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1// no_std by default; the `std` feature opts back into the standard library.
2// Verified in CI by cross-building for a bare-metal target.
3#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
4// Forbid unsafe code unconditionally
5#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
6#![warn(missing_docs)]
7// `Cargo.toml` tells docs.rs to build with `--cfg docsrs`. This is what reads it:
8// `doc_cfg` annotates every feature-gated item with the feature that enables it, so
9// the docs people read say "Available on crate feature `encoding-hex`" instead of
10// leaving the reader to infer it. Nightly-only, which is fine — docs.rs builds on
11// nightly, and the only other build that sets `docsrs` is the CI step that exists to
12// catch this gate being renamed. It has been renamed before: `doc_auto_cfg` was the
13// spelling until 1.92 removed it and merged it into `doc_cfg`.
14#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
15
16//! Secure wrappers for secrets with **explicit access** and **mandatory zeroization** — a
17//! `no_std`-compatible, zero-overhead library with audit-friendly access patterns.
18//!
19//! Secrets are **automatically zeroized on drop** (the inner type must implement
20//! [`Zeroize`](zeroize::Zeroize)). While a secret is held in [`Fixed`] or [`Dynamic`],
21//! there is no `Deref` and no `AsRef`: callers reach the inner secret only via
22//! [`RevealSecret`] / [`RevealSecretMut`], and `Debug` on a wrapper always prints
23//! `[REDACTED]`. [`SlotWriter`], which borrows a wrapper's storage rather than holding it,
24//! prints its cursor instead — position, remaining, length — and never the bytes.
25//! Access has two shapes: **borrow** it, or **take** it.
26//! [`with_secret()`](RevealSecret::with_secret) and
27//! [`expose_secret()`](RevealSecret::expose_secret) lend you a reference while the
28//! wrapper keeps ownership and keeps wiping. [`into_inner()`](RevealSecret::into_inner)
29//! transfers ownership: you get the plain value and the protection ends with the call.
30//!
31//! Those two shapes are what the **3-tier access model** in `SECURITY.md` counts in
32//! threes: `with_secret` (Tier 1) and `expose_secret` (Tier 2) are both the borrow
33//! shape, differing only in how tightly the lifetime is pinned, and `into_inner`
34//! (Tier 3) is the take. Two shapes, three volumes — the tiers say how loudly you
35//! have to announce which one you picked, not how many protections there are.
36//!
37//! Extraction is a hand-off, not a third layer of protection. Encoding output is the
38//! one case that keeps a wrapper — [`EncodedSecret`] **does** implement `Deref`, because
39//! its job is to keep an encoded *copy* of the secret wiped until it drops. Ordinary
40//! copies you make of the derefed value (`.to_string()`) are not tracked. See
41//! [Where accident-prevention ends](#where-accident-prevention-ends).
42//!
43//! # Which type should I use?
44//!
45//! | Type | Allocation | Use case | Feature |
46//! |------|-----------|----------|---------|
47//! | [`Fixed<T>`] | Stack | Keys, nonces, tokens — compile-time-known size | Always available |
48//! | [`Dynamic<T>`] | Heap | Passwords, API keys, ciphertexts — variable length | `alloc` (default) |
49//!
50//! Both types share the same [`RevealSecret`] / [`RevealSecretMut`] access API.
51//!
52//! # Quick start
53//!
54//! ```rust
55//! use secure_gate::{Fixed, RevealSecret};
56//!
57//! // Wrap a 32-byte key
58//! let key = Fixed::new([0x42u8; 32]);
59//!
60//! // Tier 1 — scoped access (preferred): secret ref cannot escape the closure
61//! let first = key.with_secret(|bytes| bytes[0]);
62//! assert_eq!(first, 0x42);
63//!
64//! // Tier 2 — direct reference (escape hatch for FFI / third-party APIs)
65//! assert_eq!(key.expose_secret().len(), 32);
66//!
67//! // Debug is always redacted
68//! assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", key), "[REDACTED]");
69//! // key is zeroized when dropped
70//! ```
71//!
72//! ```rust
73//! # #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
74//! # {
75//! use secure_gate::{Dynamic, RevealSecret};
76//!
77//! let password: Dynamic<String> = Dynamic::new(String::from("hunter2"));
78//! let len = password.with_secret(|s: &String| s.len());
79//! assert_eq!(len, 7);
80//! # }
81//! ```
82//!
83//! ```rust
84//! use secure_gate::{fixed_newtype, RevealSecret};
85//!
86//! fixed_newtype!(pub Aes256Key, 32);
87//!
88//! let key = Aes256Key::new([0xABu8; 32]);
89//! key.with_secret(|b| assert_eq!(b.len(), 32));
90//! ```
91//!
92//! # Module structure
93//!
