xso: add support for boxed children

This allows building recursive tree structures.

parsers/src/util/macro_tests.rs

@@ -550,3 +550,40 @@ fn optional_child_roundtrip_absent() {
     };
     roundtrip_full::<OptionalChild>("<parent xmlns='urn:example:ns1'/>")
 }
+
+#[derive(FromXml, AsXml, PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
+#[xml(namespace = NS1, name = "elem")]
+struct BoxedChild {
+    #[xml(child(default))]
+    child: std::option::Option<Box<BoxedChild>>,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn boxed_child_roundtrip_absent() {
+    #[allow(unused_imports)]
+    use std::{
+        option::Option::{None, Some},
+        result::Result::{Err, Ok},
+    };
+    roundtrip_full::<BoxedChild>("<elem xmlns='urn:example:ns1'/>")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn boxed_child_roundtrip_nested_1() {
+    #[allow(unused_imports)]
+    use std::{
+        option::Option::{None, Some},
+        result::Result::{Err, Ok},
+    };
+    roundtrip_full::<BoxedChild>("<elem xmlns='urn:example:ns1'><elem/></elem>")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn boxed_child_roundtrip_nested_2() {
+    #[allow(unused_imports)]
+    use std::{
+        option::Option::{None, Some},
+        result::Result::{Err, Ok},
+    };
+    roundtrip_full::<BoxedChild>("<elem xmlns='urn:example:ns1'><elem><elem/></elem></elem>")
+}

xso/ChangeLog

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Version NEXT:
         All this is to avoid triggering the camel case lint on the types we
         generate.
     * Added
-      - Support for child elements in derive macros. Child elements may be
+      - Support for child elements in derive macros. Child elements may also
-        wrapped in Option.
+        be wrapped in Option or Box.
 
 Version 0.1.2:
 2024-07-26 Jonas Schäfer <jonas@zombofant.net>

xso/src/lib.rs

@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ impl<'x, T: Iterator<Item = Result<Item<'x>, self::error::Error>>> Iterator for
     }
 }
 
+/// Helper iterator to convert an `Box<T>` to XML.
+pub struct BoxAsXml<T: Iterator>(Box<T>);
+
+impl<'x, T: Iterator<Item = Result<Item<'x>, self::error::Error>>> Iterator for BoxAsXml<T> {
+    type Item = Result<Item<'x>, self::error::Error>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        self.0.next()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: AsXml> AsXml for Option<T> {
     type ItemIter<'x> = OptionAsXml<T::ItemIter<'x>> where T: 'x;
 
@@ -105,6 +116,14 @@ impl<T: AsXml> AsXml for Option<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: AsXml> AsXml for Box<T> {
+    type ItemIter<'x> = BoxAsXml<T::ItemIter<'x>> where T: 'x;
+
+    fn as_xml_iter(&self) -> Result<Self::ItemIter<'_>, self::error::Error> {
+        Ok(BoxAsXml(Box::new(T::as_xml_iter(&self)?)))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Trait for a temporary object allowing to construct a struct from
 /// [`rxml::Event`] items.
 ///
@@ -134,6 +153,9 @@ pub trait FromEventsBuilder {
 /// Helper struct to construct an `Option<T>` from XML events.
 pub struct OptionBuilder<T: FromEventsBuilder>(T);
 
+/// Helper struct to construct an `Box<T>` from XML events.
+pub struct BoxBuilder<T: FromEventsBuilder>(Box<T>);
+
 impl<T: FromEventsBuilder> FromEventsBuilder for OptionBuilder<T> {
     type Output = Option<T::Output>;
 
@@ -142,6 +164,14 @@ impl<T: FromEventsBuilder> FromEventsBuilder for OptionBuilder<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: FromEventsBuilder> FromEventsBuilder for BoxBuilder<T> {
+    type Output = Box<T::Output>;
+
+    fn feed(&mut self, ev: rxml::Event) -> Result<Option<Self::Output>, self::error::Error> {
+        self.0.feed(ev).map(|ok| ok.map(|value| Box::new(value)))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Trait allowing to construct a struct from a stream of
 /// [`rxml::Event`] items.
 ///
@@ -190,6 +220,17 @@ impl<T: FromXml> FromXml for Option<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: FromXml> FromXml for Box<T> {
+    type Builder = BoxBuilder<T::Builder>;
+
+    fn from_events(
+        name: rxml::QName,
+        attrs: rxml::AttrMap,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Builder, self::error::FromEventsError> {
+        Ok(BoxBuilder(Box::new(T::from_events(name, attrs)?)))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Trait allowing to convert XML text to a value.
 ///
 /// This trait is similar to [`std::str::FromStr`], however, due to