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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
54(see C<allow_sharing> and C<allow_cycles>), string deduplication (see
55C<pack_strings>) and scalar references (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 = 1.11;
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 (which need C<allow_cycles> to ne enabled to be decoded by this
186module).
187
188It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
189communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR
190(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the
191resulting data structure might be unusable.
192
193Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded
194that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily
195increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encode as
196shareable whether or not they are actually shared.
197
198At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars,
199arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as
200an array with multiple "copies" of the I<same> string, which are hard but
201not impossible to create in Perl, are not supported (this is the same as
202with L<Storable>).
203
204If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode shared
205data structures repeatedly, unsharing them in the process. Cyclic data
206structures cannot be encoded in this mode.
207
208This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - shared values and
209references will always be decoded properly if present.
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
223This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - shared values and
224references will always be decoded properly if present.
225
226=item $cbor = $cbor->pack_strings ([$enable])
227
228=item $enabled = $cbor->get_pack_strings
229
230If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will try not to encode
231the same string twice, but will instead encode a reference to the string
232instead. Depending on your data format, this can save a lot of space, but
233also results in a very large runtime overhead (expect encoding times to be
2342-4 times as high as without).
235
236It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
237communications partner supports the stringref extension to CBOR
238(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>), as without decoder support, the
239resulting data structure might not be usable.
240
241If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode strings
242the standard CBOR way.
243
244This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - string references will
245always be decoded properly if present.
246
247=item $cbor = $cbor->validate_utf8 ([$enable])
248
249=item $enabled = $cbor->get_validate_utf8
250
251If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will validate that
252elements (text strings) containing UTF-8 data in fact contain valid UTF-8
253data (instead of blindly accepting it). This validation obviously takes
254extra time during decoding.
255
256The concept of "valid UTF-8" used is perl's concept, which is a superset
257of the official UTF-8.
258
259If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will blindly accept
260UTF-8 data, marking them as valid UTF-8 in the resulting data structure
261regardless of whether thats true or not.
262
263Perl isn't too happy about corrupted UTF-8 in strings, but should
264generally not crash or do similarly evil things. Extensions might be not
265so forgiving, so it's recommended to turn on this setting if you receive
266untrusted CBOR.
267
268This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - strings that are
269supposedly valid UTF-8 will simply be dumped into the resulting CBOR
270string without checking whether that is, in fact, true or not.
271
272=item $cbor = $cbor->filter ([$cb->($tag, $value)])
273
274=item $cb_or_undef = $cbor->get_filter
275
276Sets or replaces the tagged value decoding filter (when C<$cb> is
277specified) or clears the filter (if no argument or C<undef> is provided).
278
279The filter callback is called only during decoding, when a non-enforced
280tagged value has been decoded (see L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for a
281list of enforced tags). For specific tags, it's often better to provide a
282default converter using the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash (see below).
283
284The first argument is the numerical tag, the second is the (decoded) value
285that has been tagged.
286
287The filter function should return either exactly one value, which will
288replace the tagged value in the decoded data structure, or no values,
289which will result in default handling, which currently means the decoder
290creates a C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object to hold the tag and the value.
291
292When the filter is cleared (the default state), the default filter
293function, C<CBOR::XS::default_filter>, is used. This function simply looks
294up the tag in the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash. If an entry exists it must be
295a code reference that is called with tag and value, and is responsible for
296decoding the value. If no entry exists, it returns no values.
297
298Example: decode all tags not handled internally into C<CBOR::XS::Tagged>
299objects, with no other special handling (useful when working with
300potentially "unsafe" CBOR data).
301
302 CBOR::XS->new->filter (sub { })->decode ($cbor_data);
303
304Example: provide a global filter for tag 1347375694, converting the value
305into some string form.
306
307 $CBOR::XS::FILTER{1347375694} = sub {
308 my ($tag, $value);
309
310 "tag 1347375694 value $value"
311 };
312
126=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar) 313=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar)
127 314
128Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR 315Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR
129representation. 316representation.
130 317
170CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit 357CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit
171support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted. 358support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted.
172 359
173=item byte strings 360=item byte strings
174 361
175Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the byte values 0..255 362Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the Byte values 0..255
176will simply become characters of the same value in Perl). 363will simply become characters of the same value in Perl).
