| Copyright | Lennart Kolmodin |
|---|---|
| License | BSD3-style (see LICENSE) |
| Maintainer | Lennart Kolmodin <kolmodin@gmail.com> |
| Stability | experimental |
| Portability | portable to Hugs and GHC. |
| Safe Haskell | Trustworthy |
| Language | Haskell98 |
Data.Binary.Get
Description
The Get monad. A monad for efficiently building structures from
encoded lazy ByteStrings.
Primitives are available to decode words of various sizes, both big and little endian.
Let's decode binary data representing illustrated here. In this example the values are in little endian.
+------------------+--------------+-----------------+ | 32 bit timestamp | 32 bit price | 16 bit quantity | +------------------+--------------+-----------------+
A corresponding Haskell value looks like this:
data Trade = Trade
{ timestamp :: !Word32
, price :: !Word32
, qty :: !Word16
} deriving (Show)
The fields in Trade are marked as strict (using !) since we don't need
laziness here. In practise, you would probably consider using the UNPACK
pragma as well.
https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts.html#unpack-pragma
Now, let's have a look at a decoder for this format.
getTrade ::GetTrade getTrade = do timestamp <-getWord32leprice <-getWord32lequantity <-getWord16lereturn$!Trade timestamp price quantity
Or even simpler using applicative style:
getTrade' ::GetTrade getTrade' = Trade<$>getWord32le<*>getWord32le<*>getWord16le
There are two kinds of ways to execute this decoder, the lazy input method and the incremental input method. Here we will use the lazy input method.
Let's first define a function that decodes many Trades.
getTrades :: Get [Trade]
getTrades = do
empty <- isEmpty
if empty
then return []
else do trade <- getTrade
trades <- getTrades
return (trade:trades)
Finally, we run the decoder:
lazyIOExample :: IO [Trade]
lazyIOExample = do
input <- BL.readFile "trades.bin"
return (runGet getTrades input)
This decoder has the downside that it will need to read all the input before it can return. On the other hand, it will not return anything until it knows it could decode without any decoder errors.
You could also refactor to a left-fold, to decode in a more streaming fashion, and get the following decoder. It will start to return data without knowing that it can decode all input.
incrementalExample :: BL.ByteString -> [Trade]
incrementalExample input0 = go decoder input0
where
decoder = runGetIncremental getTrade
go :: Decoder Trade -> BL.ByteString -> [Trade]
go (Done leftover _consumed trade) input =
trade : go decoder (BL.chunk leftover input)
go (Partial k) input =
go (k . takeHeadChunk $ input) (dropHeadChunk input)
go (Fail _leftover _consumed msg) _input =
error msg
takeHeadChunk :: BL.ByteString -> Maybe BS.ByteString
takeHeadChunk lbs =
case lbs of
(BL.Chunk bs _) -> Just bs
_ -> Nothing
dropHeadChunk :: BL.ByteString -> BL.ByteString
dropHeadChunk lbs =
case lbs of
(BL.Chunk _ lbs') -> lbs'
_ -> BL.Empty
The lazyIOExample uses lazy I/O to read the file from the disk, which is
not suitable in all applications, and certainly not if you need to read
from a socket which has higher likelihood to fail. To address these needs,
use the incremental input method like in incrementalExample.
For an example of how to read incrementally from a Handle,
see the implementation of decodeFileOrFail.
