@azure-tools/typespec-go 0.10.7 → 0.11.1

package/dist/codegen.go/src/core/models.js

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ export function generateModels(pkg, options) {
     const modelImports = new ImportManager(pkg);
     const serdeImports = new ImportManager(pkg);
     let modelText = helpers.contentPreamble(pkg);
+    const indent = new helpers.Indentation();
     // we do model generation first as it can add imports to the imports list
-    const modelDefs = generateModelDefs(modelImports, serdeImports, pkg, options);
+    const modelDefs = generateModelDefs(modelImports, serdeImports, pkg, options, indent);
     modelText += modelImports.text();
     // structs
     let needsJSONPopulate = false;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export function generateModels(pkg, options) {
     let needsJSONPopulateMultipart = false;
     let serdeTextBody = '';
     for (const modelDef of modelDefs) {
-        modelText += modelDef.text();
+        modelText += modelDef.text(indent);
         modelDef.Methods.sort((a, b) => {
             return helpers.sortAscending(a.name, b.name);
         });
@@ -81,13 +82,13 @@ export function generateModels(pkg, options) {
         serdeImports.add('reflect');
         serdeImports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore');
         serdeTextBody += 'func populate(m map[string]any, k string, v any) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif v == nil {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if azcore.IsNullValue(v) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if !reflect.ValueOf(v).IsNil() {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = v\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if v == nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if azcore.IsNullValue(v) {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if !reflect.ValueOf(v).IsNil() {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = v\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONPopulateTime) {
@@ -95,80 +96,85 @@ export function generateModels(pkg, options) {
         serdeImports.add('reflect');
         serdeImports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore');
         serdeTextBody += 'func populateTime[T dateTimeConstraints](m map[string]any, k string, t *time.Time) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif t == nil {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if azcore.IsNullValue(t) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if !reflect.ValueOf(t).IsNil() {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tnewTime := T(*t)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = (*T)(&newTime)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if t == nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if azcore.IsNullValue(t) {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if !reflect.ValueOf(t).IsNil() {\n`;
+        indent.push();
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}newTime := T(*t)\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}m[k] = (*T)(&newTime)\n`;
+        indent.pop();
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONPopulateAny) {
         serdeImports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore');
         serdeTextBody += 'func populateAny(m map[string]any, k string, v any) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif v == nil {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if azcore.IsNullValue(v) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = v\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if v == nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if azcore.IsNullValue(v) {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = v\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONPopulateByteArray) {
         serdeImports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore');
         serdeImports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
         serdeTextBody += 'func populateByteArray[T any](m map[string]any, k string, b []T, convert func() any) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif azcore.IsNullValue(b) {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else if len(b) == 0 {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t} else {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\tm[k] = convert()\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if azcore.IsNullValue(b) {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else if len(b) == 0 {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}} else {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}m[k] = convert()\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONUnpopulate) {
         serdeImports.add('fmt');
         serdeTextBody += 'func unpopulate(data json.RawMessage, fn string, v any) error {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif data == nil || string(data) == "null" {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif err := json.Unmarshal(data, v); err != nil {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn fmt.Errorf("struct field %s: %v", fn, err)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\treturn nil\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if data == nil || string(data) == "null" {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if err := json.Unmarshal(data, v); err != nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return fmt.Errorf("struct field %s: %v", fn, err)\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}return nil\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONUnpopulateTime) {
         serdeImports.add('fmt');
         serdeImports.add('time');
         serdeTextBody += 'func unpopulateTime[T dateTimeConstraints](data json.RawMessage, fn string, t **time.Time) error {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif data == nil || string(data) == "null" {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn nil\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tvar aux T\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif err := json.Unmarshal(data, &aux); err != nil {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t\treturn fmt.Errorf("struct field %s: %v", fn, err)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t}\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tnewTime := time.Time(aux)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\t*t = &newTime\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\treturn nil\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if data == nil || string(data) == "null" {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return nil\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}var aux T\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &aux); err != nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return fmt.Errorf("struct field %s: %v", fn, err)\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}newTime := time.Time(aux)\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}*t = &newTime\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}return nil\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONPopulateMultipart) {
         serdeImports.add('encoding/json');
         serdeTextBody += 'func populateMultipartJSON(m map[string]any, k string, v any) error {\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tdata, err := json.Marshal(v)\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err\n\t}\n';
-        serdeTextBody += '\tm[k] = data\n\treturn nil\n';
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}data, err := json.Marshal(v)\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}if err != nil {\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.push().get()}return err\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}m[k] = data\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}return nil\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     if (needsJSONUnpopulateTime || needsJSONPopulateTime) {
