README.md

lcs

Go library for Libra canonical serialization (and deserialization). See LCS Spec.

For types defined and used in actual Libra blockchain, please visit go-libra: Libra client library with crypto verifications.

Installation

$ go get -u github.com/the729/lcs

Usage

import "github.com/the729/lcs"

See example_test.go for complete examples.

Basic types

You can serialize and deserialize the following basic types:

• bool
• int8, int16, int32, int64, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
• string
• slice, map

bytes, _ := lcs.Marshal("hello")

fmt.Printf("%x\n", bytes)
// Output: 050000068656c6c6f

myInt := int16(0)
lcs.Unmarshal([]byte{0x05, 0x00}, &myInt) // <- be careful to pass a pointer

fmt.Printf("%d\n", myInt)
// Output: 5

Struct types

Simple struct can be serialized or deserialized directly. You can use struct field tags to change lcs behaviors.

type MyStruct struct {
    Boolean    bool
    Bytes      []byte
    Label      string `lcs:"-"` // "-" tagged field is ignored
    unexported uint32           // unexported field is ignored
}

// Serialize:
bytes, err := lcs.Marshal(&MyStruct{})

// Deserialize:
out := &MyStruct{}
err = lcs.Unmarshal(bytes, out)

Struct with optional fields

Optional fields should be pointers, slices or maps with "optional" tag.

type MyStruct struct {
    Label  *string          `lcs:"optional"`
    Nested *MyStruct        `lcs:"optional"`
    Slice  []byte           `lcs:"optional"`
    Map    map[uint8]uint8  `lcs:"optional"`
}

Fixed length lists

Arrays are treated as fixed length lists.

You can also specify fixed length for struct members with len tag. Slices and strings are supported.

type MyStruct struct {
	Str           string `lcs:"len=2"`
	Bytes         []byte `lcs:"len=4"`
	OptionalBytes []byte `lcs:"len=4,optional"`
}

Enum types

Enum types are golang interfaces.

(The old enum API is deprecated.)

// Enum1 is an enum type.
type Enum1 interface {
//	isEnum1()	// optional: member functions
}

// *Enum1Opt0, Enum1Opt1, Enum1Opt2 are variants of Enum1
type Enum1Opt0 struct {
	Data uint32
}
type Enum1Opt1 struct{} // Use empty struct for a variant without contents.
type Enum1Opt2 []Enum1	// self reference is OK

// Register Enum1 with LCS. Will be available globaly.
var _ = lcs.RegisterEnum(
	// nil pointer to the enum interface type:
	(*Enum1)(nil),
	// zero-values of each variants
	(*Enum1Opt0)(nil), 	// Use pointer for non-empty struct.
	Enum1Opt1{},
	Enum1Opt2(nil),
)

// Usage: Marshal the enum alone, must use pointer
e1 := Enum1(Enum1Opt1{})
bytes, err := lcs.Marshal(&e1)

// Use Enum1 within other structs
type Wrapper struct {
	Enum Enum1
}
bytes, err := lcs.Marshal(&Wrapper{
	Enum: Enum1Opt0{10},
})