177 364
178=item UTF-8 strings 365=item UTF-8 strings
179 366
180UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be 367UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be
186 373
187CBOR arrays and CBOR maps will be converted into references to a Perl 374CBOR arrays and CBOR maps will be converted into references to a Perl
188array or hash, respectively. The keys of the map will be stringified 375array or hash, respectively. The keys of the map will be stringified
189during this process. 376during this process.
190 377
378=item null
379
380CBOR null becomes C<undef> in Perl.
381
191=item true, false 382=item true, false, undefined
192 383
193These CBOR values become C<CBOR::XS::true> and C<CBOR::XS::false>, 384These CBOR values become C<Types:Serialiser::true>,
385C<Types:Serialiser::false> and C<Types::Serialiser::error>,
194respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers 386respectively. 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 387C<1> and C<0> (for true and false) or to throw an exception on access (for
196the C<CBOR::XS::is_bool> function. 388error). See the L<Types::Serialiser> manpage for details.
197 389
198=item null, undefined 390=item tagged values
199 391
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 392Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value.
20655799 is ignored (this tag implements the magic header).
207 393
208All other tags are currently converted into a L<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object, 394See L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> and the description of C<< ->filter >>
209which is simply a blessed array reference consistsing of the numeric tag 395for details on which tags are handled how.
210value followed by the (decoded) BOR value.
211 396
212=item anything else 397=item anything else
213 398
214Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding 399Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding
215error. 400error.
218 403
219 404
220=head2 PERL -> CBOR 405=head2 PERL -> CBOR
221 406
222The mapping from Perl to CBOR is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a 407The 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 408typeless language. That means this module can only guess which CBOR type
224a Perl value. 409is meant by a perl value.
225 410
226=over 4 411=over 4
227 412
228=item hash references 413=item hash references
229 414
230Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in 415Perl 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 416hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random
232order. 417order. This order can be different each time a hahs is encoded.
233 418
234Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal 419Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal
235hashes will use the fixed-length format. 420hashes will use the fixed-length format.
236 421
237=item array references 422=item array references
238 423
239Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays. 424Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays.
240 425
241=item other references 426=item other references
242 427
243Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an 428Other unblessed references will be represented using
244exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and 429the indirection tag extension (tag value C<22098>,
245C<1>, which get turned into false and true in CBOR. 430L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>). CBOR decoders are guaranteed
431to be able to decode these values somehow, by either "doing the right
432thing", decoding into a generic tagged object, simply ignoring the tag, or
433something else.
246 434
247=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects 435=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects
248 436
249Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]> 437Objects 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 438pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will
251encoded as appropriate for the value. 439be encoded as appropriate for the value. You must use C<CBOR::XS::tag> to
440create such objects.
252 441
253=item CBOR::XS::true, CBOR::XS::false 442=item Types::Serialiser::true, Types::Serialiser::false, Types::Serialiser::error
254 443
255These special values become CBOR true and CBOR false values, 444These special values become CBOR true, CBOR false and CBOR undefined
256respectively. You can also use C<\1> and C<\0> directly if you want. 445values, respectively. You can also use C<\1>, C<\0> and C<\undef> directly
446if you want.
257 447
258=item blessed objects 448=item other blessed objects
259 449
260Other blessed objects currently need to have a C<TO_CBOR> method. It 450Other 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 451L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for specific classes handled by this
262something that can be encoded in CBOR. 452module, and L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for generic object serialisation.
263 453
264=item simple scalars 454=item simple scalars
265 455
266TODO
267Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most 456Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most
268difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as 457difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as
269CBOR null values, scalars that have last been used in a string context 458CBOR null values, scalars that have last been used in a string context
270before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value: 459before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value:
271 460
272 # dump as number 461 # dump as number
273 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2] 462 encode_cbor [2] # yields [2]
274 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17] 463 encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17]
275 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5] 464 my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5]
276 465
277 # used as string, so dump as string 466 # used as string, so dump as string (either byte or text)
278 print $value; 467 print $value;
279 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"] 468 encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"]
280 469
281 # undef becomes null 470 # undef becomes null
282 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null] 471 encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null]
285 474
286 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number 475 my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number
287 "$x"; # stringified 476 "$x"; # stringified
288 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify 477 $x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify
289 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often 478 print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often
479
480You can force whether a string ie encoded as byte or text string by using
481C<utf8::upgrade> and C<utf8::downgrade>):
482
483 utf8::upgrade $x; # encode $x as text string
484 utf8::downgrade $x; # encode $x as byte string
485
486Perl doesn't define what operations up- and downgrade strings, so if the
487difference between byte and text is important, you should up- or downgrade
488your string as late as possible before encoding.
