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#### Simplify your life with macros
If you just want to serialize/deserialize some structs, the `to_json`/`from_json` functions can be a lot of boilerplate. There are [**several macros**](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/macros/#serializationdeserialization-macros) to make your life easier as long as you want to use a dedicated DTO for JSON serialization.
If you just want to serialize/deserialize some structs, the `to_json`/`from_json` functions can be a lot of boilerplate. There are [**several macros**](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/macros/#serializationdeserialization-macros) to make your life easier as long as you want to use a JSON object as serialization.
Which macro to choose depends on whether private member variables need to be accessed, a deserialization is needed, missing values should yield an error or should be replaced by default values, and if derived classes are used. See [this overview to choose the right one for your use case](https://json.nlohmann.me/features/arbitrary_types/#simplify-your-life-with-macros).

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docs/mkdocs/docs/api/macros/nlohmann_define_type_with_names.md
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# The Named Conversion Macros
# NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_WITH_DEFAULT_WITH_NAMES, NLOHMANN_DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE_NON_INTRUSIVE_ONLY_SERIALIZE_WITH_NAMES
```cpp
#define NLOHMANN_DEFINE_TYPE_INTRUSIVE_WITH_NAMES(type, "json_member_name", member...)
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: name of the base type (class, struct) `type` is derived from (used only in `DEFINE_DERIVED_TYPE` macros)
`json_member_name` (in)
: json name that will be used for the next member variable
: the string that will be used as the name for the next value
`member` (in)
: name of the member variable to serialize/deserialize

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If you just want to serialize/deserialize some structs, the `to_json`/`from_json` functions can be a lot of boilerplate.
There are several macros to make your life easier as long as you want to use a dedicated DTO for JSON serialization. The macros are following the naming pattern, and you can chose the macro based on the needed features:
There are several macros to make your life easier as long as you want to use a JSON object as serialization. The macros are following the naming pattern, and you can chose the macro based on the needed features:
- All the macros start with `NLOHMANN_DEFINE`.
- If you want a macro for the derived object, use the [`DERIVED_TYPE`](../api/macros/nlohmann_define_derived_type.md) variant, otherwise use `TYPE`.
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For all the macros, the first parameter is the name of the class/struct. The `DERIVED_TYPE` macros require a second parameter of a base class. All the remaining parameters name the member variables. The `WITH_NAMES` macros require a JSON name before each of the variables.
| Need access to private members | Need only de-serialization | Allow missing values when de-serializing | macro |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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For _derived_ classes and structs, use the following macros
| Need access to private members | Need only de-serialization | Allow missing values when de-serializing | macro |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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!!! info "Implementation limits"
- The current macro implementations are limited to at most 63 member variables. If you want to serialize/deserialize
types with more than 63 member variables, you need to define the `to_json`/`from_json` functions manually.
- For the `WITH_NAMES` variants the limit is halved to 31 member variables.
??? examples
??? example
The `to_json`/`from_json` functions for the `person` struct above can be created with: