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26	substr $many_cbor_strings, 0, $length, ""; # remove decoded cbor string	26	substr $many_cbor_strings, 0, $length, ""; # remove decoded cbor string
27	}	27	}
28		28
29	=head1 DESCRIPTION	29	=head1 DESCRIPTION
30		30
31	WARNING! This module is very new, and not very well tested (that's up to
32	you to do). Furthermore, details of the implementation might change freely
33	before version 1.0. And lastly, the object serialisation protocol depends
34	on a pending IANA assignment, and until that assignment is official, this
35	implementation is not interoperable with other implementations (even
36	future versions of this module) until the assignment is done.
37
38	You are still invited to try out CBOR, and this module.
39
40	This module converts Perl data structures to the Concise Binary Object	31	This module converts Perl data structures to the Concise Binary Object
41	Representation (CBOR) and vice versa. CBOR is a fast binary serialisation	32	Representation (CBOR) and vice versa. CBOR is a fast binary serialisation
42	format that aims to use a superset of the JSON data model, i.e. when you	33	format that aims to use an (almost) superset of the JSON data model, i.e.
43	can represent something in JSON, you should be able to represent it in	34	when you can represent something useful in JSON, you should be able to
44	CBOR.	35	represent it in CBOR.
45		36
46	In short, CBOR is a faster and very compact binary alternative to JSON,	37	In short, CBOR is a faster and quite compact binary alternative to JSON,
47	with the added ability of supporting serialisation of Perl objects. (JSON	38	with the added ability of supporting serialisation of Perl objects. (JSON
48	often compresses better than CBOR though, so if you plan to compress the	39	often compresses better than CBOR though, so if you plan to compress the
49	data later you might want to compare both formats first).	40	data later and speed is less important you might want to compare both
		41	formats first).
		42
		43	The primary goal of this module is to be I<correct> and the secondary goal
		44	is to be I<fast>. To reach the latter goal it was written in C.
50		45
51	To give you a general idea about speed, with texts in the megabyte range,	46	To give you a general idea about speed, with texts in the megabyte range,
52	C<CBOR::XS> usually encodes roughly twice as fast as L<Storable> or	47	C<CBOR::XS> usually encodes roughly twice as fast as L<Storable> or
53	L<JSON::XS> and decodes about 15%-30% faster than those. The shorter the	48	L<JSON::XS> and decodes about 15%-30% faster than those. The shorter the
54	data, the worse L<Storable> performs in comparison.	49	data, the worse L<Storable> performs in comparison.
55		50
56	As for compactness, C<CBOR::XS> encoded data structures are usually about	51	Regarding compactness, C<CBOR::XS>-encoded data structures are usually
57	20% smaller than the same data encoded as (compact) JSON or L<Storable>.	52	about 20% smaller than the same data encoded as (compact) JSON or
		53	L<Storable>.
58		54
59	The primary goal of this module is to be I<correct> and the secondary goal	55	In addition to the core CBOR data format, this module implements a
60	is to be I<fast>. To reach the latter goal it was written in C.	56	number of extensions, to support cyclic and shared data structures
		57	(see C<allow_sharing> and C<allow_cycles>), string deduplication (see
		58	C<pack_strings>) and scalar references (always enabled).
61		59
62	See MAPPING, below, on how CBOR::XS maps perl values to CBOR values and	60	See MAPPING, below, on how CBOR::XS maps perl values to CBOR values and
63	vice versa.	61	vice versa.
64		62
65	=cut	63	=cut
66		64
67	package CBOR::XS;	65	package CBOR::XS;
68		66
69	use common::sense;	67	use common::sense;
70		68
71	our $VERSION = 0.08;	69	our $VERSION = 1.83;
72	our @ISA = qw(Exporter);	70	our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
73		71
74	our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor);	72	our @EXPORT = qw(encode_cbor decode_cbor);
75		73
76	use Exporter;	74	use Exporter;
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113	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.	111	strings. All boolean flags described below are by default I<disabled>.
114		112
115	The mutators for flags all return the CBOR object again and thus calls can	113	The mutators for flags all return the CBOR object again and thus calls can
116	be chained:	114	be chained:
117		115
118	#TODO
119	my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]});	116	my $cbor = CBOR::XS->new->encode ({a => [1,2]});
		117
		118	=item $cbor = new_safe CBOR::XS
		119
		120	Create a new, safe/secure CBOR::XS object. This is similar to C<new>,
		121	but configures the coder object to be safe to use with untrusted
		122	data. Currently, this is equivalent to:
		123
		124	my $cbor = CBOR::XS
		125	->new
		126	->forbid_objects
		127	->filter (\&CBOR::XS::safe_filter)
		128	->max_size (1e8);
		129
		130	But is more future proof (it is better to crash because of a change than
		131	to be exploited in other ways).
		132
		133	=cut
		134
		135	sub new_safe {
		136	CBOR::XS
		137	->new
		138	->forbid_objects
		139	->filter (\&CBOR::XS::safe_filter)
		140	->max_size (1e8)
		141	}
120		142
121	=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])	143	=item $cbor = $cbor->max_depth ([$maximum_nesting_depth])
122		144
123	=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth	145	=item $max_depth = $cbor->get_max_depth
124		146
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140		162
141	Note that nesting is implemented by recursion in C. The default value has	163	Note that nesting is implemented by recursion in C. The default value has
142	been chosen to be as large as typical operating systems allow without	164	been chosen to be as large as typical operating systems allow without
143	crashing.	165	crashing.
144		166
145	See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.	167	See L<SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS>, below, for more info on why this is useful.
146		168
147	=item $cbor = $cbor->max_size ([$maximum_string_size])	169	=item $cbor = $cbor->max_size ([$maximum_string_size])
148		170
149	=item $max_size = $cbor->get_max_size	171	=item $max_size = $cbor->get_max_size
150		172
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155	effect on C<encode> (yet).	177	effect on C<encode> (yet).
156		178
157	If no argument is given, the limit check will be deactivated (same as when	179	If no argument is given, the limit check will be deactivated (same as when
158	C<0> is specified).	180	C<0> is specified).
159		181
160	See SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, below, for more info on why this is useful.	182	See L<SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS>, below, for more info on why this is useful.
		183
		184	=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_unknown ([$enable])
		185
		186	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_unknown
		187
		188	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will I<not> throw an
		189	exception when it encounters values it cannot represent in CBOR (for
		190	example, filehandles) but instead will encode a CBOR C<error> value.
		191
		192	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will throw an
		193	exception when it encounters anything it cannot encode as CBOR.
		194
		195	This option does not affect C<decode> in any way, and it is recommended to
		196	leave it off unless you know your communications partner.
		197
		198	=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_sharing ([$enable])
		199
		200	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_sharing
		201
		202	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will not double-encode
		203	values that have been referenced before (e.g. when the same object, such
		204	as an array, is referenced multiple times), but instead will emit a
		205	reference to the earlier value.
		206
		207	This means that such values will only be encoded once, and will not result
		208	in a deep cloning of the value on decode, in decoders supporting the value
		209	sharing extension. This also makes it possible to encode cyclic data
		210	structures (which need C<allow_cycles> to be enabled to be decoded by this
		211	module).
		212
		213	It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
		214	communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR
		215	(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the
		216	resulting data structure might be unusable.
		217
		218	Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded
		219	that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily
		220	increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encoded as
		221	shareable whether or not they are actually shared.