         serdeTextBody += `type dateTimeConstraints interface {\n`;
-        serdeTextBody += `\tdatetime.PlainDate | datetime.PlainTime | datetime.RFC1123 | datetime.RFC3339 | datetime.Unix\n`;
+        serdeTextBody += `${indent.get()}datetime.PlainDate | datetime.PlainTime | datetime.RFC1123 | datetime.RFC3339 | datetime.Unix\n`;
         serdeTextBody += '}\n\n';
     }
     let serdeText = '';
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ export function generateModels(pkg, options) {
  * @param options the Go emitter options
  * @returns an array of ModelDefs
  */
-function generateModelDefs(modelImports, serdeImports, pkg, options) {
+function generateModelDefs(modelImports, serdeImports, pkg, options, indent) {
     const models = pkg.models;
     const modelDefs = new Array();
     for (const model of models) {
@@ -253,31 +259,31 @@ function generateModelDefs(modelImports, serdeImports, pkg, options) {
             // due to differences in XML marshallers/unmarshallers, we use different codegen than for JSON
             const needsXMLDictionaryUnmarshalling = needsXMLDictionaryHelper(model);
             if (needsDateTimeMarshalling || model.xml?.name || needsXMLArrayMarshalling(model) || byteArrayFormat) {
-                generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports);
+                generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, indent);
                 if (needsDateTimeMarshalling || needsXMLDictionaryUnmarshalling || byteArrayFormat) {
-                    generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports);
+                    generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, indent);
                 }
             }
             else if (needsXMLDictionaryUnmarshalling) {
-                generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports);
-                generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports);
+                generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, indent);
+                generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, indent);
             }
             modelDefs.push(modelDef);
             continue;
         }
         if (model.kind === 'polymorphicModel') {
-            generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(model.interface, modelDef);
+            generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(model.interface, modelDef, indent);
             for (let parent = model.interface.parent; parent !== undefined; parent = parent.parent) {
-                generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(parent, modelDef);
+                generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(parent, modelDef, indent);
             }
         }
         if (model.annotations.multipartFormData) {
-            generateToMultipartForm(modelDef);
+            generateToMultipartForm(modelDef, indent);
             modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONPopulateMultipart = true;
         }
         else if (!model.annotations.omitSerDeMethods) {
-            generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports);
-            generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, options);
+            generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, serdeImports, indent);
+            generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, options, serdeImports, indent);
         }
         modelDefs.push(modelDef);
     }
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ function needsXMLArrayMarshalling(modelType) {
     return false;
 }
 // generates discriminator marker method
-function generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(type, modelDef) {
+function generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(type, modelDef, indent) {
     const typeName = type.rootType.name;
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     const interfaceMethod = `Get${typeName}`;
@@ -322,37 +328,43 @@ function generateDiscriminatorMarkerMethod(type, modelDef) {
     else {
         // the marker method is on a child type, so return an instance of the parent
         // type by copying the parent values into a new instance.
-        method += `\n\treturn &${type.rootType.name}{\n`;
+        method += `\n${indent.get()}return &${type.rootType.name}{\n`;
+        indent.push();
         for (const field of type.rootType.fields) {
-            method += `\t\t${field.name}: ${modelDef.receiverName()}.${field.name},\n`;
+            method += `${indent.get()}${field.name}: ${modelDef.receiverName()}.${field.name},\n`;
         }
-        method += '\t}\n}\n\n';
+        method += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n}\n\n`;
     }
     modelDef.Methods.push({ name: interfaceMethod, desc: `${interfaceMethod} implements the ${type.name} interface for type ${modelDef.Model.name}.`, text: method });
 }
-function generateToMultipartForm(modelDef) {
+function generateToMultipartForm(modelDef, indent) {
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     let method = `func (${receiver} ${modelDef.Model.name}) toMultipartFormData() (map[string]any, error) {\n`;
-    method += '\tobjectMap := make(map[string]any)\n';
+    method += `${indent.get()}objectMap := make(map[string]any)\n`;
     for (const field of modelDef.Model.fields) {
         const fieldType = helpers.recursiveUnwrapMapSlice(field.type);
-        let setField;
         let star = '';
         if (!field.byValue) {
             star = '*';
         }
+        if (!field.byValue) {
+            method += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
+            indent.push();
+        }
         if (fieldType.kind === 'model' && !fieldType.annotations.multipartFormData) {
-            setField = `\tif err := populateMultipartJSON(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${star}${receiver}.${field.name}); err != nil {\n\t\treturn nil, err\n\t}\n`;
+            method += `${indent.get()}if err := populateMultipartJSON(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${star}${receiver}.${field.name}); err != nil {\n`;
+            method += `${indent.push().get()}return nil, err\n`;
+            method += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         }
         else {
-            setField = `\tobjectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${star}${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
+            method += `${indent.get()}objectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${star}${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
         }
         if (!field.byValue) {
-            setField = `\tif ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n\t\t${setField}\t}\n`;
+            indent.pop();
+            method += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
         }
-        method += setField;
     }
-    method += '\treturn objectMap, nil\n}\n\n';
+    method += `${indent.get()}return objectMap, nil\n}\n\n`;
     modelDef.SerDe.methods.push({ name: 'toMultipartFormData', desc: `toMultipartFormData converts ${modelDef.Model.name} to multipart/form data.`, text: method });
 }
 /**
@@ -361,8 +373,9 @@ function generateToMultipartForm(modelDef) {
  *
  * @param modelDef the type for which to emit the method
  * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
+ * @param indent the indentation helper currently in scope
  */
-function generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
+function generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, imports, indent) {
     if (modelDef.Model.kind === 'model' && modelDef.Model.fields.length === 0) {
         // non-discriminated types without content don't need a custom marshaller.
         // there is a case in network where child is allOf base and child has no properties.
