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<pre class='rust trait'>pub trait SerializeStruct {
    type <a href='#associatedtype.Ok' class="type">Ok</a>;
    type <a href='#associatedtype.Error' class="type">Error</a>: <a class="trait" href="../../serde/ser/trait.Error.html" title="trait serde::ser::Error">Error</a>;
    fn <a href='#tymethod.serialize_field' class='fnname'>serialize_field</a>&lt;T:&nbsp;?<a class="trait" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/marker/trait.Sized.html" title="trait core::marker::Sized">Sized</a>&gt;(<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;mut self, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;key: &amp;'static <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.str.html">str</a>, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;value: &amp;T<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) -&gt; <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a>&lt;<a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.tuple.html">()</a>, Self::<a class="type" href="../../serde/ser/trait.SerializeStruct.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::ser::SerializeStruct::Error">Error</a>&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="where">where<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;T: <a class="trait" href="../../serde/trait.Serialize.html" title="trait serde::Serialize">Serialize</a></span>;
    fn <a href='#tymethod.end' class='fnname'>end</a>(self) -&gt; <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a>&lt;Self::<a class="type" href="../../serde/ser/trait.SerializeStruct.html#associatedtype.Ok" title="type serde::ser::SerializeStruct::Ok">Ok</a>, Self::<a class="type" href="../../serde/ser/trait.SerializeStruct.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::ser::SerializeStruct::Error">Error</a>&gt;;
}</pre><div class='docblock'><p>Returned from <code>Serializer::serialize_struct</code>.</p>

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<span class="kw">use</span> <span class="ident">serde</span>::<span class="ident">ser</span>::{<span class="ident">Serialize</span>, <span class="ident">Serializer</span>, <span class="ident">SerializeStruct</span>};

<span class="kw">struct</span> <span class="ident">Rgb</span> {
    <span class="ident">r</span>: <span class="ident">u8</span>,
    <span class="ident">g</span>: <span class="ident">u8</span>,
    <span class="ident">b</span>: <span class="ident">u8</span>,
}

<span class="kw">impl</span> <span class="ident">Serialize</span> <span class="kw">for</span> <span class="ident">Rgb</span> {
    <span class="kw">fn</span> <span class="ident">serialize</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">S</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>(<span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="self">self</span>, <span class="ident">serializer</span>: <span class="ident">S</span>) <span class="op">-&gt;</span> <span class="prelude-ty">Result</span><span class="op">&lt;</span><span class="ident">S</span>::<span class="prelude-val">Ok</span>, <span class="ident">S</span>::<span class="ident">Error</span><span class="op">&gt;</span>
        <span class="kw">where</span> <span class="ident">S</span>: <span class="ident">Serializer</span>
    {
        <span class="kw">let</span> <span class="kw-2">mut</span> <span class="ident">rgb</span> <span class="op">=</span> <span class="ident">serializer</span>.<span class="ident">serialize_struct</span>(<span class="string">&quot;Rgb&quot;</span>, <span class="number">3</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;
        <span class="ident">rgb</span>.<span class="ident">serialize_field</span>(<span class="string">&quot;r&quot;</span>, <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="self">self</span>.<span class="ident">r</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;
        <span class="ident">rgb</span>.<span class="ident">serialize_field</span>(<span class="string">&quot;g&quot;</span>, <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="self">self</span>.<span class="ident">g</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;
        <span class="ident">rgb</span>.<span class="ident">serialize_field</span>(<span class="string">&quot;b&quot;</span>, <span class="kw-2">&amp;</span><span class="self">self</span>.<span class="ident">b</span>)<span class="question-mark">?</span>;
        <span class="ident">rgb</span>.<span class="ident">end</span>()
    }
}</pre>
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</div><h3 id='tymethod.end' class='method'><span id='end.v' class='invisible'><code>fn <a href='#tymethod.end' class='fnname'>end</a>(self) -&gt; <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a>&lt;Self::<a class="type" href="../../serde/ser/trait.SerializeStruct.html#associatedtype.Ok" title="type serde::ser::SerializeStruct::Ok">Ok</a>, Self::<a class="type" href="../../serde/ser/trait.SerializeStruct.html#associatedtype.Error" title="type serde::ser::SerializeStruct::Error">Error</a>&gt;</code></span></h3><div class='docblock'><p>Finish serializing a struct.</p>
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