ic-platform 0.27.0

Controlled Candid and IC runtime dependency boundary
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//! Small external Candid argument encoders without the general Candid library.
//!
//! Only empty tuples, lists of unit/null arguments and a single text argument are
//! supported. Callers retain method selection, budgets and transport. Owned
//! application protocols continue to use Wire.

/// Exact zero-argument envelope, without allocation or failure.
pub const fn empty() -> &'static [u8; 6] {
    b"DIDL\0\0"
}

/// Encode `count` unit/null arguments: zero gives `()`, two gives `((), ())`.
///
/// The count is caller-selected; no resource limit is inferred.
pub fn units(count: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut bytes = header(count);
    bytes.extend(core::iter::repeat_n(0x7f, count));
    bytes
}

/// Encode one text argument with its exact UTF-8 bytes and byte length.
pub fn text(value: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut bytes = header(1);
    bytes.push(0x71);
    unsigned(value.len(), &mut bytes);
    bytes.extend_from_slice(value.as_bytes());
    bytes
}

fn header(count: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut bytes = b"DIDL\0".to_vec();
    unsigned(count, &mut bytes);
    bytes
}

fn unsigned(mut value: usize, bytes: &mut Vec<u8>) {
    loop {
        let byte = (value & 0x7f) as u8;
        value >>= 7;
        bytes.push(byte | if value == 0 { 0 } else { 0x80 });
        if value == 0 {
            return;
        }
    }
}