@@ -372,9 +385,9 @@ function generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
     const typeName = modelDef.Model.name;
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     let marshaller = `func (${receiver} ${typeName}) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {\n`;
-    marshaller += '\tobjectMap := make(map[string]any)\n';
-    marshaller += generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports);
-    marshaller += '\treturn json.Marshal(objectMap)\n';
+    marshaller += `${indent.get()}objectMap := make(map[string]any)\n`;
+    marshaller += generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, indent);
+    marshaller += `${indent.get()}return json.Marshal(objectMap)\n`;
     marshaller += '}\n\n';
     modelDef.SerDe.methods.push({ name: 'MarshalJSON', desc: `MarshalJSON implements the json.Marshaller interface for type ${typeName}.`, text: marshaller });
 }
@@ -384,9 +397,10 @@ function generateJSONMarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
  * @param modelDef the type being encoded
  * @param receiver the name of the receiver in the MarshalJSON method
  * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
+ * @param indent the indentation helper currently in scope
  * @returns the text for encoding the target type
  */
-function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports) {
+function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, indent) {
     let marshaller = '';
     let addlProps;
     for (const field of modelDef.Model.fields) {
@@ -396,27 +410,30 @@ function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports) {
         }
         if (field.annotations.isDiscriminator) {
             if (field.defaultValue) {
-                marshaller += `\tobjectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${helpers.formatLiteralValue(field.defaultValue, true)}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}objectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${helpers.formatLiteralValue(field.defaultValue, true)}\n`;
             }
             else {
                 // if there's no discriminator value (e.g. Fish in test server), use the field's value.
                 // this will enable support for custom types that aren't (yet) described in the swagger.
-                marshaller += `\tobjectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}objectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
             }
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-            marshaller += `\tpopulateByteArray(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name}, func() any {\n`;
-            marshaller += `\t\treturn runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n\t})\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}populateByteArray(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name}, func() any {\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}return runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}})\n`;
             modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONPopulateByteArray = true;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'slice' && field.type.elementType.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-            marshaller += `\tpopulateByteArray(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name}, func() any {\n`;
-            marshaller += `\t\tencodedValue := make([]string, len(${receiver}.${field.name}))\n`;
-            marshaller += `\t\tfor i := 0; i < len(${receiver}.${field.name}); i++ {\n`;
-            marshaller += `\t\t\tencodedValue[i] = runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}[i], runtime.Base64${field.type.elementType.encoding}Format)\n\t\t}\n`;
-            marshaller += '\t\treturn encodedValue\n\t})\n';
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}populateByteArray(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name}, func() any {\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}encodedValue := make([]string, len(${receiver}.${field.name}))\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}for i := 0; i < len(${receiver}.${field.name}); i++ {\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}encodedValue[i] = runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}[i], runtime.Base64${field.type.elementType.encoding}Format)\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}return encodedValue\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}})\n`;
             modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONPopulateByteArray = true;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'slice' && field.type.elementType.kind === 'time') {
@@ -426,30 +443,34 @@ function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports) {
                 elementPtr = '';
             }
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime/datetime');
-            marshaller += `\taux := make([]${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format}, len(${source}), len(${source}))\n`;
-            marshaller += `\tfor i := 0; i < len(${source}); i++ {\n`;
-            marshaller += `\t\taux[i] = (${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format})(${source}[i])\n`;
-            marshaller += '\t}\n';
-            marshaller += `\tpopulate(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", aux)\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}aux := make([]${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format}, len(${source}), len(${source}))\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}for i := 0; i < len(${source}); i++ {\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}aux[i] = (${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format})(${source}[i])\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}populate(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", aux)\n`;
             modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONPopulate = true;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'literal') {
             const setter = `objectMap["${field.serializedName}"] = ${helpers.formatLiteralValue(field.type, true)}`;
             if (!field.annotations.required) {
-                marshaller += `\tif ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n\t\t${setter}\n\t}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}${setter}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
             }
             else {
-                marshaller += `\t${setter}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}${setter}\n`;
             }
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'rawJSON') {
-            marshaller += `\tpopulate(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", json.RawMessage(${receiver}.${field.name}))\n`;
+            marshaller += `${indent.get()}populate(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", json.RawMessage(${receiver}.${field.name}))\n`;
             modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONPopulate = true;
         }
         else {
             if (field.defaultValue) {
                 imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to');
-                marshaller += `\tif ${receiver}.${field.name} == nil {\n\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(${helpers.formatLiteralValue(field.defaultValue, true)})\n\t}\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.${field.name} == nil {\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(${helpers.formatLiteralValue(field.defaultValue, true)})\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
             }
             let populate;
             if (field.type.kind === 'time') {
@@ -470,27 +491,27 @@ function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports) {
                 imports.add('strconv');
                 imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to');
                 if ((field.type.type.startsWith('uint') && field.type.type !== 'uint64') || (field.type.type.startsWith('int') && field.type.type !== 'int64')) {
-                    marshaller += `\t${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", to.Ptr(strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'FormatInt' : 'FormatUint'}(${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'int64' : 'uint64'}(*${receiver}.${field.name}), 10)))\n`;
+                    marshaller += `${indent.get()}${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", to.Ptr(strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'FormatInt' : 'FormatUint'}(${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'int64' : 'uint64'}(*${receiver}.${field.name}), 10)))\n`;
                 }
                 else {
-                    marshaller += `\t${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", to.Ptr(strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'FormatInt' : 'FormatUint'}(*${receiver}.${field.name}, 10)))\n`;
+                    marshaller += `${indent.get()}${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", to.Ptr(strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'FormatInt' : 'FormatUint'}(*${receiver}.${field.name}, 10)))\n`;
                 }
             }
             else {
-                marshaller += `\t${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
+                marshaller += `${indent.get()}${populate}(objectMap, "${field.serializedName}", ${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
             }
         }
     }
     if (addlProps) {
-        marshaller += `\tif ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties != nil {\n`;
-        marshaller += `\t\tfor key, val := range ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties {\n`;
+        marshaller += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties != nil {\n`;
+        marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}for key, val := range ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties {\n`;
         let assignment = 'val';
         if (addlProps.valueType.kind === 'time') {
             assignment = `(*${addlProps.valueType.format})(val)`;
         }
-        marshaller += `\t\t\tobjectMap[key] = ${assignment}\n`;
-        marshaller += '\t\t}\n';
-        marshaller += '\t}\n';
+        marshaller += `${indent.push().get()}objectMap[key] = ${assignment}\n`;
+        marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        marshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     }
     return marshaller;
 }
@@ -499,10 +520,11 @@ function generateJSONMarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports) {
  * the method impl is added to modelDef.SerDe.methods.
