Derivation macros for lightning encoding. To learn more about the lightning encoding please check lightning_encoding crate.

Derivation macros

Library exports derivation macros #[derive([LightningEncode])] and #[derive([LightningDecode])], which can be added on top of any structure you'd like to support lightning-network specific encoding (see Example section below).

Encoding/decoding implemented by both of these macros may be configured at type and individual field level using #[lightning_encoding(...)] attribute

Attribute

[LightningEncode] and [LightningDecode] behavior can be customed with #[lightning_encoding(...)] attribute, which accepts different arguments depending to which part of the data type it is applied.

Attribute arguments at type declaration level

Derivation macros accept #[lightning_encoding()] attribute with the following arguments:

crate = ::path::to::lightning_encoding_crate

Allows to specify custom path to lightning_encoding crate

use_tlv

Applies TLV extension to the data type and allows use of tlv and unknown_tlvs arguments on struct fields.

NB: TLVs work only with structures and not enums.

repr = <uint>

Can be used with enum types only.

Specifies which unsigned integer type must represent enum variants during the encoding. Possible values are biging, u8, u16, u32 and u64.

NB: This argument is not equal to the rust #[repr(...)] attribute, which defines C FFI representation of the enum type. For their combined usage pls check examples below

bu_order/by_velue

Can be used with enum types only, where they define which encoding strategy should be used for representation of enum variants:

• by_value - encodes enum variants using their value representation (see repr above)
• by_order - encodes enum variants by their ordinal position starting from zero. Can't be combined with by_value.

If neither of these two arguments is provided, the macro defaults to by_order encoding.

Attribute arguments at field and enum variant level

Derivation macros accept #[lightning_encoding()] attribute with the following arguments

skip

Skips field during serialization and initialize field value with Default::default() on type deserialization.

Allowed only for named and unnamed (tuple) structure fields and enum variant associated value fields.

tlv = <unsigned 16-bit int>

Sets the TLV type id for the field. The field type MUST be Option and it must implement Default.

unknown_tlvs

Specifies structure field which will be "capture all" for unknown odd TLV ids. The argument can be used only for a single field within a structure and the field type must be BTreeMap<usize, Box<[u8]>].

NB: if an unknown even TLV type id is met, error is raised and the value does not get into the field.

value = <unsigned integer>

Allowed only for enum variants.

Assigns custom value for a given enum variant, overriding by_value and by_order directives defined at type level and the actual variant value, if any.

NB: If the value conflicts with the values of other enum variants, taken from either their assigned value (for by_value-encoded enums), order index (for by_order-encoded enums) or other variant's value from with explicit value argument the compiler will error.

Examples

# #[macro_use] extern crate lightning_encoding_derive;
use lightning_encoding::LightningEncode;

// All variants have custom values apart from the first one, which should has
// value = 1
#[derive(LightningEncode, LightningDecode)]
#[lightning_encoding(by_value, repr = u32)]
#[repr(u8)]
enum CustomValues {
Bit8 = 1,

#[lightning_encoding(value = 0x10)]
Bit16 = 2,

#[lightning_encoding(value = 0x1000)]
Bit32 = 4,

#[lightning_encoding(value = 0x100000)]
Bit64 = 8,
}

assert_eq!(CustomValues::Bit8.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01]));
assert_eq!(CustomValues::Bit16.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10]));
assert_eq!(CustomValues::Bit32.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00]));
assert_eq!(CustomValues::Bit64.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00]));

# #[macro_use] extern crate lightning_encoding_derive;
use lightning_encoding::LightningEncode;

#[derive(LightningEncode, LightningDecode)]
#[lightning_encoding(by_order)]
enum U16 {
Bit8 = 1, // this will be encoded as 0x0000, since we use `by_order` here
Bit16 = 2,
Bit32 = 4,
Bit64 = 8,
}

assert_eq!(U16::Bit8.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x00]));
assert_eq!(U16::Bit16.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x01]));
assert_eq!(U16::Bit32.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x02]));
assert_eq!(U16::Bit64.lightning_serialize(), Ok(vec![0x03]));

# #[macro_use] extern crate lightning_encoding_derive;
use lightning_encoding::{LightningDecode, LightningEncode};

#[derive(LightningEncode, LightningDecode)]
struct Skipping {
pub data: Vec<u8>,

// This will initialize the field upon decoding with Option::default()
// value (i.e. `None`)
#[lightning_encoding(skip)]
pub ephemeral: Option<bool>,
}

let obj = Skipping {
data: b"abc".to_vec(),
ephemeral: Some(true),
};
let ser = obj.lightning_serialize().unwrap();

assert_eq!(ser, vec![0x00, 0x03, b'a', b'b', b'c']);
let de = Skipping::lightning_deserialize(&ser).unwrap();
assert_eq!(de.ephemeral, None);
assert_eq!(obj.data, de.data);