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1 //! # Serde
2 //!
3 //! Serde is a framework for ***ser***ializing and ***de***serializing Rust data
4 //! structures efficiently and generically.
5 //!
6 //! The Serde ecosystem consists of data structures that know how to serialize
7 //! and deserialize themselves along with data formats that know how to
8 //! serialize and deserialize other things. Serde provides the layer by which
9 //! these two groups interact with each other, allowing any supported data
10 //! structure to be serialized and deserialized using any supported data format.
11 //!
12 //! See the Serde website <https://serde.rs/> for additional documentation and
13 //! usage examples.
14 //!
15 //! ## Design
16 //!
17 //! Where many other languages rely on runtime reflection for serializing data,
18 //! Serde is instead built on Rust's powerful trait system. A data structure
19 //! that knows how to serialize and deserialize itself is one that implements
20 //! Serde's `Serialize` and `Deserialize` traits (or uses Serde's derive
21 //! attribute to automatically generate implementations at compile time). This
22 //! avoids any overhead of reflection or runtime type information. In fact in
23 //! many situations the interaction between data structure and data format can
24 //! be completely optimized away by the Rust compiler, leaving Serde
25 //! serialization to perform the same speed as a handwritten serializer for the
26 //! specific selection of data structure and data format.
27 //!
28 //! ## Data formats
29 //!
30 //! The following is a partial list of data formats that have been implemented
31 //! for Serde by the community.
32 //!
33 //! - [JSON], the ubiquitous JavaScript Object Notation used by many HTTP APIs.
34 //! - [Postcard], a no\_std and embedded-systems friendly compact binary format.
35 //! - [CBOR], a Concise Binary Object Representation designed for small message
36 //!   size without the need for version negotiation.
37 //! - [YAML], a self-proclaimed human-friendly configuration language that ain't
38 //!   markup language.
39 //! - [MessagePack], an efficient binary format that resembles a compact JSON.
40 //! - [TOML], a minimal configuration format used by [Cargo].
41 //! - [Pickle], a format common in the Python world.
42 //! - [RON], a Rusty Object Notation.
43 //! - [BSON], the data storage and network transfer format used by MongoDB.
44 //! - [Avro], a binary format used within Apache Hadoop, with support for schema
45 //!   definition.
46 //! - [JSON5], a superset of JSON including some productions from ES5.
47 //! - [URL] query strings, in the x-www-form-urlencoded format.
48 //! - [Starlark], the format used for describing build targets by the Bazel and
49 //!   Buck build systems. *(serialization only)*
50 //! - [Envy], a way to deserialize environment variables into Rust structs.
51 //!   *(deserialization only)*
52 //! - [Envy Store], a way to deserialize [AWS Parameter Store] parameters into
53 //!   Rust structs. *(deserialization only)*
54 //! - [S-expressions], the textual representation of code and data used by the
55 //!   Lisp language family.
56 //! - [D-Bus]'s binary wire format.
57 //! - [FlexBuffers], the schemaless cousin of Google's FlatBuffers zero-copy
58 //!   serialization format.
59 //! - [Bencode], a simple binary format used in the BitTorrent protocol.
60 //! - [Token streams], for processing Rust procedural macro input.
61 //!   *(deserialization only)*
62 //! - [DynamoDB Items], the format used by [rusoto_dynamodb] to transfer data to
63 //!   and from DynamoDB.
64 //! - [Hjson], a syntax extension to JSON designed around human reading and
65 //!   editing. *(deserialization only)*
66 //!
