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12 $perl_value = decode_cbor $binary_cbor_data; 12 $perl_value = decode_cbor $binary_cbor_data;
13 13
14 # OO-interface 14 # OO-interface
15 15
16 $coder = CBOR::XS->new; 16 $coder = CBOR::XS->new;
17 #TODO 17 $binary_cbor_data = $coder->encode ($perl_value);
18 $perl_value = $coder->decode ($binary_cbor_data);
19
20 # prefix decoding
21
22 my $many_cbor_strings = ...;
23 while (length $many_cbor_strings) {
24 my ($data, $length) = $cbor->decode_prefix ($many_cbor_strings);
25 # data was decoded
26 substr $many_cbor_strings, 0, $length, ""; # remove decoded cbor string
27 }
18 28
19=head1 DESCRIPTION 29=head1 DESCRIPTION
20 30
21WARNING! THIS IS A PRE-ALPHA RELEASE! IT WILL CRASH, CORRUPT YOUR DATA AND 31This module converts Perl data structures to the Concise Binary Object
22EAT YOUR CHILDREN! 32Representation (CBOR) and vice versa. CBOR is a fast binary serialisation
33format that aims to use an (almost) superset of the JSON data model, i.e.
34when you can represent something useful in JSON, you should be able to
35represent it in CBOR.
23 36
24This module converts Perl data structures to CBOR and vice versa. Its 37In short, CBOR is a faster and quite compact binary alternative to JSON,
38with the added ability of supporting serialisation of Perl objects. (JSON
39often compresses better than CBOR though, so if you plan to compress the
40data later and speed is less important you might want to compare both
41formats first).
42
43To give you a general idea about speed, with texts in the megabyte range,
44C<CBOR::XS> usually encodes roughly twice as fast as L<Storable> or
45L<JSON::XS> and decodes about 15%-30% faster than those. The shorter the
46data, the worse L<Storable> performs in comparison.
47
48Regarding compactness, C<CBOR::XS>-encoded data structures are usually
49about 20% smaller than the same data encoded as (compact) JSON or
50L<Storable>.
51
52In addition to the core CBOR data format, this module implements a
53number of extensions, to support cyclic and shared data structures (see
54C<allow_sharing>), string deduplication (see C<pack_strings>) and scalar
55references (always enabled).
56
25primary goal is to be I<correct> and its secondary goal is to be 57The primary goal of this module is to be I<correct> and the secondary goal
26I<fast>. To reach the latter goal it was written in C. 58is to be I<fast>. To reach the latter goal it was written in C.
27 59
28See MAPPING, below, on how CBOR::XS maps perl values to CBOR values and 60See MAPPING, below, on how CBOR::XS maps perl values to CBOR values and
29vice versa. 61vice versa.
30 62
31=cut 63=cut
32 64
33package CBOR::XS; 65package CBOR::XS;
34 66
35use common::sense; 67use common::sense;
36 68
37our $VERSION = 0.01; 69our $VERSION = '1.0';
38our @ISA = qw(Exporter); 70our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
39 71
40our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor); 72our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor);
41 73
42use Exporter; 74use Exporter;
43use XSLoader; 75use XSLoader;
44 76
77use Types::Serialiser;
78
79our $MAGIC = "\xd9\xd9\xf7";
80
45=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE 81=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
46 82
47The following convenience methods are provided by this module. They are 83The following convenience methods are provided by this module. They are
48exported by default: 84exported by default:
49 85
75strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>. 111strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
76 112
77The mutators for flags all return the CBOR object again and thus calls can 113The mutators for flags all return the CBOR object again and thus calls can
78be chained: 114be chained:
79 115
80#TODO
81 my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]}); 116 my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]});
82 117
83=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth]) 118=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])
84 119
85=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth 120=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth
119If no argument is given, the limit check will be deactivated (same as when 154If no argument is given, the limit check will be deactivated (same as when
120C<0> is specified). 155C<0> is specified).
