Serialization library. Useful for sending more complex data in RPCs.

src/shared/serialization/serialization.h

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+/* -*- c++ -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 The Native Client Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_SHARED_SERIALIZATION_SERIALIZATION_H_
+#define NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_SHARED_SERIALIZATION_SERIALIZATION_H_
+
+#if defined(__native_client__) || NACL_LINUX
+# define NACL_HAS_IEEE_754
+// Make sure fp is not dead code and is tested.  DO NOT USE the fp
+// interface until we have a portability version of ieee754.h!
+#endif
+
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+# include <ieee754.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "native_client/src/include/portability.h"
+#include "native_client/src/shared/platform/nacl_check.h"
+
+// SerializationBuffer enables serializing basic types and vectors
+
+namespace nacl {
+
+class SerializationBuffer;
+
+template<typename T> class SerializationTraits;
+
+enum {
+  kIllegalTag = -1,
+
+  kUint8 = 0,
+  kInt8 = 1,
+  kUint16 = 2,
+  kInt16 = 3,
+  kUint32 = 4,
+  kInt32 = 5,
+  kUint64 = 6,
+  kInt64 = 7,
+
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+  kFloat = 8,
+  kDouble = 9,
+  kLongDouble = 10,
+#endif
+
+  kCString = 11,
+  kString = 12,
+
+  kRecursiveVector = 31,
+  kVectorOffset = 32
+};
+
+class SerializationBuffer {
+ public:
+  SerializationBuffer();
+
+  // This passes initializes the Serialization buffer from

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Done.

+  // |data_buffer| containing |nbytes| of data.  A copy of the data is
+  // made rather than transferring ownership, which is suboptimal.
+  SerializationBuffer(uint8_t const *data_buffer, size_t nbytes);
+
+  template<typename T> bool Serialize(T basic);
+
+  template<typename T> bool Serialize(std::vector<T> const& v);
+
+  bool Serialize(char const *cstr);
+  bool Serialize(char const *cstr, size_t char_count);
+
+  bool Serialize(std::string str);
+
+  int ReadTag() {
+    if (bytes_unread() < 1) {

