serde/
lib.rs

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//! - [CSV], Comma-separated values is a tabular text file format.
67//!
68//! [JSON]: https://github.com/serde-rs/json
69//! [Postcard]: https://github.com/jamesmunns/postcard
70//! [CBOR]: https://github.com/enarx/ciborium
71//! [YAML]: https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml
72//! [MessagePack]: https://github.com/3Hren/msgpack-rust
73//! [TOML]: https://docs.rs/toml
74//! [Pickle]: https://github.com/birkenfeld/serde-pickle
75//! [RON]: https://github.com/ron-rs/ron
76//! [BSON]: https://github.com/mongodb/bson-rust
77//! [Avro]: https://docs.rs/apache-avro
78//! [JSON5]: https://github.com/callum-oakley/json5-rs
79//! [URL]: https://docs.rs/serde_qs
80//! [Starlark]: https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-starlark
81//! [Envy]: https://github.com/softprops/envy
82//! [Envy Store]: https://github.com/softprops/envy-store
83//! [Cargo]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
84//! [AWS Parameter Store]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-parameter-store.html
85//! [S-expressions]: https://github.com/rotty/lexpr-rs
86//! [D-Bus]: https://docs.rs/zvariant
87//! [FlexBuffers]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/tree/master/rust/flexbuffers
88//! [Bencode]: https://github.com/P3KI/bendy
89//! [Token streams]: https://github.com/oxidecomputer/serde_tokenstream
90//! [DynamoDB Items]: https://docs.rs/serde_dynamo
91//! [rusoto_dynamodb]: https://docs.rs/rusoto_dynamodb
92//! [Hjson]: https://github.com/Canop/deser-hjson
93//! [CSV]: https://docs.rs/csv
94
95////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
96
97// Serde types in rustdoc of other crates get linked to here.
98#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/serde/1.0.217")]
99// Support using Serde without the standard library!
100#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
101// Show which crate feature enables conditionally compiled APIs in documentation.
102#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, rustdoc_internals))]
103#![cfg_attr(docsrs, allow(internal_features))]
104// Unstable functionality only if the user asks for it. For tracking and
105// discussion of these features please refer to this issue:
106//
107//    https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/812
108#![cfg_attr(feature = "unstable", feature(never_type))]
109#![allow(unknown_lints, bare_trait_objects, deprecated)]
110// Ignored clippy and clippy_pedantic lints
111#![allow(
112    // clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/5704
113    clippy::unnested_or_patterns,
114    // clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7768
115    clippy::semicolon_if_nothing_returned,
116    // not available in our oldest supported compiler
117    clippy::empty_enum,
118    clippy::type_repetition_in_bounds, // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/8772
119    // integer and float ser/de requires these sorts of casts
120    clippy::cast_possible_truncation,
121    clippy::cast_possible_wrap,
122    clippy::cast_precision_loss,
123    clippy::cast_sign_loss,
124    // things are often more readable this way
125    clippy::cast_lossless,
126    clippy::module_name_repetitions,
127    clippy::single_match_else,
128    clippy::type_complexity,
129    clippy::use_self,
130    clippy::zero_prefixed_literal,
131    // correctly used
132    clippy::derive_partial_eq_without_eq,
133    clippy::enum_glob_use,
134    clippy::explicit_auto_deref,
135    clippy::incompatible_msrv,
136    clippy::let_underscore_untyped,
137    clippy::map_err_ignore,
138    clippy::new_without_default,
139    clippy::result_unit_err,
140    clippy::wildcard_imports,
141    // not practical
142    clippy::needless_pass_by_value,
143    clippy::similar_names,
144    clippy::too_many_lines,
145    // preference
146    clippy::doc_markdown,
147    clippy::needless_lifetimes,
148    clippy::unseparated_literal_suffix,
149    // false positive
150    clippy::needless_doctest_main,
151    // noisy
152    clippy::missing_errors_doc,
153    clippy::must_use_candidate,
154)]
155// Restrictions
156#![deny(clippy::question_mark_used)]
157// Rustc lints.
158#![deny(missing_docs, unused_imports)]
159
160////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
161
162#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
163extern crate alloc;
164
165/// A facade around all the types we need from the `std`, `core`, and `alloc`
166/// crates. This avoids elaborate import wrangling having to happen in every
167/// module.