121 156
122See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful. 157See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
123 158
159=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_unknown ([$enable])
160
161=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_unknown
162
163If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will I<not> throw an
164exception when it encounters values it cannot represent in CBOR (for
165example, filehandles) but instead will encode a CBOR C<error> value.
166
167If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will throw an
168exception when it encounters anything it cannot encode as CBOR.
169
170This option does not affect C<decode> in any way, and it is recommended to
171leave it off unless you know your communications partner.
172
173=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_sharing ([$enable])
174
175=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_sharing
176
177If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will not double-encode
178values that have been referenced before (e.g. when the same object, such
179as an array, is referenced multiple times), but instead will emit a
180reference to the earlier value.
181
182This means that such values will only be encoded once, and will not result
183in a deep cloning of the value on decode, in decoders supporting the value
184sharing extension. This also makes it possible to encode cyclic data
185structures.
186
187It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
188communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR
189(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the
190resulting data structure might be unusable.
191
192Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded
193that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily
194increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encode as
195sharable whether or not they are actually shared.
196
197At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars,
198arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as
199an array with multiple "copies" of the I<same> string, which are hard but
200not impossible to create in Perl, are not supported (this is the same as
201with L<Storable>).
202
203If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode shared
204data structures repeatedly, unsharing them in the process. Cyclic data
205structures cannot be encoded in this mode.
206
207This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - shared values and
208references will always be decoded properly if present.
209
210=item $cbor = $cbor->pack_strings ([$enable])
211
212=item $enabled = $cbor->get_pack_strings
213
214If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will try not to encode
215the same string twice, but will instead encode a reference to the string
216instead. Depending on your data format, this can save a lot of space, but
217also results in a very large runtime overhead (expect encoding times to be
2182-4 times as high as without).
219
220It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
221communications partner supports the stringref extension to CBOR
222(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>), as without decoder support, the
223resulting data structure might not be usable.
224
225If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode strings
226the standard CBOR way.
227
228This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - string references will
229always be decoded properly if present.
230
231=item $cbor = $cbor->filter ([$cb->($tag, $value)])
232
233=item $cb_or_undef = $cbor->get_filter
234
235Sets or replaces the tagged value decoding filter (when C<$cb> is
236specified) or clears the filter (if no argument or C<undef> is provided).
237
238The filter callback is called only during decoding, when a non-enforced
239tagged value has been decoded (see L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for a
240list of enforced tags). For specific tags, it's often better to provide a
241default converter using the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash (see below).
242
243The first argument is the numerical tag, the second is the (decoded) value
244that has been tagged.
245
246The filter function should return either exactly one value, which will
247replace the tagged value in the decoded data structure, or no values,
248which will result in default handling, which currently means the decoder
249creates a C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object to hold the tag and the value.
250
251When the filter is cleared (the default state), the default filter
252function, C<CBOR::XS::default_filter>, is used. This function simply looks
253up the tag in the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash. If an entry exists it must be
254a code reference that is called with tag and value, and is responsible for
255decoding the value. If no entry exists, it returns no values.
256
257Example: decode all tags not handled internally into C<CBOR::XS::Tagged>
258objects, with no other special handling (useful when working with
259potentially "unsafe" CBOR data).
260
261 CBOR::XS->new->filter (sub { })->decode ($cbor_data);
262
263Example: provide a global filter for tag 1347375694, converting the value
264into some string form.
265
266 $CBOR::XS::FILTER{1347375694} = sub {
267 my ($tag, $value);
268
269 "tag 1347375694 value $value"
270 };
271
124=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar) 272=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar)
125 273
126Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR 274Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR
127representation. 275representation.
128 276
161 309
162=head2 CBOR -> PERL 310=head2 CBOR -> PERL
163 311
164=over 4 312=over 4
165 313
166=item True, False 314=item integers
167 315
168These CBOR values become C<CBOR::XS::true> and C<CBOR::XS::false>, 316CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit
317support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted.
