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48Regarding compactness, C<CBOR::XS>-encoded data structures are usually 48Regarding compactness, C<CBOR::XS>-encoded data structures are usually
49about 20% smaller than the same data encoded as (compact) JSON or 49about 20% smaller than the same data encoded as (compact) JSON or
50L<Storable>. 50L<Storable>.
51 51
52In addition to the core CBOR data format, this module implements a 52In addition to the core CBOR data format, this module implements a
53number of extensions, to support cyclic and shared data structures (see 53number of extensions, to support cyclic and shared data structures
54C<allow_sharing>), string deduplication (see C<pack_strings>) and scalar 54(see C<allow_sharing> and C<allow_cycles>), string deduplication (see
55references (always enabled). 55C<pack_strings>) and scalar references (always enabled).
56 56
57The primary goal of this module is to be I<correct> and the secondary goal 57The primary goal of this module is to be I<correct> and the secondary goal
58is to be I<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.
59 59
60See 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
64 64
65package CBOR::XS; 65package CBOR::XS;
66 66
67use common::sense; 67use common::sense;
68 68
69our $VERSION = '1.0'; 69our $VERSION = 1.41;
70our @ISA = qw(Exporter); 70our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
71 71
72our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor); 72our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor);
73 73
74use Exporter; 74use Exporter;
180reference to the earlier value. 180reference to the earlier value.
181 181
182This means that such values will only be encoded once, and will not result 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 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 184sharing extension. This also makes it possible to encode cyclic data
185structures. 185structures (which need C<allow_cycles> to ne enabled to be decoded by this
186module).
186 187
187It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your 188It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
188communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR 189communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR
189(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the 190(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the
190resulting data structure might be unusable. 191resulting data structure might be unusable.
191 192
192Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded 193Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded
193that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily 194that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily
194increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encode as 195increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encode as
195sharable whether or not they are actually shared. 196shareable whether or not they are actually shared.
196 197
197At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars, 198At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars,
198arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as 199arrays 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 200an 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 201not impossible to create in Perl, are not supported (this is the same as
205structures cannot be encoded in this mode. 206structures cannot be encoded in this mode.
206 207
207This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - shared values and 208This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - shared values and
208references will always be decoded properly if present. 209references will always be decoded properly if present.
209 210
211=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_cycles ([$enable])
212
213=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_cycles
214
215If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will happily decode
216self-referential (cyclic) data structures. By default these will not be
217decoded, as they need manual cleanup to avoid memory leaks, so code that
218isn't prepared for this will not leak memory.
219
220If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will throw an error
221when it encounters a self-referential/cyclic data structure.
222
223FUTURE DIRECTION: the motivation behind this option is to avoid I<real>
224cycles - future versions of this module might chose to decode cyclic data
225structures using weak references when this option is off, instead of
226throwing an error.
227
228This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - shared values and
229references will always be encoded properly if present.
230
210=item $cbor = $cbor->pack_strings ([$enable]) 231=item $cbor = $cbor->pack_strings ([$enable])
211 232
212=item $enabled = $cbor->get_pack_strings 233=item $enabled = $cbor->get_pack_strings
213 234
214If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will try not to encode 235If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will try not to encode
226the standard CBOR way. 247the standard CBOR way.
227 248
228This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - string references will 249This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - string references will
229always be decoded properly if present. 250always be decoded properly if present.
230 251
252=item $cbor = $cbor->validate_utf8 ([$enable])
253
254=item $enabled = $cbor->get_validate_utf8
255
256If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will validate that
257elements (text strings) containing UTF-8 data in fact contain valid UTF-8
258data (instead of blindly accepting it). This validation obviously takes
259extra time during decoding.
260
261The concept of "valid UTF-8" used is perl's concept, which is a superset
262of the official UTF-8.
263
264If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will blindly accept
265UTF-8 data, marking them as valid UTF-8 in the resulting data structure
266regardless of whether that's true or not.
267
268Perl isn't too happy about corrupted UTF-8 in strings, but should
269generally not crash or do similarly evil things. Extensions might be not
270so forgiving, so it's recommended to turn on this setting if you receive
271untrusted CBOR.
272
273This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - strings that are
274supposedly valid UTF-8 will simply be dumped into the resulting CBOR
275string without checking whether that is, in fact, true or not.