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+      return kIllegalTag;
+    }
+    return buffer_[read_ix_++];
+  }
+
+  template<typename T> bool Deserialize(T *basic);
+
+  template<typename T> bool Deserialize(std::vector<T> *v);
+
+  // This function deserializes into the provided buffer at |cstr|.
+  // The parameter *buffer_size is an in-out parameter, initially
+  // containing the available space at |cstr|.  If there are decoding
+  // errors, this function returns false.  If it returns true, the
+  // caller should check *buffer_size -- if there were insufficient
+  // space, the read position is unchanged and *buffer_size is updated
+  // to reflect the amount of space that is required; otherwise
+  // *buffer_size is updated to reflect the actual number of bytes
+  // written to |cstr|.
+  bool Deserialize(char *cstr, size_t *buffer_size);  // caller provides buffer
+
+  // This method deserializes a NUL-terminated C-style string.  The
+  // caller receives ownnership of the memory allocated via new[] and
+  // is responsible for delete[]ing it to release the storage.
+  bool Deserialize(char **cstr_out);
+
+  bool Deserialize(std::string *str);
+
+  size_t num_bytes() const {
+    return in_use_;
+  }
+
+  uint8_t const *data() const {
+    // return buffer_.data();  // C++11 only, not available on windows
+    return &buffer_[0];
+  }
+
+  void rewind() {
+    read_ix_ = 0;
+  }
+
+  void reset() {
+    in_use_ = 0;
+    buffer_.clear();
+    nbytes_ = 0;
+    read_ix_ = 0;
+  }
+
+  static const int kTagBytes = 1;
+
+ protected:
+  template<typename T> void AddTag();
+
+  template<typename T> bool CheckTag();
+
+  void AddUint8(uint8_t value);
+  void AddUint16(uint16_t value);
+  void AddUint32(uint32_t value);
+  void AddUint64(uint64_t value);
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+  void AddFloat(float value);
+  void AddDouble(double value);
+  void AddLongDouble(long double value);
+#endif
+
+  bool GetUint8(uint8_t *val);
+  bool GetUint16(uint16_t *val);
+  bool GetUint32(uint32_t *val);
+  bool GetUint64(uint64_t *val);
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+  bool GetFloat(float *value);
+  bool GetDouble(double *value);
+  bool GetLongDouble(long double *value);
+#endif
+
+  template<typename T> void AddVal(T value) {
+    int T_must_be_integral_type[static_cast<T>(1)];
+    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(T_must_be_integral_type);
+    if (sizeof(T) == 1) {
+      AddUint8(static_cast<uint8_t>(value));
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 2) {
+      AddUint16(static_cast<uint16_t>(value));
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 4) {
+      AddUint32(static_cast<uint32_t>(value));
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 8) {
+      AddUint64(static_cast<uint64_t>(value));
+    }
+  }
+
+  template<typename T> bool GetVal(T *basic) {
+    int T_must_be_integral_type[static_cast<T>(1)];
+    UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(T_must_be_integral_type);
+    if (sizeof(T) == 1) {
+      uint8_t val;
+      return GetUint8(&val) ? ((*basic = static_cast<T>(val)), true) : false;
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 2) {
+      uint16_t val;
+      return GetUint16(&val) ? ((*basic = static_cast<T>(val)), true) : false;
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 4) {
+      uint32_t val;
+      return GetUint32(&val) ? ((*basic = static_cast<T>(val)), true) : false;
+    } else if (sizeof(T) == 8) {
+      uint64_t val;
+      return GetUint64(&val) ? ((*basic = static_cast<T>(val)), true) : false;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+  void AddVal(float value) {
+    AddFloat(value);
+  }
+
+  bool GetVal(float *value) {
+    return GetFloat(value);
+  }
+
+  void AddVal(double value) {
+    AddDouble(value);
+  }
+
+  bool GetVal(double *value) {
+    return GetDouble(value);
+  }
+
+  void AddVal(long double value) {
+    AddLongDouble(value);
+  }
+
+  bool GetVal(long double *value) {
+    return GetLongDouble(value);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  template<typename T, bool nested_tagging>
+  bool Serialize(std::vector<T> const& v);
+
+  // Template metaprogramming to determine at compile time, based on
+  // whether the type T is a container type or not, whether to tag the
+  // elements with their own type tag, or to just write the elements
+  // sans type tag.  For vector containers of simple types such as
+  // int8_t, tagging every byte is excessive overhead.  NB: see the
+  // definition below of kTag for vectors.
+  template<typename T, bool nested_tagging> class SerializeHelper {
+   public:
+    static bool DoSerialize(SerializationBuffer *buf,
+                            std::vector<T> const& v) {
+      size_t orig = buf->cur_write_pos();
+      size_t num_elt = v.size();
+      if (num_elt > ~(uint32_t) 0) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      buf->AddTag<std::vector<T> >();
+      buf->AddVal(static_cast<uint32_t>(num_elt));
+
+      for (size_t ix = 0; ix < v.size(); ++ix) {
+        if (!buf->Serialize(v[ix])) {
+          buf->reset_write_pos(orig);
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  template<typename T> class SerializeHelper<T, false> {
+   public:
+    static bool DoSerialize(SerializationBuffer *buf,
+                            std::vector<T> const& v) {
+      size_t num_elt = v.size();
+      if (num_elt > ~(uint32_t) 0) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      buf->AddTag<std::vector<T> >();
+      buf->AddVal(static_cast<uint32_t>(num_elt));
+
+      for (size_t ix = 0; ix < v.size(); ++ix) {
+        buf->AddVal(v[ix]);
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  template<typename T, bool b> friend class SerializeHelper;
+
+  template<typename T, bool nested_tagging> class DeserializeHelper {
+   public:
+    static bool DoDeserialize(SerializationBuffer *buf,
+                              std::vector<T> *v) {
+      size_t orig = buf->cur_read_pos();
+      if (buf->ReadTag() != SerializationTraits<std::vector<T> >::kTag) {
+        buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+        return false;
+      }
+      uint32_t num_elt;
+      if (!buf->GetVal(&num_elt)) {
+        buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+        return false;
+      }
+      for (size_t ix = 0; ix < num_elt; ++ix) {
+        T val;
+        if (!buf->Deserialize(&val)) {
+          buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+          return false;
