err.(type) {
+			case *HTTPError:
+				return err
+			default:
+				return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error()).SetInternal(err)
 			}
-			return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error()).SetInternal(err)
 		}
 	case strings.HasPrefix(ctype, MIMEApplicationXML), strings.HasPrefix(ctype, MIMETextXML):
 		if err = xml.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(i); err != nil {

context.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package echo
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -457,17 +456,16 @@ func (c *context) String(code int, s string) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (c *context) jsonPBlob(code int, callback string, i interface{}) (err error) {
-	enc := json.NewEncoder(c.response)
-	_, pretty := c.QueryParams()["pretty"]
-	if c.echo.Debug || pretty {
-		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	indent := ""
+	if _, pretty := c.QueryParams()["pretty"]; c.echo.Debug || pretty {
+		indent = defaultIndent
 	}
 	c.writeContentType(MIMEApplicationJavaScriptCharsetUTF8)
 	c.response.WriteHeader(code)
 	if _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(callback + "(")); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if err = enc.Encode(i); err != nil {
+	if err = c.echo.JSONSerializer.Serialize(c, i, indent); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	if _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(");")); err != nil {
@@ -477,13 +475,9 @@ func (c *context) jsonPBlob(code int, callback string, i interface{}) (err error
 }
 
 func (c *context) json(code int, i interface{}, indent string) error {
-	enc := json.NewEncoder(c.response)
-	if indent != "" {
-		enc.SetIndent("", indent)
-	}
 	c.writeContentType(MIMEApplicationJSONCharsetUTF8)
 	c.response.Status = code
-	return enc.Encode(i)
+	return c.echo.JSONSerializer.Serialize(c, i, indent)
 }
 
 func (c *context) JSON(code int, i interface{}) (err error) {

echo.go

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ type (
 		HidePort         bool
 		HTTPErrorHandler HTTPErrorHandler
 		Binder           Binder
+		JSONSerializer   JSONSerializer
 		Validator        Validator
 		Renderer         Renderer
 		Logger           Logger
@@ -125,6 +126,12 @@ type (
 		Validate(i interface{}) error
 	}
 
+	// JSONSerializer is the interface that encodes and decodes JSON to and from interfaces.
+	JSONSerializer interface {
+		Serialize(c Context, i interface{}, indent string) error
+		Deserialize(c Context, i interface{}) error
+	}
+
 	// Renderer is the interface that wraps the Render function.
 	Renderer interface {
 		Render(io.Writer, string, interface{}, Context) error
@@ -315,6 +322,7 @@ func New() (e *Echo) {
 	e.TLSServer.Handler = e
 	e.HTTPErrorHandler = e.DefaultHTTPErrorHandler
 	e.Binder = &DefaultBinder{}
+	e.JSONSerializer = &DefaultJSONSerializer{}
 	e.Logger.SetLevel(log.ERROR)
 	e.StdLogger = stdLog.New(e.Logger.Output(), e.Logger.Prefix()+": ", 0)
 	e.pool.New = func() interface{} {

json.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package echo
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// DefaultJSONSerializer implements JSON encoding using encoding/json.
+type DefaultJSONSerializer struct{}
+
+// Serialize converts an interface into a json and writes it to the response.
+// You can optionally use the indent parameter to produce pretty JSONs.
+func (d DefaultJSONSerializer) Serialize(c Context, i interface{}, indent string) error {
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(c.Response())
+	if indent != "" {
+		enc.SetIndent("", indent)
+	}
+	return enc.Encode(i)
+}
+
+// Deserialize reads a JSON from a request body and converts it into an interface.
+func (d DefaultJSONSerializer) Deserialize(c Context, i interface{}) error {
+	err := json.NewDecoder(c.Request().Body).Decode(i)
+	if ute, ok := err.(*json.UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
+		return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("Unmarshal type error: expected=%v, got=%v, field=%v, offset=%v", ute.Type, ute.Value, ute.Field, ute.Offset)).SetInternal(err)
+	} else if se, ok := err.(*json.SyntaxError); ok {
+		return NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Sprintf("Syntax error: offset=%v, error=%v", se.Offset, se.Error())).SetInternal(err)
+	}
+	return err
+}

json_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package echo
+
+import (
+	testify "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Note this test is deliberately simple as there's not a lot to test.
+// Just need to ensure it writes JSONs. The heavy work is done by the context methods.
+func TestDefaultJSONCodec_Encode(t *testing.T) {
+	e := New()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := e.NewContext(req, rec).(*context)
+
+	assert := testify.New(t)
+
+	// Echo
+	assert.Equal(e, c.Echo())
+
+	// Request
+	assert.NotNil(c.Request())
+
+	// Response
+	assert.NotNil(c.Response())
+
+	//--------
+	// Default JSON encoder
+	//--------
+
+	enc := new(DefaultJSONSerializer)
+
+	err := enc.Serialize(c, user{1, "Jon Snow"}, "")
+	if assert.NoError(err) {
+		assert.Equal(userJSON+"\n", rec.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c = e.NewContext(req, rec).(*context)
+	err = enc.Serialize(c, user{1, "Jon Snow"}, "  ")
+	if assert.NoError(err) {
+		assert.Equal(userJSONPretty+"\n", rec.Body.String())
+	}
+}
+
+// Note this test is deliberately simple as there's not a lot to test.
+// Just need to ensure it writes JSONs. The heavy work is done by the context methods.
+func TestDefaultJSONCodec_Decode(t *testing.T) {
+	e := New()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", strings.NewReader(userJSON))
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := e.NewContext(req, rec).(*context)
+
+	assert := testify.New(t)
+
+	// Echo
+	assert.Equal(e, c.Echo())
+
+	// Request
+	assert.NotNil(c.Request())
+
+	// Response
+	assert.NotNil(c.Response())
+
+	//--------
+	// Default JSON encoder
+	//--------
+
+	enc := new(DefaultJSONSerializer)
+
+	var u = user{}
+	err := enc.Deserialize(c, &u)
+	if assert.NoError(err) {
+		assert.Equal(u, user{ID: 1, Name: "Jon Snow"})
+	}
+
+	var userUnmarshalSyntaxError = user{}
+	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", strings.NewReader(invalidContent))
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c = e.NewContext(req, rec).(*context)
+	err = enc.Deserialize(c, &userUnmarshalSyntaxError)
+	assert.IsType(&HTTPError{}, err)
+	assert.EqualError(err, "code=400, message=Syntax error: offset=1, error=invalid character 'i' looking for beginning of value, internal=invalid character 'i' looking for beginning of value")
+
+	var userUnmarshalTypeError = struct {
+		ID   string `json:"id"`
+		Name string `json:"name"`
+	}{}
+
+	req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", strings.NewReader(userJSON))
+	rec = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c = e.NewContext(req, rec).(*context)
+	err = enc.Deserialize(c, &userUnmarshalTypeError)
+	assert.IsType(&HTTPError{}, err)
+	assert.EqualError(err, "code=400, message=Unmarshal type error: expected=string, got=number, field=id, offset=7, internal=json: cannot unmarshal number into Go struct field .id of type string")
+
+}