Oct-12-2023, 04:25 AM
json.dump() and json.load() are just the tip of the iceberg. Using json requires a lot more than just that.
A JSON file can only contain numbers, strings, datetime, list and dictionary objects. You cannot dump a fxWarMapStatic object to a json file, and you cannot load a json file and have it return a fxWarMapStatic object. You'll have to write code that can convert your object to things json can serialize. Dumping the __dict__ can do this if the dictionary only contains the types mentioned above, but often you need to write some extra code to make a class "serializable".
Deserializing is a lot more work. When you load a json file you usually get a dictionary or a list. The only types in the object returned by json.load() are numbers, strings. datetime, lists and dictionaries. If you want these to be different classes, you need to write some code that takes the object returned from json.load() and create/restore the objects you want.
A JSON file can only contain numbers, strings, datetime, list and dictionary objects. You cannot dump a fxWarMapStatic object to a json file, and you cannot load a json file and have it return a fxWarMapStatic object. You'll have to write code that can convert your object to things json can serialize. Dumping the __dict__ can do this if the dictionary only contains the types mentioned above, but often you need to write some extra code to make a class "serializable".
Deserializing is a lot more work. When you load a json file you usually get a dictionary or a list. The only types in the object returned by json.load() are numbers, strings. datetime, lists and dictionaries. If you want these to be different classes, you need to write some code that takes the object returned from json.load() and create/restore the objects you want.