Synopsis
- data Get a
- runGet :: Get a -> ByteString -> a
- runGetOrFail :: Get a -> ByteString -> Either (ByteString, ByteOffset, String) (ByteString, ByteOffset, a)
- type ByteOffset = Int64
- data Decoder a
- = Fail !ByteString !ByteOffset String
- | Partial (Maybe ByteString -> Decoder a)
- | Done !ByteString !ByteOffset a
- runGetIncremental :: Get a -> Decoder a
- pushChunk :: Decoder a -> ByteString -> Decoder a
- pushChunks :: Decoder a -> ByteString -> Decoder a
- pushEndOfInput :: Decoder a -> Decoder a
- skip :: Int -> Get ()
- isEmpty :: Get Bool
- bytesRead :: Get Int64
- isolate :: Int -> Get a -> Get a
- lookAhead :: Get a -> Get a
- lookAheadM :: Get (Maybe a) -> Get (Maybe a)
- lookAheadE :: Get (Either a b) -> Get (Either a b)
- label :: String -> Get a -> Get a
- getByteString :: Int -> Get ByteString
- getLazyByteString :: Int64 -> Get ByteString
- getLazyByteStringNul :: Get ByteString
- getRemainingLazyByteString :: Get ByteString
- getWord8 :: Get Word8
- getWord16be :: Get Word16
- getWord32be :: Get Word32
- getWord64be :: Get Word64
- getWord16le :: Get Word16
- getWord32le :: Get Word32
- getWord64le :: Get Word64
- getWordhost :: Get Word
- getWord16host :: Get Word16
- getWord32host :: Get Word32
- getWord64host :: Get Word64
- getInt8 :: Get Int8
- getInt16be :: Get Int16
- getInt32be :: Get Int32
- getInt64be :: Get Int64
- getInt16le :: Get Int16
- getInt32le :: Get Int32
- getInt64le :: Get Int64
- getInthost :: Get Int
- getInt16host :: Get Int16
- getInt32host :: Get Int32
- getInt64host :: Get Int64
- getFloatbe :: Get Float
- getFloatle :: Get Float
- getFloathost :: Get Float
- getDoublebe :: Get Double
- getDoublele :: Get Double
- getDoublehost :: Get Double
- runGetState :: Get a -> ByteString -> ByteOffset -> (a, ByteString, ByteOffset)
- remaining :: Get Int64
- getBytes :: Int -> Get ByteString
The Get monad
The lazy input interface
The lazy interface consumes a single lazy ByteString. It's the easiest
interface to get started with, but it doesn't support interleaving I/O and
parsing, unless lazy I/O is used.
There is no way to provide more input other than the initial data. To be able to incrementally give more data, see the incremental input interface.
runGet :: Get a -> ByteString -> a Source #
runGetOrFail :: Get a -> ByteString -> Either (ByteString, ByteOffset, String) (ByteString, ByteOffset, a) Source #
type ByteOffset = Int64 Source #
An offset, counted in bytes.
The incremental input interface
The incremental interface gives you more control over how input is provided during parsing. This lets you e.g. interleave parsing and I/O.
The incremental interface consumes a strict ByteString at a time, each
being part of the total amount of input. If your decoder needs more input to
finish it will return a Partial with a continuation.
If there is no more input, provide it Nothing.
Fail will be returned if it runs into an error, together with a message,
the position and the remaining input.
If it succeeds it will return Done with the resulting value,
the position and the remaining input.
A decoder procuced by running a Get monad.
Constructors
| Fail !ByteString !ByteOffset String | The decoder ran into an error. The decoder either used
|
| Partial (Maybe ByteString -> Decoder a) | The decoder has consumed the available input and needs
more to continue. Provide |
| Done !ByteString !ByteOffset a | The decoder has successfully finished. Except for the output value you also get any unused input as well as the number of bytes consumed. |
runGetIncremental :: Get a -> Decoder a Source #
Run a Get monad. See Decoder for what to do next, like providing
input, handling decoder errors and to get the output value.
Hint: Use the helper functions pushChunk, pushChunks and
pushEndOfInput.
Providing input
pushChunk :: Decoder a -> ByteString -> Decoder a Source #
Feed a Decoder with more input. If the Decoder is Done or Fail it
will add the input to ByteString of unconsumed input.
runGetIncremental myParser `pushChunk` myInput1 `pushChunk` myInput2
pushChunks :: Decoder a -> ByteString -> Decoder a Source #
Feed a Decoder with more input. If the Decoder is Done or Fail it
will add the input to ByteString of unconsumed input.
runGetIncremental myParser `pushChunks` myLazyByteString
pushEndOfInput :: Decoder a -> Decoder a Source #
Decoding
Test whether all input has been consumed, i.e. there are no remaining undecoded bytes.
Isolate a decoder to operate with a fixed number of bytes, and fail if
fewer bytes were consumed, or more bytes were attempted to be consumed.
If the given decoder fails, isolate will also fail.