290 489
291You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it: 490You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it:
292 491
293 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string 492 my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string
294 $x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number 493 $x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number
305represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of 504represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of
306precision. 505precision.
307 506
308=back 507=back
309 508
509=head2 OBJECT SERIALISATION
310 510
511This module implements both a CBOR-specific and the generic
512L<Types::Serialier> object serialisation protocol. The following
513subsections explain both methods.
514
515=head3 ENCODING
516
517This module knows two way to serialise a Perl object: The CBOR-specific
518way, and the generic way.
519
520Whenever the encoder encounters a Perl object that it cannot serialise
521directly (most of them), it will first look up the C<TO_CBOR> method on
522it.
523
524If it has a C<TO_CBOR> method, it will call it with the object as only
525argument, and expects exactly one return value, which it will then
526substitute and encode it in the place of the object.
527
528Otherwise, it will look up the C<FREEZE> method. If it exists, it will
529call it with the object as first argument, and the constant string C<CBOR>
530as the second argument, to distinguish it from other serialisers.
531
532The C<FREEZE> method can return any number of values (i.e. zero or
533more). These will be encoded as CBOR perl object, together with the
534classname.
535
536These methods I<MUST NOT> change the data structure that is being
537serialised. Failure to comply to this can result in memory corruption -
538and worse.
539
540If an object supports neither C<TO_CBOR> nor C<FREEZE>, encoding will fail
541with an error.
542
543=head3 DECODING
544
545Objects encoded via C<TO_CBOR> cannot (normally) be automatically decoded,
546but objects encoded via C<FREEZE> can be decoded using the following
547protocol:
548
549When an encoded CBOR perl object is encountered by the decoder, it will
550look up the C<THAW> method, by using the stored classname, and will fail
551if the method cannot be found.
552
553After the lookup it will call the C<THAW> method with the stored classname
554as first argument, the constant string C<CBOR> as second argument, and all
555values returned by C<FREEZE> as remaining arguments.
556
557=head3 EXAMPLES
558
559Here is an example C<TO_CBOR> method:
560
561 sub My::Object::TO_CBOR {
562 my ($obj) = @_;
563
564 ["this is a serialised My::Object object", $obj->{id}]
565 }
566
567When a C<My::Object> is encoded to CBOR, it will instead encode a simple
568array with two members: a string, and the "object id". Decoding this CBOR
569string will yield a normal perl array reference in place of the object.
570
571A more useful and practical example would be a serialisation method for
572the URI module. CBOR has a custom tag value for URIs, namely 32:
573
574 sub URI::TO_CBOR {
575 my ($self) = @_;
576 my $uri = "$self"; # stringify uri
577 utf8::upgrade $uri; # make sure it will be encoded as UTF-8 string
578 CBOR::XS::tag 32, "$_[0]"
579 }
580
581This will encode URIs as a UTF-8 string with tag 32, which indicates an
582URI.
583
584Decoding such an URI will not (currently) give you an URI object, but
585instead a CBOR::XS::Tagged object with tag number 32 and the string -
586exactly what was returned by C<TO_CBOR>.
587
588To serialise an object so it can automatically be deserialised, you need
589to use C<FREEZE> and C<THAW>. To take the URI module as example, this
590would be a possible implementation:
591
592 sub URI::FREEZE {
593 my ($self, $serialiser) = @_;
594 "$self" # encode url string
595 }
596
597 sub URI::THAW {
598 my ($class, $serialiser, $uri) = @_;
599
600 $class->new ($uri)
601 }
602
603Unlike C<TO_CBOR>, multiple values can be returned by C<FREEZE>. For
604example, a C<FREEZE> method that returns "type", "id" and "variant" values
605would cause an invocation of C<THAW> with 5 arguments:
606
607 sub My::Object::FREEZE {
608 my ($self, $serialiser) = @_;
609
610 ($self->{type}, $self->{id}, $self->{variant})
611 }
612
613 sub My::Object::THAW {
614 my ($class, $serialiser, $type, $id, $variant) = @_;
615
616 $class-<new (type => $type, id => $id, variant => $variant)
617 }
618
619
311=head2 MAGIC HEADER 620=head1 MAGIC HEADER
312 621
313There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats 622There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats
314programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other 623programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other
315formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be 624formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be
316prepended to any CBOR string without changing it's meaning. 625prepended to any CBOR string without changing its meaning.
