// Copyright 2024 Gabriel Bjørnager Jensen. // // This file is part of bzipper. // // bzipper is free software: you can redistribute // it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU // Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 // of the License, or (at your option) any later // version. // // bzipper is distributed in the hope that it will // be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without // even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU // Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Less- // er General Public License along with bzipper. If // not, see . #![doc(html_logo_url = "https://gitlab.com/bjoernager/bzipper/-/raw/master/doc-icon.svg?ref_type=heads")] //! Binary (de)serialisation. //! //! Contrary to [Serde](https://crates.io/crates/serde/)/[Bincode](https://crates.io/crates/bincode/), the goal of `bzipper` is to serialise with a known size constraint. //! Therefore, this crate may be more suited for networking or other cases where a fixed-sized buffer is needed. //! //! Keep in mind that this project is still work-in-progress. //! //! This crate does not require any dependencies at the moment. //! It is also compatible with `no_std`. //! //! # Data model //! //! Most primitive types serialise losslessly, with the exception being [`usize`] and [`isize`]. //! These serialise as [`u16`] and [`i16`], respectively, for portability reasons. //! //! Unsized types, such as [`str`] and [slices](slice), are not supported. //! Instead, [arrays](array) should be used. //! For strings, the [`FixedString`] type is also provided. //! //! # Usage //! //! This crate revolves around the [`Serialise`] and [`Deserialise`] traits, both of which work around streams (more specifically, [d-streams](Dstream) and [s-streams](Sstream)). //! //! Many core types come implemented with `bzipper`, including primitives as well as some standard library types such as [`Option`] and [`Result`](core::result::Result). //! //! ## Serialisation //! //! To serialise an object implementing `Serialise`, simply allocate a so-called "s-stream" (short for *serialisation stream*) with the [`Sstream`] type: //! //! ``` //! let mut buf: [u8; 16] = Default::default(); //! //! let mut stream = bzipper::Sstream::new(&mut buf); //! ``` //! //! The resulting stream is immutable in the sense that it cannot grow its buffer, altough it does keep track of the buffer's state. //! //! A byte sequence can be added to our new stream by passing the stream to a call to the [`serialise`](Serialise::serialise) method: //! //! ``` //! use bzipper::Serialise; //! //! let mut buf: [u8; 2] = Default::default(); //! let mut stream = bzipper::Sstream::new(&mut buf); //! //! 0x4554_u16.serialise(&mut stream).unwrap(); //! ``` //! //! The ammount of bytes used by the serialiser (that is, the ammount of bytes written to the stream) is indicated by its return value (i.e. it has the type `Result`). //! //! Whilst the *maximum* ammount of bytes is specified by the [`SERIALISE_LIMIT`](Serialise::SERIALISE_LIMIT) constant, this can in cases be lower (for example with [`None`] variants which are always encoded as a single, null byte). //! //! When serialising primitives, the resulting byte stream is in big endian (a.k.a. network endian). //! It is recommended for implementors to adhere to this convention as well. //! //! After serialisation, the s-stream records the new write-to position of the buffer. This allows for *chaining* of serialisations, which can prove useful when implementing the trait for custom types. //! //! ## Deserialisation //! //! As with serialisation, deserialisation uses streams (just with the [`Dstream`] type; short for *deserialisation stream*): //! //! ``` //! let data = [0x45, 0x54]; //! //! let mut stream = bzipper::Dstream::new(&data); //! ``` //! //! Using these streams is also just as simple as with s-streams: //! //! ``` //! use bzipper::Deserialise; //! //! let data = [0x45, 0x54]; //! let mut stream = bzipper::Dstream::new(&data); //! //! assert_eq!(u16::deserialise(&mut stream).unwrap(), 0x4554); //! ``` //! //! When chaining serialisations, keep in mind that appropriate deserialisations should come in **reverse order** (streams function similarly to stacks in this sense). #![no_std] extern crate alloc; macro_rules! use_mod { ($vis:vis $name:ident) => { mod $name; $vis use $name::*; }; } pub(in crate) use use_mod; use_mod!(pub buffer); use_mod!(pub deserialise); use_mod!(pub dstream); use_mod!(pub error); use_mod!(pub fixed_string); use_mod!(pub fixed_string_iter); use_mod!(pub serialise); use_mod!(pub sstream);