Offset from bytesRead will be relative to the start of isolate, not the
absolute of the input.
Since: binary-0.7.2.0
lookAhead :: Get a -> Get a Source #
Run the given decoder, but without consuming its input. If the given decoder fails, then so will this function.
Since: binary-0.7.0.0
label :: String -> Get a -> Get a Source #
Label a decoder. If the decoder fails, the label will be appended on a new line to the error message string.
Since: binary-0.7.2.0
ByteStrings
getByteString :: Int -> Get ByteString Source #
An efficient get method for strict ByteStrings. Fails if fewer than n
bytes are left in the input. If n <= 0 then the empty string is returned.
getLazyByteString :: Int64 -> Get ByteString Source #
An efficient get method for lazy ByteStrings. Fails if fewer than n
bytes are left in the input.
getLazyByteStringNul :: Get ByteString Source #
Get a lazy ByteString that is terminated with a NUL byte. The returned string does not contain the NUL byte. Fails if it reaches the end of input without finding a NUL.
getRemainingLazyByteString :: Get ByteString Source #
Get the remaining bytes as a lazy ByteString. Note that this can be an expensive function to use as it forces reading all input and keeping the string in-memory.
Decoding Words
Big-endian decoding
getWord16be :: Get Word16 Source #
Read a Word16 in big endian format
getWord32be :: Get Word32 Source #
Read a Word32 in big endian format
getWord64be :: Get Word64 Source #
Read a Word64 in big endian format
Little-endian decoding
getWord16le :: Get Word16 Source #
Read a Word16 in little endian format
getWord32le :: Get Word32 Source #
Read a Word32 in little endian format
getWord64le :: Get Word64 Source #
Read a Word64 in little endian format
Host-endian, unaligned decoding
getWordhost :: Get Word Source #
O(1). Read a single native machine word. The word is read in host order, host endian form, for the machine you're on. On a 64 bit machine the Word is an 8 byte value, on a 32 bit machine, 4 bytes.
getWord16host :: Get Word16 Source #
O(1). Read a 2 byte Word16 in native host order and host endianness.
getWord32host :: Get Word32 Source #
O(1). Read a Word32 in native host order and host endianness.
getWord64host :: Get Word64 Source #
O(1). Read a Word64 in native host order and host endianess.
Decoding Ints
Big-endian decoding
getInt16be :: Get Int16 Source #
Read an Int16 in big endian format.
getInt32be :: Get Int32 Source #
Read an Int32 in big endian format.
getInt64be :: Get Int64 Source #
Read an Int64 in big endian format.
Little-endian decoding
getInt16le :: Get Int16 Source #
Read an Int16 in little endian format.
getInt32le :: Get Int32 Source #
Read an Int32 in little endian format.
getInt64le :: Get Int64 Source #
Read an Int64 in little endian format.
Host-endian, unaligned decoding
getInthost :: Get Int Source #
O(1). Read a single native machine word in native host
order. It works in the same way as getWordhost.
getInt16host :: Get Int16 Source #
O(1). Read a 2 byte Int16 in native host order and host endianness.
getInt32host :: Get Int32 Source #
O(1). Read an Int32 in native host order and host endianness.
getInt64host :: Get Int64 Source #
O(1). Read an Int64 in native host order and host endianess.
Decoding Floats/Doubles
Deprecated functions
runGetState :: Get a -> ByteString -> ByteOffset -> (a, ByteString, ByteOffset) Source #
Deprecated: Use runGetIncremental instead. This function will be removed.
DEPRECATED. Provides compatibility with previous versions of this library.
Run a Get monad and return a tuple with three values.
The first value is the result of the decoder. The second and third are the
unused input, and the number of consumed bytes.
remaining :: Get Int64 Source #
Deprecated: This will force all remaining input, don't use it.
DEPRECATED. Get the number of bytes of remaining input. Note that this is an expensive function to use as in order to calculate how much input remains, all input has to be read and kept in-memory. The decoder keeps the input as a strict bytestring, so you are likely better off by calculating the remaining input in another way.
getBytes :: Int -> Get ByteString Source #
Deprecated: Use getByteString instead of getBytes.
DEPRECATED. Same as getByteString.