317 626
318This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not 627This 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 628prepend 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 629if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as
321required. 630required.
322 631
323 632
633=head1 THE CBOR::XS::Tagged CLASS
634
635CBOR has the concept of tagged values - any CBOR value can be tagged with
636a numeric 64 bit number, which are centrally administered.
637
638C<CBOR::XS> handles a few tags internally when en- or decoding. You can
639also create tags yourself by encoding C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects, and the
640decoder will create C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects itself when it hits an
641unknown tag.
642
643These objects are simply blessed array references - the first member of
644the array being the numerical tag, the second being the value.
645
646You can interact with C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects in the following ways:
647
648=over 4
649
650=item $tagged = CBOR::XS::tag $tag, $value
651
652This function(!) creates a new C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object using the given
653C<$tag> (0..2**64-1) to tag the given C<$value> (which can be any Perl
654value that can be encoded in CBOR, including serialisable Perl objects and
655C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> objects).
656
657=item $tagged->[0]
658
659=item $tagged->[0] = $new_tag
660
661=item $tag = $tagged->tag
662
663=item $new_tag = $tagged->tag ($new_tag)
664
665Access/mutate the tag.
666
667=item $tagged->[1]
668
669=item $tagged->[1] = $new_value
670
671=item $value = $tagged->value
672
673=item $new_value = $tagged->value ($new_value)
674
675Access/mutate the tagged value.
676
677=back
678
679=cut
680
681sub tag($$) {
682 bless [@_], CBOR::XS::Tagged::;
683}
684
685sub CBOR::XS::Tagged::tag {
686 $_[0][0] = $_[1] if $#_;
687 $_[0][0]
688}
689
690sub CBOR::XS::Tagged::value {
691 $_[0][1] = $_[1] if $#_;
692 $_[0][1]
693}
694
695=head2 EXAMPLES
696
697Here are some examples of C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> uses to tag objects.
698
699You can look up CBOR tag value and emanings in the IANA registry at
700L<http://www.iana.org/assignments/cbor-tags/cbor-tags.xhtml>.
701
702Prepend a magic header (C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>):
703
704 my $cbor = encode_cbor CBOR::XS::tag 55799, $value;
705 # same as:
706 my $cbor = $CBOR::XS::MAGIC . encode_cbor $value;
707
708Serialise some URIs and a regex in an array:
709
710 my $cbor = encode_cbor [
711 (CBOR::XS::tag 32, "http://www.nethype.de/"),
712 (CBOR::XS::tag 32, "http://software.schmorp.de/"),
713 (CBOR::XS::tag 35, "^[Pp][Ee][Rr][lL]\$"),
714 ];
715
716Wrap CBOR data in CBOR:
717
718 my $cbor_cbor = encode_cbor
719 CBOR::XS::tag 24,
720 encode_cbor [1, 2, 3];
721
722=head1 TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS
723
724This section describes how this module handles specific tagged values
725and extensions. If a tag is not mentioned here and no additional filters
726are provided for it, then the default handling applies (creating a
727CBOR::XS::Tagged object on decoding, and only encoding the tag when
728explicitly requested).
729
730Tags not handled specifically are currently converted into a
731L<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object, which is simply a blessed array reference
732consisting of the numeric tag value followed by the (decoded) CBOR value.
733
734Future versions of this module reserve the right to special case
735additional tags (such as base64url).
736
737=head2 ENFORCED TAGS
738
739These tags are always handled when decoding, and their handling cannot be
740overriden by the user.
741
742=over 4
743
744=item 26 (perl-object, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/perl-object>)
745
746These tags are automatically created (and decoded) for serialisable
747objects using the C<FREEZE/THAW> methods (the L<Types::Serialier> object
748serialisation protocol). See L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for details.
749
750=item 28, 29 (shareable, sharedref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>)
751
752These tags are automatically decoded when encountered (and they do not
753result in a cyclic data structure, see C<allow_cycles>), resulting in
754shared values in the decoded object. They are only encoded, however, when
755C<allow_sharing> is enabled.