94//! ```text
95//! secure_gate (lib.rs)
96//! ├── Fixed<T>              ← always available, stack-allocated
97//! ├── Dynamic<T>            ← requires `alloc`, heap-allocated
98//! ├── traits/
99//! │   ├── RevealSecret      ← immutable access (always available)
100//! │   ├── RevealSecretMut   ← mutable access (always available)
101//! │   ├── revealed_secrets/
102//! │   │   └── EncodedSecret     ← zeroizing encoded string wrapper (alloc)
103//! │   ├── ConstantTimeEq    ← ct-eq feature
104//! │   ├── CloneableSecret   ← cloneable feature
105//! │   ├── SerializableSecret← serde-serialize feature
106//! │   ├── encoding/         ← ToHex, ToBase32, ToBase64Url, ToBech32, ToBech32m
107//! │   └── decoding/         ← FromHexStr, FromBase32Str, FromBase64UrlStr, FromBech32Str, FromBech32mStr
108//! ├── macros/               ← fixed_newtype!, dynamic_newtype!
109//! └── error                 ← FromSliceError, HexError, Base32Error, Base64Error, Bech32Error
110//! ```
111//!
112//! All public items are re-exported at the crate root. Use `secure_gate::Fixed`,
113//! not `secure_gate::fixed::Fixed`.
114//!
115//! # Type taxonomy
116//!
117//! | Category | Types | `Deref` to secret? | Purpose |
118//! |----------|-------|-------------------|---------|
119//! | **Secret wrappers** | [`Fixed<T>`], [`Dynamic<T>`] | No — use [`RevealSecret`] | Hold live secrets; `Debug` → `[REDACTED]` |
120//! | **Output wrapper** | [`EncodedSecret`] | Yes — yields `&str`; copies you make are yours, the buffer stays the wrapper's | Holds encoded output, wiped on drop |
121//! | **Borrowed slot cursor** | [`SlotWriter`] | No — it writes, it does not read out | Appends into a slot a sized `new_with` handed out; `Debug` → cursor state only, never bytes |
122//! | **Opt-in markers** | [`CloneableSecret`], [`SerializableSecret`] | — (no methods) | Implement on inner type `T` to unlock gated impls |
123//!
124//! `CloneableSecret` and `SerializableSecret` are implemented on the **inner type `T`**,
125//! not on `Fixed<T>` or `Dynamic<T>` directly. [`EncodedSecret`] is not a secret
126//! wrapper and does not interact with these markers.
127//!
128//! # Where accident-prevention ends
129//!
130//! This crate carries two separate obligations, and they end in different places.
131//!
132//! **Accidents must not compile.** This applies while the secret is held in
133//! [`Fixed`]/[`Dynamic`], and it ends at the named extraction. `into_inner` and
134//! `EncodedSecret::into_inner` are the exits that transfer ownership: you typed a
135//! name, the call site is grep-able, and the wrapper is consumed. `expose_secret` is
136//! a named *borrow* — the wrapper still owns the secret and still wipes it — but it
137//! hands out a reference with no lifetime bound to a call site, so it is audited
138//! alongside them.
139//!
140//! **Documented behavior must be accurate.** This never ends, and it is why the
141//! taxonomy table above says `Deref: Yes` for the output wrapper.
142//!
143//! What [`EncodedSecret`] still guarantees: the `String` it owns is zeroized on drop,
144//! and its `Debug` prints `[REDACTED]`. What it does not guarantee: copies you make
145//! through `Deref` are ordinary values. `str::to_string()` and `.to_owned()` both
146//! produce untracked plaintext. That is what extraction is for — the crate is not
147//! trying to follow the bytes into your TLS stack. `into_inner` gives up even the first
148//! guarantee, by design: it is the named end of protection.
149//!
150//! Two consequences worth knowing:
151//!
152//! - `format!("{:?}", &*encoded)` prints the encoded secret. Redaction lives on the
153//!   wrapper, not on `str`; dereferencing first opts out of it.
154//! - [`EncodedSecret::into_zeroizing`] returns a `Zeroizing<String>`, whose `Debug` is
155//!   **not** redacted. It is a deliberate hand-off to a foreign type, not an equivalent
156//!   wrapper.
157//!
158//! # Import paths
159//!
160//! ```rust
161//! // ✅ Correct — always import from the crate root
162//! use secure_gate::{Fixed, RevealSecret};
163//!
164//! // ❌ Wrong — these internal paths compile but are not the public API
165//! // use secure_gate::traits::reveal_secret::RevealSecret;
166//! // use secure_gate::traits::encoding::hex::ToHex;
167//! ```
168//!
169//! # Method resolution: wrapper methods vs trait methods
170//!
171//! Encoding methods exist at **two levels** — both produce identical results:
172//!
