Add example for handling custom serialization

docs/_includes/examples/custom_serialization.rs

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+use schemars::{schema_for, JsonSchema};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+// `int_as_string` and `bool_as_string` use the schema for `String`.
+#[derive(Default, Deserialize, Serialize, JsonSchema)]
+pub struct MyStruct {
+    #[serde(default = "eight", with = "as_string")]
+    #[schemars(with = "String")]
+    pub int_as_string: i32,
+    #[serde(default = "eight")]
+    pub int_normal: i32,
+    #[serde(default, with = "as_string")]
+    #[schemars(with = "String")]
+    pub bool_as_string: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub bool_normal: bool,
+}
+
+fn eight() -> i32 {
+    8
+}
+
+// This module serializes values as strings
+mod as_string {
+    use serde::{de::Error, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<T, S>(value: &T, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        T: std::fmt::Display,
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.collect_str(value)
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<T, D::Error>
+    where
+        T: std::str::FromStr,
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let string = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        string.parse().map_err(|_| D::Error::custom("Input was not valid"))
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let schema = schema_for!(MyStruct);
+    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schema).unwrap());
+}

docs/_includes/examples/custom_serialization.schema.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "MyStruct",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "bool_as_string": {
+      "default": "false",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "bool_normal": {
+      "default": false,
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "int_as_string": {
+      "default": "8",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "int_normal": {
+      "default": 8,
+      "type": "integer",
+      "format": "int32"
+    }
+  }
+}