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+<h1 align="center">Structural Rendering</h1>
+<p align="center">
+ Use the <code>structural_renderer</code> feature to render output as serialized text
+</p>
+
+With `structural_renderer` enabled, your program can switch output to a structured format via `--json`, `--yaml`, etc., making it easy to integrate with other tools.
+
+## Enabling the Feature
+
+```toml
+[dependencies.mingling]
+features = ["structural_renderer"]
+```
+
+`structural_renderer` automatically enables `json_serde_fmt`.
+
+For more formats, enable `structural_renderer_full` (includes JSON, YAML, TOML, RON).
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> To customize output types, see [Features](./pages/other/features)
+
+## Basic Usage
+
+After enabling `StructuralRendererSetup`, use `pack_structural!` instead of `pack!` to declare types that support structured output:
+
+```rust
+// Features: ["structural_renderer"]
+// Dependencies:
+// serde = "1"
+@@@use mingling::setup::StructuralRendererSetup;
+@@@dispatcher!("render", CMDRender => EntryRender);
+
+// pack_structural! is equivalent to pack! + StructuralData
+pack_structural!(ResultInfo = (String, i32));
+
+#[chain]
+fn handle_render(args: EntryRender) -> Next {
+ let name = args.inner.first().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+ let age = args.inner.get(1).and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+ ResultInfo::new((name, age))
+}
+
+#[renderer]
+fn render_info(r: ResultInfo) {
+ r_println!("{:?}", *r);
+}
+```
+
+Output:
+
+```text
+~# my-cli render Bob 22
+("Bob", 22)
+
+~# my-cli render Bob 22 --json
+{"inner":["Bob",22]}
+```
+
+When the user passes `--json`, the framework automatically serializes the render result as JSON — no business logic changes needed.
+
+## Customizing Output Structure
+
+The default output from `pack_structural!` includes an `inner` field. For full control over the output structure, define the type manually with `#[derive(StructuralData, Serialize, Groupped)]`:
+
+```rust
+// Features: ["structural_renderer"]
+// Dependencies:
+// serde = "1"
+@@@use mingling::prelude::*;
+@@@use mingling::setup::StructuralRendererSetup;
+@@@use mingling::StructuralData;
+@@@use serde::Serialize;
+@@@dispatcher!("render", CMDRender => EntryRender);
+
+#[derive(Serialize, StructuralData, Groupped)]
+struct Info {
+ name: String,
+ age: i32,
+}
+
+#[chain]
+fn handle_render(args: EntryRender) -> Next {
+ let name = args.inner.first().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+ let age = args.inner.get(1).and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
+ Info { name, age }.to_render()
+}
+
+#[renderer]
+fn render_info(info: Info) {
+ r_println!("{} is {} years old", info.name, info.age);
+}
+@@@
+@@@fn main() {
+@@@ let mut program = ThisProgram::new();
+@@@ program.with_setup(StructuralRendererSetup);
+@@@ program.with_dispatcher(CMDRender);
+@@@ program.exec();
+@@@}
+@@@gen_program!();
+```
+
+Now `--json` outputs:
+
+```json
+{ "name": "Bob", "age": 22 }
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+- Supported formats: JSON, YAML, TOML, RON (depends on enabled features)
+- `StructuralRendererSetup` registers global params like `--json`, `--yaml`, `--toml`, `--ron`
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Each type still needs an **empty Renderer**, otherwise that type **is not considered renderable**
+
+See [example-structural-renderer](https://mingling-rs.github.io/mingling/docs/example-viewer.html?name=example-structural-renderer).
+
+<p align="center" style="font-size: 0.85em; color: gray;">
+ Written by @Weicao-CatilGrass
+</p>