Return std::io::Error from Writer methods

Changelog.md

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 ### Misc Changes
 
+- [#227]: Split `SeError` from `DeError` in the `serialize` feature.
+  Serialize functions and methods now return `SeError`.
+- [#810]: Return `std::io::Error` from `Writer` methods.
+
+[#227]: https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/227
+[#810]: https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/pull/810
+
 
 ## 0.36.2 -- 2024-09-20
 

src/errors.rs

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for IllFormedError {}
 /// The error type used by this crate.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
-    /// XML document cannot be read from or written to underlying source.
+    /// XML document cannot be read from underlying source.
     ///
     /// Contains the reference-counted I/O error to make the error type `Clone`able.
     Io(Arc<IoError>),
@@ -345,19 +345,6 @@ pub mod serialize {
         /// [`Event::Start`]: crate::events::Event::Start
         /// [`Event::End`]: crate::events::Event::End
         UnexpectedEof,
-        /// An attempt to deserialize to a type, that is not supported by the XML
-        /// store at current position, for example, attempt to deserialize `struct`
-        /// from attribute or attempt to deserialize binary data.
-        ///
-        /// Serialized type cannot be represented in an XML due to violation of the
-        /// XML rules in the final XML document. For example, attempt to serialize
-        /// a `HashMap<{integer}, ...>` would cause this error because [XML name]
-        /// cannot start from a digit or a hyphen (minus sign). The same result
-        /// would occur if map key is a complex type that cannot be serialized as
-        /// a primitive type (i.e. string, char, bool, unit struct or unit variant).
-        ///
-        /// [XML name]: https://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#sec-common-syn
-        Unsupported(Cow<'static, str>),
         /// Too many events were skipped while deserializing a sequence, event limit
         /// exceeded. The limit was provided as an argument
         #[cfg(feature = "overlapped-lists")]
@@ -379,7 +366,6 @@ pub mod serialize {
                     f.write_str(")`")
                 }
                 DeError::UnexpectedEof => write!(f, "Unexpected `Event::Eof`"),
-                DeError::Unsupported(s) => write!(f, "Unsupported operation: {}", s),
                 #[cfg(feature = "overlapped-lists")]
                 DeError::TooManyEvents(s) => write!(f, "Deserializer buffers {} events, limit exceeded", s),
             }
@@ -403,12 +389,6 @@ pub mod serialize {
         }
     }
 
-    impl serde::ser::Error for DeError {
-        fn custom<T: fmt::Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
-            DeError::Custom(msg.to_string())
-        }
-    }
-
     impl From<Error> for DeError {
         #[inline]
         fn from(e: Error) -> Self {
@@ -458,10 +438,75 @@ pub mod serialize {
         }
     }
 
-    impl From<fmt::Error> for DeError {
+    /// Serialization error
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    pub enum SeError {
+        /// Serde custom error
+        Custom(String),
+        /// XML document cannot be written to underlying source.
+        ///
+        /// Contains the reference-counted I/O error to make the error type `Clone`able.
+        Io(Arc<IoError>),
+        /// Some value could not be formatted
+        Fmt(std::fmt::Error),
+        /// Serialized type cannot be represented in an XML due to violation of the
+        /// XML rules in the final XML document. For example, attempt to serialize
+        /// a `HashMap<{integer}, ...>` would cause this error because [XML name]
+        /// cannot start from a digit or a hyphen (minus sign). The same result
+        /// would occur if map key is a complex type that cannot be serialized as
+        /// a primitive type (i.e. string, char, bool, unit struct or unit variant).
+        ///
+        /// [XML name]: https://www.w3.org/TR/xml11/#sec-common-syn
+        Unsupported(Cow<'static, str>),
+        /// Some value could not be turned to UTF-8
+        NonEncodable(Utf8Error),
+    }
+
+    impl fmt::Display for SeError {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            match self {
+                SeError::Custom(s) => write!(f, "{}", s),
+                SeError::Io(e) => write!(f, "I/O error: {}", e),
+                SeError::Fmt(e) => write!(f, "formatting error: {}", e),
+                SeError::Unsupported(s) => write!(f, "unsupported value: {}", s),
+                SeError::NonEncodable(e) => write!(f, "malformed UTF-8: {}", e),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl ::std::error::Error for SeError {
+        fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
+            match self {
+                SeError::Io(e) => Some(e),
+                _ => None,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl serde::ser::Error for SeError {
+        fn custom<T: fmt::Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
+            SeError::Custom(msg.to_string())
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl From<IoError> for SeError {
+        #[inline]
+        fn from(e: IoError) -> Self {
+            Self::Io(Arc::new(e))
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl From<Utf8Error> for SeError {
+        #[inline]
+        fn from(e: Utf8Error) -> Self {
+            Self::NonEncodable(e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl From<fmt::Error> for SeError {
         #[inline]
         fn from(e: fmt::Error) -> Self {
-            Self::Custom(e.to_string())
+            Self::Fmt(e)
         }
     }
 }

src/lib.rs

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub mod writer;
 // reexports
 pub use crate::encoding::Decoder;
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
-pub use crate::errors::serialize::DeError;
+pub use crate::errors::serialize::{DeError, SeError};
 pub use crate::errors::{Error, Result};
 pub use crate::reader::{NsReader, Reader};
 pub use crate::writer::{ElementWriter, Writer};