  *
  * @param modelDef the type for which to emit the method
- * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
  * @param options the Go emitter options
+ * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
+ * @param indent the indentation helper currently in scope
  */
-function generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports, options) {
+function generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, options, imports, indent) {
     // there's a corner-case where a derived type might not add any new fields (Cookiecuttershark).
     // in this case skip adding the unmarshaller as it's not necessary and doesn't compile.
     if (modelDef.Model.fields.length === 0) {
@@ -513,11 +535,11 @@ function generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports, options) {
     const typeName = modelDef.Model.name;
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     let unmarshaller = `func (${receiver} *${typeName}) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {\n`;
-    unmarshaller += '\tvar rawMsg map[string]json.RawMessage\n';
-    unmarshaller += '\tif err := json.Unmarshal(data, &rawMsg); err != nil {\n';
-    unmarshaller += `\t\treturn fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n`;
-    unmarshaller += '\t}\n';
-    unmarshaller += generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, options);
+    unmarshaller += `${indent.get()}var rawMsg map[string]json.RawMessage\n`;
+    unmarshaller += `${indent.get()}if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &rawMsg); err != nil {\n`;
+    unmarshaller += `${indent.push().get()}return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n`;
+    unmarshaller += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+    unmarshaller += generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, options, imports, indent);
     unmarshaller += '}\n\n';
     modelDef.SerDe.methods.push({ name: 'UnmarshalJSON', desc: `UnmarshalJSON implements the json.Unmarshaller interface for type ${typeName}.`, text: unmarshaller });
 }
@@ -526,25 +548,27 @@ function generateJSONUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports, options) {
  *
  * @param modelDef the type being decoded
  * @param receiver the receiver for the UnmarshalJSON method
- * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
  * @param options the Go emitter options
+ * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
+ * @param indent the indentation helper currently in scope
  * @returns the text for decoding the target type
  */
-function generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, options) {
+function generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, options, imports, indent) {
     // we almost always need to have an error check when unmarshaling the values.
     // however, fields that are raw JSON don't require any unmarshaling. so, if all
     // of the fields in a type are raw JSON, then the error check isn't necessary
     // and can be elided (the linter complains about it otherwise).
     let needsErrCheck = false;
-    const emitAddlProps = function (tab, addlProps) {
-        let addlPropsText = `${tab}\t\tif ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties == nil {\n`;
+    const emitAddlProps = function (addlProps) {
+        // indent is at the case body level when called
+        let addlPropsText = `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.AdditionalProperties == nil {\n`;
         let ref = '';
         if (!addlProps.valueTypeByValue) {
             ref = '&';
         }
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t\t${receiver}.AdditionalProperties = ${go.getTypeDeclaration(addlProps, modelDef.Model.pkg)}{}\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t}\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\tif val != nil {\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.AdditionalProperties = ${go.getTypeDeclaration(addlProps, modelDef.Model.pkg)}{}\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.get()}if val != nil {\n`;
         let auxType = go.getTypeDeclaration(addlProps.valueType, modelDef.Model.pkg);
         let assignment = `${ref}aux`;
         if (addlProps.valueType.kind === 'time') {
@@ -552,30 +576,32 @@ function generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, options) {
             auxType = addlProps.valueType.format;
             assignment = `(*time.Time)(${assignment})`;
         }
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t\tvar aux ${auxType}\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t\terr = json.Unmarshal(val, &aux)\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t\t${receiver}.AdditionalProperties[key] = ${assignment}\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\t}\n`;
-        addlPropsText += `${tab}\t\tdelete(rawMsg, key)\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.push().get()}var aux ${auxType}\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.get()}err = json.Unmarshal(val, &aux)\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.get()}${receiver}.AdditionalProperties[key] = ${assignment}\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+        addlPropsText += `${indent.get()}delete(rawMsg, key)\n`;
         needsErrCheck = true;
         return addlPropsText;
     };
     const emitSwitchCase = function () {
+        // indent is at level 2 (for loop body) when called
         let unmarshalBody = '';
         let addlProps;
-        unmarshalBody += '\t\tswitch key {\n';
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}switch key {\n`;
         for (const field of modelDef.Model.fields) {
             if (field.type.kind === 'map' && field.annotations.isAdditionalProperties) {
                 addlProps = field.type;
                 continue;
             }
-            unmarshalBody += `\t\tcase "${field.serializedName}":\n`;
+            unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}case "${field.serializedName}":\n`;
+            indent.push(); // case body level
             if (hasDiscriminatorInterface(field.type)) {
-                unmarshalBody += generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller(modelDef.Model, field, receiver);
+                unmarshalBody += generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller(modelDef.Model, field, receiver, indent);
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
             else if (field.type.kind === 'time') {
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\terr = unpopulateTime[datetime.${field.type.format}](val, "${field.name}", &${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}err = unpopulateTime[datetime.${field.type.format}](val, "${field.name}", &${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
                 modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONUnpopulateTime = true;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
@@ -586,89 +612,111 @@ function generateJSONUnmarshallerBody(modelDef, receiver, imports, options) {
                 if (field.type.elementTypeByValue) {
                     elementPtr = '';
                 }
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\tvar aux []${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format}\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\terr = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &aux)\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\tfor _, au := range aux {\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = append(${receiver}.${field.name}, (${elementPtr}time.Time)(au))\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\t}\n';
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}var aux []${elementPtr}datetime.${field.type.elementType.format}\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}err = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &aux)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}for _, au := range aux {\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = append(${receiver}.${field.name}, (${elementPtr}time.Time)(au))\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
                 modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONUnpopulate = true;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
             else if (field.type.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
                 imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\tif val != nil && string(val) != "null" {\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\terr = runtime.DecodeByteArray(string(val), &${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n\t\t}\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if val != nil && string(val) != "null" {\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}err = runtime.DecodeByteArray(string(val), &${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