173//! | Call style | Example | Appears in audit sweep? |
174//! |-----------|---------|------------------------|
175//! | **Wrapper trait impl** (ergonomic) | `key.to_hex()` (needs `use secure_gate::ToHex`) | No — grep for `to_hex` directly |
176//! | **Trait via scoped access** (audit-friendly) | `key.with_secret(\|b\| b.to_hex())` | Yes — `with_secret` is grep-able |
177//!
178//! Both levels are impls of the **same** trait ([`ToHex`], [`ToBase32`], [`ToBase64Url`],
179//! [`ToBech32`], [`ToBech32m`]): a blanket impl covers the raw bytes inside
180//! `with_secret`, and per-wrapper impls on `Fixed<[u8; N]>` / `Dynamic<Vec<u8>>`
181//! delegate through `with_secret` internally. One trait also means one bound:
182//! `fn fingerprint<S: ToHex>(s: &S)` accepts wrappers and forwarding newtypes
183//! alike.
184//!
185//! # Feature flags
186//!
187//! | Feature | Default | Description |
188//! |---------|---------|-------------|
189//! | `alloc` | **yes** | Heap types ([`Dynamic<T>`]), `Vec`/`String` zeroization |
190//! | `std` | no | Full `std` support (implies `alloc`) |
191//! | | | **Cryptographic** |
192//! | `ct-eq` | no | [`ConstantTimeEq`] via `subtle` — timing-safe comparison |
193//! | `rand` | no | `from_random()` / `from_rng()` — `no_std` for [`Fixed`] |
194//! | | | **Serialization** |
195//! | `serde-serialize` | no | Serde `Serialize` (requires [`SerializableSecret`] marker) |
196//! | `serde-deserialize` | no | Serde `Deserialize` with 1 MiB default limit |
197//! | `serde` | no | Both directions |
198//! | | | **Encoding** |
199//! | `encoding-hex` | no | [`ToHex`] / [`FromHexStr`] via `base16ct` (constant-time) |
200//! | `encoding-base32` | no | [`ToBase32`] / [`FromBase32Str`] via `base32ct` (constant-time) |
201//! | `encoding-base64` | no | [`ToBase64Url`] / [`FromBase64UrlStr`] via `base64ct` (constant-time) |
202//! | `encoding-bech32` | no | [`ToBech32`] / [`FromBech32Str`] (BIP-173) **and** [`ToBech32m`] / [`FromBech32mStr`] (BIP-350); `_sized::<N>` for a caller-chosen code length |
203//! | `encoding` | no | All encoding features |
204//! | | | **Meta** |
205//! | `cloneable` | no | [`CloneableSecret`] opt-in cloning |
206//! | `full` | no | Everything except `std` |
207//!
208//! # What's available without `alloc`?
209//!
210//! With `default-features = false`:
211//! - [`Fixed<T>`], [`RevealSecret`], [`RevealSecretMut`]
212//! - [`Fixed::try_from_hex`](Fixed::try_from_hex), [`Fixed::try_from_base32`](Fixed::try_from_base32),
213//!   [`Fixed::try_from_base64url`](Fixed::try_from_base64url),
214//!   [`Fixed::try_from_bech32`](Fixed::try_from_bech32), [`Fixed::try_from_bech32m`](Fixed::try_from_bech32m)
215//!   (no-alloc stack-based decoding)
216//! - [`fixed_newtype!`] (distinct nominal types — two keys of the same size that
217//!   the compiler keeps apart); a plain `type` alias over [`Fixed<T>`] needs nothing
218//!   at all
219//! - [`FromSliceError`]
220//!
221//! **Not** available without `alloc`: [`Dynamic<T>`], [`EncodedSecret`],
222//! encoding traits ([`ToHex`], etc.), decoding traits ([`FromHexStr`], etc.),
223//! [`dynamic_newtype!`], serde support.
224//!
225//! # `no_std`
226//!
227//! `no_std` compatible (`#![no_std]` unless the `std` feature is enabled — verified in CI
228//! by cross-building for `thumbv7em-none-eabihf`). [`Fixed<T>`] works without `alloc`.
229//! Enable `alloc` (default) for [`Dynamic<T>`]. For pure stack / embedded builds, use
230//! `default-features = false`. MSRV: **1.85** (Rust edition 2024).
231//!
232//! One caveat: the `rand` feature compiles without `std` or `alloc`, but
233//! [`Fixed::from_random`] relies on `getrandom`, which needs a platform entropy backend.
234//! On bare-metal targets you must configure one (see the `getrandom` crate's
235//! "custom backend" documentation); without it, builds enabling `rand` fail at link
236//! time on such targets. [`Fixed::from_rng`] with a caller-supplied RNG has no such
237//! requirement.
238//!
239//! # Security
240//!
