new: TextMarshal and TextUnmarshal

semver_test.go

@@ -441,6 +441,32 @@ func TestFinalizeVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestMarshalText(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range formatTests {
+		res, err := test.v.MarshalText()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %q", err)
+		}
+		if string(res) != test.result {
+			t.Errorf("MarshalText, expected %q but got %q", test.result, string(res))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnmarshalText(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range formatTests {
+		var v Version
+		err := v.UnmarshalText([]byte(test.result))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %q", err)
+		} else if comp := v.Compare(test.v); comp != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("Parsing, expected %q but got %q, comp: %d ", test.v, v, comp)
+		} else if err := v.Validate(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Error validating parsed version %q: %q", test.v, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkParseSimple(b *testing.B) {
 	const VERSION = "0.0.1"
 	b.ReportAllocs()

v4/semver.go

@@ -221,6 +221,23 @@ func (v Version) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// MarshalText implements the encoding.TextMarshaler interface.
+func (v Version) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(v.String()), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalText implements the encoding.TextUnmarshaler interface.
+func (v *Version) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
+	value, err := Parse(string(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*v = value
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // New is an alias for Parse and returns a pointer, parses version string and returns a validated Version or error
 func New(s string) (*Version, error) {
 	v, err := Parse(s)