318
319=item byte strings
320
321Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the Byte values 0..255
322will simply become characters of the same value in Perl).
323
324=item UTF-8 strings
325
326UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be
327decoded into proper Unicode code points. At the moment, the validity of
328the UTF-8 octets will not be validated - corrupt input will result in
329corrupted Perl strings.
330
331=item arrays, maps
332
333CBOR arrays and CBOR maps will be converted into references to a Perl
334array or hash, respectively. The keys of the map will be stringified
335during this process.
336
337=item null
338
339CBOR null becomes C<undef> in Perl.
340
341=item true, false, undefined
342
343These CBOR values become C<Types:Serialiser::true>,
344C<Types:Serialiser::false> and C<Types::Serialiser::error>,
169respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers 345respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers
170C<1> and C<0>. You can check whether a scalar is a CBOR boolean by using 346C<1> and C<0> (for true and false) or to throw an exception on access (for
171the C<CBOR::XS::is_bool> function. 347error). See the L<Types::Serialiser> manpage for details.
172 348
173=item Null, Undefined 349=item tagged values
174 350
175CBOR Null and Undefined values becomes C<undef> in Perl (in the future, 351Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value.
176Undefined may raise an exception). 352
353See L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> and the description of C<< ->filter >>
354for details on which tags are handled how.
355
356=item anything else
357
358Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding
359error.
177 360
178=back 361=back
179 362
180 363
181=head2 PERL -> CBOR 364=head2 PERL -> CBOR
182 365
183The mapping from Perl to CBOR is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a 366The mapping from Perl to CBOR is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a
184truly typeless language, so we can only guess which CBOR type is meant by 367typeless language. That means this module can only guess which CBOR type
185a Perl value. 368is meant by a perl value.
186 369
187=over 4 370=over 4
188 371
189=item hash references 372=item hash references
190 373
191Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering 374Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in
192in hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a 375hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random
193pseudo-random order. 376order. This order can be different each time a hahs is encoded.
377
378Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal
379hashes will use the fixed-length format.
194 380
195=item array references 381=item array references
196 382
197Perl array references become CBOR arrays. 383Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays.
198 384
199=item other references 385=item other references
200 386
201Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an 387Other unblessed references will be represented using
202exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and 388the indirection tag extension (tag value C<22098>,
203C<1>, which get turned into C<False> and C<True> in CBOR. 389L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>). CBOR decoders are guaranteed
390to be able to decode these values somehow, by either "doing the right
391thing", decoding into a generic tagged object, simply ignoring the tag, or
392something else.
204 393
205=item CBOR::XS::true, CBOR::XS::false 394=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects
206 395
396Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]>
397pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will
398be encoded as appropriate for the value. You must use C<CBOR::XS::tag> to
399create such objects.
400
401=item Types::Serialiser::true, Types::Serialiser::false, Types::Serialiser::error
402
207These special values become CBOR True and CBOR False values, 403These special values become CBOR true, CBOR false and CBOR undefined
208respectively. You can also use C<\1> and C<\0> directly if you want. 404values, respectively. You can also use C<\1>, C<\0> and C<\undef> directly
405if you want.
209 406
210=item blessed objects 407=item other blessed objects
211 408
212Blessed objects are not directly representable in CBOR. TODO 409Other blessed objects are serialised via C<TO_CBOR> or C<FREEZE>. See
213See the 410L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for specific classes handled by this
214C<allow_blessed> and C<convert_blessed> methods on various options on 411module, and L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for generic object serialisation.
215how to deal with this: basically, you can choose between throwing an
216exception, encoding the reference as if it weren't blessed, or provide
217your own serialiser method.