		222
		223	At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars,
		224	arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as
		225	an array with multiple "copies" of the I<same> string, which are hard but
		226	not impossible to create in Perl, are not supported (this is the same as
		227	with L<Storable>).
		228
		229	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode shared
		230	data structures repeatedly, unsharing them in the process. Cyclic data
		231	structures cannot be encoded in this mode.
		232
		233	This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - shared values and
		234	references will always be decoded properly if present.
		235
		236	=item $cbor = $cbor->allow_cycles ([$enable])
		237
		238	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_allow_cycles
		239
		240	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will happily decode
		241	self-referential (cyclic) data structures. By default these will not be
		242	decoded, as they need manual cleanup to avoid memory leaks, so code that
		243	isn't prepared for this will not leak memory.
		244
		245	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will throw an error
		246	when it encounters a self-referential/cyclic data structure.
		247
		248	FUTURE DIRECTION: the motivation behind this option is to avoid I<real>
		249	cycles - future versions of this module might chose to decode cyclic data
		250	structures using weak references when this option is off, instead of
		251	throwing an error.
		252
		253	This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - shared values and
		254	references will always be encoded properly if present.
		255
		256	=item $cbor = $cbor->forbid_objects ([$enable])
		257
		258	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_forbid_objects
		259
		260	Disables the use of the object serialiser protocol.
		261
		262	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will will throw an
		263	exception when it encounters perl objects that would be encoded using the
		264	perl-object tag (26). When C<decode> encounters such tags, it will fall
		265	back to the general filter/tagged logic as if this were an unknown tag (by
		266	default resulting in a C<CBOR::XC::Tagged> object).
		267
		268	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will use the
		269	L<Types::Serialiser> object serialisation protocol to serialise objects
		270	into perl-object tags, and C<decode> will do the same to decode such tags.
		271
		272	See L<SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS>, below, for more info on why forbidding this
		273	protocol can be useful.
		274
		275	=item $cbor = $cbor->pack_strings ([$enable])
		276
		277	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_pack_strings
		278
		279	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will try not to encode
		280	the same string twice, but will instead encode a reference to the string
		281	instead. Depending on your data format, this can save a lot of space, but
		282	also results in a very large runtime overhead (expect encoding times to be
		283	2-4 times as high as without).
		284
		285	It is recommended to leave it off unless you know your
		286	communications partner supports the stringref extension to CBOR
		287	(L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>), as without decoder support, the
		288	resulting data structure might not be usable.
		289
		290	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode strings
		291	the standard CBOR way.
		292
		293	This option does not affect C<decode> in any way - string references will
		294	always be decoded properly if present.
		295
		296	=item $cbor = $cbor->text_keys ([$enable])
		297
		298	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_text_keys
		299
		300	If C<$enabled> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will encode all
		301	perl hash keys as CBOR text strings/UTF-8 string, upgrading them as needed.
		302
		303	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode hash keys
		304	normally - upgraded perl strings (strings internally encoded as UTF-8) as
		305	CBOR text strings, and downgraded perl strings as CBOR byte strings.
		306
		307	This option does not affect C<decode> in any way.
		308
		309	This option is useful for interoperability with CBOR decoders that don't
		310	treat byte strings as a form of text. It is especially useful as Perl
		311	gives very little control over hash keys.
		312
		313	Enabling this option can be slow, as all downgraded hash keys that are
		314	encoded need to be scanned and converted to UTF-8.
		315
		316	=item $cbor = $cbor->text_strings ([$enable])
		317
		318	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_text_strings
		319
		320	This option works similar to C<text_keys>, above, but works on all strings
		321	(including hash keys), so C<text_keys> has no further effect after
		322	enabling C<text_strings>.
		323
		324	If C<$enabled> is true (or missing), then C<encode> will encode all perl
		325	strings as CBOR text strings/UTF-8 strings, upgrading them as needed.
		326
		327	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<encode> will encode strings
		328	normally (but see C<text_keys>) - upgraded perl strings (strings
		329	internally encoded as UTF-8) as CBOR text strings, and downgraded perl
		330	strings as CBOR byte strings.
		331
		332	This option does not affect C<decode> in any way.
		333
		334	This option has similar advantages and disadvantages as C<text_keys>. In
		335	addition, this option effectively removes the ability to automatically
		336	encode byte strings, which might break some C<FREEZE> and C<TO_CBOR>
		337	methods that rely on this.
		338
		339	A workaround is to use explicit type casts, which are unaffected by this option.
		340
		341	=item $cbor = $cbor->validate_utf8 ([$enable])
		342
		343	=item $enabled = $cbor->get_validate_utf8
		344
		345	If C<$enable> is true (or missing), then C<decode> will validate that
		346	elements (text strings) containing UTF-8 data in fact contain valid UTF-8
		347	data (instead of blindly accepting it). This validation obviously takes
		348	extra time during decoding.
		349
		350	The concept of "valid UTF-8" used is perl's concept, which is a superset
		351	of the official UTF-8.
		352
		353	If C<$enable> is false (the default), then C<decode> will blindly accept
		354	UTF-8 data, marking them as valid UTF-8 in the resulting data structure
		355	regardless of whether that's true or not.
		356
		357	Perl isn't too happy about corrupted UTF-8 in strings, but should
		358	generally not crash or do similarly evil things. Extensions might be not
		359	so forgiving, so it's recommended to turn on this setting if you receive
		360	untrusted CBOR.
		361
		362	This option does not affect C<encode> in any way - strings that are
		363	supposedly valid UTF-8 will simply be dumped into the resulting CBOR
		364	string without checking whether that is, in fact, true or not.
		365
		366	=item $cbor = $cbor->filter ([$cb->($tag, $value)])
		367
		368	=item $cb_or_undef = $cbor->get_filter
		369
		370	Sets or replaces the tagged value decoding filter (when C<$cb> is
		371	specified) or clears the filter (if no argument or C<undef> is provided).
		372
		373	The filter callback is called only during decoding, when a non-enforced
		374	tagged value has been decoded (see L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for a
		375	list of enforced tags). For specific tags, it's often better to provide a
		376	default converter using the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash (see below).
		377
		378	The first argument is the numerical tag, the second is the (decoded) value
		379	that has been tagged.
		380
		381	The filter function should return either exactly one value, which will
		382	replace the tagged value in the decoded data structure, or no values,
		383	which will result in default handling, which currently means the decoder
		384	creates a C<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object to hold the tag and the value.
		385
		386	When the filter is cleared (the default state), the default filter
		387	function, C<CBOR::XS::default_filter>, is used. This function simply
		388	looks up the tag in the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash. If an entry exists
		389	it must be a code reference that is called with tag and value, and is
		390	responsible for decoding the value. If no entry exists, it returns no
		391	values. C<CBOR::XS> provides a number of default filter functions already,
		392	the the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> hash can be freely extended with more.
		393
		394	C<CBOR::XS> additionally provides an alternative filter function that is
		395	supposed to be safe to use with untrusted data (which the default filter
		396	might not), called C<CBOR::XS::safe_filter>, which works the same as
		397	the C<default_filter> but uses the C<%CBOR::XS::SAFE_FILTER> variable
		398	instead. It is prepopulated with the tag decoding functions that are
		399	deemed safe (basically the same as C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> without all
		400	the bignum tags), and can be extended by user code as wlel, although,
		401	obviously, one should be very careful about adding decoding functions
		402	here, since the expectation is that they are safe to use on untrusted
		403	data, after all.
