feat: add serde serialization support behind serde feature flag

Add Serialize/Deserialize derives to all public data types (ParamValue,
Distribution, Direction, TrialState, ParamId, AttrValue, CompletedTrial)
gated behind a `serde` feature flag. Introduce StudySnapshot struct and
Study::save()/Study::load() for persisting and restoring study state as
human-readable JSON.

tests/serde_tests.rs

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+#![cfg(feature = "serde")]
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use optimizer::parameter::{FloatParam, IntParam, Parameter};
+use optimizer::sampler::CompletedTrial;
+use optimizer::{Direction, ParamValue, Study, StudySnapshot, TrialState};
+
+#[test]
+fn round_trip_save_load() {
+    let study: Study<f64> = Study::new(Direction::Minimize);
+    let x = FloatParam::new(-10.0, 10.0).name("x");
+    let n = IntParam::new(1, 100).name("n");
+
+    study
+        .optimize(5, |trial| {
+            let x_val = x.suggest(trial)?;
+            let n_val = n.suggest(trial)?;
+            Ok::<_, optimizer::Error>(x_val * x_val + n_val as f64)
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let path = dir.join("study.json");
+
+    study.save(&path).unwrap();
+    let loaded: Study<f64> = Study::load(&path).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(loaded.direction(), study.direction());
+    assert_eq!(loaded.n_trials(), study.n_trials());
+
+    let orig_trials = study.trials();
+    let loaded_trials = loaded.trials();
+
+    for (orig, loaded) in orig_trials.iter().zip(loaded_trials.iter()) {
+        assert_eq!(orig.id, loaded.id);
+        assert!((orig.value - loaded.value).abs() < 1e-10);
+        assert_eq!(orig.state, loaded.state);
+        assert_eq!(orig.params.len(), loaded.params.len());
+        assert_eq!(orig.distributions, loaded.distributions);
+        assert_eq!(orig.param_labels, loaded.param_labels);
+    }
+
+    // Clean up
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn json_output_is_human_readable() {
+    let study: Study<f64> = Study::new(Direction::Maximize);
+    let x = FloatParam::new(0.0, 1.0).name("x");
+
+    study
+        .optimize(2, |trial| {
+            let v = x.suggest(trial)?;
+            Ok::<_, optimizer::Error>(v)
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let path = dir.join("study.json");
+    study.save(&path).unwrap();
+
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
+
+    // Verify it's pretty-printed JSON with recognizable fields
+    assert!(contents.contains("\"version\""));
+    assert!(contents.contains("\"direction\""));
+    assert!(contents.contains("\"trials\""));
+    assert!(contents.contains("\"next_trial_id\""));
+    assert!(contents.contains("\"Maximize\""));
+
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn round_trip_empty_study() {
+    let study: Study<f64> = Study::new(Direction::Minimize);
+
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let path = dir.join("empty.json");
+
+    study.save(&path).unwrap();
+    let loaded: Study<f64> = Study::load(&path).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(loaded.direction(), Direction::Minimize);
+    assert_eq!(loaded.n_trials(), 0);
+
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_version_field_is_present() {
+    let study: Study<f64> = Study::new(Direction::Minimize);
+
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let path = dir.join("version.json");
+    study.save(&path).unwrap();
+
+    let contents = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
+    let snapshot: StudySnapshot<f64> = serde_json::from_str(&contents).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(snapshot.version, 1);
+
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn completed_trial_serde_round_trip() {
+    let trial = CompletedTrial::new(42, HashMap::new(), HashMap::new(), HashMap::new(), 2.78);
+
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(&trial).unwrap();
+    let deserialized: CompletedTrial<f64> = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(deserialized.id, 42);
+    assert_eq!(deserialized.value, 2.78);
+    assert_eq!(deserialized.state, TrialState::Complete);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn param_value_serde_round_trip() {
+    let values = vec![
+        ParamValue::Float(1.23),
+        ParamValue::Int(42),
+        ParamValue::Categorical(2),
+    ];
+
+    for val in &values {
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(val).unwrap();
+        let deserialized: ParamValue = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(&deserialized, val);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn direction_serde_round_trip() {
+    let min_json = serde_json::to_string(&Direction::Minimize).unwrap();
+    let max_json = serde_json::to_string(&Direction::Maximize).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<Direction>(&min_json).unwrap(),
+        Direction::Minimize
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<Direction>(&max_json).unwrap(),
+        Direction::Maximize
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn round_trip_preserves_trial_id_counter() {
+    let study: Study<f64> = Study::new(Direction::Minimize);
+    let x = FloatParam::new(0.0, 1.0);
+
+    study
+        .optimize(10, |trial| {
+            let v = x.suggest(trial)?;
+            Ok::<_, optimizer::Error>(v)
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let dir = tempdir();
+    let path = dir.join("counter.json");
+    study.save(&path).unwrap();
+
+    let loaded: Study<f64> = Study::load(&path).unwrap();
+
+    // Creating a new trial should use an ID >= 10
+    let trial = loaded.create_trial();
+    assert!(trial.id() >= 10);
+
+    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir).ok();
+}
+
+/// Helper to create a unique temporary directory.
+fn tempdir() -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+    static COUNTER: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+    let id = COUNTER.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let dir =
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("optimizer_serde_test_{}_{id}", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+    dir
+}