I have encountered an issue with deserializing JSON objects in my Angular project. After receiving data through httpClient, I realized that I need to deserialize it properly in order to work with it effectively. I came across a valuable resource on Stack Overflow that explains how to recursively initialize classes using httpClient: How to recursively init class get by httpclient.
Fortunately, I found a solution in the form of the "class-transformer" project, which helped me successfully deserialize all my models. Here is an example of how I implemented this in my services:
public fetchData(data: any): Observable<Result> {
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('data', JSON.stringify(data));
return this.http.post<Result>('/my/url',
formData, {
withCredentials: true
}).pipe(first(),
map(response => {
return plainToClass(Result, response);
})
);
}
Additionally, here is how I structured my models using the "class-transformer" library:
// Result.model.ts
import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
import { Data } from './Data.model';
export class Result {
@Type(() => Data)
data: Data[]
}
// Data.model.ts
import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
import { Result } from './Result.model';
export class Data {
@Type(() => Result)
result: Result[]
}
However, during compilation, I encountered a common error known as "Circular dependency" due to the interdependence between these models. Despite attempting to resolve this issue by using a Barrel (as suggested here), I was unable to fully eliminate the cyclic dependency.
It is essential for me to maintain this specific relationship structure in my models due to constraints imposed by the backend server and data retrieved via httpClient. If you have any insights or solutions on how to address the cyclic dependency problem effectively, please share them!