from typing import Union from jsons._common_impl import get_class_name, NoneType from jsons._compatibility_impl import get_union_params from jsons._dump_impl import dump from jsons.exceptions import JsonsError, SerializationError def default_union_serializer(obj: object, cls: Union, **kwargs) -> object: """ Serialize an object to any matching type of the given union. The first successful serialization is returned. :param obj: The object that is to be serialized. :param cls: The Union type with a generic (e.g. Union[str, int]). :param kwargs: Any keyword arguments that are passed through the serialization process. :return: An object of the first type of the Union that could be serialized successfully. """ sub_types = get_union_params(cls) # Cater for Optional[...]/Union[None, ...] first to avoid blindly # string-ifying None in later serializers. if obj is None and NoneType in sub_types: return obj for sub_type in sub_types: try: return dump(obj, sub_type, **kwargs) except JsonsError: pass # Try the next one. else: args_msg = ', '.join([get_class_name(cls_) for cls_ in get_union_params(cls)]) err_msg = ('Could not match the object of type "{}" to any type of ' 'the Union: {}'.format(type(obj), args_msg)) raise SerializationError(err_msg)