p2panda-core 0.6.1

Extensible data-types for secure, distributed and efficient exchange of data
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0

//! Utility methods to encode or decode values in [CBOR] format.
//!
//! As per p2panda specification data-types like operation headers are encoded in the Concise
//! Binary Object Representation (CBOR) format.
//!
//! [CBOR]: https://cbor.io/
use std::io::Read;
use std::sync::Arc;

use ciborium::de::Error as DeserializeError;
use ciborium::ser::Error as SerializeError;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use thiserror::Error;

/// Serializes a value into CBOR format.
pub fn encode_cbor<T: Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>, EncodeError> {
    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
    ciborium::ser::into_writer(value, &mut bytes).map_err(Into::<EncodeError>::into)?;
    Ok(bytes)
}

/// Deserializes a value which was formatted in CBOR.
pub fn decode_cbor<T: for<'a> Deserialize<'a>, R: Read>(reader: R) -> Result<T, DecodeError> {
    let value = ciborium::from_reader::<T, R>(reader).map_err(Into::<DecodeError>::into)?;
    Ok(value)
}

/// An error occurred during CBOR serialization.
#[derive(Debug, Error)]
pub enum EncodeError {
    /// An error occurred while writing bytes.
    ///
    /// Contains the underlying error returned while reading.
    #[error("an error occurred while reading bytes: {0}")]
    Io(std::io::Error),

    /// An error indicating a value that cannot be serialized.
    ///
    /// Contains a description of the problem delivered from serde.
    #[error("an error occurred while deserializing value: {0}")]
    Value(String),
}

impl From<SerializeError<std::io::Error>> for EncodeError {
    fn from(value: SerializeError<std::io::Error>) -> Self {
        match value {
            SerializeError::Io(err) => EncodeError::Io(err),
            SerializeError::Value(err) => EncodeError::Value(err),
        }
    }
}

/// An error occurred during CBOR deserialization.
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Error)]
pub enum DecodeError {
    /// An error occurred while reading bytes.
    ///
    /// Contains the underlying error returned while reading.
    #[error("an error occurred while reading bytes: {0}")]
    Io(Arc<std::io::Error>),

    /// An error occurred while parsing bytes.
    ///
    /// Contains the offset into the stream where the syntax error occurred.
    #[error("an error occurred while parsing bytes at position {0}")]
    Syntax(usize),

    /// An error occurred while processing a parsed value.
    ///
    /// Contains a description of the error that occurred and (optionally) the offset into the
    /// stream indicating the start of the item being processed when the error occurred.
    #[error("an error occurred while processing a parsed value at position {0:?}: {1}")]
    Semantic(Option<usize>, String),

    /// The input caused serde to recurse too much.
    ///
    /// This error prevents a stack overflow.
    #[error("recursion limit exceeded while decoding")]
    RecursionLimitExceeded,
}

impl From<DeserializeError<std::io::Error>> for DecodeError {
    fn from(value: DeserializeError<std::io::Error>) -> Self {
        match value {
            DeserializeError::Io(err) => DecodeError::Io(Arc::new(err)),
            DeserializeError::Syntax(offset) => DecodeError::Syntax(offset),
            DeserializeError::Semantic(offset, description) => {
                DecodeError::Semantic(offset, description)
            }
            DeserializeError::RecursionLimitExceeded => DecodeError::RecursionLimitExceeded,
        }
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use crate::{Body, Header, SigningKey};

    use super::{DecodeError, decode_cbor, encode_cbor};

    #[test]
    fn encode_decode() {
        let signing_key = SigningKey::generate();
        let body = Body::new(&[1, 2, 3]);
        let mut header = Header::<()> {
            verifying_key: signing_key.verifying_key(),
            payload_size: body.size(),
            payload_hash: Some(body.hash()),
            ..Default::default()
        };
        header.sign(&signing_key);

        let bytes = encode_cbor(&header).unwrap();
        let header_again: Header<()> = decode_cbor(&bytes[..]).unwrap();

        assert_eq!(header.hash(), header_again.hash());
    }

    #[test]
    fn decode_eof() {
        // This is an incomplete byte sequence of a header / body tuple.
        let bytes = hex::decode("828901582014d59877a250").unwrap();
        let err = decode_cbor::<(Header<()>, Option<Body>), _>(&bytes[..]);

        // We're expecting an "Unexpected EOF" error here. The underlying decoder should be able to
        // detect that there's bytes missing.
        assert!(matches!(err, Err(DecodeError::Io(_))));
    }
}