From c654f65bf1d9fce3fe01454dea436b3d3016c030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Brown <eric.brown@vegabyte.studio>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:04:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feature: add serde support to LoadOptions

---
 Cargo.toml | 4 +++-
 src/lib.rs | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1d72b07..f64c785 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ arbitrary = ["arbitrary/derive"]
 futures = ["dep:futures-lite", "async"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio", "async"]
 use_f64 = []
+serde = []
 
 [dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1.3.0", optional = true }
@@ -35,10 +36,11 @@ ahash = { version = "0.8.7", optional = true }
 futures-lite = { version = "2.6.0", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.17", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.43.0", optional = true, features = ["io-util", "fs"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.228" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = "0.4.2"
 float_eq = "1.0.1"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["log", "merging", "reordering", "async", "futures", "tokio", "use_f64"]
+features = ["log", "merging", "reordering", "async", "futures", "tokio", "use_f64", "serde"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f94e3b8..b9f5c82 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ use std::future::Future;
 #[cfg(feature = "merging")]
 use std::mem::size_of;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 #[cfg(feature = "ahash")]
 type HashMap<K, V> = ahash::AHashMap<K, V>;
 
@@ -422,6 +425,7 @@ pub struct Mesh {
 ///   an offline path tracer or the like.
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct LoadOptions {
     /// Merge identical positions.
     ///