276
231=item $cbor = $cbor->filter ([$cb->($tag, $value)]) 277=item $cbor = $cbor->filter ([$cb->($tag, $value)])
232 278
233=item $cb_or_undef = $cbor->get_filter 279=item $cb_or_undef = $cbor->get_filter
234 280
235Sets or replaces the tagged value decoding filter (when C<$cb> is 281Sets or replaces the tagged value decoding filter (when C<$cb> is
292 CBOR::XS->new->decode_prefix ("......") 338 CBOR::XS->new->decode_prefix ("......")
293 => ("...", 3) 339 => ("...", 3)
294 340
295=back 341=back
296 342
343=head2 INCREMENTAL PARSING
344
345In some cases, there is the need for incremental parsing of JSON
346texts. While this module always has to keep both CBOR text and resulting
347Perl data structure in memory at one time, it does allow you to parse a
348CBOR stream incrementally, using a similar to using "decode_prefix" to see
349if a full CBOR object is available, but is much more efficient.
350
351It basically works by parsing as much of a CBOR string as possible - if
352the CBOR data is not complete yet, the pasrer will remember where it was,
353to be able to restart when more data has been accumulated. Once enough
354data is available to either decode a complete CBOR value or raise an
355error, a real decode will be attempted.
356
357A typical use case would be a network protocol that consists of sending
358and receiving CBOR-encoded messages. The solution that works with CBOR and
359about anything else is by prepending a length to every CBOR value, so the
360receiver knows how many octets to read. More compact (and slightly slower)
361would be to just send CBOR values back-to-back, as C<CBOR::XS> knows where
362a CBOR value ends, and doesn't need an explicit length.
363
364The following methods help with this:
365
366=over 4
367
368=item @decoded = $cbor->incr_parse ($buffer)
369
370This method attempts to decode exactly one CBOR value from the beginning
371of the given C<$buffer>. The value is removed from the C<$buffer> on
372success. When C<$buffer> doesn't contain a complete value yet, it returns
373nothing. Finally, when the C<$buffer> doesn't start with something
374that could ever be a valid CBOR value, it raises an exception, just as
375C<decode> would. In the latter case the decoder state is undefined and
376must be reset before being able to parse further.
377
378This method modifies the C<$buffer> in place. When no CBOR value can be
379decoded, the decoder stores the current string offset. On the next call,
380continues decoding at the place where it stopped before. For this to make
381sense, the C<$buffer> must begin with the same octets as on previous
382unsuccessful calls.
383
384You can call this method in scalar context, in which case it either
385returns a decoded value or C<undef>. This makes it impossible to
386distinguish between CBOR null values (which decode to C<undef>) and an
387unsuccessful decode, which is often acceptable.
388
389=item @decoded = $cbor->incr_parse_multiple ($buffer)
390
391Same as C<incr_parse>, but attempts to decode as many CBOR values as
392possible in one go, instead of at most one. Calls to C<incr_parse> and
393C<incr_parse_multiple> can be interleaved.
394
395=item $cbor->incr_reset
396
397Resets the incremental decoder. This throws away any saved state, so that
398subsequent calls to C<incr_parse> or C<incr_parse_multiple> start to parse
399a new CBOR value from the beginning of the C<$buffer> again.
400
401This method can be caled at any time, but it I<must> be called if you want
402to change your C<$buffer> or there was a decoding error and you want to
403reuse the C<$cbor> object for future incremental parsings.
404
405=back
406
297 407
298=head1 MAPPING 408=head1 MAPPING
299 409
300This section describes how CBOR::XS maps Perl values to CBOR values and 410This section describes how CBOR::XS maps Perl values to CBOR values and
301vice versa. These mappings are designed to "do the right thing" in most 411vice versa. These mappings are designed to "do the right thing" in most
371 481
372=item hash references 482=item hash references
373 483
374Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in 484Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in
375hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random 485hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random
376order. This order can be different each time a hahs is encoded. 486order. This order can be different each time a hash is encoded.
377 487
378Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal 488Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal
379hashes will use the fixed-length format. 489hashes will use the fixed-length format.
380 490
381=item array references 491=item array references
694additional tags (such as base64url). 804additional tags (such as base64url).
695 805
696=head2 ENFORCED TAGS 806=head2 ENFORCED TAGS
697 807
698These tags are always handled when decoding, and their handling cannot be 808These tags are always handled when decoding, and their handling cannot be
699overriden by the user. 809overridden by the user.