218 412
219=item simple scalars 413=item simple scalars
220 414
221TODO
222Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most 415Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most
223difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as 416difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as
224CBOR C<Null> values, scalars that have last been used in a string context 417CBOR null values, scalars that have last been used in a string context
225before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value: 418before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value:
226 419
227 # dump as number 420 # dump as number
228 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2] 421 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2]
229 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17] 422 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17]
230 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5] 423 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5]
231 424
232 # used as string, so dump as string 425 # used as string, so dump as string (either byte or text)
233 print $value; 426 print $value;
234 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"] 427 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"]
235 428
236 # undef becomes null 429 # undef becomes null
237 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null] 430 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null]
241 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number 434 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number
242 "$x"; # stringified 435 "$x"; # stringified
243 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify 436 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify
244 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often 437 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often
245 438
439You can force whether a string ie encoded as byte or text string by using
440C<utf8::upgrade> and C<utf8::downgrade>):
441
442 utf8::upgrade $x; # encode $x as text string
443 utf8::downgrade $x; # encode $x as byte string
444
445Perl doesn't define what operations up- and downgrade strings, so if the
446difference between byte and text is important, you should up- or downgrade
447your string as late as possible before encoding.
448
246You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it: 449You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it:
247 450
248 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string 451 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string
249 $x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number 452 $x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number
250 $x *= 1; # same thing, the choice is yours. 453 $x *= 1; # same thing, the choice is yours.
251 454
252You can not currently force the type in other, less obscure, ways. Tell me 455You can not currently force the type in other, less obscure, ways. Tell me
253if you need this capability (but don't forget to explain why it's needed 456if you need this capability (but don't forget to explain why it's needed
254:). 457:).
255 458
256Note that numerical precision has the same meaning as under Perl (so 459Perl values that seem to be integers generally use the shortest possible
257binary to decimal conversion follows the same rules as in Perl, which 460representation. Floating-point values will use either the IEEE single
258can differ to other languages). Also, your perl interpreter might expose 461format if possible without loss of precision, otherwise the IEEE double
259extensions to the floating point numbers of your platform, such as 462format will be used. Perls that use formats other than IEEE double to
260infinities or NaN's - these cannot be represented in CBOR, and it is an 463represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of
261error to pass those in. 464precision.
262 465
263=back 466=back
264 467
468=head2 OBJECT SERIALISATION
265 469
470This module implements both a CBOR-specific and the generic
471L<Types::Serialier> object serialisation protocol. The following
472subsections explain both methods.
473
474=head3 ENCODING
475
476This module knows two way to serialise a Perl object: The CBOR-specific
477way, and the generic way.
478
479Whenever the encoder encounters a Perl object that it cannot serialise
480directly (most of them), it will first look up the C<TO_CBOR> method on
481it.
482
483If it has a C<TO_CBOR> method, it will call it with the object as only
484argument, and expects exactly one return value, which it will then
485substitute and encode it in the place of the object.
486
487Otherwise, it will look up the C<FREEZE> method. If it exists, it will
488call it with the object as first argument, and the constant string C<CBOR>
489as the second argument, to distinguish it from other serialisers.
490
491The C<FREEZE> method can return any number of values (i.e. zero or
492more). These will be encoded as CBOR perl object, together with the
493classname.
494
495These methods I<MUST NOT> change the data structure that is being
496serialised. Failure to comply to this can result in memory corruption -
497and worse.
498
499If an object supports neither C<TO_CBOR> nor C<FREEZE>, encoding will fail
500with an error.
501
502=head3 DECODING
503
504Objects encoded via C<TO_CBOR> cannot (normally) be automatically decoded,
505but objects encoded via C<FREEZE> can be decoded using the following
506protocol:
507
508When an encoded CBOR perl object is encountered by the decoder, it will
509look up the C<THAW> method, by using the stored classname, and will fail
510if the method cannot be found.
511
512After the lookup it will call the C<THAW> method with the stored classname
513as first argument, the constant string C<CBOR> as second argument, and all
514values returned by C<FREEZE> as remaining arguments.
515
516=head3 EXAMPLES
517
518Here is an example C<TO_CBOR> method:
519
520 sub My::Object::TO_CBOR {
521 my ($obj) = @_;
522
523 ["this is a serialised My::Object object", $obj->{id}]
524 }
525
526When a C<My::Object> is encoded to CBOR, it will instead encode a simple
527array with two members: a string, and the "object id". Decoding this CBOR
528string will yield a normal perl array reference in place of the object.