		404
		405	Example: decode all tags not handled internally into C<CBOR::XS::Tagged>
		406	objects, with no other special handling (useful when working with
		407	potentially "unsafe" CBOR data).
		408
		409	CBOR::XS->new->filter (sub { })->decode ($cbor_data);
		410
		411	Example: provide a global filter for tag 1347375694, converting the value
		412	into some string form.
		413
		414	$CBOR::XS::FILTER{1347375694} = sub {
		415	my ($tag, $value);
		416
		417	"tag 1347375694 value $value"
		418	};
		419
		420	Example: provide your own filter function that looks up tags in your own
		421	hash:
		422
		423	my %my_filter = (
		424	998347484 => sub {
		425	my ($tag, $value);
		426
		427	"tag 998347484 value $value"
		428	};
		429	);
		430
		431	my $coder = CBOR::XS->new->filter (sub {
		432	&{ $my_filter{$_[0]} or return }
		433	});
		434
		435
		436	Example: use the safe filter function (see L<SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS> for
		437	more considerations on security).
		438
		439	CBOR::XS->new->filter (\&CBOR::XS::safe_filter)->decode ($cbor_data);
161		440
162	=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar)	441	=item $cbor_data = $cbor->encode ($perl_scalar)
163		442
164	Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR	443	Converts the given Perl data structure (a scalar value) to its CBOR
165	representation.	444	representation.
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175	when there is trailing garbage after the CBOR string, it will silently	454	when there is trailing garbage after the CBOR string, it will silently
176	stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed so far.	455	stop parsing there and return the number of characters consumed so far.
177		456
178	This is useful if your CBOR texts are not delimited by an outer protocol	457	This is useful if your CBOR texts are not delimited by an outer protocol
179	and you need to know where the first CBOR string ends amd the next one	458	and you need to know where the first CBOR string ends amd the next one
180	starts.	459	starts - CBOR strings are self-delimited, so it is possible to concatenate
		460	CBOR strings without any delimiters or size fields and recover their data.
181		461
182	CBOR::XS->new->decode_prefix ("......")	462	CBOR::XS->new->decode_prefix ("......")
183	=> ("...", 3)	463	=> ("...", 3)
		464
		465	=back
		466
		467	=head2 INCREMENTAL PARSING
		468
		469	In some cases, there is the need for incremental parsing of JSON
		470	texts. While this module always has to keep both CBOR text and resulting
		471	Perl data structure in memory at one time, it does allow you to parse a
		472	CBOR stream incrementally, using a similar to using "decode_prefix" to see
		473	if a full CBOR object is available, but is much more efficient.
		474
		475	It basically works by parsing as much of a CBOR string as possible - if
		476	the CBOR data is not complete yet, the pasrer will remember where it was,
		477	to be able to restart when more data has been accumulated. Once enough
		478	data is available to either decode a complete CBOR value or raise an
		479	error, a real decode will be attempted.
		480
		481	A typical use case would be a network protocol that consists of sending
		482	and receiving CBOR-encoded messages. The solution that works with CBOR and
		483	about anything else is by prepending a length to every CBOR value, so the
		484	receiver knows how many octets to read. More compact (and slightly slower)
		485	would be to just send CBOR values back-to-back, as C<CBOR::XS> knows where
		486	a CBOR value ends, and doesn't need an explicit length.
		487
		488	The following methods help with this:
		489
		490	=over 4
		491
		492	=item @decoded = $cbor->incr_parse ($buffer)
		493
		494	This method attempts to decode exactly one CBOR value from the beginning
		495	of the given C<$buffer>. The value is removed from the C<$buffer> on
		496	success. When C<$buffer> doesn't contain a complete value yet, it returns
		497	nothing. Finally, when the C<$buffer> doesn't start with something
		498	that could ever be a valid CBOR value, it raises an exception, just as
		499	C<decode> would. In the latter case the decoder state is undefined and
		500	must be reset before being able to parse further.
		501
		502	This method modifies the C<$buffer> in place. When no CBOR value can be
		503	decoded, the decoder stores the current string offset. On the next call,
		504	continues decoding at the place where it stopped before. For this to make
		505	sense, the C<$buffer> must begin with the same octets as on previous
		506	unsuccessful calls.
		507
		508	You can call this method in scalar context, in which case it either
		509	returns a decoded value or C<undef>. This makes it impossible to
		510	distinguish between CBOR null values (which decode to C<undef>) and an
		511	unsuccessful decode, which is often acceptable.
		512
		513	=item @decoded = $cbor->incr_parse_multiple ($buffer)
		514
		515	Same as C<incr_parse>, but attempts to decode as many CBOR values as
		516	possible in one go, instead of at most one. Calls to C<incr_parse> and
		517	C<incr_parse_multiple> can be interleaved.
		518
		519	=item $cbor->incr_reset
		520
		521	Resets the incremental decoder. This throws away any saved state, so that
		522	subsequent calls to C<incr_parse> or C<incr_parse_multiple> start to parse
		523	a new CBOR value from the beginning of the C<$buffer> again.
		524
		525	This method can be called at any time, but it I<must> be called if you want
		526	to change your C<$buffer> or there was a decoding error and you want to
		527	reuse the C<$cbor> object for future incremental parsings.
184		528
185	=back	529	=back
186		530
187		531
188	=head1 MAPPING	532	=head1 MAPPING
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206	CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit	550	CBOR integers become (numeric) perl scalars. On perls without 64 bit
207	support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted.	551	support, 64 bit integers will be truncated or otherwise corrupted.
208		552
209	=item byte strings	553	=item byte strings
210		554
211	Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the byte values 0..255	555	Byte strings will become octet strings in Perl (the Byte values 0..255
212	will simply become characters of the same value in Perl).	556	will simply become characters of the same value in Perl).
213		557
214	=item UTF-8 strings	558	=item UTF-8 strings
215		559
216	UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be	560	UTF-8 strings in CBOR will be decoded, i.e. the UTF-8 octets will be
…		…
234	C<Types:Serialiser::false> and C<Types::Serialiser::error>,	578	C<Types:Serialiser::false> and C<Types::Serialiser::error>,
235	respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers	579	respectively. They are overloaded to act almost exactly like the numbers
236	C<1> and C<0> (for true and false) or to throw an exception on access (for	580	C<1> and C<0> (for true and false) or to throw an exception on access (for
237	error). See the L<Types::Serialiser> manpage for details.	581	error). See the L<Types::Serialiser> manpage for details.
238		582
239	=item CBOR tag 256 (perl object)	583	=item tagged values
240		584
241	The tag value C<256> (TODO: pending iana registration) will be used
242	to deserialise a Perl object serialised with C<FREEZE>. See L<OBJECT
243	SERIALISATION>, below, for details.
244
245	=item CBOR tag 55799 (magic header)
246
247	The tag 55799 is ignored (this tag implements the magic header).
248
249	=item other CBOR tags
250
251	Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value. Tags not	585	Tagged items consists of a numeric tag and another CBOR value.
252	handled internally are currently converted into a L<CBOR::XS::Tagged>
253	object, which is simply a blessed array reference consisting of the
254	numeric tag value followed by the (decoded) CBOR value.
255		586
256	In the future, support for user-supplied conversions might get added.	587	See L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> and the description of C<< ->filter >>
		588	for details on which tags are handled how.