67 //! [JSON]: https://github.com/serde-rs/json
68 //! [Postcard]: https://github.com/jamesmunns/postcard
69 //! [CBOR]: https://github.com/enarx/ciborium
70 //! [YAML]: https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml
71 //! [MessagePack]: https://github.com/3Hren/msgpack-rust
72 //! [TOML]: https://docs.rs/toml
73 //! [Pickle]: https://github.com/birkenfeld/serde-pickle
74 //! [RON]: https://github.com/ron-rs/ron
75 //! [BSON]: https://github.com/mongodb/bson-rust
76 //! [Avro]: https://docs.rs/apache-avro
77 //! [JSON5]: https://github.com/callum-oakley/json5-rs
78 //! [URL]: https://docs.rs/serde_qs
79 //! [Starlark]: https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-starlark
80 //! [Envy]: https://github.com/softprops/envy
81 //! [Envy Store]: https://github.com/softprops/envy-store
82 //! [Cargo]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
83 //! [AWS Parameter Store]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-parameter-store.html
84 //! [S-expressions]: https://github.com/rotty/lexpr-rs
85 //! [D-Bus]: https://docs.rs/zvariant
86 //! [FlexBuffers]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/tree/master/rust/flexbuffers
87 //! [Bencode]: https://github.com/P3KI/bendy
88 //! [Token streams]: https://github.com/oxidecomputer/serde_tokenstream
89 //! [DynamoDB Items]: https://docs.rs/serde_dynamo
90 //! [rusoto_dynamodb]: https://docs.rs/rusoto_dynamodb
91 //! [Hjson]: https://github.com/Canop/deser-hjson
92 
93 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
94 
95 // Serde types in rustdoc of other crates get linked to here.
96 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/serde/1.0.158")]
97 // Support using Serde without the standard library!
98 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
99 // Unstable functionality only if the user asks for it. For tracking and
100 // discussion of these features please refer to this issue:
101 //
102 //    https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/812
103 #![cfg_attr(feature = "unstable", feature(error_in_core, never_type))]
104 #![allow(unknown_lints, bare_trait_objects, deprecated)]
105 #![cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(renamed_and_removed_lints))]
106 // Ignored clippy and clippy_pedantic lints
107 #![cfg_attr(
108     feature = "cargo-clippy",
109     allow(
110         // clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/5704
111         unnested_or_patterns,
112         // clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7768
113         semicolon_if_nothing_returned,
114         // not available in our oldest supported compiler
115         empty_enum,
116         type_repetition_in_bounds, // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/8772
117         // integer and float ser/de requires these sorts of casts
118         cast_possible_truncation,
119         cast_possible_wrap,
120         cast_sign_loss,
121         // things are often more readable this way
122         cast_lossless,
123         module_name_repetitions,
124         option_if_let_else,
125         single_match_else,
126         type_complexity,
127         use_self,
128         zero_prefixed_literal,
129         // correctly used
130         derive_partial_eq_without_eq,
131         enum_glob_use,
132         explicit_auto_deref,
133         let_underscore_untyped,
134         map_err_ignore,
135         new_without_default,
136         result_unit_err,
137         wildcard_imports,
138         // not practical
139         needless_pass_by_value,
140         similar_names,
141         too_many_lines,
142         // preference
143         doc_markdown,
144         unseparated_literal_suffix,
145         // false positive
146         needless_doctest_main,
147         // noisy
148         missing_errors_doc,
149         must_use_candidate,
150     )
151 )]
152 // Rustc lints.
153 #![deny(missing_docs, unused_imports)]
154 
155 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
156 
157 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
158 extern crate alloc;
159 
160 /// A facade around all the types we need from the `std`, `core`, and `alloc`
161 /// crates. This avoids elaborate import wrangling having to happen in every
162 /// module.
