antlr4_runtime/byte_stream.rs
1//! A byte-oriented [`CharStream`] for parsing binary formats.
2//!
3//! ANTLR grammars normally consume Unicode text, but many real-world formats
4//! are raw bytes: chunk containers (RIFF/WAV), fixed-width records (tar), and
5//! self-describing tag streams (CBOR, Standard MIDI). The reference runtimes
6//! parse these by treating each byte as a codepoint in `U+0000..=U+00FF` (a
7//! "Latin-1" view) and writing lexer rules over `' '..'ÿ'`.
8//!
9//! [`InputStream`](crate::InputStream) can do this too, but only after decoding
10//! the bytes into a `String`: any byte `>= 0x80` is not valid UTF-8 on its own,
11//! so the whole input takes the non-ASCII path and is materialized into a
12//! `Vec<char>` plus a byte-offset table — roughly 12 bytes of heap per input
13//! byte, and the compiled-DFA ASCII scanner is disabled.
14//!
15//! `ByteStream` avoids all of that. It is generic over any `AsRef<[u8]>`
16//! backing store, so stream index equals byte offset, lookahead is a single
17//! array read, and there is no transcoding or auxiliary allocation.
18//!
19//! # Mapping to Rust IO primitives
20//!
21//! ANTLR parsing needs random access — the lexer and parser `seek`, look
22//! behind with `la(-1)`, and `mark`/`release` for prediction — so the bytes
23//! must live fully in memory; `ByteStream` cannot lazily pull from a socket
24//! mid-parse. The design instead meets the two IO shapes that matter:
25//!
26//! - **Bytes you already hold** (a network read buffer, an `mmap`, a slice of a
27//! larger frame): borrow them zero-copy with `ByteStream::new(&buf[..])`.
28//! Nothing is copied; the stream lives as long as the borrow.
29//! - **A reader** (`File`, `TcpStream`, `Stdin`, `Cursor`): drain it into an
30//! owned buffer with [`ByteStream::from_reader`], which is just a thin
31//! wrapper over [`std::io::Read::read_to_end`].
32//! - **An owned `Vec<u8>`**: hand it over with `ByteStream::new(vec)` and the
33//! stream takes ownership without copying.
34//!
35//! ```ignore
36//! // From a file:
37//! let stream = ByteStream::from_reader(std::fs::File::open(path)?)?;
38//! // Zero-copy from an in-memory buffer (e.g. bytes read off a socket):
39//! let stream = ByteStream::new(&packet[..]);
40//!
41//! // Feed it to any generated lexer built from a byte-oriented grammar.
42//! let lexer = FooLexer::new(stream);
43//! let tokens = CommonTokenStream::new(lexer);
44//! let mut parser = FooParser::new(tokens);
45//! let tree = parser.entry_rule()?;
46//! ```
47//!
48//! Write lexer rules against the byte range, e.g. `BYTE : ' ' .. 'ÿ';`. A
49//! complete worked example — a Standard MIDI File grammar parsed over a
50//! `ByteStream` — lives under `tests/fixtures/antlr4-rust-gen/midi-binary/`.
51//!
52//! # Token text is hex
53//!
54//! Because the bytes are not text, [`CharStream::text`] renders the matched
55//! span as a lowercase hex string with no separators (`[0xDE, 0xAD]` becomes
56//! `"dead"`). Token *positions* are still exact byte offsets; use
57//! [`IntStream::index`](crate::IntStream::index) or a token's byte span when you
58//! need to slice the original bytes.
59
60use std::io;
61
62use crate::char_stream::{CharStream, PositionSummary, TextInterval};
63use crate::int_stream::{EOF, IntStream, UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME};
64
65/// A [`CharStream`] backed by raw bytes, where each byte is one symbol in
66/// `0..=255` and the stream index is the byte offset.
67///
68/// Generic over the backing store `B: AsRef<[u8]>`: use `Vec<u8>` for owned
69/// bytes or `&[u8]` to borrow an existing buffer zero-copy. See the
70/// [module documentation](self) for how this maps onto Rust IO primitives.
71#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
72pub struct ByteStream<B = Vec<u8>> {
73 bytes: B,
74 cursor: usize,
75 source_name: String,
76}
77
78impl ByteStream<Vec<u8>> {
79 /// Creates a byte stream by draining a [`std::io::Read`] into an owned
80 /// buffer — the bridge for files, sockets, stdin, and [`std::io::Cursor`].
81 ///
82 /// # Errors
83 ///
84 /// Returns any error produced while reading `reader` to end.
85 pub fn from_reader(mut reader: impl io::Read) -> io::Result<Self> {
86 let mut bytes = Vec::new();
87 reader.read_to_end(&mut bytes)?;
88 Ok(Self::new(bytes))
89 }
90}
91
92impl<B: AsRef<[u8]>> ByteStream<B> {
93 /// Creates a byte stream over `bytes`, using ANTLR's unknown source-name
94 /// placeholder.
95 ///
96 /// `bytes` may be an owned `Vec<u8>` or a borrowed `&[u8]` (zero-copy).
