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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 = 0.02; 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
45our $MAGIC = "\xd9\xd9\xf7"; 79our $MAGIC = "\xd9\xd9\xf7";
46 80
47=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE 81=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
48 82
49The following convenience methods are provided by this module. They are 83The following convenience methods are provided by this module. They are
77strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>. 111strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
78 112
79The 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
80be chained: 114be chained:
81 115
82#TODO
83 my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]}); 116 my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]});
84 117
85=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth]) 118=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])
86 119
87=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth 120=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth
121If 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
122C<0> is specified). 155C<0> is specified).
123 156
124See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful. 157See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.
125 158
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
126=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar) 272=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar)
127 273
128Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR 274Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR
129representation. 275representation.
130 276
170CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit 316CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit
171support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted. 317support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted.
172 318
173=item byte strings 319=item byte strings
174 320
175Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the byte values 0..255 321Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the Byte values 0..255
176will simply become characters of the same value in Perl). 322will simply become characters of the same value in Perl).
177 323
178=item UTF-8 strings 324=item UTF-8 strings
179 325
180UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be 326UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be
186 332
187CBOR arrays and CBOR maps will be converted into references to a Perl 333CBOR arrays and CBOR maps will be converted into references to a Perl
188array or hash, respectively. The keys of the map will be stringified 334array or hash, respectively. The keys of the map will be stringified
189during this process. 335during this process.
190 336
337=item null
338
339CBOR null becomes C<undef> in Perl.
340
191=item true, false 341=item true, false, undefined
192 342
193These CBOR values become C<CBOR::XS::true> and C<CBOR::XS::false>, 343These CBOR values become C<Types:Serialiser::true>,
344C<Types:Serialiser::false> and C<Types::Serialiser::error>,
194respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers 345respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers
195C<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
196the C<CBOR::XS::is_bool> function. 347error). See the L<Types::Serialiser> manpage for details.
197 348
198=item null, undefined 349=item tagged values
199 350
200CBOR null and undefined values becomes C<undef> in Perl (in the future,
201Undefined may raise an exception or something else).
202
203=item tags
204
205Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value. The tag 351Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value.
20655799 is ignored (this tag implements the magic header).
207 352
208All other tags are currently converted into a L<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object, 353See L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> and the description of C<< ->filter >>
209which is simply a blessed array reference consistsing of the numeric tag 354for details on which tags are handled how.
210value followed by the (decoded) BOR value.
211 355
212=item anything else 356=item anything else
213 357
214Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding 358Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding
215error. 359error.
218 362
219 363
220=head2 PERL -> CBOR 364=head2 PERL -> CBOR
221 365
222The 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
223truly 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
224a Perl value. 368is meant by a perl value.
225 369
226=over 4 370=over 4
227 371
228=item hash references 372=item hash references
229 373
230Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in 374Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in
231hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random 375hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random
232order. 376order. This order can be different each time a hahs is encoded.
233 377
234Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal 378Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal
235hashes will use the fixed-length format. 379hashes will use the fixed-length format.
236 380
237=item array references 381=item array references
238 382
239Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays. 383Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays.
240 384
241=item other references 385=item other references
242 386
243Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an 387Other unblessed references will be represented using
244exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and 388the indirection tag extension (tag value C<22098>,
245C<1>, which get turned into false and 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.
246 393
247=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects 394=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects
248 395
249Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]> 396Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]>
250pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will be 397pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will
251encoded as appropriate for the value. 398be encoded as appropriate for the value. You must use C<CBOR::XS::tag> to
399create such objects.
252 400
253=item CBOR::XS::true, CBOR::XS::false 401=item Types::Serialiser::true, Types::Serialiser::false, Types::Serialiser::error
254 402
255These special values become CBOR true and CBOR false values, 403These special values become CBOR true, CBOR false and CBOR undefined
256respectively. 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.
257 406
258=item blessed objects 407=item other blessed objects
259 408
260Other blessed objects currently need to have a C<TO_CBOR> method. It 409Other blessed objects are serialised via C<TO_CBOR> or C<FREEZE>. See
261will be called on every object that is being serialised, and must return 410L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for specific classes handled by this
262something that can be encoded in CBOR. 411module, and L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for generic object serialisation.
263 412
264=item simple scalars 413=item simple scalars
265 414
266TODO
267Simple 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
268difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as 416difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as
269CBOR 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
270before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value: 418before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value:
271 419
272 # dump as number 420 # dump as number
273 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2] 421 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2]
274 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17] 422 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17]
275 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5] 423 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5]
276 424
277 # used as string, so dump as string 425 # used as string, so dump as string (either byte or text)
278 print $value; 426 print $value;
279 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"] 427 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"]
280 428
281 # undef becomes null 429 # undef becomes null
282 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null] 430 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null]
285 433
286 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number 434 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number
287 "$x"; # stringified 435 "$x"; # stringified
288 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify 436 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify
289 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often 437 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often
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.