163 mod lib {
164     mod core {
165         #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
166         pub use core::*;
167         #[cfg(feature = "std")]
168         pub use std::*;
169     }
170 
171     pub use self::core::{cmp, iter, mem, num, ptr, slice, str};
172     pub use self::core::{f32, f64};
173     pub use self::core::{i16, i32, i64, i8, isize};
174     pub use self::core::{u16, u32, u64, u8, usize};
175 
176     pub use self::core::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
177     pub use self::core::clone::{self, Clone};
178     pub use self::core::convert::{self, From, Into};
179     pub use self::core::default::{self, Default};
180     pub use self::core::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
181     pub use self::core::marker::{self, PhantomData};
182     pub use self::core::num::Wrapping;
183     pub use self::core::ops::Range;
184     pub use self::core::option::{self, Option};
185     pub use self::core::result::{self, Result};
186 
187     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
188     pub use alloc::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
189     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
190     pub use std::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
191 
192     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
193     pub use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
194     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
195     pub use std::string::{String, ToString};
196 
197     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
198     pub use alloc::vec::Vec;
199     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
200     pub use std::vec::Vec;
201 
202     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
203     pub use alloc::boxed::Box;
204     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
205     pub use std::boxed::Box;
206 
207     #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
208     pub use alloc::rc::{Rc, Weak as RcWeak};
209     #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "std"))]
210     pub use std::rc::{Rc, Weak as RcWeak};
211 
212     #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
213     pub use alloc::sync::{Arc, Weak as ArcWeak};
214     #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "std"))]
215     pub use std::sync::{Arc, Weak as ArcWeak};
216 
217     #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
218     pub use alloc::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, LinkedList, VecDeque};
219     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
220     pub use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, LinkedList, VecDeque};
221 
222     #[cfg(all(not(no_core_cstr), not(feature = "std")))]
223     pub use core::ffi::CStr;
224     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
225     pub use std::ffi::CStr;
226 
227     #[cfg(all(not(no_core_cstr), feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
228     pub use alloc::ffi::CString;
229     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
230     pub use std::ffi::CString;
231 
232     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
233     pub use std::{error, net};
234 
235     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
236     pub use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
237     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
238     pub use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
239     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
240     pub use std::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
241     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
242     pub use std::io::Write;
243     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
244     pub use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
245     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
246     pub use std::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
247     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
248     pub use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
249 
250     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_collections_bound), no_ops_bound))]
251     pub use std::collections::Bound;
252 
253     #[cfg(not(no_core_reverse))]
254     pub use self::core::cmp::Reverse;
255 
256     #[cfg(not(no_ops_bound))]
257     pub use self::core::ops::Bound;
258 
259     #[cfg(not(no_range_inclusive))]
260     pub use self::core::ops::RangeInclusive;
261 
262     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", no_target_has_atomic, not(no_std_atomic)))]
263     pub use std::sync::atomic::{
264         AtomicBool, AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU8,
265         AtomicUsize, Ordering,
266     };
267     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", no_target_has_atomic, not(no_std_atomic64)))]
268     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, AtomicU64};
269 
270     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic)))]
271     pub use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
272     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "8"))]
273     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI8, AtomicU8};
274     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "16"))]
275     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI16, AtomicU16};
276     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "32"))]
277     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, AtomicU32};
278     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "64"))]
279     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, AtomicU64};
280     #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
281     pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicIsize, AtomicUsize};
282 
283     #[cfg(any(feature = "std", not(no_core_duration)))]
284     pub use self::core::time::Duration;
285 }
286 
287 // None of this crate's error handling needs the `From::from` error conversion
288 // performed implicitly by the `?` operator or the standard library's `try!`
289 // macro. This simplified macro gives a 5.5% improvement in compile time
290 // compared to standard `try!`, and 9% improvement compared to `?`.
291 macro_rules! try {
292     ($expr:expr) => {
293         match $expr {
294             Ok(val) => val,
295             Err(err) => return Err(err),
296         }
297     };
298 }
299 
300 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
301 
302 #[macro_use]
303 mod macros;
304 
305 #[macro_use]
306 mod integer128;
307 
308 pub mod de;
309 pub mod ser;
310 
311 #[doc(inline)]
312 pub use de::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
313 #[doc(inline)]
314 pub use ser::{Serialize, Serializer};
315 
316 // Used by generated code and doc tests. Not public API.
317 #[doc(hidden)]
318 #[path = "private/mod.rs"]
319 pub mod __private;
320 
321 #[allow(unused_imports)]
322 use self::__private as export;
323 #[allow(unused_imports)]
324 use self::__private as private;
325 
326 #[path = "de/seed.rs"]
327 mod seed;
328 
329 #[cfg(not(any(feature = "std", feature = "unstable")))]
330 mod std_error;
331 
332 // Re-export #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)].
333 //
334 // The reason re-exporting is not enabled by default is that disabling it would
335 // be annoying for crates that provide handwritten impls or data formats. They
336 // would need to disable default features and then explicitly re-enable std.
337 #[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
338 #[allow(unused_imports)]
339 #[macro_use]
340 extern crate serde_derive;
341 
342 /// Derive macro available if serde is built with `features = ["derive"]`.
343 #[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
344 pub use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
345 
346 #[cfg(all(not(no_serde_derive), any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
347 mod actually_private {
348     pub struct T;
349 }
350