700 810
701=over 4 811=over 4
702 812
703=item 26 (perl-object, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/perl-object>) 813=item 26 (perl-object, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/perl-object>)
704 814
705These tags are automatically created (and decoded) for serialisable 815These tags are automatically created (and decoded) for serialisable
706objects using the C<FREEZE/THAW> methods (the L<Types::Serialier> object 816objects using the C<FREEZE/THAW> methods (the L<Types::Serialier> object
707serialisation protocol). See L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for details. 817serialisation protocol). See L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for details.
708 818
709=item 28, 29 (sharable, sharedref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>) 819=item 28, 29 (shareable, sharedref, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>)
710 820
711These tags are automatically decoded when encountered, resulting in 821These tags are automatically decoded when encountered (and they do not
822result in a cyclic data structure, see C<allow_cycles>), resulting in
712shared values in the decoded object. They are only encoded, however, when 823shared values in the decoded object. They are only encoded, however, when
713C<allow_sharable> is enabled. 824C<allow_sharing> is enabled.
714 825
826Not all shared values can be successfully decoded: values that reference
827themselves will I<currently> decode as C<undef> (this is not the same
828as a reference pointing to itself, which will be represented as a value
829that contains an indirect reference to itself - these will be decoded
830properly).
831
832Note that considerably more shared value data structures can be decoded
833than will be encoded - currently, only values pointed to by references
834will be shared, others will not. While non-reference shared values can be
835generated in Perl with some effort, they were considered too unimportant
836to be supported in the encoder. The decoder, however, will decode these
837values as shared values.
838
715=item 256, 25 (stringref-namespace, stringref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>) 839=item 256, 25 (stringref-namespace, stringref, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>)
716 840
717These tags are automatically decoded when encountered. They are only 841These tags are automatically decoded when encountered. They are only
718encoded, however, when C<pack_strings> is enabled. 842encoded, however, when C<pack_strings> is enabled.
719 843
720=item 22098 (indirection, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>) 844=item 22098 (indirection, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>)
721 845
722This tag is automatically generated when a reference are encountered (with 846This tag is automatically generated when a reference are encountered (with
723the exception of hash and array refernces). It is converted to a reference 847the exception of hash and array references). It is converted to a reference
724when decoding. 848when decoding.
725 849
726=item 55799 (self-describe CBOR, RFC 7049) 850=item 55799 (self-describe CBOR, RFC 7049)
727 851
728This value is not generated on encoding (unless explicitly requested by 852This value is not generated on encoding (unless explicitly requested by
731=back 855=back
732 856
733=head2 NON-ENFORCED TAGS 857=head2 NON-ENFORCED TAGS
734 858
735These tags have default filters provided when decoding. Their handling can 859These 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 860be overridden by changing the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> entry for the tag, or by
737providing a custom C<filter> callback when decoding. 861providing a custom C<filter> callback when decoding.
738 862
739When they result in decoding into a specific Perl class, the module 863When they result in decoding into a specific Perl class, the module
740usually provides a corresponding C<TO_CBOR> method as well. 864usually provides a corresponding C<TO_CBOR> method as well.
741 865
744provide these modules. The decoding usually fails with an exception if the 868provide these modules. The decoding usually fails with an exception if the
745required module cannot be loaded. 869required module cannot be loaded.
746 870
747=over 4 871=over 4
748 872
873=item 0, 1 (date/time string, seconds since the epoch)
874
875These tags are decoded into L<Time::Piece> objects. The corresponding
876C<Time::Piece::TO_CBOR> method always encodes into tag 1 values currently.
877
878The L<Time::Piece> API is generally surprisingly bad, and fractional
879seconds are only accidentally kept intact, so watch out. On the plus side,
880the module comes with perl since 5.10, which has to count for something.
881
749=item 2, 3 (positive/negative bignum) 882=item 2, 3 (positive/negative bignum)
750 883
751These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigInt> objects. The corresponding 884These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigInt> objects. The corresponding
752C<Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR> method encodes "small" bigints into normal CBOR 885C<Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR> method encodes "small" bigints into normal CBOR
753integers, and others into positive/negative CBOR bignums. 886integers, and others into positive/negative CBOR bignums.
774C<URI::TO_CBOR> method again results in a CBOR URI value. 907C<URI::TO_CBOR> method again results in a CBOR URI value.
