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// Copyright (C) 2023 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd. (admin@parity.io)
// This file is a part of the scale-encode crate.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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/*!
`parity-scale-codec` provides an `Encode` trait which allows types to SCALE encode themselves based on their shape.
This crate builds on this, and allows types to encode themselves based on [`scale_info`] type information. It
exposes two traits:
- An [`EncodeAsType`] trait which when implemented on some type, describes how it can be SCALE encoded
with the help of a type ID and type registry describing the expected shape of the encoded bytes.
- An [`EncodeAsFields`] trait which when implemented on some type, describes how it can be SCALE encoded
with the help of a slice of [`PortableField`]'s or [`PortableFieldId`]'s and type registry describing the
expected shape of the encoded bytes. This is generally only implemented for tuples and structs, since we
need a set of fields to map to the provided slices.
Implementations for many built-in types are also provided for each trait, and the [`macro@EncodeAsType`]
macro makes it easy to generate implementations for new structs and enums.
# Motivation
By de-coupling the shape of a type from how it's encoded, we make it much more likely that encoding some type will succeed,
and are no longer reliant on types having a precise layout in order to encode correctly. Some examples of this follow.
```rust
use codec::Encode;
use scale_encode::EncodeAsType;
use scale_info::{PortableRegistry, TypeInfo};
// We are comonly provided type information, but for our examples we construct type info from
// any type that implements `TypeInfo`.
fn get_type_info<T: TypeInfo + 'static>() -> (u32, PortableRegistry) {
let m = scale_info::MetaType::new::<T>();
let mut types = scale_info::Registry::new();
let ty = types.register_type(&m);
let portable_registry: PortableRegistry = types.into();
(ty.id(), portable_registry)
}
// Encode the left value via EncodeAsType into the shape of the right value.
// Encode the right value statically.
// Assert that both outputs are identical.
fn assert_encodes_to<A, B>(a: A, b: B)
where
A: EncodeAsType,
B: TypeInfo + Encode + 'static,
{
let (type_id, types) = get_type_info::<B>();
let a_bytes = a.encode_as_type(type_id, &types).unwrap();
let b_bytes = b.encode();
assert_eq!(a_bytes, b_bytes);
}
// Start simple; a u8 can EncodeAsType into a u64 and vice versa. Numbers will all
// try to convert into the desired output size, failing if this isn't possible:
assert_encodes_to(123u8, 123u64);
assert_encodes_to(123u64, 123u8);
// Compact encoding is also handled "under the hood" by EncodeAsType, so no "compact"
// annotations are needed on values.
assert_encodes_to(123u64, codec::Compact(123u64));
// Enum variants are lined up by variant name, so no explicit "index" annotation are
// needed either; EncodeAsType will take care of it.
#[derive(EncodeAsType)]
enum Foo {
Something(u64),
}
#[derive(Encode, TypeInfo)]
enum FooTarget {
#[codec(index = 10)]
Something(u128),
}
assert_encodes_to(Foo::Something(123), FooTarget::Something(123));
// EncodeAstype will just ignore named fields that aren't needed:
#[derive(EncodeAsType)]
struct Bar {
a: bool,
b: String,
}
#[derive(Encode, TypeInfo)]
struct BarTarget {
a: bool,
}
assert_encodes_to(
Bar { a: true, b: "hello".to_string() },
BarTarget { a: true },
);
// EncodeAsType will attempt to remove any newtype wrappers and such on either
// side, so that they can be omitted without any issue.
