Crate byteable 

Byteable

A Rust crate for converting Rust types to and from byte arrays, facilitating easy serialization and deserialization, especially for network protocols or embedded systems. It provides traits for working with byte arrays, byteable types, and handling endianness.

Features

• derive: Enables the Byteable derive macro for automatic implementation of the Byteable trait.
• tokio: Provides asynchronous read and write capabilities using tokio’s I/O traits.

Usage

Basic Byteable Conversion

Implement the Byteable trait manually or use the #[derive(Byteable)] macro (with the derive feature enabled):

use byteable::{Byteable, ReadByteable, WriteByteable, LittleEndian};
use std::io::Cursor;

#[derive(Byteable, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Debug)]
#[repr(C, packed)]
struct MyPacket {
    id: u16,
    value: LittleEndian<u32>,
}

let packet = MyPacket {
    id: 123,
    value: LittleEndian::new(0x01020304),
};

// Convert to byte array
let byte_array = packet.as_bytearray();

// Write to a writer. Cursor implements `std::io::Write`,
// thus it gains `write_one` from `WriteByteable`.
let mut buffer = Cursor::new(vec![]);
buffer.write_one(packet).unwrap();
assert_eq!(buffer.into_inner(), vec![123, 0, 4, 3, 2, 1]);

// Read from a reader. Cursor implements `std::io::Read`,
// thus it gains `read_one` from `ReadByteable`.
let mut reader = Cursor::new(vec![123, 0, 4, 3, 2, 1]);
let read_packet: MyPacket = reader.read_one().unwrap();
assert_eq!(read_packet, packet);

Endianness Handling

Use BigEndian<T> or LittleEndian<T> wrappers to control the byte order of primitive types.

use byteable::{BigEndian, LittleEndian, Endianable};

let value_be = BigEndian::new(0x01020304u32);
assert_eq!(value_be.get_raw().to_ne_bytes(), [1, 2, 3, 4]);

let value_le = LittleEndian::new(0x01020304u32);
assert_eq!(value_le.get_raw().to_ne_bytes(), [4, 3, 2, 1]);

Asynchronous I/O (with tokio feature)

#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
async fn async_example() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    use byteable::{Byteable, AsyncReadByteable, AsyncWriteByteable, LittleEndian};
    use std::io::Cursor;

    #[derive(Byteable, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Debug)]
    #[repr(C, packed)]
    struct AsyncPacket {
        sequence: u8,
        data: LittleEndian<u16>,
    }

    let packet = AsyncPacket {
        sequence: 5,
        data: LittleEndian::new(0xAABB),
    };

    let mut buffer = Cursor::new(vec![]);
    buffer.write_one(packet).await?;
    assert_eq!(buffer.into_inner(), vec![5, 0xBB, 0xAA]);

    let mut reader = Cursor::new(vec![5, 0xBB, 0xAA]);
    let read_packet: AsyncPacket = reader.read_one().await?;
    assert_eq!(read_packet, packet);
    Ok(())
}

Structs

BigEndian

A wrapper type that ensures the inner Endianable value is treated as Big-Endian.

LittleEndian

A wrapper type that ensures the inner Endianable value is treated as Little-Endian.

Traits

Byteable

Trait for types that can be converted to and from a ByteableByteArray.

ByteableByteArray

Trait for types that can be represented as a byte array.

ByteableRaw

ByteableRegular

Endianable

Trait for types that support endianness conversion.

ReadByteable

Extends std::io::Read with a method to read a Byteable type.

WriteByteable

Extends std::io::Write with a method to write a Byteable type.

Derive Macros

Byteable

Implements the Byteable trait for a struct.