# SerializeStruct in serde::ser - Rust
Returned from `Serializer::serialize_struct`.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, SerializeStruct

# Trait serde::ser::SerializeStruct

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    pub trait SerializeStruct {
        type Ok;
        type Error: Error;

        fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized>(
            &mut self,
            key: &'static str,
            value: &T
        ) -> Result<(), Self::Error>
        where
            T: Serialize;
        fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error>;

        fn skip_field(&mut self, key: &'static str) -> Result<(), Self::Error> { ... }
    }

Expand description

Returned from `Serializer::serialize_struct`.

## Example use

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    use serde::ser::{Serialize, SerializeStruct, Serializer};

    struct Rgb {
        r: u8,
        g: u8,
        b: u8,
    }

    impl Serialize for Rgb {
        fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
        where
            S: Serializer,
        {
            let mut rgb = serializer.serialize_struct("Rgb", 3)?;
            rgb.serialize_field("r", &self.r)?;
            rgb.serialize_field("g", &self.g)?;
            rgb.serialize_field("b", &self.b)?;
            rgb.end()
        }
    }

## Example implementation

The example data format presented on the website demonstrates an implementation of `SerializeStruct` for a basic JSON data format.

## Required Associated Types

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#### type Ok

Must match the `Ok` type of our `Serializer`.

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#### type Error: Error

Must match the `Error` type of our `Serializer`.

## Required Methods

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#### fn serialize_field<T: ?Sized>(
&mut self,
key: &'static str,
value: &T
) -> Result<(), Self::Error> where
T: Serialize,

Serialize a struct field.

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#### fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error>

Finish serializing a struct.

## Provided Methods

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#### fn skip_field(&mut self, key: &'static str) -> Result<(), Self::Error>

Indicate that a struct field has been skipped.

## Implementors

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### impl<Ok, Error> SerializeStruct for Impossible<Ok, Error> where
Error: Error,

#### type Ok = Ok

#### type Error = Error