257		589
258	=item anything else	590	=item anything else
259		591
260	Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding	592	Anything else (e.g. unsupported simple values) will raise a decoding
261	error.	593	error.
…		…
264		596
265		597
266	=head2 PERL -> CBOR	598	=head2 PERL -> CBOR
267		599
268	The mapping from Perl to CBOR is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a	600	The mapping from Perl to CBOR is slightly more difficult, as Perl is a
269	truly typeless language, so we can only guess which CBOR type is meant by	601	typeless language. That means this module can only guess which CBOR type
270	a Perl value.	602	is meant by a perl value.
271		603
272	=over 4	604	=over 4
273		605
274	=item hash references	606	=item hash references
275		607
276	Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in	608	Perl hash references become CBOR maps. As there is no inherent ordering in
277	hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random	609	hash keys (or CBOR maps), they will usually be encoded in a pseudo-random
278	order.	610	order. This order can be different each time a hash is encoded.
279		611
280	Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal	612	Currently, tied hashes will use the indefinite-length format, while normal
281	hashes will use the fixed-length format.	613	hashes will use the fixed-length format.
282		614
283	=item array references	615	=item array references
284		616
285	Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays.	617	Perl array references become fixed-length CBOR arrays.
286		618
287	=item other references	619	=item other references
288		620
289	Other unblessed references are generally not allowed and will cause an	621	Other unblessed references will be represented using
290	exception to be thrown, except for references to the integers C<0> and	622	the indirection tag extension (tag value C<22098>,
291	C<1>, which get turned into false and true in CBOR.	623	L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>). CBOR decoders are guaranteed
		624	to be able to decode these values somehow, by either "doing the right
		625	thing", decoding into a generic tagged object, simply ignoring the tag, or
		626	something else.
292		627
293	=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects	628	=item CBOR::XS::Tagged objects
294		629
295	Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]>	630	Objects of this type must be arrays consisting of a single C<[tag, value]>
296	pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will	631	pair. The (numerical) tag will be encoded as a CBOR tag, the value will
297	be encoded as appropriate for the value. You cna use C<CBOR::XS::tag> to	632	be encoded as appropriate for the value. You must use C<CBOR::XS::tag> to
298	create such objects.	633	create such objects.
299		634
300	=item Types::Serialiser::true, Types::Serialiser::false, Types::Serialiser::error	635	=item Types::Serialiser::true, Types::Serialiser::false, Types::Serialiser::error
301		636
302	These special values become CBOR true, CBOR false and CBOR undefined	637	These special values become CBOR true, CBOR false and CBOR undefined
…		…
304	if you want.	639	if you want.
305		640
306	=item other blessed objects	641	=item other blessed objects
307		642
308	Other blessed objects are serialised via C<TO_CBOR> or C<FREEZE>. See	643	Other blessed objects are serialised via C<TO_CBOR> or C<FREEZE>. See
309	L<OBJECT SERIALISATION>, below, for details.	644	L<TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS> for specific classes handled by this
		645	module, and L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for generic object serialisation.
310		646
311	=item simple scalars	647	=item simple scalars
312		648
313	TODO
314	Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most	649	Simple Perl scalars (any scalar that is not a reference) are the most
315	difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as	650	difficult objects to encode: CBOR::XS will encode undefined scalars as
316	CBOR null values, scalars that have last been used in a string context	651	CBOR null values, scalars that have last been used in a string context
317	before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value:	652	before encoding as CBOR strings, and anything else as number value:
318		653
319	# dump as number	654	# dump as number
320	encode_cbor [2] # yields [2]	655	encode_cbor [2] # yields [2]
321	encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17]	656	encode_cbor [-3.0e17] # yields [-3e+17]
322	my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5]	657	my $value = 5; encode_cbor [$value] # yields [5]
323		658
324	# used as string, so dump as string	659	# used as string, so dump as string (either byte or text)
325	print $value;	660	print $value;
326	encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"]	661	encode_cbor [$value] # yields ["5"]
327		662
328	# undef becomes null	663	# undef becomes null
329	encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null]	664	encode_cbor [undef] # yields [null]
…		…
332		667
333	my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number	668	my $x = 3.1; # some variable containing a number
334	"$x"; # stringified	669	"$x"; # stringified
335	$x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify	670	$x .= ""; # another, more awkward way to stringify
336	print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often	671	print $x; # perl does it for you, too, quite often
		672
		673	You can force whether a string is encoded as byte or text string by using
		674	C<utf8::upgrade> and C<utf8::downgrade> (if C<text_strings> is disabled).
		675
		676	utf8::upgrade $x; # encode $x as text string
		677	utf8::downgrade $x; # encode $x as byte string
		678
		679	More options are available, see L<TYPE CASTS>, below, and the C<text_keys>
		680	and C<text_strings> options.
		681
		682	Perl doesn't define what operations up- and downgrade strings, so if the
		683	difference between byte and text is important, you should up- or downgrade
		684	your string as late as possible before encoding. You can also force the
		685	use of CBOR text strings by using C<text_keys> or C<text_strings>.
337		686
338	You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it:	687	You can force the type to be a CBOR number by numifying it:
339		688
340	my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string	689	my $x = "3"; # some variable containing a string
341	$x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number	690	$x += 0; # numify it, ensuring it will be dumped as a number
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352	represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of	701	represent numerical values are supported, but might suffer loss of
353	precision.	702	precision.
354		703
355	=back	704	=back
356		705
		706	=head2 TYPE CASTS
		707
		708	B<EXPERIMENTAL>: As an experimental extension, C<CBOR::XS> allows you to
		709	force specific cbor types to be used when encoding. That allows you to
		710	encode types not normally accessible (e.g. half floats) as well as force
		711	string types even when C<text_strings> is in effect.
		712
		713	Type forcing is done by calling a special "cast" function which keeps a
		714	copy of the value and returns a new value that can be handed over to any
		715	CBOR encoder function.
		716
		717	The following casts are currently available (all of which are unary operators):
		718
		719	=over
		720
		721	=item CBOR::XS::as_int $value
		722
		723	Forces the value to be encoded as some form of (basic, not bignum) integer
		724	type.
		725
		726	=item CBOR::XS::as_text $value
		727
		728	Forces the value to be encoded as (UTF-8) text values.
		729
		730	=item CBOR::XS::as_bytes $value
		731
		732	Forces the value to be encoded as a (binary) string value.
		733
		734	Example: encode a perl string as binary even though C<text_strings> is in
		735	effect.
		736
		737	CBOR::XS->new->text_strings->encode ([4, "text", CBOR::XS::bytes "bytevalue"]);
		738
		739	=item CBOR::XS::as_bool $value
		740
		741	Converts a Perl boolean (which can be any kind of scalar) into a CBOR
		742	boolean. Strictly the same, but shorter to write, than:
		743
		744	$value ? Types::Serialiser::true : Types::Serialiser::false
		745
		746	=item CBOR::XS::as_float16 $value
		747
		748	Forces half-float (IEEE 754 binary16) encoding of the given value.
		749
		750	=item CBOR::XS::as_float32 $value
		751
		752	Forces single-float (IEEE 754 binary32) encoding of the given value.
		753
		754	=item CBOR::XS::as_float64 $value
		755
		756	Forces double-float (IEEE 754 binary64) encoding of the given value.
		757
		758	=item CBOR::XS::as_cbor $cbor_text
		759
		760	Not a type cast per-se, this type cast forces the argument to eb encoded
		761	as-is. This can be used to embed pre-encoded CBOR data.
