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#pragma once
#ifndef FABLE_JSON_WITH_BOOST_HPP_
#define FABLE_JSON_WITH_BOOST_HPP_

#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>

#include <boost/optional.hpp>

/*
 * In order to provide serialization for third-party types, we need to either
 * use their namespace or provide a specialization in that of nlohmann. It is
 * illegal to define anything in the std namespace, so we are left no choice in
 * this regard.
 *
 * See: https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 */
namespace nlohmann {

template <typename T>
struct adl_serializer<boost::optional<T>> {
  static void to_json(json& j, const boost::optional<T>& opt) {
    if (opt) {
      j = *opt;
    } else {
      j = nullptr;
    }
  }

  static void from_json(const json& j, boost::optional<T>& opt) {
    if (j.type() == json::value_t::null) {
      opt.reset();
    } else {
      *opt = j.get<T>();
    }
  }
};

}  // namespace nlohmann

#endif  // FABLE_JSON_WITH_BOOST_HPP_