97 pub fn new(bytes: B) -> Self {
98 Self::with_source_name(bytes, UNKNOWN_SOURCE_NAME)
99 }
100
101 /// Creates a byte stream with an explicit source name for tokens and
102 /// diagnostics.
103 pub fn with_source_name(bytes: B, source_name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
104 Self {
105 bytes,
106 cursor: 0,
107 source_name: source_name.into(),
108 }
109 }
110
111 /// Returns the backing bytes.
112 #[must_use]
113 pub fn bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
114 self.bytes.as_ref()
115 }
116
117 /// Returns true when the cursor has reached or passed the end of input.
118 #[must_use]
119 pub fn is_eof(&self) -> bool {
120 self.cursor >= self.bytes.as_ref().len()
121 }
122}
123
124impl<B: AsRef<[u8]>> IntStream for ByteStream<B> {
125 fn consume(&mut self) {
126 if !self.is_eof() {
127 self.cursor += 1;
128 }
129 }
130
131 fn la(&mut self, offset: isize) -> i32 {
132 if offset == 0 {
133 return 0;
134 }
135
136 // Mirror `InputStream::la`: `+1` is the symbol under the cursor, and
137 // negative offsets look behind. `checked_*` keeps `isize::MIN` and
138 // out-of-range lookahead on the EOF path instead of panicking.
139 let absolute = if offset > 0 {
140 self.cursor.checked_add((offset - 1).cast_unsigned())
141 } else {
142 offset
143 .checked_neg()
144 .and_then(|distance| usize::try_from(distance).ok())
145 .and_then(|distance| self.cursor.checked_sub(distance))
146 };
147
148 absolute.map_or(EOF, |index| self.symbol_at(index).unwrap_or(EOF))
149 }
150
151 fn index(&self) -> usize {
152 self.cursor
153 }
154
155 fn seek(&mut self, index: usize) {
156 self.cursor = index.min(self.bytes.as_ref().len());
157 }
158
159 fn size(&self) -> usize {
160 self.bytes.as_ref().len()
161 }
162
163 fn source_name(&self) -> &str {
164 &self.source_name
165 }
166}
167
168impl<B: AsRef<[u8]>> CharStream for ByteStream<B> {
169 /// Renders the inclusive byte interval as a lowercase, separator-free hex
170 /// string. See the [module documentation](self) for the rationale.
171 fn text(&self, interval: TextInterval) -> String {
172 // Clamp `stop` before any `+1`, mirroring `InputStream`: a caller
173 // passing `TextInterval::new(_, usize::MAX)` (e.g. an EOF token span)
174 // must not overflow.
175 let bytes = self.bytes.as_ref();
176 let len = bytes.len();
177 if interval.is_empty() || len == 0 {
178 return String::new();
179 }
180 let start = interval.start.min(len);
181 let stop = interval.stop.min(len - 1);
182 if start > stop {
183 return String::new();
184 }
185 use std::fmt::Write as _;
186 bytes[start..=stop].iter().fold(
187 String::with_capacity((stop - start + 1) * 2),
188 |mut acc, byte| {
189 // Writing to a String is infallible.
190 let _ = write!(acc, "{byte:02x}");
191 acc
192 },
193 )
194 }
195
196 fn symbol_at(&self, index: usize) -> Option<i32> {
197 Some(
198 self.bytes
199 .as_ref()
200 .get(index)
201 .map_or(EOF, |&byte| i32::from(byte)),
202 )
203 }
204
205 // NOTE: `contiguous_ascii` is deliberately NOT implemented. That fast path
206 // feeds bytes into a 128-wide ASCII DFA row (`ascii_target`), which is only
207 // valid for 7-bit input; bytes `>= 0x80` route correctly through the
208 // generic path's `wide_rows` instead.
209
210 /// Summarizes line/column movement over `[start, end)` by scanning the raw
211 /// bytes.
212 ///
213 /// Without this, [`BaseLexer`](crate::lexer::BaseLexer) would fall back to
214 /// iterating [`Self::text`], which is hex — so a span of N bytes would count
215 /// as 2N columns and `0x0A` newline bytes would be invisible, corrupting the
216 /// line/column of split or synthesized tokens.
217 fn position_summary(&self, start: usize, end: usize) -> Option<PositionSummary> {
218 let bytes = self.bytes.as_ref();
219 let len = bytes.len();
220 if start > end {
221 return None;
222 }
223 let start = start.min(len);
224 let end = end.min(len);
225 let mut summary = PositionSummary::default();
226 for &byte in &bytes[start..end] {
227 if byte == b'\n' {
228 summary.line_breaks += 1;
229 summary.trailing_columns = 0;
230 } else {
231 summary.trailing_columns += 1;
232 }
233 }
234 Some(summary)
235 }
236
237 fn byte_interval(&self, interval: TextInterval) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
238 // Index == byte offset, so the byte span is exact. Clamp `stop` before
239 // the `+1` for the same overflow reason as `text`.
