From 5eb8499793c8adab82e7907e83c1725949000212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ByteOtter <christopher.hock@suse.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:11:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test basic serialization

---
 src/collectors/network_collector.rs | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/main.rs                         |  5 +++++
 src/translator/translator.rs        | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/collectors/network_collector.rs b/src/collectors/network_collector.rs
index d47f2d4..4073c15 100644
--- a/src/collectors/network_collector.rs
+++ b/src/collectors/network_collector.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ pub struct NetworkInformation {
     is_connected: bool,
 }
 
+impl NetworkInformation {
+    fn serialize_to_json(&self) -> String {
+        match serde_json::to_string(&self) {
+            Ok(json) => json,
+            Err(err) => {
+                println!(
+                    "Warning: Could not serialize interface '{}'. ({})",
+                    &self.name, err
+                );
+                String::new()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Collect information about all network interfaces.
 ///
 /// ### Returns
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 738c272..d3b9b85 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod translator;
 use clap::Parser;
 use collectors::{dmi_collector, network_collector};
 use configuration::config_parser::set_up_configuration;
+use translator::translator::serialize_to_json;
 
 /// The arguments that netbox-sync expects to get via the cli.
 ///
@@ -52,4 +53,8 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     println!("Configuration: \n{:#?}", config);
+
+    let json = serialize_to_json(output, output2);
+
+    println!("JSON ----- \n{}", json);
 }
diff --git a/src/translator/translator.rs b/src/translator/translator.rs
index 316b730..283aac7 100644
--- a/src/translator/translator.rs
+++ b/src/translator/translator.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@
 
 use collectors::{dmi_collector, network_collector};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::{Result, Value};
 
 use crate::collectors;
+
+pub fn serialize_to_json(
+    dmi_info: dmi_collector::DmiInformation,
+    network_info: Vec<network_collector::NetworkInformation>,
+) -> String {
+    let system = match serde_json::to_string(&dmi_info) {
+        Ok(json) => json,
+        Err(err) => panic!("{}", err),
+    };
+    let network = match serde_json::to_string(&network_info) {
+        Ok(json) => json,
+        Err(err) => panic!("{}", err),
+    };
+    let result: String = system + &network;
+
+    result
+}