		762
		763	Note that no checking on the validity of the C<$cbor_text> is done - it's
		764	the callers responsibility to correctly encode values.
		765
		766	=item CBOR::XS::as_map [key => value...]
		767
		768	Treat the array reference as key value pairs and output a CBOR map. This
		769	allows you to generate CBOR maps with arbitrary key types (or, if you
		770	don't care about semantics, duplicate keys or prairs in a custom order),
		771	which is otherwise hard to do with Perl.
		772
		773	The single argument must be an array reference with an even number of
		774	elements.
		775
		776	Example: encode a CBOR map with a string and an integer as keys.
		777
		778	encode_cbor CBOR::XS::as_map [string => "value", 5 => "value"]
		779
		780	=back
		781
		782	=cut
		783
		784	sub CBOR::XS::as_cbor ($) { bless [$_[0], 0, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		785	sub CBOR::XS::as_int ($) { bless [$_[0], 1, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		786	sub CBOR::XS::as_bytes ($) { bless [$_[0], 2, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		787	sub CBOR::XS::as_text ($) { bless [$_[0], 3, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		788	sub CBOR::XS::as_float16 ($) { bless [$_[0], 4, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		789	sub CBOR::XS::as_float32 ($) { bless [$_[0], 5, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		790	sub CBOR::XS::as_float64 ($) { bless [$_[0], 6, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged:: }
		791
		792	sub CBOR::XS::as_bool ($) { $_[0] ? $Types::Serialiser::true : $Types::Serialiser::false }
		793
		794	sub CBOR::XS::as_map ($) {
		795	ARRAY:: eq ref $_[0]
		796	and $#{ $_[0] } & 1
		797	or do { require Carp; Carp::croak ("CBOR::XS::as_map only acepts array references with an even number of elements, caught") };
		798
		799	bless [$_[0], 7, undef], CBOR::XS::Tagged::
		800	}
		801
357	=head2 OBJECT SERIALISATION	802	=head2 OBJECT SERIALISATION
		803
		804	This module implements both a CBOR-specific and the generic
		805	L<Types::Serialier> object serialisation protocol. The following
		806	subsections explain both methods.
		807
		808	=head3 ENCODING
358		809
359	This module knows two way to serialise a Perl object: The CBOR-specific	810	This module knows two way to serialise a Perl object: The CBOR-specific
360	way, and the generic way.	811	way, and the generic way.
361		812
362	Whenever the encoder encounters a Perl object that it cnanot serialise	813	Whenever the encoder encounters a Perl object that it cannot serialise
363	directly (most of them), it will first look up the C<TO_CBOR> method on	814	directly (most of them), it will first look up the C<TO_CBOR> method on
364	it.	815	it.
365		816
366	If it has a C<TO_CBOR> method, it will call it with the object as only	817	If it has a C<TO_CBOR> method, it will call it with the object as only
367	argument, and expects exactly one return value, which it will then	818	argument, and expects exactly one return value, which it will then
…		…
373		824
374	The C<FREEZE> method can return any number of values (i.e. zero or	825	The C<FREEZE> method can return any number of values (i.e. zero or
375	more). These will be encoded as CBOR perl object, together with the	826	more). These will be encoded as CBOR perl object, together with the
376	classname.	827	classname.
377		828
		829	These methods I<MUST NOT> change the data structure that is being
		830	serialised. Failure to comply to this can result in memory corruption -
		831	and worse.
		832
378	If an object supports neither C<TO_CBOR> nor C<FREEZE>, encoding will fail	833	If an object supports neither C<TO_CBOR> nor C<FREEZE>, encoding will fail
379	with an error.	834	with an error.
380		835
		836	=head3 DECODING
		837
381	Objects encoded via C<TO_CBOR> cannot be automatically decoded, but	838	Objects encoded via C<TO_CBOR> cannot (normally) be automatically decoded,
382	objects encoded via C<FREEZE> can be decoded using the following protocol:	839	but objects encoded via C<FREEZE> can be decoded using the following
		840	protocol:
383		841
384	When an encoded CBOR perl object is encountered by the decoder, it will	842	When an encoded CBOR perl object is encountered by the decoder, it will
385	look up the C<THAW> method, by using the stored classname, and will fail	843	look up the C<THAW> method, by using the stored classname, and will fail
386	if the method cannot be found.	844	if the method cannot be found.
387		845
388	After the lookup it will call the C<THAW> method with the stored classname	846	After the lookup it will call the C<THAW> method with the stored classname
389	as first argument, the constant string C<CBOR> as second argument, and all	847	as first argument, the constant string C<CBOR> as second argument, and all
390	values returned by C<FREEZE> as remaining arguments.	848	values returned by C<FREEZE> as remaining arguments.
391		849
392	=head4 EXAMPLES	850	=head3 EXAMPLES
393		851
394	Here is an example C<TO_CBOR> method:	852	Here is an example C<TO_CBOR> method:
395		853
396	sub My::Object::TO_CBOR {	854	sub My::Object::TO_CBOR {
397	my ($obj) = @_;	855	my ($obj) = @_;
…		…
408		866
409	sub URI::TO_CBOR {	867	sub URI::TO_CBOR {
410	my ($self) = @_;	868	my ($self) = @_;
411	my $uri = "$self"; # stringify uri	869	my $uri = "$self"; # stringify uri
412	utf8::upgrade $uri; # make sure it will be encoded as UTF-8 string	870	utf8::upgrade $uri; # make sure it will be encoded as UTF-8 string
413	CBOR::XS::tagged 32, "$_[0]"	871	CBOR::XS::tag 32, "$_[0]"
414	}	872	}
415		873
416	This will encode URIs as a UTF-8 string with tag 32, which indicates an	874	This will encode URIs as a UTF-8 string with tag 32, which indicates an
417	URI.	875	URI.
418		876
…		…
429	"$self" # encode url string	887	"$self" # encode url string
430	}	888	}
431		889
432	sub URI::THAW {	890	sub URI::THAW {
433	my ($class, $serialiser, $uri) = @_;	891	my ($class, $serialiser, $uri) = @_;
434
435	$class->new ($uri)	892	$class->new ($uri)
436	}	893	}
437		894
438	Unlike C<TO_CBOR>, multiple values can be returned by C<FREEZE>. For	895	Unlike C<TO_CBOR>, multiple values can be returned by C<FREEZE>. For
439	example, a C<FREEZE> method that returns "type", "id" and "variant" values	896	example, a C<FREEZE> method that returns "type", "id" and "variant" values
…		…
455	=head1 MAGIC HEADER	912	=head1 MAGIC HEADER
456		913
457	There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats	914	There is no way to distinguish CBOR from other formats
458	programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other	915	programmatically. To make it easier to distinguish CBOR from other
459	formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be	916	formats, the CBOR specification has a special "magic string" that can be
460	prepended to any CBOR string without changing it's meaning.	917	prepended to any CBOR string without changing its meaning.
461		918
462	This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not	919	This string is available as C<$CBOR::XS::MAGIC>. This module does not
463	prepend this string tot he CBOR data it generates, but it will ignroe it	920	prepend this string to the CBOR data it generates, but it will ignore it
464	if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as	921	if present, so users can prepend this string as a "file type" indicator as
465	required.	922	required.