290 448
291You 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:
292 450
293 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string 451 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string
294 $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
305represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of 463represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of
306precision. 464precision.
307 465
308=back 466=back
309 467
468=head2 OBJECT SERIALISATION
310 469
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 => $variant)
576 }
577
578
311=head2 MAGIC HEADER 579=head1 MAGIC HEADER
312 580
313There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats 581There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats
314programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other 582programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other
315formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be 583formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be
316prepended to any CBOR string without changing it's meaning. 584prepended to any CBOR string without changing its meaning.
317 585
318This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not 586This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not
319prepend this string tot he CBOR data it generates, but it will ignroe it 587prepend this string to the CBOR data it generates, but it will ignore it
320if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as 588if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as
321required. 589required.
322 590
323 591
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
324=head2 CBOR and JSON 822=head1 CBOR and JSON
325 823
326CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is, 824CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is,
327with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other 825with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other
328"binary JSON" formats such as BSON generally do not support). 826"binary JSON" formats such as BSON generally do not support).
329 827
388properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded. 886properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded.
389 887
390Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented. 888Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented.
391 889
392 890
891=head1 LIMITATIONS ON PERLS WITHOUT 64-BIT INTEGER SUPPORT
892
893On perls that were built without 64 bit integer support (these are rare
894nowadays, even on 32 bit architectures), support for any kind of 64 bit
895integer in CBOR is very limited - most likely, these 64 bit values will
896be truncated, corrupted, or otherwise not decoded correctly. This also
897includes string, array and map sizes that are stored as 64 bit integers.
898
899
393=head1 THREADS 900=head1 THREADS
394 901
395This module is I<not> guaranteed to be thread safe and there are no 902This module is I<not> guaranteed to be thread safe and there are no
396plans to change this until Perl gets thread support (as opposed to the 903plans to change this until Perl gets thread support (as opposed to the
397horribly slow so-called "threads" which are simply slow and bloated 904horribly slow so-called "threads" which are simply slow and bloated
409Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting 916Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting
410service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason. 917service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.
411 918
412=cut 919=cut
413 920
414our $true = do { bless \(my $dummy = 1), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 921our %FILTER = (
415our $false = do { bless \(my $dummy = 0), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 922 # 0 # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
923 # 1 # unix timestamp, any
416 924
417sub true() { $true } 925 2 => sub { # pos bigint
418sub false() { $false } 926 require Math::BigInt;
927 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
928 },
419 929
420sub is_bool($) { 930 3 => sub { # neg bigint
421 UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::XS::Boolean" 931 require Math::BigInt;
422# or UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::Literal" 932 -Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
933 },
934
935 4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
936 require Math::BigFloat;
937 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
938 },
939
940 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
941 require Math::BigFloat;
942 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2)
943 },
944
945 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
946 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
947 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
948
949 # 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
950
951 32 => sub {
952 require URI;
953 URI->new (pop)
954 },
955
956 # 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
957 # 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
958 # 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
959 # 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
960);
961
962sub CBOR::XS::default_filter {
963 &{ $FILTER{$_[0]} or return }
423} 964}
424 965
966sub URI::TO_CBOR {
967 my $uri = $_[0]->as_string;
968 utf8::upgrade $uri;
969 CBOR::XS::tag 32, $uri
970}
971
972sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR {
973 if ($_[0] >= -2147483648 && $_[0] <= 2147483647) {
974 $_[0]->numify
975 } else {
976 my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2;
977 $hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh
978 CBOR::XS::tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex
979 }
980}
981
982sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR {
983 my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts;
984 CBOR::XS::tag 4, [$e->numify, $m]
985}
986
425XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION; 987XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION;
426
427package CBOR::XS::Boolean;
428
429use overload
430 "0+" => sub { ${$_[0]} },
431 "++" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} + 1 },
432 "--" => sub { $_[0] = ${$_[0]} - 1 },
433 fallback => 1;
434
4351;
436 988
437=head1 SEE ALSO 989=head1 SEE ALSO
438 990
439The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable, 991The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable,
440serialisation. 992serialisation.
441 993
994The L<Types::Serialiser> module provides the data model for true, false
995and error values.
996
442=head1 AUTHOR 997=head1 AUTHOR
443 998
444 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 999 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
445 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1000 http://home.schmorp.de/
446 1001
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