# mlua_serde

Implementation of [serde](https://serde.rs/) Serializer/Deserializer for
[mlua::Value](https://docs.rs/mlua/0.4.1/mlua/enum.Value.html)


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More information about this crate can be found in the [crate documentation][dox].

[dox]: https://docs.rs/mlua_serde/*/mlua_serde/

## Usage

To use `mlua_serde`, first add this to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
mlua_serde = { version = "0.6", features = ["lua53"] }
```

You must choose between Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4. To use Lua 5.4, change `lua53` for
`lua54` like this:

```toml
[dependencies]
mlua_serde = { version = "0.6", features = ["lua54"] }
```

If you don't have lua installed on your system for some reason, use the `vendored`
feature:

```toml
[dependencies]
mlua_serde = { version = "0.6", features = ["lua53", "vendored"] }
```

Next, you can use `to_value`/`from_value` functions to serialize/deserialize:

```rust
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
struct Foo {
    bar: u32,
    baz: Vec<String>,
}

fn main() {
    let lua = mlua::Lua::new();
    let foo = Foo {
        bar: 42,
        baz: vec![String::from("fizz"), String::from("buzz")],
    };

    let value = mlua_serde::to_value(lua, &foo).unwrap();
    lua.globals().set("value", value).unwrap();
    lua.load(
        r#"
            assert(value["bar"] == 42)
            assert(value["baz"][2] == "buzz")
        "#).exec().unwrap();
}
```