466		923
467		924
468	=head1 THE CBOR::XS::Tagged CLASS	925	=head1 THE CBOR::XS::Tagged CLASS
…		…
551	Wrap CBOR data in CBOR:	1008	Wrap CBOR data in CBOR:
552		1009
553	my $cbor_cbor = encode_cbor	1010	my $cbor_cbor = encode_cbor
554	CBOR::XS::tag 24,	1011	CBOR::XS::tag 24,
555	encode_cbor [1, 2, 3];	1012	encode_cbor [1, 2, 3];
		1013
		1014	=head1 TAG HANDLING AND EXTENSIONS
		1015
		1016	This section describes how this module handles specific tagged values
		1017	and extensions. If a tag is not mentioned here and no additional filters
		1018	are provided for it, then the default handling applies (creating a
		1019	CBOR::XS::Tagged object on decoding, and only encoding the tag when
		1020	explicitly requested).
		1021
		1022	Tags not handled specifically are currently converted into a
		1023	L<CBOR::XS::Tagged> object, which is simply a blessed array reference
		1024	consisting of the numeric tag value followed by the (decoded) CBOR value.
		1025
		1026	Future versions of this module reserve the right to special case
		1027	additional tags (such as base64url).
		1028
		1029	=head2 ENFORCED TAGS
		1030
		1031	These tags are always handled when decoding, and their handling cannot be
		1032	overridden by the user.
		1033
		1034	=over 4
		1035
		1036	=item 26 (perl-object, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/perl-object>)
		1037
		1038	These tags are automatically created (and decoded) for serialisable
		1039	objects using the C<FREEZE/THAW> methods (the L<Types::Serialier> object
		1040	serialisation protocol). See L<OBJECT SERIALISATION> for details.
		1041
		1042	=item 28, 29 (shareable, sharedref, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>)
		1043
		1044	These tags are automatically decoded when encountered (and they do not
		1045	result in a cyclic data structure, see C<allow_cycles>), resulting in
		1046	shared values in the decoded object. They are only encoded, however, when
		1047	C<allow_sharing> is enabled.
		1048
		1049	Not all shared values can be successfully decoded: values that reference
		1050	themselves will I<currently> decode as C<undef> (this is not the same
		1051	as a reference pointing to itself, which will be represented as a value
		1052	that contains an indirect reference to itself - these will be decoded
		1053	properly).
		1054
		1055	Note that considerably more shared value data structures can be decoded
		1056	than will be encoded - currently, only values pointed to by references
		1057	will be shared, others will not. While non-reference shared values can be
		1058	generated in Perl with some effort, they were considered too unimportant
		1059	to be supported in the encoder. The decoder, however, will decode these
		1060	values as shared values.
		1061
		1062	=item 256, 25 (stringref-namespace, stringref, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/stringref>)
		1063
		1064	These tags are automatically decoded when encountered. They are only
		1065	encoded, however, when C<pack_strings> is enabled.
		1066
		1067	=item 22098 (indirection, L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/indirection>)
		1068
		1069	This tag is automatically generated when a reference are encountered (with
		1070	the exception of hash and array references). It is converted to a reference
		1071	when decoding.
		1072
		1073	=item 55799 (self-describe CBOR, RFC 7049)
		1074
		1075	This value is not generated on encoding (unless explicitly requested by
		1076	the user), and is simply ignored when decoding.
		1077
		1078	=back
		1079
		1080	=head2 NON-ENFORCED TAGS
		1081
		1082	These tags have default filters provided when decoding. Their handling can
		1083	be overridden by changing the C<%CBOR::XS::FILTER> entry for the tag, or by
		1084	providing a custom C<filter> callback when decoding.
		1085
		1086	When they result in decoding into a specific Perl class, the module
		1087	usually provides a corresponding C<TO_CBOR> method as well.
		1088
		1089	When any of these need to load additional modules that are not part of the
		1090	perl core distribution (e.g. L<URI>), it is (currently) up to the user to
		1091	provide these modules. The decoding usually fails with an exception if the
		1092	required module cannot be loaded.
		1093
		1094	=over 4
		1095
		1096	=item 0, 1 (date/time string, seconds since the epoch)
		1097
		1098	These tags are decoded into L<Time::Piece> objects. The corresponding
		1099	C<Time::Piece::TO_CBOR> method always encodes into tag 1 values currently.
		1100
		1101	The L<Time::Piece> API is generally surprisingly bad, and fractional
		1102	seconds are only accidentally kept intact, so watch out. On the plus side,
		1103	the module comes with perl since 5.10, which has to count for something.
		1104
		1105	=item 2, 3 (positive/negative bignum)
		1106
		1107	These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigInt> objects. The corresponding
		1108	C<Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR> method encodes "small" bigints into normal CBOR
		1109	integers, and others into positive/negative CBOR bignums.
		1110
		1111	=item 4, 5, 264, 265 (decimal fraction/bigfloat)
		1112
		1113	Both decimal fractions and bigfloats are decoded into L<Math::BigFloat>
		1114	objects. The corresponding C<Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR> method I<always>
		1115	encodes into a decimal fraction (either tag 4 or 264).
		1116
		1117	NaN and infinities are not encoded properly, as they cannot be represented
		1118	in CBOR.
		1119
		1120	See L<BIGNUM SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS> for more info.
		1121
		1122	=item 30 (rational numbers)
		1123
		1124	These tags are decoded into L<Math::BigRat> objects. The corresponding
		1125	C<Math::BigRat::TO_CBOR> method encodes rational numbers with denominator
		1126	C<1> via their numerator only, i.e., they become normal integers or
		1127	C<bignums>.
		1128
		1129	See L<BIGNUM SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS> for more info.
		1130
		1131	=item 21, 22, 23 (expected later JSON conversion)
		1132
		1133	CBOR::XS is not a CBOR-to-JSON converter, and will simply ignore these
		1134	tags.
		1135
		1136	=item 32 (URI)
		1137
		1138	These objects decode into L<URI> objects. The corresponding
		1139	C<URI::TO_CBOR> method again results in a CBOR URI value.
		1140
		1141	=back
		1142
		1143	=cut
556		1144
557	=head1 CBOR and JSON	1145	=head1 CBOR and JSON
558		1146
559	CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is,	1147	CBOR is supposed to implement a superset of the JSON data model, and is,
560	with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other	1148	with some coercion, able to represent all JSON texts (something that other
…		…
569	CBOR intact.	1157	CBOR intact.
570		1158
571		1159
572	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS	1160	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
573		1161
574	When you are using CBOR in a protocol, talking to untrusted potentially	1162	Tl;dr... if you want to decode or encode CBOR from untrusted sources, you
575	hostile creatures requires relatively few measures.	1163	should start with a coder object created via C<new_safe> (which implements
		1164	the mitigations explained below):
576		1165
		1166	my $coder = CBOR::XS->new_safe;
		1167
		1168	my $data = $coder->decode ($cbor_text);
		1169	my $cbor = $coder->encode ($data);
		1170
		1171	Longer version: When you are using CBOR in a protocol, talking to
		1172	untrusted potentially hostile creatures requires some thought:
		1173
		1174	=over 4
		1175
		1176	=item Security of the CBOR decoder itself
		1177
577	First of all, your CBOR decoder should be secure, that is, should not have	1178	First and foremost, your CBOR decoder should be secure, that is, should
		1179	not have any buffer overflows or similar bugs that could potentially be
578	any buffer overflows. Obviously, this module should ensure that and I am	1180	exploited. Obviously, this module should ensure that and I am trying hard
579	trying hard on making that true, but you never know.	1181	on making that true, but you never know.
