package data import ( "errors" "fmt" "strconv" "strings" ) // ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat : Define an error that our UnmarshalJSON() method can return if we're unable to parse or convert the JSON string successfully var ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat = errors.New("invalid runtime format") // Runtime /* Declare a custom Runtime type, which has the underlying type int32 (the same as our Movie struct field) */ type Runtime int32 // MarshalJSON /* Implement a MarshalJSON() method on the Runtime type so that it satisfies the json.Marshaler interface. This should return the JSON-encoded value for the movie runtime (in our case, it will return string in the format " mins"). */ func (r Runtime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { // Generate a string containing the movie runtime in the required format. jsonValue := fmt.Sprintf("%d mins", r) // Use the strconv.Quote() function on the string to wrap it in double // quotes. It needs to be surrounded by double quotes in order to be // a valid *JSON string*. quotedJSONValue := strconv.Quote(jsonValue) // Convert the quoted string value to a byte slice and return it. return []byte(quotedJSONValue), nil } // UnmarshalJSON // Implement a UnmarshalJSON() method on the Runtime type so that it satisfies the json.Unmarshaler interface. IMPORTANT: Because UnmarshalJSON() needs to modify the receiver (our Runtime type), we must use a pointer receiver for this to work correctly. Otherwise, we will only be modifying a copy (which is then discarded when this method returns). func (r *Runtime) UnmarshalJSON(jsonValue []byte) error { // We expect that the incoming JSON value will be a string in the format " mins", and the first thing we need to do is remove the surrounding double-quotes from this string. If we can't unquote it, then we return the ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error. unquotedJSONValue, err := strconv.Unquote(string(jsonValue)) if err != nil { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Split the string to isolate the part containing the number. parts := strings.Split(unquotedJSONValue, " ") // Sanity check the parts of the string to make sure it was in the expected format. If it isn't, we return the ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error again. if len(parts) != 2 || parts[1] != "mins" { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Otherwise, parse the string containing the number into an int32. Again, if this fails, return the ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat error. i, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[0], 10, 32) if err != nil { return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat } // Convert the int32 to a Runtime type and assign this to the receiver. Note that we use the * operator to deference the receiver (which is a pointer to a Runtime type) in order to set the underlying value of the pointer. *r = Runtime(i) return nil }