jsonify test complete, approach seems to work

snippets/test8.py

@@ -10,9 +10,27 @@ class A(object):
     def __str__(self):
         return "A: {0!s} {1!s} {2!s}".format(self.arg1, self.arg2, self.arg3)
 
-    def toJSON(self):
+    def jsonify(self):
-        return json.DUMPS({'type':self.__class__.__name__, 'args': {'arg1':self.arg1, 'arg2':self.arg2}})
+        return {'type':self.__class__.__name__, 'args': {'arg1':self.arg1, 'arg2':self.arg2}}
 
+class MyEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, o):
+        try:
+            return o.jsonify()
+        except TypeError or AttributeError:
+            return super().default(o)
+
+
+def objectFactory(j):
+    klass = eval(j['type'])
+    o = klass(**j['args'])
+    return o
+
+def MyDecoder(j):
+    if type(j) == dict and 'type' in j:
+        return objectFactory(j)
+    else:
+        return j
 
 class Tests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_a1(self):
@@ -47,16 +65,39 @@ class Tests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(a3.arg2, 5)
         self.assertEqual(a3.arg3, 8)
 
-        jjjj = json.dumps(a3)
+        jjjj = json.dumps(a3, cls=MyEncoder)
-        print(jjjj)
+
-        jj = json.loads(jjjj)
+        jjj = json.loads(jjjj)
-        klass = eval(jj['type'])
+        klass = eval(jjj['type'])
         self.assertEqual(A, klass)
-        a3 = klass(**jj['args'])
+        a3 = klass(**jjj['args'])
         self.assertEqual(a3.arg1, 3)
         self.assertEqual(a3.arg2, 5)
         self.assertEqual(a3.arg3, 8)
 
+    def test_a5(self):
+        jList = []
+        jList.append(objectFactory({'type':'A', 'args': {'arg1':1, 'arg2':2}}))
+        jList.append(objectFactory({'type':'A', 'args': {'arg1':2, 'arg2':3}}))
+        jList.append(objectFactory({'type':'A', 'args': {'arg1':3, 'arg2':4}}))
+
+        js = json.dumps(jList, cls=MyEncoder, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+
+        print(js)
+
+        jResultList = json.loads(js, object_hook=MyDecoder)
+
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[0].arg1, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[0].arg2, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[0].arg3, 3)
+
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[1].arg1, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[1].arg2, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[1].arg3, 5)
+
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[2].arg1, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[2].arg2, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(jResultList[2].arg3, 7)