529
530A more useful and practical example would be a serialisation method for
531the URI module. CBOR has a custom tag value for URIs, namely 32:
532
533 sub URI::TO_CBOR {
534 my ($self) = @_;
535 my $uri = "$self"; # stringify uri
536 utf8::upgrade $uri; # make sure it will be encoded as UTF-8 string
537 CBOR::XS::tag 32, "$_[0]"
538 }
539
540This will encode URIs as a UTF-8 string with tag 32, which indicates an
541URI.
542
543Decoding such an URI will not (currently) give you an URI object, but
544instead a CBOR::XS::Tagged object with tag number 32 and the string -
545exactly what was returned by C<TO_CBOR>.
546
547To serialise an object so it can automatically be deserialised, you need
548to use C<FREEZE> and C<THAW>. To take the URI module as example, this
549would be a possible implementation:
550
551 sub URI::FREEZE {
552 my ($self, $serialiser) = @_;
553 "$self" # encode url string
554 }
555
556 sub URI::THAW {
557 my ($class, $serialiser, $uri) = @_;
558
559 $class->new ($uri)
560 }
561
562Unlike C<TO_CBOR>, multiple values can be returned by C<FREEZE>. For
563example, a C<FREEZE> method that returns "type", "id" and "variant" values
564would cause an invocation of C<THAW> with 5 arguments:
565
566 sub My::Object::FREEZE {
567 my ($self, $serialiser) = @_;
568
569 ($self->{type}, $self->{id}, $self->{variant})
570 }
571
572 sub My::Object::THAW {
573 my ($class, $serialiser, $type, $id, $variant) = @_;
574
575 $class-<new (type => $type, id => $id, variant => $variant)
576 }
577
578
579=head1 MAGIC HEADER
580
581There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats
582programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other
583formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be
584prepended to any CBOR string without changing its meaning.
585
586This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not
587prepend this string to the CBOR data it generates, but it will ignore it
588if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as
589required.
590
591
592=head1 THE CBOR::XS::Tagged CLASS
593
594CBOR has the concept of tagged values - any CBOR value can be tagged with
595a numeric 64 bit number, which are centrally administered.
596
597C<CBOR::XS> handles a few tags internally when en- or decoding. You can
598also create tags yourself by encoding C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects, and the
599decoder will create C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects itself when it hits an
600unknown tag.
601
602These objects are simply blessed array references - the first member of
603the array being the numerical tag, the second being the value.
604
605You can interact with C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects in the following ways:
606
607=over 4
608
609=item $tagged = CBOR::XS::tag $tag, $value
610
611This function(!) creates a new C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object using the given
612C<$tag> (0..2**64-1) to tag the given C<$value> (which can be any Perl
613value that can be encoded in CBOR, including serialisable Perl objects and
614C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects).
615
616=item $tagged->[0]
617
618=item $tagged->[0] = $new_tag
619
620=item $tag = $tagged->tag
621
622=item $new_tag = $tagged->tag ($new_tag)
623
624Access/mutate the tag.
625
626=item $tagged->[1]
627
628=item $tagged->[1] = $new_value
629
630=item $value = $tagged->value
631
632=item $new_value = $tagged->value ($new_value)
633
634Access/mutate the tagged value.
635
636=back
637
638=cut
639
640sub tag($$) {
641 bless [@_], CBOR::XS::Tagged::;
642}
643
644sub CBOR::XS::Tagged::tag {
645 $_[0][0] = $_[1] if $#_;
646 $_[0][0]
647}
648
649sub CBOR::XS::Tagged::value {
650 $_[0][1] = $_[1] if $#_;
651 $_[0][1]
652}
653
654=head2 EXAMPLES
655
656Here are some examples of C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> uses to tag objects.
