serde::Deserialize lifetime frustration

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I have a function read(...) which calls a restful endpoint, gets results and then uses serde_json::from_str() to deserialize to a vec of a struct which derives Deserialize. And it works, but i have a lot of different entities in the system, so i though that it would be trivial to write the function generic over the type..

The original signature looks like this:

fn read(/* params */) -> Result<Vec<Artifact>,Error>

Internally, the results of the get are local to the function and they get passed in as a reference to serde:

 let v: Vec<Artifact> = serde_json::from_str(body.as_str())?;

This works
However when I change my signature to this:

fn read<'de,T>(/* params */) -> Result<Vec<T>,Error> 
where
   T: serde::Deserialize<'de> + Debug

And swap out the specific call for a generic one

 let v: Vec<T> = serde_json::from_str(body.as_str())?;

I get borrow checker complaint

  v = serde_json::from_str(body.as_str())?;
                               ^^^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
  }
  |     - borrowed value only lives until here

How is it that this works in the non-generic case, and how would I go about fixing this?

Thanks

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Check out Understanding deserializer lifetimes which covers the meaning of 'de and how to use it.

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Thank you for rescuing my weekend!

DeserializedOwned.... mystery solved

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