756
757Not all shared values can be successfully decoded: values that reference
758themselves will I<currently> decode as C<undef> (this is not the same
759as a reference pointing to itself, which will be represented as a value
760that contains an indirect reference to itself - these will be decoded
761properly).
762
763Note that considerably more shared value data structures can be decoded
764than will be encoded - currently, only values pointed to by references
765will be shared, others will not. While non-reference shared values can be
766generated in Perl with some effort, they were considered too unimportant
767to be supported in the encoder. The decoder, however, will decode these
768values as shared values.
769
770=item 256, 25 (stringref-namespace, stringref, L <http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>)
771
772These tags are automatically decoded when encountered. They are only
773encoded, however, when C<pack_strings> is enabled.
774
775=item 22098 (indirection, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>)
776
777This tag is automatically generated when a reference are encountered (with
778the exception of hash and array refernces). It is converted to a reference
779when decoding.
780
781=item 55799 (self-describe CBOR, RFC 7049)
782
783This value is not generated on encoding (unless explicitly requested by
784the user), and is simply ignored when decoding.
785
786=back
787
788=head2 NON-ENFORCED TAGS
789
790These tags have default filters provided when decoding. Their handling can
791be overriden by changing the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> entry for the tag, or by
792providing a custom C<filter> callback when decoding.
793
794When they result in decoding into a specific Perl class, the module
795usually provides a corresponding C<TO_CBOR> method as well.
796
797When any of these need to load additional modules that are not part of the
798perl core distribution (e.g. L<URI>), it is (currently) up to the user to
799provide these modules. The decoding usually fails with an exception if the
800required module cannot be loaded.
801
802=over 4
803
804=item 0, 1 (date/time string, seconds since the epoch)
805
806These tags are decoded into L<Time::Piece> objects. The corresponding
807C<Time::Piece::TO_CBOR> method always encodes into tag 1 values currently.
808
809The L<Time::Piece> API is generally surprisingly bad, and fractional
810seconds are only accidentally kept intact, so watch out. On the plus side,
811the module comes with perl since 5.10, which has to count for something.
812
813=item 2, 3 (positive/negative bignum)
814
815These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigInt> objects. The corresponding
816C<Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR> method encodes "small" bigints into normal CBOR
817integers, and others into positive/negative CBOR bignums.
818
819=item 4, 5 (decimal fraction/bigfloat)
820
821Both decimal fractions and bigfloats are decoded into L<Math::BigFloat>
822objects. The corresponding C<Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR> method I<always>
823encodes into a decimal fraction.
824
825CBOR cannot represent bigfloats with I<very> large exponents - conversion
826of such big float objects is undefined.
827
828Also, NaN and infinities are not encoded properly.
829
830=item 21, 22, 23 (expected later JSON conversion)
831
832CBOR::XS is not a CBOR-to-JSON converter, and will simply ignore these
833tags.
834
835=item 32 (URI)
836
837These objects decode into L<URI> objects. The corresponding
838C<URI::TO_CBOR> method again results in a CBOR URI value.
839
840=back
841
842=cut
843
844our %FILTER = (
845 # 0 # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
846 # 1 # unix timestamp, any
847
848 2 => sub { # pos bigint
849 require Math::BigInt;
850 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
851 },
852
853 3 => sub { # neg bigint
854 require Math::BigInt;
855 -Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
856 },
857
858 4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
859 require Math::BigFloat;
860 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
861 },
862
863 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
864 require Math::BigFloat;
865 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2)
866 },
867
868 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
869 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
870 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
871
872 # 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
873
874 32 => sub {
875 require URI;
876 URI->new (pop)
877 },
878
879 # 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
880 # 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
881 # 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
882 # 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
883);
884
885
324=head2 CBOR and JSON 886=head1 CBOR and JSON
325 887
326CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is, 888CBOR 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 889with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other
328"binary JSON" formats such as BSON generally do not support). 890"binary JSON" formats such as BSON generally do not support).
329 891
388properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded. 950properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded.
389 951
390Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented. 952Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented.
