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# Serializing and Deserializing Arbitrary Data Into and From `JsValue` with Serde
It's possible to pass arbirtrary data from Rust to JavaScript by serializing it
with [Serde](https://github.com/serde-rs/serde). `wasm-bindgen` includes the
`JsValue` type, which streamlines serializing and deserializing.
to JSON with [Serde](https://github.com/serde-rs/serde). `wasm-bindgen` includes
the `JsValue` type, which streamlines serializing and deserializing.
## Enable the `"serde-serialize"` Feature
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// Send the example object back to wasm.
receive_example_from_js(example);
```
## An Alternative Approach: `serde-wasm-bindgen`
[The `serde-wasm-bindgen`
crate](https://github.com/cloudflare/serde-wasm-bindgen) serializes and
deserializes Rust structures directly to `JsValue`s, without going through
temporary JSON stringification. This approach has both advantages and
disadvantages.
The primary advantage is smaller code size: going through JSON entrenches code
to stringify and parse floating point numbers, which is not a small amount of
code.
There are two primary disadvantages. The first is that it is not always
compatible with the default JSON-based serialization. The second is that it
performs more calls back and forth between JS and Wasm, which has not been fully
optimized in all engines, meaning it can sometimes be a speed
regression. However, in other cases, it is a speed up over the JSON-based
stringification, so — as always — make sure to profile your own use
cases as necessary.