657
658You can look up CBOR tag value and emanings in the IANA registry at
659L<http://www.iana.org/assignments/cbor-tags/cbor-tags.xhtml>.
660
661Prepend a magic header (C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>):
662
663 my $cbor = encode_cbor CBOR::XS::tag 55799, $value;
664 # same as:
665 my $cbor = $CBOR::XS::MAGIC . encode_cbor $value;
666
667Serialise some URIs and a regex in an array:
668
669 my $cbor = encode_cbor [
670 (CBOR::XS::tag 32, "http://www.nethype.de/"),
671 (CBOR::XS::tag 32, "http://software.schmorp.de/"),
672 (CBOR::XS::tag 35, "^[Pp][Ee][Rr][lL]\$"),
673 ];
674
675Wrap CBOR data in CBOR:
676
677 my $cbor_cbor = encode_cbor
678 CBOR::XS::tag 24,
679 encode_cbor [1, 2, 3];
680
681=head1 TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS
682
683This section describes how this module handles specific tagged values
684and extensions. If a tag is not mentioned here and no additional filters
685are provided for it, then the default handling applies (creating a
686CBOR::XS::Tagged object on decoding, and only encoding the tag when
687explicitly requested).
688
689Tags not handled specifically are currently converted into a
690L<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object, which is simply a blessed array reference
691consisting of the numeric tag value followed by the (decoded) CBOR value.
692
693Future versions of this module reserve the right to special case
694additional tags (such as base64url).
695
696=head2 ENFORCED TAGS
697
698These tags are always handled when decoding, and their handling cannot be
699overriden by the user.
700
701=over 4
702
703=item 26 (perl-object, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/perl-object>)
704
705These tags are automatically created (and decoded) for serialisable
706objects using the C<FREEZE/THAW> methods (the L<Types::Serialier> object
707serialisation protocol). See L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for details.
708
709=item 28, 29 (sharable, sharedref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>)
710
711These tags are automatically decoded when encountered, resulting in
712shared values in the decoded object. They are only encoded, however, when
713C<allow_sharable> is enabled.
714
715=item 256, 25 (stringref-namespace, stringref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>)
716
717These tags are automatically decoded when encountered. They are only
718encoded, however, when C<pack_strings> is enabled.
719
720=item 22098 (indirection, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>)
721
722This tag is automatically generated when a reference are encountered (with
723the exception of hash and array refernces). It is converted to a reference
724when decoding.
725
726=item 55799 (self-describe CBOR, RFC 7049)
727
728This value is not generated on encoding (unless explicitly requested by
729the user), and is simply ignored when decoding.
730
731=back
732
733=head2 NON-ENFORCED TAGS
734
735These tags have default filters provided when decoding. Their handling can
736be overriden by changing the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> entry for the tag, or by
737providing a custom C<filter> callback when decoding.
738
739When they result in decoding into a specific Perl class, the module
740usually provides a corresponding C<TO_CBOR> method as well.
741
742When any of these need to load additional modules that are not part of the
743perl core distribution (e.g. L<URI>), it is (currently) up to the user to
744provide these modules. The decoding usually fails with an exception if the
745required module cannot be loaded.
746
747=over 4
748
749=item 2, 3 (positive/negative bignum)
750
751These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigInt> objects. The corresponding
752C<Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR> method encodes "small" bigints into normal CBOR
753integers, and others into positive/negative CBOR bignums.
754
755=item 4, 5 (decimal fraction/bigfloat)
756
757Both decimal fractions and bigfloats are decoded into L<Math::BigFloat>
758objects. The corresponding C<Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR> method I<always>
759encodes into a decimal fraction.
760
761CBOR cannot represent bigfloats with I<very> large exponents - conversion
762of such big float objects is undefined.
763
764Also, NaN and infinities are not encoded properly.
765
766=item 21, 22, 23 (expected later JSON conversion)
767
768CBOR::XS is not a CBOR-to-JSON converter, and will simply ignore these
769tags.