241//! This crate has **not** undergone an independent security audit. No unsafe code —
242//! enforced with `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]`. Prefer scoped access ([`RevealSecret::with_secret`])
243//! over direct references. Encoders return [`EncodedSecret`], which stays wiped until it
244//! drops; `EncodedSecret::into_inner` is the named call that ends that. See
245//! [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/Slurp9187/secure-gate/blob/main/secure-gate-core/SECURITY.md)
246//! for the full threat model.
247//!
248//! # Inherent Rust Limitations
249//!
250//! Three universal limits apply to any in-memory secret library in Rust (and in
251//! C, C++, and Go) — `secure-gate` documents them honestly rather than
252//! overclaiming:
253//!
254//! - **Stack-move residue**: moving a [`Fixed<T>`] by value leaves the prior stack
255//!   slot uncleared until a later frame overwrites it. Prefer
256//!   [`Fixed::new_with`](Fixed::new_with), pass by reference, or use
257//!   [`Dynamic<T>`] for long-lived secrets.
258//! - **Heap-reallocation residue**: `Vec` / `String` realloc frees the old buffer
259//!   unzeroed. Pre-size, use `Dynamic<[u8; N]>` (boxed array — no realloc surface),
260//!   or install a zero-on-dealloc global allocator such as `zeroizing-alloc` at
261//!   the binary level.
262//! - **Swap / core dumps**: process memory paged to disk or written on crash is
263//!   outside any in-process library's reach. Use OS facilities (`mlock`,
264//!   encrypted swap, disabled core dumps).
265//!
266//! Full discussion in
267//! [SECURITY.md § Inherent Rust Limitations](https://github.com/Slurp9187/secure-gate/blob/main/secure-gate-core/SECURITY.md#inherent-rust-limitations).
268//!
269//! See the [README](https://github.com/Slurp9187/secure-gate/blob/main/README.md) and
270//! [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/Slurp9187/secure-gate/blob/main/secure-gate-core/SECURITY.md) for full details.
271
272#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
273extern crate alloc;
274
275#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
276mod dynamic;
277
278mod slot_writer;
279
280/// Fixed-size secret wrapper types - always available with zero dependencies.
281/// These provide fundamental secure storage abstractions for fixed-size data.
282mod fixed;
283
284/// Centralized error types - always available.
285mod error;
286
287/// Core traits for wrapper polymorphism - always available.
288pub mod traits;
289
290/// Implementation detail of the `*_newtype!` macros — not a public API.
291///
292/// Generated code needs to name `Zeroize`, `serde` traits, and `alloc` types
293/// without requiring the caller to depend on those crates directly, and
294/// `::alloc::…` paths do not resolve in an ordinary `std` crate. Re-exporting
295/// them here keeps expansions self-contained via `$crate::__private::…`.
296///
297/// Semver-exempt: items here may change or disappear in any release.
298#[doc(hidden)]
299pub mod __private {
300    #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
301    pub use alloc::{boxed::Box, string::String, vec::Vec};
302    #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
303    pub use rand::{TryCryptoRng, TryRng};
304    #[cfg(feature = "serde-deserialize")]
305    pub use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
306    #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
307    pub use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
308    pub use zeroize::{Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop};
309}
310
311/// Heap-allocated secret wrapper with explicit access and automatic zeroization on drop.
312///
313/// Variable-length secrets (passwords, API keys, ciphertexts). Inner type must implement
314/// `Zeroize`. Secret bytes live on the heap only — never on the stack. Requires `alloc`.
315///
316/// See [`Fixed<T>`] for the stack-allocated alternative.
317///
318/// ```rust
319/// # #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
320/// # {
321/// use secure_gate::{Dynamic, RevealSecret};
322///
323/// let pw: Dynamic<String> = Dynamic::new(String::from("hunter2"));
324/// assert_eq!(pw.with_secret(|s: &String| s.len()), 7);
325/// assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", pw), "[REDACTED]");
326/// # }
327/// ```
328#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
329pub use dynamic::Dynamic;
330
331/// Cursor-like reader over [`Dynamic<Vec<u8>>`] — see [`Dynamic::as_reader`].
332#[cfg(feature = "std")]
333pub use dynamic::DynamicReader;
334
335/// Append-shaped writing into the fixed slot handed to a sized `new_with`.
336///
337/// The sized constructors hand out a slot whose length is already decided, which is what
338/// makes growth — and therefore the reallocation hazard — inexpressible. `SlotWriter`
339/// restores the append shape on top of that, so concatenating a wire format does not mean
340/// writing offsets by hand. [`push_slice`](SlotWriter::push_slice) panics on overrun and
341/// leaves the slot untouched; the `std`-gated [`Write`](std::io::Write) path cannot do that
342/// and stay inside `Write`'s contract, so it truncates and reports the refusal on a later
343/// call. `Debug` shows the cursor — position, remaining, length — and never the bytes.
