Scala.js like facades for your JSON data.

libraryDependencies += "net.katsstuff" %% "typed-json" % "0.1.0"

// Codegen module
libraryDependencies += "net.katsstuff" %% "typed-json-codegen" % "0.1.0"

typed-json provides facades for a number of different things. Here are how to use them. All of these have circe codecs defined for them.

Make a class extending JsonObject, and a companion object implementing JsonObjectCompanion. In the companion object, implement the function makeRaw, and any custom factory functions you want. For the factory functions, you can use the function makeRawFromFields for circe like syntax.

In your class, implement your properties. For the accessors, have the implementation call selectDynamic[A]. For withX functions, call objWith for types like A or Option[A], and call objWithUndef for types like UndefOr[A] or JsonOption[A].

Example:

import typedjson._

class Foo(json: Json, startCache: Map[String, Any]) extends JsonObject(json, startCache) {

  def id: Int = selectDynamic[Int]("id")
  def withId(id: Int) = objWith(Foo, "id", id)

  def name: JsonOption[String] = selectDynamic[JsonOption[String]]("name")
  def withName(name: JsonOption[String]) = objWithUndef(Foo, "name", name)

  def tpe: String = selectDynamic[String]("type")
  def withTpe(tpe: String) = objWith(Foo, "type", tpe)
}

object Foo extends JsonObjectCompanion[Foo] {

  override def makeRaw(json: Json, cache: Map[String, Any]): Foo = new Foo(json, cache)

  def make(
    id: Int,
    name: JsonOption[String],
    tpe: String
  ): Foo = makeRawFromFields(
    "id" := id,
    "name" :=? name,
    "type" := tpe
  )
}

If you want to cast one JsonObject to another JsonObject, use retype instead of asInstanceOf. This can for example be useful when you have a type A that has all the fields of another type B, plus a few more. When this happen, we call A an extension of B.

For extensions, you can use the function extensionCache to access a potentially populated cache to give to an extension.

Make a sealed case class extending JsonEnum with your desired type. Make a companion object and extend JsonEnumCompanion, passing in your enum type. Next create the named instances for your enum. Lastly implement the unknown function to deal with unknown enum values.

Example:

import typedjson._

sealed case class MyEnum(value: String) extends JsonEnum[String]

object MyEnum extends JsonEnumCompanion[String, MyEnum] {
  val MyEnumValue1: MyEnum = MyEnum("1")
  val MyEnumValueFoo: MyEnum = MyEnum("foo")

  override def unknown(s: String): MyEnum = MyEnum(s)
}

Extend JsonOpaqueCompanion, specifying the underlying type.

Example:

import typedjson._

type Mytype = Mytype.OpaqueType

object MyType extends JsonOpaqueCompanion[String]

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If you'd rather not deal with the hassle of setting all of that up, a codegen module is also in the work.