This was a bit tricky to build, because it is possible to have an
indirection through a `static` there. Thanks to Rust's extensive
const-fn capabilities, though, it's in fact possible to cover all cases.
We still do two different checks to improve user experience. If we can,
from within the proc macro, determine that two fields refer to the same
XML attribute (because their namespace/name values use the same Rust
tokens), then we reject the fields with a clear error message pointing
at both fields.
In the other case, when there's e.g. `#[xml(lang)]` and
`#[xml(attribute(namespace = rxml::XMLNS_XML, name = "lang"))]`, the
macro cannot be sure that XMLNS_XML is in fact the XML namespace. For
that case, we generate code which is evaluated at compile time (and
has no runtime impact) which panics if the namespace and name of two
attribute-matching fields is the same.
The error message will be less clear (because it contains extra,
unchangeable wording like "evaluation of constant value failed" and "the
evaluated program panicked at", which may be a bit confusing) than the
message generated by the macros themselves, but it's a price we have to
pay unfortunately.
Note that this check may seem cosmetic and purely for better user
experience, but it is in fact needed to avoid generating not-well-formed
and/or not-namespace-well-formed XML: As `AsXml` generates `xso::Item`,
where each attribute is emitted separated (and not aggregated in a
map structure), a naive (and efficient) implementation of a writer might
not double-check that no duplicate attributes are generated.
Because this attribute may occur in random places, it makes no sense
failing on it. We discard it after attribute processing though, so it
can still be captured by structs which are explicitly interested in it.
The test case which is added fails to compile unless one puts the
`parent` field before the `id` field. The cause is explained somewhat by
the change, but I'll spell it out here nontheless.
Previously, the loop in `Compound::make_as_item_iter_statemachine`
assumed that the serialisation order of fields would match their
declaration order. That is not generally true: attributes must be
serialised before element content, because they must be emitted before
the element header is closed.
This change thus splits the generated states into "header" states (for
everything before the end of the element header (think `>`)) and
"body" states (for everything after and including the end of the
element header). After all fields have been processed, we can then
add the data fields of the body fields to the header states so that
they are carried through the generated state machine until they are
needed in the body.
The old error message was pointing at the `FromXml` / `AsXml` invocation
and not on the field which actually caused the problem. The new error
message points exactly at the type of the affected field.
Text codecs allow to customize the conversion of data from/to XML,
in particular in two scenarios:
1. When the type for which the behaviour is to be defined comes from a
foreign crate, preventing the implementation of
FromXmlText/IntoXmlText.
2. When there is not one obvious, or more than one sensible, way to
convert a value to XML text and back.
Previously, we only enforced the existence of at most one `#[xml(text)]`
field only at code generation time for `FromXml`. This change enforces
it at parsing time, which is more consistent and allows for a clearer
error message.
This is bare-bones and is missing many features which we intend to add
in future commits, such as parsing from attributes whose names differ
from the field names and parsing into non-String types.
Well, not really, of course. All of this will make sense once we start
adding support for fields and non-struct types. Refactoring the code now
before we start to add actual member field parsing is much easier.
How do I know that this will work out? Well, my crystal ball knows it.
Don't believe me? Okay, ChatGPT told me ... Alright alright, I went
through the entire process of implementing this feature *twice* at this
point and have a pretty good idea of where to draw the abstraction lines
so that everything falls neatly into place. You'll have to trust me on
this one.
(Or, you know, check out old branches in my xmpp-rs repo. That might
work, too. `feature/derive-macro-streaming-full` might be a name to look
for if you dare.)
