Crate serde_ply 

Serde-based PLY file format serialization and deserialization.

This crate provides fast, flexible PLY file parsing and writing using serde. It supports both ASCII and binary formats, streaming/chunked processing, and the full PLY specification including list properties.

Quick Start

use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use serde_ply::{from_str, to_string, SerializeOptions};

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
struct Vertex {
    x: f32,
    y: f32,
    z: f32,
}

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
struct Mesh {
    vertex: Vec<Vertex>,
}

let ply_text = r#"ply
format ascii 1.0
element vertex 2
property float x
property float y
property float z
end_header
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 1.0 1.0
"#;

let mesh: Mesh = from_str(ply_text)?;
let output = to_string(&mesh, SerializeOptions::ascii())?;

Structs

DeserializeError

Error that occurs during PLY deserialization.

ElementDef

Definition of a PLY element type.

ListCountU16

Wrapper to serialize PLY lists with u16 count type.

ListCountU32

Wrapper to serialize PLY lists with u32 count type.

PlyChunkedReader

Streaming PLY file parser for chunked data processing.

PlyHeader

PLY file header containing format, elements, and metadata.

PlyProperty

Definition of a single property within a PLY element.

PlyReader

PLY file deserializer for element-by-element processing.

RowVisitor

Visitor for processing PLY rows one at a time.

SerializeError

Error that occurs during PLY serialization.

SerializeOptions

Options for PLY file serialization.

Enums

PlyFormat

PLY file format encoding.

PropertyType

PLY property type definition.

ScalarType

Scalar data type used in PLY properties.

Functions

from_bytes

Deserialize PLY data from bytes.

from_reader

Deserialize PLY data from a reader.

from_str

Deserialize PLY data from a string.

to_bytes

Serialize PLY data to bytes.

to_string

Serialize PLY data to a string.

to_writer

Serialize PLY data to a writer.