#[derive(EncodeAsType, Encode, TypeInfo)]
struct Wrapper {
value: u64
}
assert_encodes_to(
(Wrapper { value: 123 },),
123u64
);
assert_encodes_to(
123u64,
(Wrapper { value: 123 },)
);
// Things like arrays and sequences are generally interchangeable despite the
// encoding format being slightly different:
assert_encodes_to([1u8,2,3,4,5], vec![1u64,2,3,4,5]);
assert_encodes_to(vec![1u64,2,3,4,5], [1u8,2,3,4,5]);
// BTreeMap, as a slightly special case, can encode to the same shape as either
// a sequence or a struct, depending on what's asked for:
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
#[derive(TypeInfo, Encode)]
struct MapOutput {
a: u64,
b: u64
}
assert_encodes_to(
BTreeMap::from_iter([("a", 1u64), ("b", 2u64)]),
vec![1u64,2]
);
assert_encodes_to(
BTreeMap::from_iter([("a", 1u64), ("b", 2u64), ("c", 3u64)]),
MapOutput { a: 1, b: 2 }
);
```
*/
#![deny(missing_docs)]
mod impls;
pub mod error;
pub use error::Error;
// Useful types to help implement EncodeAsType/Fields with:
pub use crate::impls::{Composite, Variant};
pub use scale_info::PortableRegistry;
/// A description of a single field in a tuple or struct type. This is just a shorthand for a [`scale_info::Field`].
pub type PortableField = scale_info::Field<scale_info::form::PortableForm>;
/// A type ID used to represent tuple fields. This is a shorthand for a [`scale_info::interner::UntrackedSymbol`].
pub type PortableFieldId = scale_info::interner::UntrackedSymbol<std::any::TypeId>;
#[cfg(feature = "derive")]
pub use scale_encode_derive::EncodeAsType;
/// This trait signals that some static type can possibly be SCALE encoded given some
/// `type_id` and [`PortableRegistry`] which dictates the expected encoding.
pub trait EncodeAsType {
/// Given some `type_id`, `types`, a `context` and some output target for the SCALE encoded bytes,
/// attempt to SCALE encode the current value into the type given by `type_id`.
fn encode_as_type_to(
&self,
type_id: u32,
types: &PortableRegistry,
out: &mut Vec<u8>,
) -> Result<(), Error>;
/// This is a helper function which internally calls [`EncodeAsType::encode_as_type_to`]. Prefer to
/// implement that instead.
fn encode_as_type(&self, type_id: u32, types: &PortableRegistry) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
let mut out = Vec::new();
self.encode_as_type_to(type_id, types, &mut out)?;
Ok(out)
}
}
/// This is similar to [`EncodeAsType`], except that it can be implemented on types that can be encoded
/// to bytes given a list of fields instead of a single type ID. This is generally implemented just for
/// tuple and struct types, and is automatically implemented via the [`macro@EncodeAsType`] macro.
pub trait EncodeAsFields {
/// Given some fields describing the shape of a type, attempt to encode to that shape.
fn encode_as_fields_to(
&self,
fields: &[PortableField],
types: &PortableRegistry,
out: &mut Vec<u8>,
) -> Result<(), Error>;
/// This is a helper function which internally calls [`EncodeAsFields::encode_as_fields_to`]. Prefer to
/// implement that instead.
fn encode_as_fields(
&self,
fields: &[PortableField],
types: &PortableRegistry,
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
let mut out = Vec::new();
self.encode_as_fields_to(fields, types, &mut out)?;
Ok(out)
}
/// Given some field IDs describing the shape of a type, attempt to encode to that shape.
fn encode_as_field_ids_to(
&self,
field_ids: &[PortableFieldId],
types: &PortableRegistry,
out: &mut Vec<u8>,
) -> Result<(), Error> {
// [TODO jsdw]: It would be good to use a more efficient data structure
// here to avoid allocating with smaller numbers of fields.
let fields: Vec<PortableField> = field_ids
.iter()
.map(|f| PortableField::new(None, *f, None, Vec::new()))
.collect();
self.encode_as_fields_to(&fields, types, out)
}
/// This is a helper function which internally calls [`EncodeAsFields::encode_as_field_ids_to`]. Prefer to
/// implement that instead.
fn encode_as_field_ids(
&self,
field_ids: &[PortableFieldId],
types: &PortableRegistry,
) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
let mut out = Vec::new();
self.encode_as_field_ids_to(field_ids, types, &mut out)?;
Ok(out)
}
}