src/se/content.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 //! Contains serializer for content of an XML element
 
 use crate::de::TEXT_KEY;
-use crate::errors::serialize::DeError;
 use crate::se::element::{ElementSerializer, Struct, Tuple};
 use crate::se::simple_type::{QuoteTarget, SimpleTypeSerializer};
-use crate::se::{Indent, QuoteLevel, XmlName};
+use crate::se::{Indent, QuoteLevel, SeError, XmlName};
 use serde::ser::{
     Impossible, Serialize, SerializeSeq, SerializeTuple, SerializeTupleStruct, Serializer,
 };
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ macro_rules! write_primitive {
 /// - units (`()`) and unit structs does not write anything;
 /// - sequences, tuples and tuple structs are serialized without delimiters.
 ///   `[1, 2, 3]` would be serialized as `123` (if not using indent);
-/// - structs and maps are not supported ([`DeError::Unsupported`] is returned);
+/// - structs and maps are not supported ([`SeError::Unsupported`] is returned);
 /// - enums:
 ///   - unit variants are serialized as self-closed `<variant/>`;
 ///   - newtype variants are serialized as inner value wrapped in `<variant>...</variant>`;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
 
     /// Writes `name` as self-closed tag
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn write_empty(mut self, name: XmlName) -> Result<(), DeError> {
+    pub(super) fn write_empty(mut self, name: XmlName) -> Result<(), SeError> {
         self.write_indent()?;
         if self.expand_empty_elements {
             self.writer.write_char('<')?;
@@ -125,9 +124,9 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     }
 
     /// Writes simple type content between `name` tags
-    pub(super) fn write_wrapped<S>(mut self, name: XmlName, serialize: S) -> Result<(), DeError>
+    pub(super) fn write_wrapped<S>(mut self, name: XmlName, serialize: S) -> Result<(), SeError>
     where
-        S: for<'a> FnOnce(SimpleTypeSerializer<'i, &'a mut W>) -> Result<&'a mut W, DeError>,
+        S: for<'a> FnOnce(SimpleTypeSerializer<'i, &'a mut W>) -> Result<&'a mut W, SeError>,
     {
         self.write_indent()?;
         self.writer.write_char('<')?;
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn write_indent(&mut self) -> Result<(), DeError> {
+    pub(super) fn write_indent(&mut self) -> Result<(), SeError> {
         if self.write_indent {
             self.indent.write_indent(&mut self.writer)?;
             self.write_indent = false;
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
 
 impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> Serializer for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     type Ok = ();
-    type Error = DeError;
+    type Error = SeError;
 
     type SerializeSeq = Self;
     type SerializeTuple = Self;
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> Serializer for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     }
 
     fn serialize_map(self, _len: Option<usize>) -> Result<Self::SerializeMap, Self::Error> {
-        Err(DeError::Unsupported(
+        Err(SeError::Unsupported(
             "serialization of map types is not supported in `$value` field".into(),
         ))
     }
@@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> Serializer for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
         name: &'static str,
         _len: usize,
     ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStruct, Self::Error> {
-        Err(DeError::Unsupported(
+        Err(SeError::Unsupported(
             format!("serialization of struct `{name}` is not supported in `$value` field").into(),
         ))
     }
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> Serializer for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
         len: usize,
     ) -> Result<Self::SerializeStructVariant, Self::Error> {
         if variant == TEXT_KEY {
-            Err(DeError::Unsupported(
+            Err(SeError::Unsupported(
                 format!("cannot serialize `$text` struct variant of `{}` enum", name).into(),
             ))
         } else {
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> Serializer for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
 
 impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> SerializeSeq for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     type Ok = ();
-    type Error = DeError;
+    type Error = SeError;
 
     fn serialize_element<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
     where
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> SerializeSeq for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
 
 impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> SerializeTuple for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     type Ok = ();
-    type Error = DeError;
+    type Error = SeError;
 
     #[inline]
     fn serialize_element<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@ impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> SerializeTuple for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
 
 impl<'w, 'i, W: Write> SerializeTupleStruct for ContentSerializer<'w, 'i, W> {
     type Ok = ();
-    type Error = DeError;
+    type Error = SeError;
 
     #[inline]
     fn serialize_field<T>(&mut self, value: &T) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
@@ -573,7 +572,7 @@ pub(super) mod tests {
                     };
 
                     match $data.serialize(ser).unwrap_err() {
-                        DeError::$kind(e) => assert_eq!(e, $reason),
+                        SeError::$kind(e) => assert_eq!(e, $reason),
                         e => panic!(
                             "Expected `Err({}({}))`, but got `{:?}`",
                             stringify!($kind),
@@ -1013,7 +1012,7 @@ pub(super) mod tests {
                     };
 
                     match $data.serialize(ser).unwrap_err() {
-                        DeError::$kind(e) => assert_eq!(e, $reason),
+                        SeError::$kind(e) => assert_eq!(e, $reason),
                         e => panic!(
                             "Expected `Err({}({}))`, but got `{:?}`",
                             stringify!($kind),