168mod lib {
169    mod core {
170        #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
171        pub use core::*;
172        #[cfg(feature = "std")]
173        pub use std::*;
174    }
175
176    pub use self::core::{f32, f64};
177    pub use self::core::{i16, i32, i64, i8, isize};
178    pub use self::core::{iter, num, ptr, str};
179    pub use self::core::{u16, u32, u64, u8, usize};
180
181    #[cfg(any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc"))]
182    pub use self::core::{cmp, mem, slice};
183
184    pub use self::core::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
185    pub use self::core::clone;
186    pub use self::core::cmp::Reverse;
187    pub use self::core::convert;
188    pub use self::core::default;
189    pub use self::core::fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Write as FmtWrite};
190    pub use self::core::marker::{self, PhantomData};
191    pub use self::core::num::Wrapping;
192    pub use self::core::ops::{Bound, Range, RangeFrom, RangeInclusive, RangeTo};
193    pub use self::core::option;
194    pub use self::core::result;
195    pub use self::core::time::Duration;
196
197    #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
198    pub use alloc::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
199    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
200    pub use std::borrow::{Cow, ToOwned};
201
202    #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
203    pub use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
204    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
205    pub use std::string::{String, ToString};
206
207    #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
208    pub use alloc::vec::Vec;
209    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
210    pub use std::vec::Vec;
211
212    #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
213    pub use alloc::boxed::Box;
214    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
215    pub use std::boxed::Box;
216
217    #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
218    pub use alloc::rc::{Rc, Weak as RcWeak};
219    #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "std"))]
220    pub use std::rc::{Rc, Weak as RcWeak};
221
222    #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
223    pub use alloc::sync::{Arc, Weak as ArcWeak};
224    #[cfg(all(feature = "rc", feature = "std"))]
225    pub use std::sync::{Arc, Weak as ArcWeak};
226
227    #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
228    pub use alloc::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, LinkedList, VecDeque};
229    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
230    pub use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, LinkedList, VecDeque};
231
232    #[cfg(all(not(no_core_cstr), not(feature = "std")))]
233    pub use self::core::ffi::CStr;
234    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
235    pub use std::ffi::CStr;
236
237    #[cfg(all(not(no_core_cstr), feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
238    pub use alloc::ffi::CString;
239    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
240    pub use std::ffi::CString;
241
242    #[cfg(all(not(no_core_net), not(feature = "std")))]
243    pub use self::core::net;
244    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
245    pub use std::net;
246
247    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
248    pub use std::error;
249
250    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
251    pub use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
252    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
253    pub use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
254    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
255    pub use std::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
256    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
257    pub use std::io::Write;
258    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
259    pub use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
260    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
261    pub use std::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
262    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
263    pub use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
264
265    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", no_target_has_atomic, not(no_std_atomic)))]
266    pub use std::sync::atomic::{
267        AtomicBool, AtomicI16, AtomicI32, AtomicI8, AtomicIsize, AtomicU16, AtomicU32, AtomicU8,
268        AtomicUsize, Ordering,
269    };
270    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", no_target_has_atomic, not(no_std_atomic64)))]
271    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, AtomicU64};
272
273    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic)))]
274    pub use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
275    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "8"))]
276    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI8, AtomicU8};
277    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "16"))]
278    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI16, AtomicU16};
279    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "32"))]
280    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI32, AtomicU32};
281    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "64"))]
282    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, AtomicU64};
283    #[cfg(all(feature = "std", not(no_target_has_atomic), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
284    pub use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicIsize, AtomicUsize};
285
286    #[cfg(not(no_core_num_saturating))]
287    pub use self::core::num::Saturating;
288}
289
290// None of this crate's error handling needs the `From::from` error conversion
291// performed implicitly by the `?` operator or the standard library's `try!`
292// macro. This simplified macro gives a 5.5% improvement in compile time
293// compared to standard `try!`, and 9% improvement compared to `?`.
294macro_rules! tri {
295    ($expr:expr) => {
296        match $expr {
297            Ok(val) => val,
298            Err(err) => return Err(err),
299        }
300    };
301}
302
303////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
304
305#[macro_use]
306mod macros;
307
308#[macro_use]
309mod integer128;
310
311pub mod de;
312pub mod ser;
313
314mod format;
315
316#[doc(inline)]
317pub use crate::de::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
318#[doc(inline)]
319pub use crate::ser::{Serialize, Serializer};
320
321// Used by generated code and doc tests. Not public API.
322#[doc(hidden)]
323#[path = "private/mod.rs"]
324pub mod __private;
325
326#[path = "de/seed.rs"]
327mod seed;
328
329#[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), no_core_error))]
330mod 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")]
338extern crate serde_derive;
339
340/// Derive macro available if serde is built with `features = ["derive"]`.
341#[cfg(feature = "serde_derive")]
342#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "derive")))]
343pub use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
344
345#[cfg(all(not(no_serde_derive), any(feature = "std", feature = "alloc")))]
346mod actually_private {
347    pub struct T;
348}