[Feature Request] Allow different ways of serializing a map to cbor about dahomey.cbor

[mcatanzariti]

Implemented in 1.5.0

You can use either

• CborOptions.LengthMode
• ObjectMapping.SetLengthMode
• CborLengthModeAttribute to decorate classes or properties

cf. ObjectIndefiniteLengthTests.cs for concrete examples.

[jonassix]

Hi,

We have requested to the foreign party to change their implementation but this is their response.

Sorry guys, we aren't, the streaming encoding is used for performance reasons, so that we don't have to check ahead of time if a given field is empty(null, an empty array or an empty object, which should be excluded from the serialized result)

So we are kinda stuck atm. Could you take a look and let u know if you are willing to add this feature ?

Thank you

[mcatanzariti]

Yes, I could add the feature by decorating an object with a specific attribute (and expose the corresponding method in ObjectMapping). I could also add a general option to define the default behavior.
Same kind of feature could be implemented for arrays.

However, I won't be able to implement it in the short term.

[TMaddox]

That sounds like a great solution!

Can you give us an approximate ETA?