             else if (field.type.kind === 'slice' && field.type.elementType.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
                 imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\tvar encodedValue []string\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\terr = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &encodedValue)\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\tif err == nil && len(encodedValue) > 0 {\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = make([][]byte, len(encodedValue))\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\t\tfor i := 0; i < len(encodedValue) && err == nil; i++ {\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\terr = runtime.DecodeByteArray(encodedValue[i], &${receiver}.${field.name}[i], runtime.Base64${field.type.elementType.encoding}Format)\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n';
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}var encodedValue []string\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}err = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &encodedValue)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if err == nil && len(encodedValue) > 0 {\n`;
+                indent.push();
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = make([][]byte, len(encodedValue))\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}for i := 0; i < len(encodedValue) && err == nil; i++ {\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}err = runtime.DecodeByteArray(encodedValue[i], &${receiver}.${field.name}[i], runtime.Base64${field.type.elementType.encoding}Format)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+                indent.pop();
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
                 modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONUnpopulate = true;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
             else if (field.type.kind === 'rawJSON') {
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\tif string(val) != "null" {\n';
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = val\n\t\t\t}\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if string(val) != "null" {\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = val\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
             }
             else if (field.type.kind === 'scalar' && (field.type.type.startsWith('uint') || field.type.type.startsWith('int')) && field.type.encodeAsString) {
                 // TODO: need to handle map and slice type with underlying int as string type
                 imports.add('strconv');
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\tvar aux string\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\terr = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &aux)\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\tif err == nil {\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\tvar v ${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'int64' : 'uint64'}\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\tv, err = strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'ParseInt' : 'ParseUint'}(aux, 10, 0)\n`;
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\tif err == nil {\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}var aux string\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}err = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &aux)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if err == nil {\n`;
+                indent.push();
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}var v ${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'int64' : 'uint64'}\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}v, err = strconv.${field.type.type.startsWith('int') ? 'ParseInt' : 'ParseUint'}(aux, 10, 0)\n`;
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if err == nil {\n`;
                 if ((field.type.type.startsWith('uint') && field.type.type !== 'uint64') || (field.type.type.startsWith('int') && field.type.type !== 'int64')) {
-                    unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(${field.type.type}(v))\n`;
+                    unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(${field.type.type}(v))\n`;
                 }
                 else {
-                    unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\t\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(v)\n`;
+                    unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = to.Ptr(v)\n`;
                 }
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\t\t\t}\n';
-                unmarshalBody += '\t\t\t\t}\n';
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+                indent.pop();
+                unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
                 modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONUnpopulate = true;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
             else {
-                unmarshalBody += `\t\t\t\terr = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
+                const unpopulateField = `err = unpopulate(val, "${field.name}", &${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
+                if (field.type.kind === 'string' && field.annotations.unmarshalEmptyStringAsNil) {
+                    unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}${helpers.buildIfBlock(indent, {
+                        condition: `string(val) != \`""\``,
+                        body: (indent) => `${indent.get()}${unpopulateField}`,
+                    })}\n`;
+                }
+                else {
+                    unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}${unpopulateField}`;
+                }
                 modelDef.SerDe.needsJSONUnpopulate = true;
                 needsErrCheck = true;
             }
-            unmarshalBody += '\t\t\tdelete(rawMsg, key)\n';
+            unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}delete(rawMsg, key)\n`;
+            indent.pop(); // back to switch level
         }
         if (addlProps) {
-            unmarshalBody += '\t\tdefault:\n';
-            unmarshalBody += emitAddlProps('\t', addlProps);
+            unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}default:\n`;
+            indent.push(); // case body level
+            unmarshalBody += emitAddlProps(addlProps);
+            indent.pop();
         }
         else if (options.disallowUnknownFields) {
-            unmarshalBody += '\t\tdefault:\n';
-            unmarshalBody += `\t\t\terr = fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T, unknown field %q", ${receiver}, key)\n`;
+            unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}default:\n`;
+            unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}err = fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T, unknown field %q", ${receiver}, key)\n`;
+            indent.pop();
             needsErrCheck = true;
         }
-        unmarshalBody += '\t\t}\n';
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
         return unmarshalBody;
     };
-    let unmarshalBody = '\tfor key, val := range rawMsg {\n';
+    let unmarshalBody = `${indent.get()}for key, val := range rawMsg {\n`;
+    indent.push(); // level 2 (for loop body)
     // emitSwitchCase sets needsErrCheck so we must call it first
     const switchCaseBody = emitSwitchCase();
     if (needsErrCheck) {
-        unmarshalBody += '\t\tvar err error\n';
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}var err error\n`;
     }
     unmarshalBody += switchCaseBody;
     if (needsErrCheck) {
-        unmarshalBody += '\t\tif err != nil {\n';
-        unmarshalBody += `\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n`;
-        unmarshalBody += '\t\t}\n';
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}if err != nil {\n`;
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.push().get()}return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n`;
+        unmarshalBody += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     }
-    unmarshalBody += '\t}\n'; // end for key, val := range rawMsg
-    unmarshalBody += '\treturn nil\n';
+    indent.pop(); // level 1
+    unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}}\n`; // end for key, val := range rawMsg
+    unmarshalBody += `${indent.get()}return nil\n`;
     return unmarshalBody;
 }
 // returns true if item has a discriminator interface.