770
771=item 32 (URI)
772
773These objects decode into L<URI> objects. The corresponding
774C<URI::TO_CBOR> method again results in a CBOR URI value.
775
776=back
777
778=cut
779
780our %FILTER = (
781 # 0 # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
782 # 1 # unix timestamp, any
783
784 2 => sub { # pos bigint
785 require Math::BigInt;
786 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
787 },
788
789 3 => sub { # neg bigint
790 require Math::BigInt;
791 -Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
792 },
793
794 4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
795 require Math::BigFloat;
796 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
797 },
798
799 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
800 require Math::BigFloat;
801 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2)
802 },
803
804 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
805 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
806 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
807
808 # 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
809
810 32 => sub {
811 require URI;
812 URI->new (pop)
813 },
814
815 # 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
816 # 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
817 # 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
818 # 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
819);
820
821
266=head2 CBOR and JSON 822=head1 CBOR and JSON
267 823
268TODO 824CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is,
825with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other
826"binary JSON" formats such as BSON generally do not support).
827
828CBOR implements some extra hints and support for JSON interoperability,
829and the spec offers further guidance for conversion between CBOR and
830JSON. None of this is currently implemented in CBOR, and the guidelines
831in the spec do not result in correct round-tripping of data. If JSON
832interoperability is improved in the future, then the goal will be to
833ensure that decoded JSON data will round-trip encoding and decoding to
834CBOR intact.
269 835
270 836
271=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS 837=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
272 838
273When you are using CBOR in a protocol, talking to untrusted potentially 839When you are using CBOR in a protocol, talking to untrusted potentially
341Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting 907Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting
342service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason. 908service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.
343 909
344=cut 910=cut
345 911
346our $true = do { bless \(my $dummy = 1), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 912our %FILTER = (
347our $false = do { bless \(my $dummy = 0), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 913 # 0 # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
914 # 1 # unix timestamp, any
348 915
349sub true() { $true } 916 2 => sub { # pos bigint
350sub false() { $false } 917 require Math::BigInt;
918 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
919 },
351 920
352sub is_bool($) { 921 3 => sub { # neg bigint
353 UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::XS::Boolean" 922 require Math::BigInt;
354# or UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::Literal" 923 -Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
924 },
925
926 4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
927 require Math::BigFloat;
928 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
929 },
930
931 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
932 require Math::BigFloat;
933 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2)
934 },
935
936 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
937 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
938 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
939
940 # 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
941
942 32 => sub {
943 require URI;
944 URI->new (pop)
945 },
946
947 # 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
948 # 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
949 # 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
950 # 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
951);
952
953sub CBOR::XS::default_filter {
954 &{ $FILTER{$_[0]} or return }
355} 955}
356 956
957sub URI::TO_CBOR {
958 my $uri = $_[0]->as_string;
959 utf8::upgrade $uri;
960 CBOR::XS::tag 32, $uri
961}
962
963sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR {
964 if ($_[0] >= -2147483648 && $_[0] <= 2147483647) {
965 $_[0]->numify
966 } else {
967 my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2;
968 $hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh
969 CBOR::XS::tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex
970 }
971}
972
973sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR {
974 my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts;
975 CBOR::XS::tag 4, [$e->numify, $m]
976}
977
357XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION; 978XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION;
358
359package CBOR::XS::Boolean;
360
361use overload
362 "0+" => sub { ${$_[0]} },
363 "++" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} + 1 },
364 "--" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} - 1 },
365 fallback => 1;
366
3671;
368 979
369=head1 SEE ALSO 980=head1 SEE ALSO
370 981
371The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable, 982The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable,
372serialisation. 983serialisation.
373 984
985The L<Types::Serialiser> module provides the data model for true, false
986and error values.
987
374=head1 AUTHOR 988=head1 AUTHOR
375 989
376 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 990 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
377 http://home.schmorp.de/ 991 http://home.schmorp.de/
378 992
379=cut 993=cut
380 994
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