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mod.rs

1//! Generic data structure serialization framework.
2//!
3//! Serialization in deser is based on the [`Serialize`] trait which produces
4//! [`Emit`] values.  A serializable value either emits an atom or an emitter
5//! which yields further values.
6//!
7//! # Streaming Serialization
8//!
9//! For convenient serialization, Deser provides a [`SerializeDriver`] that allows
10//! streaming serialization of values.  A driver can be created by passing a reference
11//! to a [`Serialize`] value to the constructor.  Then [`next`](SerializeDriver::next)
12//! is called repeatedly until no more events are produced.
13//!
14//! ```
15//! # use deser::ser::SerializeDriver;
16//! # fn do_it() -> Result<(), deser::Error> {
17//! let serializable = vec!["foo", "bar", "baz"];
18//! let mut driver = SerializeDriver::new(&serializable);
19//! while let Some((_event, _value, _state)) = driver.next()? {
20//!     // serialize each event for the target format such as JSON
21//! }
22//! # Ok(()) } do_it().unwrap();
23//! ```
24//!
25//! This type of interface also permits the serialization of almost unlimited depth.
26//!
27//! The serializers of data formats implement the [`Serializer`] trait which
28//! receives the events of a value from a driver.  [`Layer`]s sit between
29//! the values and the format and see every event, for instance to rename
30//! keys or to redact values.  They are added with
31//! [`SerializeDriver::push_layer`] (for instance in
32//! [`Serializer::serialize_with`]).
33//!
34//! # Serializing Primitives
35//!
36//! Primitive values such as integers are trivial to serialize as you just
37//! directly return the right type of [`Emit`] from the serialization method.
38//!
39//! ```rust
40//! use deser::ser::{Serialize, Emit};
41//! use deser::State;
42//! use deser::{Atom, Error};
43//!
44//! struct MyInt(u32);
45//!
46//! impl Serialize for MyInt {
47//!     fn serialize<'a>(value: &'a Self, _state: &mut State) -> Result<Emit<'a>, Error> {
48//!         // one can also just do `u32::serialize(&value.0, state)`
49//!         Ok(Emit::Atom(Atom::U64(value.0 as u64)))
50//!     }
51//! }
52//! ```
53//!
54//! # Serializing Structs
55//!
56//! To serialize compounds like structs you return an [`Emit`] holding an
57//! emitter.  The emitter hands out the values of the fields as
58//! [`SerializeHandle`]s: a handle borrows the value if it exists already,
59//! otherwise it can own it (see [`SerializeHandle::arena`]).
60//!
61//! ```rust
62//! use std::borrow::Cow;
63//! use deser::ser::{Serialize, Emit, StructEmitter, SerializeHandle};
64//! use deser::State;
65//! use deser::Error;
66//!
67//! struct User {
68//!     id: u32,
69//!     username: String,
70//! }
71//!
72//! impl Serialize for User {
73//!     fn serialize<'a>(value: &'a Self, state: &mut State) -> Result<Emit<'a>, Error> {
74//!         // the emitter is allocated in the arena of the state
75//!         Ok(Emit::structure(UserEmitter { user: value, index: 0 }, state))
76//!     }
77//! }
78//!
79//! struct UserEmitter<'a> {
80//!     user: &'a User,
81//!     index: usize,
82//! }
83//!
84//! impl<'a> StructEmitter for UserEmitter<'a> {
85//!     fn next(
86//!         &mut self,
87//!         _state: &mut State,
88//!     ) -> Result<Option<(Cow<'_, str>, SerializeHandle<'_>)>, Error>
89//!     {
90//!         let index = self.index;
91//!         self.index += 1;
92//!         Ok(match index {
93//!             0 => Some(("id".into(), SerializeHandle::to(&self.user.id))),
94//!             1 => Some((
95//!                 "username".into(),
96//!                 SerializeHandle::to(&self.user.username),
97//!             )),
98//!             _ => None,
99//!         })
100//!     }
101//! }
102//! ```
103use alloc::borrow::Cow;
104
105use crate::State;
106use crate::error::Error;
107use crate::event::ContainerShape;
108
109pub(crate) mod begin;
110pub(crate) mod boxed;
111mod describe;
112mod driver;
113mod emit;
114#[cfg(feature = "derive")]
115pub(crate) mod enums;
116#[cfg(feature = "derive")]
117pub(crate) mod flatten;
118mod handle;
119pub(crate) mod impls;
120mod layer;
121mod serializer;
122mod stream;
123
124pub use self::boxed::Boxed;
125#[cfg(feature = "derive")]
126pub(crate) use self::describe::is_unit_struct;
127pub use self::describe::{Describe, Variant, VariantKind, VariantRepr};
128pub use self::emit::Emit;
129pub(crate) use self::handle::{Erased, HandleInner};
130pub use self::handle::{SerializeHandle, SerializeRef};
131pub use self::layer::{Layer, Next};
132pub use self::serializer::Serializer;
133pub use self::stream::StreamSerializer;
134pub(crate) use crate::adapted::Adapted;
135
136pub use driver::{EventSink, SerializeDriver};
137
138pub(crate) use self::begin::{
139    Begin, BeginKind, FIELDS_END, IndexedSeq, IndexedSeqEmitter, IndexedStruct, PLAIN_BUDGET,
140    PlainSink, StructField, atom_cost, plain_atom,
141};
142
143/// A struct emitter.