@@ -686,25 +734,25 @@ function hasDiscriminatorInterface(item) {
     }
 }
 // returns the text for unmarshalling a discriminated type
-function generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller(modelType, field, receiver) {
-    const startingIndentation = '\t\t\t';
+function generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller(modelType, field, receiver, indent) {
     const propertyName = field.name;
     // these are the simple, non-nested cases (e.g. IterfaceType, []InterfaceType, map[string]InterfaceType)
     if (field.type.kind === 'interface') {
-        return `${startingIndentation}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.name}(val)\n`;
+        return `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.name}(val)\n`;
     }
     else if (field.type.kind === 'slice' && field.type.elementType.kind === 'interface') {
-        return `${startingIndentation}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.elementType.name}Array(val)\n`;
+        return `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.elementType.name}Array(val)\n`;
     }
     else if (field.type.kind === 'map' && field.type.valueType.kind === 'interface') {
-        return `${startingIndentation}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.valueType.name}Map(val)\n`;
+        return `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${propertyName}, err = unmarshal${field.type.valueType.name}Map(val)\n`;
     }
     // nested case (e.g. [][]InterfaceType, map[string]map[string]InterfaceType etc)
     // first, unmarshal the raw data
     const rawTargetVar = `${field.serializedName}Raw`;
-    let text = `${startingIndentation}var ${rawTargetVar} ${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, field.type, true)}\n`;
-    text += `${startingIndentation}if err = json.Unmarshal(val, &${rawTargetVar}); err != nil {\n`;
-    text += `${startingIndentation}\treturn err\n${startingIndentation}}\n`;
+    let text = `${indent.get()}var ${rawTargetVar} ${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, field.type, true)}\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}if err = json.Unmarshal(val, &${rawTargetVar}); err != nil {\n`;
+    text += `${indent.push().get()}return err\n`;
+    text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     // create a local instantiation of the final type
     const finalTargetVar = field.serializedName;
     let finalTargetCtor = recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, field.type, false);
@@ -715,11 +763,11 @@ function generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller(modelType, field, receiver) {
         // must be a dictionary
         finalTargetCtor = `${finalTargetCtor}{}`;
     }
-    text += `${startingIndentation}${finalTargetVar} := ${finalTargetCtor}\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}${finalTargetVar} := ${finalTargetCtor}\n`;
     // now populate the final type
-    text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, field.type, receiver, rawTargetVar, finalTargetVar, startingIndentation, 1);
+    text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, field.type, receiver, rawTargetVar, finalTargetVar, indent, 1);
     // finally, assign the final target to the property
-    text += `${startingIndentation}${receiver}.${propertyName} = ${finalTargetVar}\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${propertyName} = ${finalTargetVar}\n`;
     return text;
 }
 // constructs the type name for a nested discriminated type
@@ -750,7 +798,7 @@ function recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, item, raw) {
  * @param receiver the name of the receiver for the method to contain the expression
  * @param rawSrc contains the raw unmarshaled JSON source
  * @param dest the variable that will contain the result of the expression
- * @param indent the current level of indentation (increases with each recursive call)
+ * @param indent the current indentation helper (level increases with each recursive call)
  * @param nesting the current level of nesting (increments with each recursive call)
  * @returns the text populating the discriminator
  */
@@ -762,13 +810,15 @@ function recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item, receiver, rawSrc, dest,
         if (item.elementType.kind !== 'interface') {
             if (nesting > 1) {
                 // at nestling level 1, the destination var was already created in generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller()
-                text += `${indent}${dest} = make(${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, item, false)}, len(${rawSrc}))\n`;
+                text += `${indent.get()}${dest} = make(${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, item, false)}, len(${rawSrc}))\n`;
             }
-            text += `${indent}for i${nesting} := range ${rawSrc} {\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}for i${nesting} := range ${rawSrc} {\n`;
             rawSrc = `${rawSrc}[i${nesting}]`; // source becomes each element in the source slice
             dest = `${dest}[i${nesting}]`; // update destination to each element in the destination slice
-            text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item.elementType, receiver, rawSrc, dest, indent + '\t', nesting + 1);
-            text += `${indent}}\n`;
+            indent.push();
+            text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item.elementType, receiver, rawSrc, dest, indent, nesting + 1);
+            indent.pop();
+            text += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
             return text;
         }
         // we're at leaf node - 1, so get the interface from the element's type
@@ -779,21 +829,25 @@ function recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item, receiver, rawSrc, dest,
         if (item.valueType.kind !== 'interface') {
             if (nesting > 1) {