344pub use slot_writer::SlotWriter;
345
346#[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde-deserialize"))]
347/// Default maximum byte length for `Dynamic<Vec<u8>>` / `Dynamic<String>` deserialization (1 MiB).
348///
349/// The standard `serde::Deserialize` impl for both types rejects payloads exceeding this value.
350/// Pass a custom ceiling to [`Dynamic::deserialize_with_limit`] when a different limit is needed.
351///
352/// **Important:** this limit is enforced *after* the upstream deserializer has fully
353/// materialized the payload. It is a **result-length acceptance bound**, not a
354/// pre-allocation DoS guard. For untrusted input, enforce size limits at the
355/// transport or parser layer upstream.
356pub use dynamic::MAX_DESERIALIZE_BYTES;
357
358/// Stack-allocated secret wrapper with explicit access and automatic zeroization on drop.
359///
360/// Fixed-size secrets (keys, nonces, tokens). Inner type must implement `Zeroize`.
361/// Always available — works without `alloc`. Prefer [`new_with`](Fixed::new_with) over
362/// [`new`](Fixed::new) when minimizing stack residue matters.
363///
364/// See [`Dynamic<T>`] for the heap-allocated alternative.
365///
366/// ```rust
367/// use secure_gate::{Fixed, RevealSecret};
368///
369/// let key = Fixed::new([0xABu8; 32]);
370/// key.with_secret(|b| assert_eq!(b[0], 0xAB));
371/// assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", key), "[REDACTED]");
372/// ```
373pub use fixed::Fixed;
374
375/// Marker trait that opts a secret type into cloning. No methods — gates the `Clone`
376/// impl on [`Fixed`] and [`Dynamic`]. Each clone is independently zeroized on drop,
377/// but increases the in-memory exposure surface. Requires `cloneable` feature.
378///
379/// Implement this on your inner type `T`; `Fixed<T>` and `Dynamic<T>` then gain the
380/// gated `Clone` impl automatically. **This marker is deliberately not implemented by
381/// default** on `Fixed<T>` or `Dynamic<T>` — cloning is an opt-in risk that must be
382/// explicitly enabled. Without the `cloneable` feature this type does not exist at all.
383///
384/// **Coherence note:** Rust's orphan rule prevents downstream crates from implementing
385/// this marker for foreign types such as `String`, `Vec<u8>`, or `[u8; N]` — so
386/// `Dynamic<String>` and `Fixed<[u8; N]>` themselves can never become `Clone`. To opt
387/// a secret into cloning, define a newtype inner type in your crate (deriving
388/// `Zeroize` and `Clone`) and implement the marker on it. This is intentional: it keeps
389/// every cloneable secret type visible in *your* code. See the trait-level docs for a
390/// worked example.
391///
392/// See also [`SerializableSecret`] (the other opt-in marker trait).
393#[cfg(feature = "cloneable")]
394pub use traits::CloneableSecret;
395
396/// Constant-time equality for secrets — prevents timing side-channel attacks.
397///
398/// Provides [`ct_eq()`](ConstantTimeEq::ct_eq) via the `subtle` crate. `==` is
399/// **deliberately not implemented** on [`Fixed`] / [`Dynamic`] — always use `ct_eq`.
400/// Requires `ct-eq` feature.
401///
402/// ```rust
403/// # #[cfg(feature = "ct-eq")]
404/// # {
405/// use secure_gate::{Fixed, ConstantTimeEq};
406///
407/// let a = Fixed::new([1u8; 32]);
408/// let b = Fixed::new([1u8; 32]);
409/// assert!(a.ct_eq(&b));
410/// # }
411/// ```
412#[cfg(feature = "ct-eq")]
413pub use traits::ConstantTimeEq;
414
415/// Explicit immutable access to secret contents (3-tier access model).
416///
417/// - **Tier 1** (preferred): [`with_secret()`](RevealSecret::with_secret) — scoped closure,
418///   borrow cannot escape.
419/// - **Tier 2** (escape hatch): [`expose_secret()`](RevealSecret::expose_secret) — direct
420///   `&T` reference for FFI / third-party APIs.
421/// - **Tier 3** (consumption): [`into_inner()`](RevealSecret::into_inner) — transfers
422///   ownership of the plain value; protection ends with the call.
423///
424/// Length metadata lives in the separate [`SecretLen`] trait. See
425/// [`RevealSecretMut`] for the mutable counterpart.
426// Kept as a separate `use` from `SecretLen` on purpose: rustdoc 1.70 (the 0.8
427// line's MSRV toolchain) ICEs resolving intra-doc links on a grouped
428// `pub use a::{B, C};` re-export, and the two lines share this file.
429pub use traits::RevealSecret;
430
431/// Length metadata for secrets whose inner type has a meaningful length.