240 let len = self.bytes.as_ref().len();
241 if interval.is_empty() || len == 0 {
242 return None;
243 }
244 let start = interval.start.min(len);
245 let stop = interval.stop.min(len - 1);
246 (start <= stop).then_some((start, stop + 1))
247 }
248}
249
250#[cfg(test)]
251#[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)] // insta assertion macros unwrap internal I/O.
252mod tests {
253 use super::*;
254
255 #[test]
256 fn lookahead_reads_bytes_including_high_bytes() {
257 let mut stream = ByteStream::new(vec![0x00, 0x7F, 0x80, 0xFF]);
258 assert_eq!(stream.la(0), 0, "la(0) is the ANTLR sentinel, not EOF");
259 assert_eq!(stream.la(1), 0x00);
260 assert_eq!(stream.la(2), 0x7F);
261 assert_eq!(stream.la(3), 0x80, "high byte is 128, not sign-extended");
262 assert_eq!(stream.la(4), 0xFF);
263 assert_eq!(stream.la(5), EOF);
264 stream.consume();
265 assert_eq!(stream.index(), 1);
266 assert_eq!(stream.la(-1), 0x00);
267 assert_eq!(stream.la(isize::MIN), EOF, "no panic on extreme offset");
268 }
269
270 #[test]
271 fn consume_stops_at_eof_and_seek_clamps() {
272 let mut stream = ByteStream::new(vec![0x01, 0x02]);
273 assert_eq!(stream.size(), 2);
274 stream.consume();
275 stream.consume();
276 stream.consume(); // past EOF is a no-op
277 assert_eq!(stream.index(), 2);
278 assert!(stream.is_eof());
279 stream.seek(99);
280 assert_eq!(stream.index(), 2, "seek clamps to size");
281 stream.seek(1);
282 assert_eq!(stream.la(1), 0x02);
283 }
284
285 #[test]
286 fn text_is_lowercase_hex_and_byte_interval_is_exact() {
287 let stream = ByteStream::new(vec![0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF]);
288 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::new(0, 3)), "deadbeef");
289 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::new(1, 2)), "adbe");
290 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::empty()), "");
291 // Inclusive char interval [1, 2] -> half-open byte span [1, 3).
292 assert_eq!(stream.byte_interval(TextInterval::new(1, 2)), Some((1, 3)));
293 assert_eq!(stream.byte_interval(TextInterval::empty()), None);
294 assert_eq!(stream.symbol_at(0), Some(0xDE));
295 assert_eq!(stream.symbol_at(4), Some(EOF));
296 }
297
298 #[test]
299 fn text_and_byte_interval_clamp_usize_max_without_overflow() {
300 // An EOF-token span can carry `stop == usize::MAX`; clamping before the
301 // `+1` must not overflow (debug panic / release wrap).
302 let stream = ByteStream::new(vec![0xDE, 0xAD]);
303 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::new(0, usize::MAX)), "dead");
304 assert_eq!(
305 stream.byte_interval(TextInterval::new(0, usize::MAX)),
306 Some((0, 2)),
307 );
308 // Out-of-range start clamps to empty rather than panicking.
309 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::new(5, usize::MAX)), "");
310 }
311
312 #[test]
313 fn position_summary_scans_raw_bytes_not_hex() {
314 // Bytes, not hex: a newline byte (0x0A) is one line break, and each
315 // other byte is one column — never doubled as the hex rendering would.
316 let stream = ByteStream::new(vec![0x41, 0x0A, 0x42, 0x43]);
317 assert_eq!(
318 stream.position_summary(0, 4),
319 Some(PositionSummary {
320 line_breaks: 1,
321 trailing_columns: 2,
322 }),
323 );
324 // No newline in [2, 4): two raw bytes are two columns (hex would say
325 // four).
326 assert_eq!(
327 stream.position_summary(2, 4),
328 Some(PositionSummary {
329 line_breaks: 0,
330 trailing_columns: 2,
331 }),
332 );
333 assert_eq!(stream.position_summary(4, 2), None);
334 }
335
336 #[test]
337 fn borrows_bytes_zero_copy() {
338 // The network-buffer case: parse a slice we already hold without
339 // handing ownership to the stream.
340 let buffer: [u8; 4] = [0xCA, 0xFE, 0xBA, 0xBE];
341 let mut stream = ByteStream::new(&buffer[..]);
342 assert_eq!(stream.la(1), 0xCA);
343 assert_eq!(stream.size(), 4);
344 // `buffer` is still ours afterwards.
345 assert_eq!(buffer[0], 0xCA);
346 }
347
348 #[test]
349 fn from_reader_drains_any_read() {
350 // The file/socket case, exercised here with an in-memory Cursor that
351 // implements the same `io::Read` contract as `File`/`TcpStream`.
352 let source = io::Cursor::new(vec![0x4D, 0x54, 0x68, 0x64]); // "MThd"
353 let mut stream = ByteStream::from_reader(source).expect("cursor read is infallible");
354 assert_eq!(stream.size(), 4);
355 assert_eq!(stream.la(1), 0x4D);
356 assert_eq!(stream.text(TextInterval::new(0, 3)), "4d546864");
357 }
358}