775 908
776=back 909=back
777 910
778=cut 911=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
821 912
822=head1 CBOR and JSON 913=head1 CBOR and JSON
823 914
824CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is, 915CBOR 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 916with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other
889 980
890 981
891=head1 LIMITATIONS ON PERLS WITHOUT 64-BIT INTEGER SUPPORT 982=head1 LIMITATIONS ON PERLS WITHOUT 64-BIT INTEGER SUPPORT
892 983
893On perls that were built without 64 bit integer support (these are rare 984On 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 985nowadays, even on 32 bit architectures, as all major Perl distributions
986are built with 64 bit integer support), support for any kind of 64 bit
895integer in CBOR is very limited - most likely, these 64 bit values will 987integer in CBOR is very limited - most likely, these 64 bit values will
896be truncated, corrupted, or otherwise not decoded correctly. This also 988be truncated, corrupted, or otherwise not decoded correctly. This also
897includes string, array and map sizes that are stored as 64 bit integers. 989includes string, array and map sizes that are stored as 64 bit integers.
898 990
899 991
917service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason. 1009service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.
918 1010
919=cut 1011=cut
920 1012
921our %FILTER = ( 1013our %FILTER = (
922 # 0 # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8 1014 0 => sub { # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
923 # 1 # unix timestamp, any 1015 require Time::Piece;
1016 # Time::Piece::Strptime uses the "incredibly flexible date parsing routine"
1017 # from FreeBSD, which can't parse ISO 8601, RFC3339, RFC4287 or much of anything
1018 # else either. Whats incredibe over standard strptime totally escapes me.
1019 # doesn't do fractional times, either. sigh.
1020 # In fact, it's all a lie, it uses whatever strptime it wants, and of course,
1021 # they are all incompatible. The openbsd one simply ignores %z (but according to the
1022 # docs, it would be much more incredibly flexible indeed. If it worked, that is.).
1023 scalar eval {
1024 my $s = $_[1];
1025
1026 $s =~ s/Z$/+00:00/;
1027 $s =~ s/(\.[0-9]+)?([+-][0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9])$//
1028 or die;
1029
1030 my $b = $1 - ($2 * 60 + $3) * 60; # fractional part + offset. hopefully
1031 my $d = Time::Piece->strptime ($s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
1032
1033 Time::Piece::gmtime ($d->epoch + $b)
1034 } || die "corrupted CBOR date/time string ($_[0])";
1035 },
1036
1037 1 => sub { # seconds since the epoch, possibly fractional
1038 require Time::Piece;
1039 scalar Time::Piece::gmtime (pop)
1040 },
924 1041
925 2 => sub { # pos bigint 1042 2 => sub { # pos bigint
926 require Math::BigInt; 1043 require Math::BigInt;
927 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop) 1044 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
928 }, 1045 },
937 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0]) 1054 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
938 }, 1055 },
939 1056
940 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array 1057 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
941 require Math::BigFloat; 1058 require Math::BigFloat;
942 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2) 1059 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1]) * Math::BigFloat->new (2)->bpow ($_[1][0])
943 }, 1060 },
944 1061
945 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding 1062 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
946 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding 1063 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
947 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding 1064 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
964} 1081}
965 1082
966sub URI::TO_CBOR { 1083sub URI::TO_CBOR {
967 my $uri = $_[0]->as_string; 1084 my $uri = $_[0]->as_string;
968 utf8::upgrade $uri; 1085 utf8::upgrade $uri;
969 CBOR::XS::tag 32, $uri 1086 tag 32, $uri
970} 1087}
971 1088
972sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR { 1089sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR {
973 if ($_[0] >= -2147483648 && $_[0] <= 2147483647) { 1090 if ($_[0] >= -2147483648 && $_[0] <= 2147483647) {
974 $_[0]->numify 1091 $_[0]->numify
975 } else { 1092 } else {
976 my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2; 1093 my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2;
977 $hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh 1094 $hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh
978 CBOR::XS::tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex 1095 tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex
979 } 1096 }
980} 1097}
981 1098
982sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR { 1099sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR {
983 my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts; 1100 my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts;
984 CBOR::XS::tag 4, [$e->numify, $m] 1101 tag 4, [$e->numify, $m]
1102}
1103
1104sub Time::Piece::TO_CBOR {
1105 tag 1, 0 + $_[0]->epoch
985} 1106}
986 1107
987XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION; 1108XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION;
988 1109
989=head1 SEE ALSO 1110=head1 SEE ALSO

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