432///
433/// [`len()`](SecretLen::len) / [`byte_len()`](SecretLen::byte_len) /
434/// [`is_empty()`](SecretLen::is_empty) do not expose contents, but length itself
435/// can be sensitive for variable-length secrets — see the trait's Security
436/// section. Implemented for `Fixed<[T; N]>`, `Dynamic<String>`, and
437/// `Dynamic<Vec<T>>`; deliberately not for custom inner types.
438pub use traits::SecretLen;
439
440/// Explicit mutable access to secret contents.
441///
442/// Extends [`RevealSecret`]. Prefer [`with_secret_mut()`](RevealSecretMut::with_secret_mut)
443/// (Tier 1) over [`expose_secret_mut()`](RevealSecretMut::expose_secret_mut) (Tier 2).
444/// Implemented by [`Fixed`], [`Dynamic`], and the generated newtypes. [`EncodedSecret`]
445/// implements neither this nor [`RevealSecret`] — it is an output wrapper, not a secret one.
446pub use traits::RevealSecretMut;
447
448/// Placeholder values left behind by [`RevealSecret::into_inner`] (Tier 3 access).
449///
450/// When `into_inner` moves the real secret out of a wrapper, it must leave *something*
451/// behind for the wrapper's `Drop` impl to zeroize. `SentinelValue::sentinel_value()`
452/// produces that inert placeholder (an all-default array, empty `String`, or empty
453/// `Vec`). Implemented for `[T; N]` (any `N`, `T: Default`), `String`, and `Vec<T>`.
454///
455/// Implement this for your own inner types to make `into_inner` available on wrappers
456/// around them. A sentinel must never contain secret material.
457///
458/// Leaving it unimplemented is a deliberate position, not a gap: `into_inner` is then
459/// uncallable for that inner type, so a secret with no safe inert placeholder simply
460/// cannot be extracted by ownership transfer. `with_secret` and `expose_secret` still
461/// work. That is the safe default rather than a missing feature.
462pub use traits::SentinelValue;
463
464/// Asserts that an inner type owns no heap allocation.
465///
466/// Required by [`Fixed::new`], which is what makes `SECURITY.md`'s claim that `Fixed<T>`
467/// "has no realloc surface" true rather than aspirational. Before this bound existed,
468/// `Fixed<Vec<u8>>`, `Fixed<String>` and `fixed_newtype!(pub Name, generic Vec<u8>)` all
469/// compiled, and measured, they abandoned an unwiped buffer holding the whole secret on
470/// any capacity change — the same weakness `Dynamic` documents, minus `Dynamic`'s
471/// safe-growth `std::io::Write` path.
472///
473/// Implemented for the primitives, `[T; N]` for any `N`, tuples up to four elements, and
474/// `Option<T>`. Nothing heap-owning is implemented: `Vec<T>`, `String` and `Box<[T]>` are
475/// all absent, because the residue does not need a capacity change — replacing the whole
476/// value abandons the allocation too, measured at 1024 of 1024 bytes through a
477/// `Fixed<Box<[u8]>>`. For a heap-backed secret use [`Dynamic`], which documents the
478/// residue and offers the one safe growth path.
479///
480/// A custom inner type writes `impl FixedStorage for MyKey {}`. Like [`CloneableSecret`],
481/// the compiler checks that you made the claim, not that it is true — see the trait docs
482/// for the test to apply and for why an assertion is the right trade here.
483pub use traits::FixedStorage;
484
485/// Encoded string **output wrapper** for zeroizing encoded output.
486///
487/// This is an **output wrapper** — it exists *only* to keep encoded data zeroized until
488/// it drops. It is **not** a secret wrapper like [`Fixed`]/[`Dynamic`] and does not
489/// accept [`CloneableSecret`] or [`SerializableSecret`] markers.
490///
491/// Returned by every encoding method (`to_hex`, `to_hex_upper`, `to_base32`,
492/// `to_base64url`, `try_to_bech32`, `try_to_bech32m`, and the `_sized::<N>` forms of
493/// the last two — only bech32 and bech32m take a code length).
494/// Wraps `Zeroizing<String>` with `Debug` → `[REDACTED]`. Its one accessor is
495/// `Deref<Target = str>`; there are deliberately no `AsRef` impls, because `Deref`
496/// already opens that door. Deliberately **no** `Display` either: `{}` on this type is
497/// a compile error, so `Debug` redaction cannot mislead a caller into logging the
498/// encoded secret. Write it out with `&*encoded`.
499///
500/// Use [`into_inner()`](EncodedSecret::into_inner) to extract a plain `String`
501/// (ends zeroization) or [`into_zeroizing()`](EncodedSecret::into_zeroizing) to keep
502/// the wiping. `into_zeroizing` is a partial downgrade: zeroize-on-drop survives, the
503/// redacted `Debug` does not, because `zeroize::Zeroizing` derives its own.