                 // at nestling level 1, the destination var was already created in generateDiscriminatorUnmarshaller()
-                text += `${indent}${dest} = ${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, item, false)}{}\n`;
+                text += `${indent.get()}${dest} = ${recursiveGetDiscriminatorTypeName(modelType, item, false)}{}\n`;
             }
-            text += `${indent}for k${nesting}, v${nesting} := range ${rawSrc} {\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}for k${nesting}, v${nesting} := range ${rawSrc} {\n`;
             rawSrc = `v${nesting}`; // source becomes the current value in the source map
             dest = `${dest}[k${nesting}]`; // update destination to the destination map's value for the current key
-            text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item.valueType, receiver, rawSrc, dest, indent + '\t', nesting + 1);
-            text += `${indent}}\n`;
+            indent.push();
+            text += recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item.valueType, receiver, rawSrc, dest, indent, nesting + 1);
+            indent.pop();
+            text += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
             return text;
         }
         // we're at leaf node - 1, so get the interface from the element's type
         interfaceName = go.getTypeDeclaration(item.valueType, modelType.pkg);
         targetType = 'Map';
     }
-    text += `${indent}${dest}, err = unmarshal${interfaceName}${targetType}(${rawSrc})\n`;
-    text += `${indent}if err != nil {\n${indent}\treturn fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n${indent}}\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}${dest}, err = unmarshal${interfaceName}${targetType}(${rawSrc})\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}if err != nil {\n`;
+    text += `${indent.push().get()}return fmt.Errorf("unmarshalling type %T: %v", ${receiver}, err)\n`;
+    text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     return text;
 }
 /**
@@ -803,33 +857,35 @@ function recursivePopulateDiscriminator(modelType, item, receiver, rawSrc, dest,
  * @param modelDef the type for which to implement MarshalXML
  * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
  */
-function generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
+function generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, imports, indent) {
     // only needed for types with time.Time, maps, or where the XML name doesn't match the type name
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     const desc = `MarshalXML implements the xml.Marshaller interface for type ${modelDef.Model.name}.`;
     let text = `func (${receiver} ${modelDef.Model.name}) MarshalXML(enc *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartElement) error {\n`;
     if (modelDef.Model.xml?.name) {
-        text += `\tstart.Name.Local = "${modelDef.Model.xml.name}"\n`;
+        text += `${indent.get()}start.Name.Local = "${modelDef.Model.xml.name}"\n`;
     }
-    text += generateAliasType(modelDef.Model, receiver, true, imports);
+    text += generateAliasType(modelDef.Model, receiver, true, imports, indent);
     for (const field of modelDef.Model.fields) {
         if (field.type.kind === 'slice') {
-            text += `\tif ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
-            text += `\t\taux.${field.name} = &${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
-            text += '\t}\n';
+            text += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
+            text += `${indent.push().get()}aux.${field.name} = &${receiver}.${field.name}\n`;
+            text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         }
         else if (field.annotations.isAdditionalProperties || field.type.kind === 'map') {
-            text += `\taux.${field.name} = (additionalProperties)(${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}aux.${field.name} = (additionalProperties)(${receiver}.${field.name})\n`;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-            text += `\tif ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
-            text += `\t\tencoded${field.name} := runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n`;
-            text += `\t\taux.${field.name} = &encoded${field.name}\n`;
-            text += '\t}\n';
+            text += `${indent.get()}if ${receiver}.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
+            indent.push();
+            text += `${indent.get()}encoded${field.name} := runtime.EncodeByteArray(${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format)\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}aux.${field.name} = &encoded${field.name}\n`;
+            indent.pop();
+            text += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
         }
     }
-    text += '\treturn enc.EncodeElement(aux, start)\n';
+    text += `${indent.get()}return enc.EncodeElement(aux, start)\n`;
     text += '}\n\n';
     modelDef.SerDe.methods.push({ name: 'MarshalXML', desc: desc, text: text });
 }
@@ -840,33 +896,36 @@ function generateXMLMarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
  * @param modelDef the type for which to implement UnmarshalXML
  * @param imports the import manager currently in scope
  */
-function generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
+function generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports, indent) {
     // non-polymorphic case, must be something with time.Time
     const receiver = modelDef.receiverName();
     const desc = `UnmarshalXML implements the xml.Unmarshaller interface for type ${modelDef.Model.name}.`;
     let text = `func (${receiver} *${modelDef.Model.name}) UnmarshalXML(dec *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {\n`;
-    text += generateAliasType(modelDef.Model, receiver, false, imports);
-    text += '\tif err := dec.DecodeElement(aux, &start); err != nil {\n';
-    text += '\t\treturn err\n';
-    text += '\t}\n';
