rustdoc-json: Clean up serialization and printing.

src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs

@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ pub(crate) struct JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
     /// A mapping of IDs that contains all local items for this crate which gets output as a top
     /// level field of the JSON blob.
     index: Rc<RefCell<FxHashMap<types::Id, types::Item>>>,
-    /// The directory where the blob will be written to.
-    out_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// The directory where the JSON blob should be written to.
+    ///
+    /// If this is `None`, the blob will be printed to `stdout` instead.
+    out_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
     cache: Rc<Cache>,
     imported_items: DefIdSet,
 }
@@ -101,18 +103,20 @@ impl<'tcx> JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
             .unwrap_or_default()
     }
 
-    fn write<T: Write>(
+    fn serialize_and_write<T: Write>(
         &self,
-        output: types::Crate,
+        output_crate: types::Crate,
         mut writer: BufWriter<T>,
         path: &str,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        self.tcx
-            .sess
-            .time("rustdoc_json_serialization", || serde_json::ser::to_writer(&mut writer, &output))
-            .unwrap();
-        try_err!(writer.flush(), path);
-        Ok(())
+        self.sess().time("rustdoc_json_serialize_and_write", || {
+            try_err!(
+                serde_json::ser::to_writer(&mut writer, &output_crate).map_err(|e| e.to_string()),
+                path
+            );
+            try_err!(writer.flush(), path);
+            Ok(())
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
             JsonRenderer {
                 tcx,
                 index: Rc::new(RefCell::new(FxHashMap::default())),
-                out_path: if options.output_to_stdout { None } else { Some(options.output) },
+                out_dir: if options.output_to_stdout { None } else { Some(options.output) },
                 cache: Rc::new(cache),
                 imported_items,
             },
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
         let index = (*self.index).clone().into_inner();
 
         debug!("Constructing Output");
-        let output = types::Crate {
+        let output_crate = types::Crate {
             root: types::Id(format!("0:0:{}", e.name(self.tcx).as_u32())),
             crate_version: self.cache.crate_version.clone(),
             includes_private: self.cache.document_private,
@@ -278,20 +282,20 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
                 .collect(),
             format_version: types::FORMAT_VERSION,
         };
-        if let Some(ref out_path) = self.out_path {
-            let out_dir = out_path.clone();
+        if let Some(ref out_dir) = self.out_dir {
             try_err!(create_dir_all(&out_dir), out_dir);
 
-            let mut p = out_dir;
-            p.push(output.index.get(&output.root).unwrap().name.clone().unwrap());
+            let mut p = out_dir.clone();
+            p.push(output_crate.index.get(&output_crate.root).unwrap().name.clone().unwrap());
             p.set_extension("json");
-            self.write(
-                output,
+
+            self.serialize_and_write(
+                output_crate,
                 BufWriter::new(try_err!(File::create(&p), p)),
                 &p.display().to_string(),
             )
         } else {
-            self.write(output, BufWriter::new(stdout()), "<stdout>")
+            self.serialize_and_write(output_crate, BufWriter::new(stdout().lock()), "<stdout>")
         }
     }