Crate simple_tlv[][src]

simple-tlv

Implementation of the SIMPLE-TLV serialization format from ISO 7816-4:2005.

5.2.1 SIMPLE-TLV data objects

Each SIMPLE-TLV data object shall consist of two or three consecutive fields: a mandatory tag field, a mandatory length field and a conditional value field. A record (see 7.3.1) may be a SIMPLE-TLV data object.

  • The tag field consists of a single byte encoding a tag number from 1 to 254. The values '00' and 'FF' are invalid for tag fields. If a record is a SIMPLE-TLV data object, then the tag may be used as record identifier.
  • The length field consists of one or three consecutive bytes.
    • If the first byte is not set to 'FF', then the length field consists of a single byte encoding a number from zero to 254 and denoted N.
    • If the first byte is set to 'FF', then the length field continues on the subsequent two bytes with any value encoding a number from zero to 65,535 and denoted N.
  • If N is zero, there is no value field, i.e., the data object is empty. Otherwise (N > 0), the value field consists of N consecutive bytes.

Credits

This library is a remix of RustCrypto/utils/der, with a view towards:

  • not requiring references to ASN.1 (e.g., since SIMPLE-TLV does not have any)
  • not requiring allocations or memmoves (like ring, derp, x509:der)
  • adding a type layer on top of SIMPLE-TLV's byte slice values

The core idea taken from der is to have Encodable require an encoded_length method. By calling this recursively in a first pass, allocations required in other approaches are avoided.

Structs

Decoder

SIMPLE-TLV decoder.

Encoder

SIMPLE-TLV encoder.

Error

Error type.

Length

SIMPLE-TLV-encoded length.

Slice

Slice of at most Length::max() bytes.

Tag

The tag field consists of a single byte encoding a tag number from 1 to 254. The values '00' and 'FF' are invalid.

TaggedValue

SIMPLE-TLV data object.

Enums

ErrorKind

Error type.

Traits

Container

Multiple encodables in a container.

Decodable

Decoding trait.

Encodable

Encoding trait.

Tagged

Types with an associated SIMPLE-TLV Tag.

Type Definitions

Result

Result type.

TaggedSlice

Raw SIMPLE-TLV data object TaggedValue<Slice<'_>>.