# Ent   ![Build] ![Crate]

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**_Ent is an abstract object library_**. Using Rust's [monomorphization](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch10-01-syntax.html),
you can write zero cost interfaces across multiple object types including [JSON](https://github.com/serde-rs/json) 
and [Python dictionaries](https://pyo3.rs). If you are interested in contributing to Ent, please do! We would welcome 
any help including additional object implementations.

_Warning: Ent is in early development. There may be a more generic approach to this problem that utilizes `serde`'s Visitor._ 

## Getting Started

```toml
[dependencies]

# Specify supported implementations using feature keys:
#  - python
#  - json
ent = { version = "0.1", features = ["python"] }
```

## Examples

```rust
use ent::Ent;

fn get_name<E: Ent>(e: &E) -> Result<&str> {
    e.get("name").unwrap().as_str()
}

let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"name":"test"}"#).unwrap();
let ref name = get_name(&v).unwrap();
assert_eq!(name, &"test")
```

## License

Licensed under either of <a href="LICENSE-APACHE">Apache License, Version
2.0</a> or <a href="LICENSE-MIT">MIT license</a> at your option.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in Ent by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.