504///
505/// Requires `alloc` feature.
506#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
507pub use traits::EncodedSecret;
508
509/// Marker trait that opts a secret type into Serde serialization. No methods — gates the
510/// `Serialize` impl on [`Fixed`] and [`Dynamic`]. Serialization exposes the full secret;
511/// audit every impl. Requires `serde-serialize` feature.
512///
513/// **`Deserialize` does NOT require this marker** — it is gated separately by the
514/// `serde-deserialize` feature with its own impls on the wrapper types directly. This
515/// marker controls `Serialize` only.
516///
517/// Implement this on your inner type `T`; `Fixed<T>` and `Dynamic<T>` then gain the
518/// gated `Serialize` impl automatically. **This marker is deliberately not implemented
519/// by default** on `Fixed<T>` or `Dynamic<T>` — serialization is an opt-in risk that
520/// must be explicitly enabled. Without the `serde-serialize` feature this type does not
521/// exist at all.
522///
523/// **Coherence note:** Rust's orphan rule prevents downstream crates from implementing
524/// this marker for foreign types such as `String`, `Vec<u8>`, or `[u8; N]` — so
525/// `Fixed<[u8; N]>` and `Dynamic<String>` themselves can never become `Serialize`. To
526/// opt a secret into serialization, define a newtype inner type in your crate (deriving
527/// `Zeroize` and `Serialize`) and implement the marker on it. This is intentional: it
528/// keeps every serializable secret type visible in *your* code. See the trait-level
529/// docs for a worked example.
530///
531/// See also [`CloneableSecret`] (the other opt-in marker trait).
532#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
533pub use traits::SerializableSecret;
534
535// Newtype macros (`dynamic_newtype!` needs `alloc`)
536mod macros;
537
538/// Decodes Base32 strings (`&str`) to `Vec<u8>`. Blanket impl for `AsRef<str>`.
539/// Requires `encoding-base32` + `alloc`. See [`ToBase32`] for the encoding counterpart.
540#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-base32", feature = "alloc"))]
541pub use traits::FromBase32Str;
542
543/// Decodes Base64url strings (`&str`) to `Vec<u8>`. Blanket impl for `AsRef<str>`.
544/// Requires `encoding-base64` + `alloc`. See [`ToBase64Url`] for the encoding counterpart.
545#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-base64", feature = "alloc"))]
546pub use traits::FromBase64UrlStr;
547
548/// Decodes Bech32 (BIP-173) strings to `Vec<u8>` with HRP validation.
549/// Requires `encoding-bech32` + `alloc`. See [`ToBech32`] for the encoding counterpart.
550#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-bech32", feature = "alloc"))]
551pub use traits::FromBech32Str;
552
553/// Decodes Bech32m (BIP-350) strings to `Vec<u8>` with HRP validation.
554/// Requires `encoding-bech32` + `alloc`. See [`ToBech32m`] for the encoding counterpart.
555#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-bech32", feature = "alloc"))]
556pub use traits::FromBech32mStr;
557
558/// Decodes hex strings (`&str`) to `Vec<u8>`. Blanket impl for `AsRef<str>`.
559/// Requires `encoding-hex` + `alloc`. See [`ToHex`] for the encoding counterpart.
560#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-hex", feature = "alloc"))]
561pub use traits::FromHexStr;
562
563/// Encodes byte data as Base32 strings (RFC 4648 §6, uppercase, no padding).
564/// Blanket impl for `AsRef<[u8]> + `[`EncodableBytes`]. Returns [`EncodedSecret`].
565/// Requires `encoding-base32` + `alloc`.
566/// See [`FromBase32Str`] for the decoding counterpart.
567#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-base32", feature = "alloc"))]
568pub use traits::ToBase32;
569
570/// Encodes byte data as Base64url strings (RFC 4648, URL-safe, no padding).
571/// Blanket impl for `AsRef<[u8]> + `[`EncodableBytes`]. Returns [`EncodedSecret`].
572/// Requires `encoding-base64` + `alloc`.
573/// See [`FromBase64UrlStr`] for the decoding counterpart.
574#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-base64", feature = "alloc"))]
575pub use traits::ToBase64Url;
576
577/// Encodes byte data as Bech32 (BIP-173) strings. Blanket impl for
578/// `AsRef<[u8]> + `[`EncodableBytes`]; returns `Result<`[`EncodedSecret`]`, _>`.
579/// The plain methods use [`BECH32_CODE_LENGTH`]; `try_to_bech32_sized::<N>` takes the
580/// code length as a parameter. Requires `encoding-bech32` + `alloc`.
581/// See [`FromBech32Str`] for the decoding counterpart.
