serde support

.github/workflows/hybrid-array.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
       - run: cargo build --no-default-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
       - run: cargo build --no-default-features --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features extra-sizes
+      - run: cargo build --no-default-features --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features serde
 
   careful:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -105,4 +106,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
       - run: cargo test
+      - run: cargo test --features serde
       - run: cargo test --all-features

Cargo.toml

@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ rust-version = "1.81"
 
 [dependencies]
 typenum = { version = "1.17", features = ["const-generics"] }
+
+# optional dependencies
+serde = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 zeroize = { version = "1.8", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+bincode = "1"
+
 [features]
 extra-sizes = []
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ mod from_fn;
 mod iter;
 mod traits;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+mod serde;
+
 pub use crate::{iter::TryFromIteratorError, traits::*};
 pub use typenum;
 

src/serde.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+//! Support for serializing and deserializing `Array` using `serde`.
+
+use crate::{Array, ArraySize};
+use core::{fmt, marker::PhantomData};
+use serde::{
+    de::{self, Deserialize, Deserializer, SeqAccess, Visitor},
+    ser::{Serialize, SerializeTuple, Serializer},
+};
+
+impl<'de, T, U> Deserialize<'de> for Array<T, U>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de>,
+    U: ArraySize,
+{
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+        T: Deserialize<'de>,
+    {
+        struct ArrayVisitor<T> {
+            element: PhantomData<T>,
+        }
+
+        impl<'de, T, U> Visitor<'de> for ArrayVisitor<Array<T, U>>
+        where
+            T: Deserialize<'de>,
+            U: ArraySize,
+        {
+            type Value = Array<T, U>;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+                write!(formatter, "an array of length {}", U::USIZE)
+            }
+
+            fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Array<T, U>, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                Array::<T, U>::try_from_fn(|i| {
+                    seq.next_element()?
+                        .ok_or_else(|| de::Error::invalid_length(i, &self))
+                })
+            }
+        }
+
+        let visitor = ArrayVisitor {
+            element: PhantomData,
+        };
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_tuple(U::USIZE, visitor)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, U> Serialize for Array<T, U>
+where
+    T: Serialize,
+    U: ArraySize,
+{
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let mut seq = serializer.serialize_tuple(U::USIZE)?;
+
+        for elem in self {
+            seq.serialize_element(elem)?;
+        }
+
+        seq.end()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    const INTEGER_ARRAY_EXAMPLE: [u64; 4] = [1, 2, 3, 4];
+    use crate::{
+        sizes::{U4, U5},
+        Array,
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deserialize_integer_array() {
+        let serialized = bincode::serialize(&INTEGER_ARRAY_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+        let deserialized: Array<u64, U4> = bincode::deserialize(&serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(deserialized, INTEGER_ARRAY_EXAMPLE);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deserialize_too_short() {
+        let serialized = bincode::serialize(&INTEGER_ARRAY_EXAMPLE).unwrap();
+        let deserialized: Result<Array<u64, U5>, bincode::Error> =
+            bincode::deserialize(&serialized);
+
+        // TODO(tarcieri): check for more specific error type
+        assert!(deserialized.is_err())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn serialize_integer_array() {
+        let example: Array<u64, U4> = Array(INTEGER_ARRAY_EXAMPLE);
+        let serialized = bincode::serialize(&example).unwrap();
+        let deserialized: Array<u64, U4> = bincode::deserialize(&serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(example, deserialized);
+    }
+}