391 953
392 954
955=head1 LIMITATIONS ON PERLS WITHOUT 64-BIT INTEGER SUPPORT
956
957On perls that were built without 64 bit integer support (these are rare
958nowadays, even on 32 bit architectures), support for any kind of 64 bit
959integer in CBOR is very limited - most likely, these 64 bit values will
960be truncated, corrupted, or otherwise not decoded correctly. This also
961includes string, array and map sizes that are stored as 64 bit integers.
962
963
393=head1 THREADS 964=head1 THREADS
394 965
395This module is I<not> guaranteed to be thread safe and there are no 966This 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 967plans to change this until Perl gets thread support (as opposed to the
397horribly slow so-called "threads" which are simply slow and bloated 968horribly slow so-called "threads" which are simply slow and bloated
409Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting 980Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting
410service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason. 981service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.
411 982
412=cut 983=cut
413 984
414our $true = do { bless \(my $dummy = 1), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 985our %FILTER = (
415our $false = do { bless \(my $dummy = 0), "CBOR::XS::Boolean" }; 986 0 => sub { # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
987 require Time::Piece;
988 # Time::Piece::Strptime uses the "incredibly flexible date parsing routine"
989 # from FreeBSD, which can't parse ISO 8601, RFC3339, RFC4287 or much of anything
990 # else either. Whats incredibe over standard strptime totally escapes me.
991 # doesn't do fractional times, either. sigh.
992 # In fact, it's all a lie, it uses whatever strptime it wants, and of course,
993 # they are all incomptible. The openbsd one simply ignores %z (but according to the
994 # docs, it would be much more incredibly flexible indeed. If it worked, that is.).
995 scalar eval {
996 my $s = $_[1];
416 997
417sub true() { $true } 998 $s =~ s/Z$/+00:00/;
418sub false() { $false } 999 $s =~ s/(\.[0-9]+)?([+-][0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9])$//
1000 or die;
419 1001
420sub is_bool($) { 1002 my $b = $1 - ($2 * 60 + $3) * 60; # fractional part + offset. hopefully
421 UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::XS::Boolean" 1003 my $d = Time::Piece->strptime ($s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
422# or UNIVERSAL::isa $_[0], "CBOR::Literal" 1004
1005 Time::Piece::gmtime ($d->epoch + $b)
1006 } || die "corrupted CBOR date/time string ($_[0])";
1007 },
1008
1009 1 => sub { # seconds since the epoch, possibly fractional
1010 require Time::Piece;
1011 scalar Time::Piece::gmtime (pop)
1012 },
1013
1014 2 => sub { # pos bigint
1015 require Math::BigInt;
1016 Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
1017 },
1018
1019 3 => sub { # neg bigint
1020 require Math::BigInt;
1021 -Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
1022 },
1023
1024 4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
1025 require Math::BigFloat;
1026 Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
1027 },
1028
1029 5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
1030 require Math::BigFloat;
1031 scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1])->blsft ($_[1][0], 2)
1032 },
1033
1034 21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
1035 22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
1036 23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
1037
1038 # 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
1039
1040 32 => sub {
1041 require URI;
1042 URI->new (pop)
1043 },
1044
1045 # 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
1046 # 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
1047 # 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
1048 # 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
1049);
1050
1051sub CBOR::XS::default_filter {
1052 &{ $FILTER{$_[0]} or return }
423} 1053}
424 1054
1055sub URI::TO_CBOR {
1056 my $uri = $_[0]->as_string;
1057 utf8::upgrade $uri;
1058 tag 32, $uri
1059}
1060
1061sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR {
1062 if ($_[0] >= -2147483648 && $_[0] <= 2147483647) {
1063 $_[0]->numify
1064 } else {
1065 my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2;
1066 $hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh
1067 tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex
1068 }
1069}
1070
1071sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR {
1072 my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts;
1073 tag 4, [$e->numify, $m]
1074}
1075
1076sub Time::Piece::TO_CBOR {
1077 tag 1, $_[0]->epoch
1078}
1079
425XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION; 1080XSLoader::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 1081
437=head1 SEE ALSO 1082=head1 SEE ALSO
438 1083
439The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable, 1084The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable,
440serialisation. 1085serialisation.
441 1086
1087The L<Types::Serialiser> module provides the data model for true, false
1088and error values.
1089
442=head1 AUTHOR 1090=head1 AUTHOR
443 1091
444 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 1092 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
445 http://home.schmorp.de/ 1093 http://home.schmorp.de/
446 1094
447=cut 1095=cut
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