144///
145/// A struct emitter is a simplified version of a [`MapEmitter`] which produces struct
146/// field and value in one go.  The object model itself however does not know structs,
147/// it only knows about maps.
148pub trait StructEmitter: Send {
149    /// Produces the next field and value in the struct.
150    fn next(
151        &mut self,
152        state: &mut State,
153    ) -> Result<Option<(Cow<'_, str>, SerializeHandle<'_>)>, Error>;
154}
155
156/// A map emitter.
157pub trait MapEmitter: Send {
158    /// Produces the next key in the map.
159    ///
160    /// If this reached the end of the map `None` shall be returned.  The expectation
161    /// is that this method changes an internal state in the emitter and the next
162    /// call to [`next_value`](Self::next_value) returns the corresponding value.
163    fn next_key(&mut self, state: &mut State) -> Result<Option<SerializeHandle<'_>>, Error>;
164
165    /// Produces the next value in the map.
166    ///
167    /// # Panics
168    ///
169    /// This method shall panic if the emitter is not able to produce a value because
170    /// the emitter is in the wrong state.
171    fn next_value(&mut self, state: &mut State) -> Result<SerializeHandle<'_>, Error>;
172}
173
174/// A sequence emitter.
175pub trait SeqEmitter: Send {
176    /// Produces the next item in the sequence.
177    fn next(&mut self, state: &mut State) -> Result<Option<SerializeHandle<'_>>, Error>;
178}
179
180/// A data structure that can be serialized into any data format supported by Deser.
181///
182/// [`serialize`](Self::serialize) serializes the value into an [`Emit`].  For
183/// compound values like lists or structs, it holds an emitter which
184/// hands out the values the compound value contains.  The
185/// [`container_shape`](Self::container_shape) of such values is passed on
186/// with the start event of the container.
187///
188/// # Adapters
189///
190/// The type parameter `T` is the type of the value that is serialized.  It
191/// defaults to `Self`: `impl Serialize for Foo` serializes `Foo` values.  A
192/// type that implements `Serialize` for another type is an adapter, it
193/// serializes values of that type on their behalf (see
194/// [`adapters`](crate::adapters)):
195///
196/// ```
197/// use deser::ser::{Emit, Serialize};
198/// use deser::{Atom, Error, State};
199///
200/// /// Serializes a `u32` as string.
201/// pub struct AsString;
202///
203/// impl Serialize<u32> for AsString {
204///     fn serialize<'a>(value: &'a u32, _state: &mut State) -> Result<Emit<'a>, Error> {
205///         Ok(Emit::Atom(Atom::Str(value.to_string().into())))
206///     }
207/// }
208/// ```
209///
210/// Adapters are never instantiated, only their functions are used.  The
211/// serializers of the data formats receive the values as [`SerializeRef`],
212/// a reference to the value with its type (and adapter) erased.
213///
214/// # Thread Safety
215///
216/// Serializables are `Sync` and the emitters they create are `Send`.  This
217/// allows an ongoing serialization (a [`SerializeDriver`]) to move between
218/// threads, for instance when it is suspended while the output is written
219/// asynchronously.  Types with shared ownership or interior mutability that
220/// is not thread safe (such as `Rc` or `RefCell`) cannot be serialized.
221/// `Mutex` and `RwLock` cannot be serialized either as the lock guard would
222/// have to be held while the serialization moves between threads.
223pub trait Serialize<T: ?Sized = Self>: Sync {
224    /// Serializes the value.
225    fn serialize<'a>(value: &'a T, state: &mut State) -> Result<Emit<'a>, Error>;
226
227    /// Invoked after the serialization finished.
228    ///
229    /// This is primarily useful to undo some state change in the serializer
230    /// state at the end of the processing.
231    fn finish(value: &T, state: &mut State) -> Result<(), Error> {
232        let _ = (value, state);
233        Ok(())
234    }
235
236    /// Checks if the value represents an optional value.
237    ///
238    /// This can be used by an emitter to skip over values that are currently
239    /// in the optional state.  For instance `Option<T>` returns `true` here if
240    /// the value is `None` and the struct emitter created by the `derive` feature
241    /// will skip over these if `#[deser(skip_serializing_optionals)]` is set on
242    /// the struct.
243    fn is_optional(value: &T) -> bool {
244        let _ = value;
245        false
246    }
247
248    /// Describes the Rust shape of the value.
249    ///
250    /// This is only invoked by formats which want to reflect the Rust shape
251    /// of values, see [`Describe`].  The default implementation describes
252    /// nothing.  Wrappers which serialize as the value they wrap should
253    /// describe themselves and then delegate to the wrapped value.
254    fn describe(value: &T, d: &mut dyn Describe) {
255        let _ = (value, d);
256    }
257
258    /// Returns the shape of the value if it's a map or sequence.