580		1182
		1183	=item CBOR::XS can invoke almost arbitrary callbacks during decoding
		1184
		1185	CBOR::XS supports object serialisation - decoding CBOR can cause calls
		1186	to I<any> C<THAW> method in I<any> package that exists in your process
		1187	(that is, CBOR::XS will not try to load modules, but any existing C<THAW>
		1188	method or function can be called, so they all have to be secure).
		1189
		1190	Less obviously, it will also invoke C<TO_CBOR> and C<FREEZE> methods -
		1191	even if all your C<THAW> methods are secure, encoding data structures from
		1192	untrusted sources can invoke those and trigger bugs in those.
		1193
		1194	So, if you are not sure about the security of all the modules you
		1195	have loaded (you shouldn't), you should disable this part using
		1196	C<forbid_objects> or using C<new_safe>.
		1197
		1198	=item CBOR can be extended with tags that call library code
		1199
		1200	CBOR can be extended with tags, and C<CBOR::XS> has a registry of
		1201	conversion functions for many existing tags that can be extended via
		1202	third-party modules (see the C<filter> method).
		1203
		1204	If you don't trust these, you should configure the "safe" filter function,
		1205	C<CBOR::XS::safe_filter> (C<new_safe> does this), which by default only
		1206	includes conversion functions that are considered "safe" by the author
		1207	(but again, they can be extended by third party modules).
		1208
		1209	Depending on your level of paranoia, you can use the "safe" filter:
		1210
		1211	$cbor->filter (\&CBOR::XS::safe_filter);
		1212
		1213	... your own filter...
		1214
		1215	$cbor->filter (sub { ... do your stuffs here ... });
		1216
		1217	... or even no filter at all, disabling all tag decoding:
		1218
		1219	$cbor->filter (sub { });
		1220
		1221	This is never a problem for encoding, as the tag mechanism only exists in
		1222	CBOR texts.
		1223
		1224	=item Resource-starving attacks: object memory usage
		1225
581	Second, you need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should	1226	You need to avoid resource-starving attacks. That means you should limit
582	limit the size of CBOR data you accept, or make sure then when your	1227	the size of CBOR data you accept, or make sure then when your resources
583	resources run out, that's just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that	1228	run out, that's just fine (e.g. by using a separate process that can
584	can crash safely). The size of a CBOR string in octets is usually a good	1229	crash safely). The size of a CBOR string in octets is usually a good
585	indication of the size of the resources required to decode it into a Perl	1230	indication of the size of the resources required to decode it into a Perl
586	structure. While CBOR::XS can check the size of the CBOR text, it might be	1231	structure. While CBOR::XS can check the size of the CBOR text (using
587	too late when you already have it in memory, so you might want to check	1232	C<max_size> - done by C<new_safe>), it might be too late when you already
588	the size before you accept the string.	1233	have it in memory, so you might want to check the size before you accept
		1234	the string.
589		1235
		1236	As for encoding, it is possible to construct data structures that are
		1237	relatively small but result in large CBOR texts (for example by having an
		1238	array full of references to the same big data structure, which will all be
		1239	deep-cloned during encoding by default). This is rarely an actual issue
		1240	(and the worst case is still just running out of memory), but you can
		1241	reduce this risk by using C<allow_sharing>.
		1242
		1243	=item Resource-starving attacks: stack overflows
		1244
590	Third, CBOR::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and	1245	CBOR::XS recurses using the C stack when decoding objects and arrays. The
591	arrays. The C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64	1246	C stack is a limited resource: for instance, on my amd64 machine with 8MB
592	machine with 8MB of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but	1247	of stack size I can decode around 180k nested arrays but only 14k nested
593	only 14k nested CBOR objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak	1248	CBOR objects (due to perl itself recursing deeply on croak to free the
594	to free the temporary). If that is exceeded, the program crashes. To be	1249	temporary). If that is exceeded, the program crashes. To be conservative,
595	conservative, the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process	1250	the default nesting limit is set to 512. If your process has a smaller
596	has a smaller stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the	1251	stack, you should adjust this setting accordingly with the C<max_depth>
597	C<max_depth> method.	1252	method.
		1253
		1254	=item Resource-starving attacks: CPU en-/decoding complexity
		1255
		1256	CBOR::XS will use the L<Math::BigInt>, L<Math::BigFloat> and
		1257	L<Math::BigRat> libraries to represent encode/decode bignums. These can be
		1258	very slow (as in, centuries of CPU time) and can even crash your program
		1259	(and are generally not very trustworthy). See the next section on bignum
		1260	security for details.
		1261
		1262	=item Data breaches: leaking information in error messages
		1263
		1264	CBOR::XS might leak contents of your Perl data structures in its error
		1265	messages, so when you serialise sensitive information you might want to
		1266	make sure that exceptions thrown by CBOR::XS will not end up in front of
		1267	untrusted eyes.
		1268
		1269	=item Something else...
598		1270
599	Something else could bomb you, too, that I forgot to think of. In that	1271	Something else could bomb you, too, that I forgot to think of. In that
600	case, you get to keep the pieces. I am always open for hints, though...	1272	case, you get to keep the pieces. I am always open for hints, though...
601		1273
602	Also keep in mind that CBOR::XS might leak contents of your Perl data	1274	=back
603	structures in its error messages, so when you serialise sensitive	1275
604	information you might want to make sure that exceptions thrown by CBOR::XS	1276
605	will not end up in front of untrusted eyes.	1277	=head1 BIGNUM SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
		1278
		1279	CBOR::XS provides a C<TO_CBOR> method for both L<Math::BigInt> and
		1280	L<Math::BigFloat> that tries to encode the number in the simplest possible
		1281	way, that is, either a CBOR integer, a CBOR bigint/decimal fraction (tag
		1282	4) or an arbitrary-exponent decimal fraction (tag 264). Rational numbers
		1283	(L<Math::BigRat>, tag 30) can also contain bignums as members.
		1284
		1285	CBOR::XS will also understand base-2 bigfloat or arbitrary-exponent
		1286	bigfloats (tags 5 and 265), but it will never generate these on its own.
		1287
		1288	Using the built-in L<Math::BigInt::Calc> support, encoding and decoding
		1289	decimal fractions is generally fast. Decoding bigints can be slow for very
		1290	big numbers (tens of thousands of digits, something that could potentially
		1291	be caught by limiting the size of CBOR texts), and decoding bigfloats or
		1292	arbitrary-exponent bigfloats can be I<extremely> slow (minutes, decades)
		1293	for large exponents (roughly 40 bit and longer).
		1294
		1295	Additionally, L<Math::BigInt> can take advantage of other bignum
		1296	libraries, such as L<Math::GMP>, which cannot handle big floats with large
		1297	exponents, and might simply abort or crash your program, due to their code
		1298	quality.
		1299
		1300	This can be a concern if you want to parse untrusted CBOR. If it is, you
		1301	might want to disable decoding of tag 2 (bigint) and 3 (negative bigint)
		1302	types. You should also disable types 5 and 265, as these can be slow even
		1303	without bigints.
		1304
		1305	Disabling bigints will also partially or fully disable types that rely on
		1306	them, e.g. rational numbers that use bignums.