+    text += generateAliasType(modelDef.Model, receiver, false, imports, indent);
+    text += `${indent.get()}if err := dec.DecodeElement(aux, &start); err != nil {\n`;
+    text += `${indent.push().get()}return err\n`;
+    text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     for (const field of modelDef.Model.fields) {
         if (field.type.kind === 'time') {
-            text += `\tif aux.${field.name} != nil && !(*time.Time)(aux.${field.name}).IsZero() {\n`;
-            text += `\t\t${receiver}.${field.name} = (*time.Time)(aux.${field.name})\n\t}\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}if aux.${field.name} != nil && !(*time.Time)(aux.${field.name}).IsZero() {\n`;
+            text += `${indent.push().get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = (*time.Time)(aux.${field.name})\n`;
+            text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
         }
         else if (field.annotations.isAdditionalProperties || field.type.kind === 'map') {
-            text += `\t${receiver}.${field.name} = (map[string]*string)(aux.${field.name})\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${receiver}.${field.name} = (map[string]*string)(aux.${field.name})\n`;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime');
-            text += `\tif aux.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
-            text += `\t\tif err := runtime.DecodeByteArray(*aux.${field.name}, &${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format); err != nil {\n`;
-            text += '\t\t\treturn err\n';
-            text += '\t\t}\n';
-            text += '\t}\n';
+            text += `${indent.get()}if aux.${field.name} != nil {\n`;
+            indent.push();
+            text += `${indent.get()}if err := runtime.DecodeByteArray(*aux.${field.name}, &${receiver}.${field.name}, runtime.Base64${field.type.encoding}Format); err != nil {\n`;
+            text += `${indent.push().get()}return err\n`;
+            text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
+            indent.pop();
+            text += `${indent.get()}}\n`;
         }
     }
-    text += '\treturn nil\n';
+    text += `${indent.get()}return nil\n`;
     text += '}\n\n';
     modelDef.SerDe.methods.push({ name: 'UnmarshalXML', desc: desc, text: text });
 }
@@ -878,32 +937,32 @@ function generateXMLUnmarshaller(modelDef, imports) {
  * @param forMarshal when true, indicates type is to be used in a marshaller (else an unmarshaller)
  * @returns the text for an initialized type alias
  */
-function generateAliasType(modelType, receiver, forMarshal, imports) {
-    let text = `\ttype alias ${modelType.name}\n`;
-    text += '\taux := &struct {\n';
-    text += '\t\t*alias\n';
+function generateAliasType(modelType, receiver, forMarshal, imports, indent) {
+    let text = `${indent.get()}type alias ${modelType.name}\n`;
+    text += `${indent.get()}aux := &struct {\n`;
+    text += `${indent.push().get()}*alias\n`;
     for (const field of modelType.fields) {
         const sn = getXMLSerialization(field);
         if (field.type.kind === 'time') {
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime/datetime');
-            text += `\t\t${field.name} *datetime.${field.type.format} \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name} *datetime.${field.type.format} \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
         }
         else if (field.annotations.isAdditionalProperties || field.type.kind === 'map') {
-            text += `\t\t${field.name} additionalProperties \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name} additionalProperties \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'slice') {
-            text += `\t\t${field.name} *${go.getTypeDeclaration(field.type, modelType.pkg)} \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name} *${go.getTypeDeclaration(field.type, modelType.pkg)} \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
         }
         else if (field.type.kind === 'encodedBytes') {
-            text += `\t\t${field.name} *string \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name} *string \`xml:"${sn}"\`\n`;
         }
     }
-    text += '\t}{\n';
+    text += `${indent.pop().get()}}{\n`;
     let rec = receiver;
     if (forMarshal) {
         rec = '&' + rec;
     }
-    text += `\t\talias: (*alias)(${rec}),\n`;
+    text += `${indent.push().get()}alias: (*alias)(${rec}),\n`;
     if (forMarshal) {
         // emit code to initialize time fields
         for (const field of modelType.fields) {
@@ -911,10 +970,10 @@ function generateAliasType(modelType, receiver, forMarshal, imports) {
                 continue;
             }
             imports.add('github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/runtime/datetime');
-            text += `\t\t${field.name}: (*datetime.${field.type.format})(${receiver}.${field.name}),\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name}: (*datetime.${field.type.format})(${receiver}.${field.name}),\n`;
         }
     }
-    text += '\t}\n';
+    text += `${indent.pop().get()}}\n`;
     return text;
 }
 /** used to track which serde helpers and methods are required for a struct */
@@ -951,7 +1010,7 @@ class ModelDef {
         this.Methods = new Array();
     }
     /** returns the text for the struct definition */
-    text() {
+    text(indent) {
         let text = helpers.formatDocComment(this.Model.docs);
         text += `type ${this.Model.name} struct {\n`;
         // group fields by required/optional/read-only in that order
@@ -994,7 +1053,7 @@ class ModelDef {
             if (this.Format === 'XML' && !field.annotations.isAdditionalProperties) {
                 tag = ` \`xml:"${serialization}"\``;
             }
-            text += `\t${field.name} ${helpers.star(field.byValue)}${typeName}${tag}\n`;
+            text += `${indent.get()}${field.name} ${helpers.star(field.byValue)}${typeName}${tag}\n`;
             first = false;
         }
         text += '}\n\n';