+        }
+        v->push_back(val);
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  template<typename T> class DeserializeHelper<T, false> {
+   public:
+    static bool DoDeserialize(SerializationBuffer *buf,
+                              std::vector<T> *v) {
+      size_t orig = buf->cur_read_pos();
+      if (buf->ReadTag() != SerializationTraits<std::vector<T> >::kTag) {
+        buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+        return false;
+      }
+      uint32_t num_elt;
+      if (!buf->GetVal(&num_elt)) {
+        buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+        return false;
+      }
+      for (size_t ix = 0; ix < num_elt; ++ix) {
+        T val;
+        if (!buf->GetVal(&val)) {
+          buf->reset_read_pos(orig);
+          return false;
+        }
+        v->push_back(val);
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  template<typename T, bool b> friend class DeserializeHelper;
+
+  // TODO(bsy): consider doing something along the lines of
+  //
+  // template<typename T> Serialize(T stl_container) {
+  //   AddTag<T>();  // how?
+  //   for (T::const_iterator it = stl_container.begin();
+  //        it != stl_container.end();
+  //        ++it) {
+  //     Serialize(*it);
+  //     // Or AddVal, when SerializationTraits<T::value_type>::kNestedTag
+  //     // is false.
+  //   }
+  // }
+  //
+  // This means that the container type would probably be omitted or a
+  // generic stl_container type tag would be used -- or we'd have to
+  // enumerate all container types.
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<uint8_t> buffer_;
+  size_t nbytes_;
+  size_t in_use_;
+  size_t read_ix_;
+
+  void EnsureTotalSize(size_t req_size);
+  void EnsureAvailableSpace(size_t req_space);
+
+  size_t bytes_unread() const {
+    return in_use_ - read_ix_;
+  }
+
+  size_t cur_read_pos() const {
+    return read_ix_;
+  }
+
+  void reset_read_pos(size_t pos) {
+    read_ix_ = pos;
+  }
+
+  size_t cur_write_pos() const {
+    return in_use_;
+  }
+
+  void reset_write_pos(size_t pos) {
+    in_use_ = pos;
+  }
+};
+
+template<typename T> void SerializationBuffer::AddTag() {
+  AddUint8(SerializationTraits<T>::kTag);
+}
+
+template<typename T> bool SerializationBuffer::Serialize(T basic) {
+  AddTag<T>();
+  AddVal(basic);
+  return true;
+}
+
+template<typename T> bool SerializationBuffer::Serialize(
+    std::vector<T> const& v) {
+  return SerializeHelper<T, SerializationTraits<T>::kNestedTag>::
+      DoSerialize(this, v);
+}
+
+template<typename T> bool SerializationBuffer::Deserialize(T *basic) {
+  size_t orig = cur_read_pos();
+  if (bytes_unread() < kTagBytes + SerializationTraits<T>::kBytes) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  uint8_t tag;
+  if ((tag = ReadTag()) != SerializationTraits<T>::kTag) {
+    reset_read_pos(orig);
+    return false;
+  }
+  // if BytesAvail >= tag + serialization_size
+  (void) GetVal(basic);
+  return true;
+}
+
+template<typename T> bool SerializationBuffer::Deserialize(
+    std::vector<T> *v) {
+  return DeserializeHelper<T, SerializationTraits<T>::kNestedTag>::
+      DoDeserialize(this, v);
+}
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<uint8_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kUint8;
+  static const int kBytes = 1;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<int8_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kInt8;
+  static const int kBytes = 1;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<uint16_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kUint16;
+  static const int kBytes = 2;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<int16_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kInt16;
+  static const int kBytes = 2;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<uint32_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kUint32;
+  static const int kBytes = 4;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<int32_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kInt32;
+  static const int kBytes = 4;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<uint64_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kUint64;
+  static const int kBytes = 8;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<int64_t> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kInt64;
+  static const int kBytes = 8;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+#if defined(NACL_HAS_IEEE_754)
+template<> class SerializationTraits<float> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kFloat;
+  static const int kBytes = 4;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<double> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kDouble;
+  static const int kBytes = 8;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<long double> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kLongDouble;
+  static const int kBytes = 10;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = false;
+};
+#endif
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<char *> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kCString;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = true;
+};
+
+template<> class SerializationTraits<std::string> {
+ public:
+  static const int kTag = kString;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = true;
+};
+
+// We want the type tag for vector<T>, when the type T is a basic
+// type, to incorporate the type tag for T.  This way, we do not tag
+// each vector element (see SerializeHelper etc above), and yet the
+// type information is present.  When T is not a basic type (e.g., it
+// is a string, a vector<U>, or some other container to be added), we
+// don't want to just add the kVectorOffset to the type tag for T,
+// since deep nesting of containers could cause the tag to overflow.
+// Assuming that the type T nested containers are not empty, paying
+// the cost of tagging each element of the vector is not a huge
+// overhead.
+template<typename T> class SerializationTraits<std::vector<T> > {
+ private:
+  template<typename S, bool b> class RecursiveOrNotTag {
+   public:
+    static const int kVectorTag = kRecursiveVector;
+  };
+  template<typename S> class RecursiveOrNotTag<S, false> {
+   public:
+    static const int kVectorTag = kVectorOffset + SerializationTraits<S>::kTag;
+  };
+ public:
+  static const int kTag =
+      RecursiveOrNotTag<T, SerializationTraits<T>::kNestedTag>::kVectorTag;
+  static const bool kNestedTag = true;
+};
+
+}  // namespace nacl
+
+#endif