		1307
606		1308
607	=head1 CBOR IMPLEMENTATION NOTES	1309	=head1 CBOR IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
608		1310
609	This section contains some random implementation notes. They do not	1311	This section contains some random implementation notes. They do not
610	describe guaranteed behaviour, but merely behaviour as-is implemented	1312	describe guaranteed behaviour, but merely behaviour as-is implemented
…		…
619	Only the double data type is supported for NV data types - when Perl uses	1321	Only the double data type is supported for NV data types - when Perl uses
620	long double to represent floating point values, they might not be encoded	1322	long double to represent floating point values, they might not be encoded
621	properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded.	1323	properly. Half precision types are accepted, but not encoded.
622		1324
623	Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented.	1325	Strict mode and canonical mode are not implemented.
		1326
		1327
		1328	=head1 LIMITATIONS ON PERLS WITHOUT 64-BIT INTEGER SUPPORT
		1329
		1330	On perls that were built without 64 bit integer support (these are rare
		1331	nowadays, even on 32 bit architectures, as all major Perl distributions
		1332	are built with 64 bit integer support), support for any kind of 64 bit
		1333	value in CBOR is very limited - most likely, these 64 bit values will
		1334	be truncated, corrupted, or otherwise not decoded correctly. This also
		1335	includes string, float, array and map sizes that are stored as 64 bit
		1336	integers.
624		1337
625		1338
626	=head1 THREADS	1339	=head1 THREADS
627		1340
628	This module is I<not> guaranteed to be thread safe and there are no	1341	This module is I<not> guaranteed to be thread safe and there are no
…		…
642	Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting	1355	Please refrain from using rt.cpan.org or any other bug reporting
643	service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.	1356	service. I put the contact address into my modules for a reason.
644		1357
645	=cut	1358	=cut
646		1359
		1360	# clumsy and slow hv_store-in-hash helper function
		1361	sub _hv_store {
		1362	$_[0]{$_[1]} = $_[2];
		1363	}
		1364
		1365	our %FILTER = (
		1366	0 => sub { # rfc4287 datetime, utf-8
		1367	require Time::Piece;
		1368	# Time::Piece::Strptime uses the "incredibly flexible date parsing routine"
		1369	# from FreeBSD, which can't parse ISO 8601, RFC3339, RFC4287 or much of anything
		1370	# else either. Whats incredibe over standard strptime totally escapes me.
		1371	# doesn't do fractional times, either. sigh.
		1372	# In fact, it's all a lie, it uses whatever strptime it wants, and of course,
		1373	# they are all incompatible. The openbsd one simply ignores %z (but according to the
		1374	# docs, it would be much more incredibly flexible indeed. If it worked, that is.).
		1375	scalar eval {
		1376	my $s = $_[1];
		1377
		1378	$s =~ s/Z$/+00:00/;
		1379	$s =~ s/(\.[0-9]+)?([+-][0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9])$//
		1380	or die;
		1381
		1382	my $b = $1 - ($2 * 60 + $3) * 60; # fractional part + offset. hopefully
		1383	my $d = Time::Piece->strptime ($s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S");
		1384
		1385	Time::Piece::gmtime ($d->epoch + $b)
		1386	} \|\| die "corrupted CBOR date/time string ($_[0])";
		1387	},
		1388
		1389	1 => sub { # seconds since the epoch, possibly fractional
		1390	require Time::Piece;
		1391	scalar Time::Piece::gmtime (pop)
		1392	},
		1393
		1394	2 => sub { # pos bigint
		1395	require Math::BigInt;
		1396	Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
		1397	},
		1398
		1399	3 => sub { # neg bigint
		1400	require Math::BigInt;
		1401	-Math::BigInt->new ("0x" . unpack "H*", pop)
		1402	},
		1403
		1404	4 => sub { # decimal fraction, array
		1405	require Math::BigFloat;
		1406	Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
		1407	},
		1408
		1409	264 => sub { # decimal fraction with arbitrary exponent
		1410	require Math::BigFloat;
		1411	Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1] . "E" . $_[1][0])
		1412	},
		1413
		1414	5 => sub { # bigfloat, array
		1415	require Math::BigFloat;
		1416	scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1]) * Math::BigFloat->new (2)->bpow ($_[1][0])
		1417	},
		1418
		1419	265 => sub { # bigfloat with arbitrary exponent
		1420	require Math::BigFloat;
		1421	scalar Math::BigFloat->new ($_[1][1]) * Math::BigFloat->new (2)->bpow ($_[1][0])
		1422	},
		1423
		1424	30 => sub { # rational number
		1425	require Math::BigRat;
		1426	Math::BigRat->new ("$_[1][0]/$_[1][1]") # separate parameters only work in recent versons
		1427	},
		1428
		1429	21 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64url encoding
		1430	22 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base64 encoding
		1431	23 => sub { pop }, # expected conversion to base16 encoding
		1432
		1433	# 24 # embedded cbor, byte string
		1434
		1435	32 => sub {
		1436	require URI;
		1437	URI->new (pop)
		1438	},
		1439
		1440	# 33 # base64url rfc4648, utf-8
		1441	# 34 # base64 rfc46484, utf-8
		1442	# 35 # regex pcre/ecma262, utf-8
		1443	# 36 # mime message rfc2045, utf-8
		1444	);
		1445
		1446	sub default_filter {
		1447	&{ $FILTER{$_[0]} or return }
		1448	}
		1449
		1450	our %SAFE_FILTER = map { $_ => $FILTER{$_} } 0, 1, 21, 22, 23, 32;
		1451
		1452	sub safe_filter {
		1453	&{ $SAFE_FILTER{$_[0]} or return }
		1454	}
		1455
		1456	sub URI::TO_CBOR {
		1457	my $uri = $_[0]->as_string;
		1458	utf8::upgrade $uri;
		1459	tag 32, $uri
		1460	}
		1461
		1462	sub Math::BigInt::TO_CBOR {
		1463	if (-2147483648 <= $_[0] && $_[0] <= 2147483647) {
		1464	$_[0]->numify
		1465	} else {
		1466	my $hex = substr $_[0]->as_hex, 2;
		1467	$hex = "0$hex" if 1 & length $hex; # sigh
		1468	tag $_[0] >= 0 ? 2 : 3, pack "H*", $hex
		1469	}
		1470	}
		1471
		1472	sub Math::BigFloat::TO_CBOR {
		1473	my ($m, $e) = $_[0]->parts;
		1474
		1475	-9223372036854775808 <= $e && $e <= 18446744073709551615
		1476	? tag 4, [$e->numify, $m]
		1477	: tag 264, [$e, $m]
		1478	}
		1479
		1480	sub Math::BigRat::TO_CBOR {
		1481	my ($n, $d) = $_[0]->parts;
		1482
		1483	# older versions of BigRat need *1, as they not always return numbers
		1484
		1485	$d*1 == 1
		1486	? $n*1
		1487	: tag 30, [$n1, $d1]
		1488	}
		1489
		1490	sub Time::Piece::TO_CBOR {
		1491	tag 1, 0 + $_[0]->epoch
		1492	}
		1493
647	XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION;	1494	XSLoader::load "CBOR::XS", $VERSION;
648		1495
649	=head1 SEE ALSO	1496	=head1 SEE ALSO
650		1497
651	The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable,	1498	The L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> modules that do similar, but human-readable,

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