resolve stuff

src/case.ts

@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ export function convertCase(value: string, convention: CaseConvention) {
       return joinMap(upper, '-', words)
   }
 }
+

src/de/generic.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class GenericVisitor<T> implements Visitor<T> {
     return result
   }
 
-  visitIterable?(access: IterableAccess): T {
+  visitIterable(access: IterableAccess): T {
     const result = new Array(access.sizeHint())
     let element
 

src/de/interface.ts

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export interface Deserializer {
   deserializeSymbol<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T
   deserializeNull<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T
   deserializeObject<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T
-  deserializeIterable?<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T
+  deserializeClass<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(name: string, fields: string[], visitor: V): T
+  deserializeIterable<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T
 }
 
 export interface Deserialize<T> {

src/decorator.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ContainerOptions, PropertyOptions, SerdeOptions } from './options'
+import { GlobalRegistry, Registry } from './registry'
 
 export const Serde = Symbol('Serde')
 
@@ -42,3 +43,10 @@ export function serde(options: ContainerOptions | PropertyOptions) {
 export function getMetadata(value: any) {
   return value[Serde]
 }
+
+export function register(registry: Registry = GlobalRegistry) {
+  return function(target: any) {
+    registry.add(target)
+    return target
+  }
+}

src/json.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { DefaultIterableAccessImpl, DefaultMapAccessImpl, Deserialize, Deserializer, IterableAccess, MapAccess, Visitor } from './de'
+import { GlobalRegistry, Registry } from './registry'
 import { IterableSerializer, ObjectSerializer, Serializable, Serializer, serializeWith } from './ser'
 import { mixin, Nullable } from './utils'
 
@@ -328,10 +329,12 @@ export class JSONSerializer implements Serializer<void> {
 const unexpected = (expected: string, actual: string, position: number) => new SyntaxError(`Expected ${expected} at position ${position} (got '${actual}')`)
 
 export class JSONDeserializer implements Deserializer {
+  private readonly registry: Registry
   readonly buffer: StringBuffer
 
-  constructor(buffer: StringBuffer) {
+  constructor(buffer: StringBuffer, registry: Registry = GlobalRegistry) {
     this.buffer = buffer
+    this.registry = registry
   }
 
   static fromString(value: string): JSONDeserializer {
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ export class JSONDeserializer implements Deserializer {
       case Token.Quote === byte:
         return this.deserializeString(visitor)
       case Token.LeftSquare === byte:
-        return this.deserializeIterable!(visitor)
+        return this.deserializeIterable(visitor)
       case Token.LeftCurly === byte:
         return this.deserializeObject(visitor)
       default:
@@ -386,6 +389,14 @@ export class JSONDeserializer implements Deserializer {
     }
   }
 
+
+  deserializeClass<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(name: string, fields: string[], visitor: V): T {
+    const cls = this.registry.get(name)
+    // TODO: deserialize name representing class name, use the existing deserializeWith logic
+    // to deserialize the class here. likely, deserialize name and then return a CommaSeparated
+    // object
+  }
+
   deserializeString<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T {
     const next = this.buffer.take()
     if (next.next() === Token.Quote) {
@@ -449,7 +460,7 @@ export class JSONDeserializer implements Deserializer {
     throw new Error('Method not implemented.')
   }
 
-  deserializeIterable?<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T {
+  deserializeIterable<T, V extends Visitor<T>>(visitor: V): T {
     let next = this.buffer.take()
     if (next.next() === Token.LeftSquare) {
 

src/options.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { CaseConvention, convertCase } from './case'
 import { Deserializer } from './de'
 import { Serializer } from './ser'
 import { isFunction, isNumber, isString } from './utils'
+import { GlobalRegistry, Registry } from './registry'
 
 
 export interface RenameOptions {
@@ -17,14 +18,15 @@ export interface RenameAllOptions {
 export interface ContainerOptions {
   // deserialization only
   default?: () => any
-  rename?: RenameOptions | string
-  renameAll?: RenameAllOptions | CaseConvention
   // deserialization only
   denyUnknownFields?: boolean
+  expecting?: string
+  rename?: RenameOptions | string
+  renameAll?: RenameAllOptions | CaseConvention
+  registry?: Registry
   tag?: string
   content?: string
   untagged?: boolean
-  expecting?: string
 }
 
 export interface ConditionalSkipOptions {
@@ -59,8 +61,12 @@ export type Stage = typeof Stage[keyof typeof Stage]
 
 export class SerdeOptions {
   private readonly target: any
-  options: ContainerOptions
-  properties: Map<string, PropertyOptions>
+  readonly options: ContainerOptions
+  readonly properties: Map<string, PropertyOptions>
+
+  get registry() {
+    return this.options.registry || GlobalRegistry
+  }
 
   constructor(target: any, options: ContainerOptions = {}, properties: Map<string, PropertyOptions> = new Map()) {
     this.target = target

src/registry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Constructor } from './utils'
+
+export class Registry {
+  registeredClasses: Map<string, Constructor> = new Map()
+
+  add(ctor: Constructor, key: string = ctor.name) {
+    this.registeredClasses.set(key, ctor)
+  }
+
+  get(name: string) {
+    return this.registeredClasses.get(name)
+  }
+}
+
+export const GlobalRegistry = new Registry()
+

src/ser/interface.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ export interface IterableSerializer<T = void> {
   end(): T
 }
 
-//export interface ClassSerializer<T = void> {
-//  serializeField<U extends Serializable>(name: PropertyKey, value: U): T
-//  end(): T
-//}
+export interface ClassSerializer<T = void> {
+  serializeField<U extends Serializable>(name: PropertyKey, value: U): T
+  end(): T
+}
 
 const TypeSerializerMethods = [
   'serializeString',
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const TypeSerializerMethods = [
   'serializeIterable',
   'serializeNull',
   'serializeObject',
-  //'serializeInstance',
+  'serializeClass',
 ] as const
 
 interface TypeSerializer<T> {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ interface TypeSerializer<T> {
   serializeObject(): ObjectSerializer<T>
   // serializeMap?(): ObjectSerializer<T>
   serializeIterable?(): IterableSerializer<T>
-  //serializeClass?(name: PropertyKey): ClassSerializer<T>
+  serializeClass(name: PropertyKey): ClassSerializer<T>
 }
 
 const AnySerializerMethods = ['serializeAny']