Add an ArrayDeserializer to read a JSON array as a stream

This mimics the StreamDeserializer API and implements issue serde-rs#404.

src/de.rs

@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ impl<'de, R: Read<'de>> Deserializer<R> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Parse the JSON array as an iterator over values of type T.
+    pub fn into_array_iter<T>(self) -> ArrayDeserializer<'de, R, T>
+    where
+        T: de::Deserialize<'de>,
+    {
+        ArrayDeserializer {
+            de: self,
+            started: false,
+            output: PhantomData,
+            lifetime: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Parse arbitrarily deep JSON structures without any consideration for
     /// overflowing the stack.
     ///
@@ -2169,6 +2182,117 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/// Iterator that deserializes an array into multiple JSON values.
+///
+/// An array deserializer can be created from any JSON deserializer using the
+/// `Deserializer::into_array_iter` method.
+///
+/// The top-level data should be a JSON array, but each array element can consist of any JSON
+/// value. An array deserializer only needs to keep a single array element in memory, and is
+/// therefore preferable over deserializing into a container type such as `Vec` when the complete
+/// array is too large to fit in memory.
+///
+/// ```edition2018
+/// use serde_json::{Deserializer, Value};
+///
+/// fn main() {
+///     let data = "[{\"k\": 3}, 1, \"cool\", \"stuff\", [0, 1, 2]]";
+///
+///     let iter = Deserializer::from_str(data).into_array_iter::<Value>();
+///
+///     for value in iter {
+///         println!("{}", value.unwrap());
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+pub struct ArrayDeserializer<'de, R, T> {
+    de: Deserializer<R>,
+    started: bool, // True if we have consumed the first '['
+    output: PhantomData<T>,
+    lifetime: PhantomData<&'de ()>,
+}
+
+impl<'de, R, T> ArrayDeserializer<'de, R, T>
+where
+    R: read::Read<'de>,
+    T: de::Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    /// Create a JSON array deserializer from one of the possible serde_json
+    /// input sources.
+    ///
+    /// Typically it is more convenient to use one of these methods instead:
+    ///
+    ///   - Deserializer::from_str(...).into_array_iter()
+    ///   - Deserializer::from_bytes(...).into_array_iter()
+    ///   - Deserializer::from_reader(...).into_array_iter()
+    pub fn new(read: R) -> Self {
+        ArrayDeserializer {
+            de: Deserializer::new(read),
+            started: false,
+            output: PhantomData,
+            lifetime: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn end(&mut self) -> Option<Result<T>> {
+        self.de.eat_char();
+        match self.de.end() {
+            Ok(_) => None,
+            Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn next_value(&mut self) -> Option<Result<T>> {
+        match de::Deserialize::deserialize(&mut self.de) {
+            Ok(v) => Some(Ok(v)),
+            Err(e) => Some(Err(e))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de, R, T> Iterator for ArrayDeserializer<'de, R, T>
+where
+    R: Read<'de>,
+    T: de::Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    type Item = Result<T>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Result<T>> {
+        match self.de.parse_whitespace() {
+            Ok(None) => Some(Err(self.de.peek_error(ErrorCode::EofWhileParsingValue))),
+            Ok(Some(b'[')) if !self.started => {
+                self.started = true;
+                self.de.eat_char();
+
+                // We have to peek at the next character here to handle an empty array.
+                match self.de.parse_whitespace() {
+                    Ok(None) => Some(Err(self.de.peek_error(ErrorCode::EofWhileParsingValue))),
+                    Ok(Some(b']')) => self.end(),
+                    Ok(Some(_)) => self.next_value(),
+                    Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+                }
+            },
+            Ok(Some(b']')) if self.started => self.end(),
+            Ok(Some(b',')) if self.started => {
+                self.de.eat_char();
+
+                match self.de.parse_whitespace() {
+                    Ok(None) => Some(Err(self.de.peek_error(ErrorCode::EofWhileParsingValue))),
+                    Ok(Some(b']')) => Some(Err(self.de.peek_error(ErrorCode::TrailingComma))),
+                    Ok(Some(_)) => self.next_value(),
+                    Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+                }
+            },
+            Ok(Some(_)) => Some(Err(self.de.peek_error(ErrorCode::ExpectedSomeValue))),
+            Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 fn from_trait<'de, R, T>(read: R) -> Result<T>

tests/array.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#![cfg(not(feature = "preserve_order"))]
+
+extern crate serde;
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_json;
+
+use serde_json::{Deserializer, Value};
+
+// Rustfmt issue https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rustfmt/issues/2740
+#[cfg_attr(rustfmt, rustfmt_skip)]
+macro_rules! test_stream {
+    ($data:expr, $ty:ty, |$stream:ident| $test:block) => {
+        {
+            let de = Deserializer::from_str($data);
+            let mut $stream = de.into_array_iter::<$ty>();
+            $test
+        }
+        {
+            let de = Deserializer::from_slice($data.as_bytes());
+            let mut $stream = de.into_array_iter::<$ty>();
+            $test
+        }
+        {
+            let mut bytes = $data.as_bytes();
+            let de = Deserializer::from_reader(&mut bytes);
+            let mut $stream = de.into_array_iter::<$ty>();
+            $test
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_empty() {
+    let data = "[]";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        assert!(stream.next().is_none());
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_whitespace() {
+    let data = "\r [\n{\"x\":42}\t, {\"y\":43}\n] \t\n";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap()["x"], 42);
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap()["y"], 43);
+
+        assert!(stream.next().is_none());
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_truncated() {
+    let data = "[{\"x\":40},{\"x\":";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap()["x"], 40);
+
+        assert!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap_err().is_eof());
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_primitive() {
+    let data = "[{}, true, 1, [], 1.0, \"hey\", null]";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), json!({}));
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), true);
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), 1);
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), json!([]));
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), 1.0);
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), "hey");
+
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), Value::Null);
+
+        assert!(stream.next().is_none());
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_tailing_data() {
+    let data = "[]e";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        let second = stream.next().unwrap().unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(second.to_string(), "trailing characters at line 1 column 3");
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_tailing_comma() {
+    let data = "[true,]";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().unwrap(), true);
+
+        let second = stream.next().unwrap().unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(second.to_string(), "trailing comma at line 1 column 7");
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_json_array_eof() {
+    let data = "";
+
+    test_stream!(data, Value, |stream| {
+        let second = stream.next().unwrap().unwrap_err();
+        assert_eq!(second.to_string(), "EOF while parsing a value at line 1 column 0");
+    });
+}