Improved support for byte strings

serde_macros/src/de.rs

@@ -578,6 +578,16 @@ fn deserialize_field_visitor(
                                 _ => Err(::serde::de::Error::unknown_field_error(value)),
                             }
                         }
+
+                        fn visit_bytes<E>(&mut self, value: &[u8]) -> ::std::result::Result<__Field, E>
+                            where E: ::serde::de::Error,
+                        {
+                            // TODO: would be better to generate a byte string literal match
+                            match ::std::str::from_utf8(value) {
+                                Ok(s) => self.visit_str(s),
+                                _ => Err(::serde::de::Error::syntax_error()),
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
 
                     deserializer.visit(__FieldVisitor)

src/bytes.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 //! Helper module to enable serializing bytes more efficiently
 
 use std::ops;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::ascii;
+use std::char;
 
 use ser;
 use de;
@@ -8,10 +11,17 @@ use de;
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /// `Bytes` wraps a `&[u8]` in order to serialize into a byte array.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct Bytes<'a> {
     bytes: &'a [u8],
 }
 
+impl<'a> fmt::Debug for Bytes<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "b\"{}\"", escape_bytestring(self.bytes))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> From<&'a [u8]> for Bytes<'a> {
     fn from(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
         Bytes {
@@ -28,6 +38,12 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a Vec<u8>> for Bytes<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> Into<&'a [u8]> for Bytes<'a> {
+    fn into(self) -> &'a [u8] {
+        self.bytes
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a> ops::Deref for Bytes<'a> {
     type Target = [u8];
 
@@ -46,7 +62,7 @@ impl<'a> ser::Serialize for Bytes<'a> {
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 /// `ByteBuf` wraps a `Vec<u8>` in order to hook into serialize and from deserialize a byte array.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[derive(Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct ByteBuf {
     bytes: Vec<u8>,
 }
@@ -63,6 +79,16 @@ impl ByteBuf {
             bytes: Vec::with_capacity(cap)
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn as_vec(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.bytes
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for ByteBuf {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "b\"{}\"", escape_bytestring(self.bytes.as_ref()))
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> From<T> for ByteBuf where T: Into<Vec<u8>> {
@@ -172,3 +198,15 @@ impl de::Deserialize for ByteBuf {
         deserializer.visit_bytes(ByteBufVisitor)
     }
 }
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+fn escape_bytestring(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    let mut result = String::new();
+    for &b in bytes {
+        for esc in ascii::escape_default(b) {
+            result.push(char::from_u32(esc as u32).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+    result
+}

src/de/impls.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path;
 use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::str;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use num::FromPrimitive;
@@ -198,6 +199,24 @@ impl Visitor for StringVisitor {
     {
         Ok(v)
     }
+
+    fn visit_bytes<E>(&mut self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<String, E>
+        where E: Error,
+    {
+        match str::from_utf8(v) {
+            Ok(s) => Ok(s.to_string()),
+            Err(_) => Err(Error::syntax_error()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn visit_byte_buf<'a, E>(&mut self, v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<String, E>
+        where E: Error,
+    {
+        match String::from_utf8(v) {
+            Ok(s) => Ok(s),
+            Err(_) => Err(Error::syntax_error()),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Deserialize for String {

src/de/mod.rs

@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ pub trait Visitor {
         Err(Error::syntax_error())
     }
 
-    fn visit_byte_buf<E>(&mut self, _v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+    fn visit_byte_buf<E>(&mut self, v: Vec<u8>) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
         where E: Error,
     {
-        Err(Error::syntax_error())
+        self.visit_bytes(&v)
     }
 }
 

src/de/value.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::vec;
 
 use de;
+use bytes;
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -409,3 +410,56 @@ impl<K, V> ValueDeserializer for HashMap<K, V>
         MapDeserializer::new(self.into_iter(), len)
     }
 }
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+impl<'a> ValueDeserializer for bytes::Bytes<'a>
+{
+    type Deserializer = BytesDeserializer<'a>;
+
+    fn into_deserializer(self) -> BytesDeserializer<'a> {
+        BytesDeserializer(Some(self.into()))
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct BytesDeserializer<'a> (Option<&'a [u8]>);
+
+impl<'a> de::Deserializer for BytesDeserializer<'a> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn visit<V>(&mut self, mut visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Error>
+        where V: de::Visitor,
+    {
+        match self.0.take() {
+            Some(bytes) => visitor.visit_bytes(bytes),
+            None => Err(de::Error::end_of_stream_error()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+impl ValueDeserializer for bytes::ByteBuf
+{
+    type Deserializer = ByteBufDeserializer;
+
+    fn into_deserializer(self) -> Self::Deserializer {
+        ByteBufDeserializer(Some(self.as_vec()))
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ByteBufDeserializer(Option<Vec<u8>>);
+
+impl de::Deserializer for ByteBufDeserializer {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn visit<V>(&mut self, mut visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Error>
+        where V: de::Visitor,
+    {
+        match self.0.take() {
+            Some(bytes) => visitor.visit_byte_buf(bytes),
+            None => Err(de::Error::end_of_stream_error()),
+        }
+    }
+}