Public Marshal API Simplification

README.md

@@ -206,18 +206,17 @@ UnmarshalPayload(in io.Reader, model interface{})
 
 Visit [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/google/jsonapi#UnmarshalPayload)
 
-#### `MarshalOnePayload`
+#### `MarshalPayload`
 
 ```go
-MarshalOnePayload(w io.Writer, model interface{}) error
+MarshalPayload(w io.Writer, models interface{}) error
 ```
 
-Visit [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/google/jsonapi#MarshalOnePayload)
+Visit [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/google/jsonapi#MarshalPayload)
 
 Writes a JSON API response, with related records sideloaded, into an
-`included` array.  This method encodes a response for a single record
-only. If you want to serialize many records, see,
-[MarshalManyPayload](#marshalmanypayload).
+`included` array.  This method encodes a response for either a single record or
+many records.
 
 ##### Handler Example Code
 
@@ -235,63 +234,7 @@ func CreateBlog(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonapi.MediaType)
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 
-	if err := jsonapi.MarshalOnePayload(w, blog); err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-	}
-}
-```
-
-### List Records Example
-
-#### `MarshalManyPayload`
-
-```go
-MarshalManyPayload(w io.Writer, models []interface{}) error
-```
-
-Visit [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/google/jsonapi#MarshalManyPayload)
-
-Takes an `io.Writer` and an slice of `interface{}`.  Note, if you have a
-type safe array of your structs, like,
-
-```go
-var blogs []*Blog
-```
-
-you will need to iterate over the slice of `Blog` pointers and append
-them to an interface array, like,
-
-```go
-blogInterface := make([]interface{}, len(blogs))
-
-for i, blog := range blogs {
-  blogInterface[i] = blog
-}
-```
-
-Alternatively, you can insert your `Blog`s into a slice of `interface{}`
-the first time.  For example when you fetch the `Blog`s from the db
-`append` them to an `[]interface{}` rather than a `[]*Blog`.  So your
-method signature to reach into your data store may look something like
-this,
-
-```go
-func FetchBlogs() ([]interface{}, error)
-```
-
-##### Handler Example Code
-
-```go
-func ListBlogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	// ...fetch your blogs, filter, offset, limit, etc...
-
-  // but, for now
-	blogs := testBlogsForList()
-
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonapi.MediaType)
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-
-	if err := jsonapi.MarshalManyPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapi.MarshalPayload(w, blog); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }
@@ -329,7 +272,7 @@ func CreateBlogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonapi.MediaType)
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 
-	if err := jsonapi.MarshalManyPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapi.MarshalPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }

examples/app.go

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func exerciseHandler() {
 		fixtureBlogCreate(3),
 	}
 	in = bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	jsonapi.MarshalManyPayload(in, blogs)
+	jsonapi.MarshalPayload(in, blogs)
 
 	req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/blogs", in)
 

examples/handler.go

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (h *ExampleHandler) createBlog(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
 	w.Header().Set(headerContentType, jsonapi.MediaType)
 
-	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalOnePayload(w, blog); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalPayload(w, blog); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (h *ExampleHandler) echoBlogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	w.Header().Set(headerContentType, jsonapi.MediaType)
-	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalManyPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (h *ExampleHandler) showBlog(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 
 	w.Header().Set(headerContentType, jsonapi.MediaType)
-	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalOnePayload(w, blog); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalPayload(w, blog); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (h *ExampleHandler) listBlogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonapi.MediaType)
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 
-	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalManyPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
+	if err := jsonapiRuntime.MarshalPayload(w, blogs); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 }

examples/handler_test.go

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestExampleHandler_put(t *testing.T) {
 		fixtureBlogCreate(3),
 	}
 	requestBody := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	jsonapi.MarshalManyPayload(requestBody, blogs)
+	jsonapi.MarshalPayload(requestBody, blogs)
 
 	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/blogs", requestBody)
 	if err != nil {

node.go

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ package jsonapi
 
 import "fmt"
 
+// Payloader is used to encapsulate the One and Many payload types
+type Payloader interface {
+	clearIncluded()
+}
+
 // OnePayload is used to represent a generic JSON API payload where a single
 // resource (Node) was included as an {} in the "data" key
 type OnePayload struct {
@@ -11,6 +16,10 @@ type OnePayload struct {
 	Meta     *Meta   `json:"meta,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (p *OnePayload) clearIncluded() {
+	p.Included = []*Node{}
+}
+
 // ManyPayload is used to represent a generic JSON API payload where many
 // resources (Nodes) were included in an [] in the "data" key
 type ManyPayload struct {
@@ -20,6 +29,10 @@ type ManyPayload struct {
 	Meta     *Meta   `json:"meta,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (p *ManyPayload) clearIncluded() {
+	p.Included = []*Node{}
+}
+
 // Node is used to represent a generic JSON API Resource
 type Node struct {
 	Type          string                 `json:"type"`

request.go

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var (
 //   	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", jsonapi.MediaType)
 //   	w.WriteHeader(201)
 //
-//   	if err := jsonapi.MarshalOnePayload(w, blog); err != nil {
+//   	if err := jsonapi.MarshalPayload(w, blog); err != nil {
 //   		http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500)
 //   	}
 //   }

request_test.go

@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func samplePayloadWithSideloaded() io.Reader {
 	testModel := testModel()
 
 	out := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	MarshalOnePayload(out, testModel)
+	MarshalPayload(out, testModel)
 
 	return out
 }