582#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-bech32", feature = "alloc"))]
583pub use traits::ToBech32;
584
585/// Encodes byte data as Bech32m (BIP-350) strings. Blanket impl for
586/// `AsRef<[u8]> + `[`EncodableBytes`]; returns `Result<`[`EncodedSecret`]`, _>`.
587/// The plain methods use [`BECH32_CODE_LENGTH`]; `try_to_bech32m_sized::<N>` takes the
588/// code length as a parameter. Requires `encoding-bech32` + `alloc`.
589/// See [`FromBech32mStr`] for the decoding counterpart.
590#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-bech32", feature = "alloc"))]
591pub use traits::ToBech32m;
592
593/// Opt-in marker for byte-shaped encoding inputs. Every `To*` trait is blanket
594/// implemented for `AsRef<[u8]> + EncodableBytes`; the second bound keeps string-shaped
595/// types out, so an already-encoded value cannot be silently encoded again. Implement it
596/// for your own byte newtype to make it encodable.
597#[cfg(feature = "encoding-bech32")]
598pub use traits::Case;
599
600#[cfg(any(
601    feature = "encoding-hex",
602    feature = "encoding-base32",
603    feature = "encoding-base64",
604    feature = "encoding-bech32",
605))]
606pub use traits::EncodableBytes;
607
608/// Bech32 (BIP-173) checksum with a caller-chosen code length. `N` caps the length of
609/// the whole encoded string and never enters the checksum. Above [`BECH32_CODE_LENGTH`]
610/// the BCH error-detection guarantee no longer holds - see the type docs.
611#[cfg(feature = "encoding-bech32")]
612pub use traits::{Bech32Sized, Bech32Standard};
613
614/// Bech32m (BIP-350) checksum with a caller-chosen code length - the bech32m twin of
615/// [`Bech32Sized`], with the same rules and the same guarantee boundary.
616#[cfg(feature = "encoding-bech32")]
617pub use traits::{Bech32mSized, Bech32mStandard};
618
619/// The bech32 BCH code length (1023) used by every non-`_sized` method, and the helper
620/// that sizes an `N` from an HRP length and a payload byte count.
621#[cfg(feature = "encoding-bech32")]
622pub use traits::{BECH32_CODE_LENGTH, bech32_code_length};
623
624/// Encodes byte data as hexadecimal strings (constant-time via `base16ct`).
625/// Blanket impl for `AsRef<[u8]> + `[`EncodableBytes`]. Provides `to_hex()` and
626/// `to_hex_upper()`, both returning [`EncodedSecret`].
627/// Requires `encoding-hex` + `alloc`.
628/// See [`FromHexStr`] for the decoding counterpart.
629#[cfg(all(feature = "encoding-hex", feature = "alloc"))]
630pub use traits::ToHex;
631
632/// Errors from Bech32 (BIP-173) and Bech32m (BIP-350) decoding.
633/// Variant shapes are identical in debug and release builds; no secret material
634/// (payload bytes, HRP strings) is ever carried in an error.
635#[cfg(feature = "encoding-bech32")]
636pub use error::Bech32Error;
637
638/// Errors from Base32 (RFC 4648 §6, uppercase, unpadded) decoding. Variant shapes are
639/// identical in debug and release builds; only numeric length metadata is carried.
640#[cfg(feature = "encoding-base32")]
641pub use error::Base32Error;
642
643/// Errors from Base64url decoding. Variant shapes are identical in debug and
644/// release builds; only numeric length metadata is carried.
645#[cfg(feature = "encoding-base64")]
646pub use error::Base64Error;
647
648/// Errors from hex decoding. Variant shapes are identical in debug and
649/// release builds; only numeric length metadata is carried.
650#[cfg(feature = "encoding-hex")]
651pub use error::HexError;
652
653/// Error returned when a byte slice cannot be converted to `Fixed<[u8; N]>` due to
654/// length mismatch. Produced by `Fixed::try_from(&[u8])`.
655pub use error::FromSliceError;
656
657// The README's examples are compiled and run by `cargo test --doc`, so they cannot
658// silently rot. `cfg(doctest)` is set only while rustdoc *collects doctests* — never
659// while it *builds documentation* — so this item never reaches docs.rs or `cargo doc`
660// output, and the README is not duplicated onto the crate page.
661//
662// Gated on `full` as well: the README documents the fully-featured crate, so its
663// examples use `alloc` and the encoding traits unconditionally. Without this gate the
664// `--no-default-features` doctest job in CI would fail on imports the README does not
665// feature-gate. CI's `--features full` and `--all-features` entries do run them.
666//
667// It must live at the end of the file: an item here would otherwise sit ahead of the
668// `//!` crate docs above, which is not allowed.
669#[cfg(all(doctest, feature = "full"))]
670#[doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
671pub struct ReadmeDoctests;