starting to fix hints serialization

src/formats/serde.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
-/*
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::hash::BuildHasher;
-use zvariant::OwnedValue;   */
+use zvariant::OwnedValue;   
+//use std::hash::BuildHasher;
+use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
 
 pub fn serialize_actions<S>(actions: &[String], serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
 where
@@ -20,6 +20,27 @@ where
     map.serialize(serializer)
 }
 
+/*
+pub fn serialize_hints<S>(hints: &HashMap<String, OwnedValue>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+{
+    let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(hints.len()))?;
+
+    for (key, value) in hints {
+        // Try to cast the value to a string, otherwise fallback to debug format
+        let value_str = match value.downcast_ref::<String>() {
+            Ok(s) => s.clone(),  // Successfully cast to String
+            Err(_) => format!("{:?}", value), // Fallback for non-String values
+        };
+
+        map.serialize_entry(key, &value_str)?;
+    }
+
+    map.end()
+}
+*/
+
 /*
 pub fn serialize_hints<S, H>(
     hints: &HashMap<String, OwnedValue, H>,
@@ -38,4 +59,5 @@ where
 
     map.serialize(serializer)
 }
+
 */

src/notification.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::formats::serde::serialize_actions;
+use crate::formats::serde::serialize_actions;//,serialize_hints};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use zbus::{message::Body, Result};