259    ///
260    /// The shape is passed on with the [`MapStart`](crate::Event::MapStart)
261    /// or [`SeqStart`](crate::Event::SeqStart) event, it's ignored for other
262    /// values.  The default is [`ContainerShape::new`].
263    fn container_shape(value: &T) -> ContainerShape {
264        let _ = value;
265        ContainerShape::new()
266    }
267
268    /// Begins the serialization of the value.
269    ///
270    /// Returns the [`container_shape`](Self::container_shape), the result of
271    /// [`serialize`](Self::serialize) and a flag that indicates if
272    /// [`finish`](Self::finish) needs to be invoked.  The default
273    /// implementation calls both methods (in this order) and always requests
274    /// `finish` to be invoked.  Types which do not override `finish` can
275    /// implement this so that the driver needs a single call per value.
276    ///
277    /// Internal fast path, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
278    #[doc(hidden)]
279    #[inline]
280    fn __private_begin<'a>(value: &'a T, state: &mut State) -> Result<Begin<'a>, Error> {
281        let shape = <Self as Serialize<T>>::container_shape(value);
282        Ok(Begin::emit(
283            <Self as Serialize<T>>::serialize(value, state)?,
284            shape,
285            true,
286        ))
287    }
288
289    /// Returns `true` if the values are plain.
290    ///
291    /// Plain values serialize as an atom or a sequence of plain values,
292    /// independent of the state and without `finish`.  The driver emits
293    /// sequences of plain values without driving every value on its own
294    /// (see [`PlainSink`]).  Types which are plain implement
295    /// [`__private_emit_plain`](Self::__private_emit_plain) which has to
296    /// produce the same events as serializing the value.
297    ///
298    /// Internal fast path, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
299    #[doc(hidden)]
300    #[inline]
301    fn __private_is_plain() -> bool {
302        false
303    }
304
305    /// Returns `true` if the value is plain.
306    ///
307    /// This is `true` for all values of plain types and for some values
308    /// of other types, like empty sequences and maps or `None`.
309    ///
310    /// Internal fast path, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
311    #[doc(hidden)]
312    #[inline]
313    fn __private_is_plain_value(value: &T) -> bool {
314        let _ = value;
315        <Self as Serialize<T>>::__private_is_plain()
316    }
317
318    /// Emits the events of a plain value.
319    ///
320    /// This is only invoked if
321    /// [`__private_is_plain_value`](Self::__private_is_plain_value) returns
322    /// `true`.
323    ///
324    /// Internal fast path, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
325    #[doc(hidden)]
326    fn __private_emit_plain(value: &T, sink: &mut dyn PlainSink) -> Result<(), Error> {
327        let _ = (value, sink);
328        unreachable!("not a plain value")
329    }
330
331    /// Returns the budget that is left after emitting the plain value at
332    /// once, `None` if it does not fit.
333    ///
334    /// Atoms cost one (long text and bytes more, see `atom_cost`),
335    /// containers one plus the costs of their values.  Values that are not
336    /// plain are not emitted at once, they cost one.  See `PLAIN_BUDGET`.
337    ///
338    /// Internal fast path, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
339    #[doc(hidden)]
340    #[inline]
341    fn __private_plain_cost(value: &T, budget: usize) -> Option<usize> {
342        let _ = value;
343        budget.checked_sub(1)
344    }
345
346    /// Hidden internal trait method to allow specializations of bytes.
347    ///
348    /// This method is used by `u8` and `Vec<T>` / `&[T]` to achieve special
349    /// casing of bytes for the serialization system.  It allows a vector of
350    /// bytes to be emitted as `Emit::Bytes` rather than a `Seq`.
351    ///
352    /// Internal specialization of bytes, not public API (see `lib.rs`).
353    #[doc(hidden)]
354    fn __private_slice_as_bytes(val: &[T]) -> Option<Cow<'_, [u8]>>
355    where
356        T: Sized,
357    {
358        let _ = val;
359        None
360    }
361}
362
363#[test]
364fn test_serialize() {
365    let mut v = Vec::new();
366    let mut m = alloc::collections::BTreeMap::new();
367    m.insert(true, vec![vec![&b"x"[..], b"yyy"], vec![b"zzzz"]]);
368    m.insert(false, vec![]);
369
370    let mut driver = SerializeDriver::new(&m);
371    while let Some((event, _, _)) = driver.next().unwrap() {
372        v.push(format!(
373            "{:?}",
374            crate::event::without_len(event.to_static())
375        ));
376    }
377
378    assert_eq!(
379        &v[..],
380        [
381            "MapStart(ContainerShape { len: None, order: Sorted })",
382            "Atom(Bool(false))",
383            "SeqStart",
384            "SeqEnd",
385            "Atom(Bool(true))",
386            "SeqStart",
387            "SeqStart",
388            "Atom(Bytes([120]))",
389            "Atom(Bytes([121, 121, 121]))",
390            "SeqEnd",
391            "SeqStart",
392            "Atom(Bytes([122, 122, 122, 122]))",
393            "SeqEnd",
394            "SeqEnd",
395            "MapEnd",
396        ]
397    );
398}