Refactored ./src/serdes (#79)

Refactored `serdes` to use TypeScript Classes and documented functionality.

packages/ripple-binary-codec/package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "typescript": "^3.9.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "compile": "tsc && cp ./src/definitions/definitions.json ./dist/definitions",
+    "compile": "tsc && cp ./src/enums/definitions.json ./dist/enums",
     "prepare": "npm run compile && npm test",
     "test": "jest --coverage=true",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts --fix"

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/coretypes.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   LedgerEntryType,
   Type,
   TransactionResult,
-} from "./definitions";
+} from "./enums";
 const types = require("./types");
 const binary = require("./binary");
 const { ShaMap } = require("./shamap");

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/enums/index.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const TRANSACTION_RESULT_WIDTH = 1;
 /*
  * @brief: Serialize a field based on type_code and Field.nth
  */
-function fieldHeader(type: number, nth: number): Uint8Array {
+function fieldHeader(type: number, nth: number): Buffer {
   const header: Array<number> = [];
   if (type < 16) {
     if (nth < 16) {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function fieldHeader(type: number, nth: number): Uint8Array {
   } else {
     header.push(0, type, nth);
   }
-  return new Uint8Array(header);
+  return Buffer.from(header);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class BytesLookup {
 }
 
 /*
- * type FieldInfo is the type of the objects constaining information about each field in definitions.json
+ * type FieldInfo is the type of the objects containing information about each field in definitions.json
  */
 interface FieldInfo {
   nth: number;
@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ interface FieldInstance {
   readonly type: Bytes;
   readonly ordinal: number;
   readonly name: string;
-  readonly header: Uint8Array;
+  readonly header: Buffer;
   readonly associatedType: any;
 }
 
 function buildField([name, info]: [string, FieldInfo]): FieldInstance {
   const typeOrdinal = enums.TYPES[info.type];
+  const field = fieldHeader(typeOrdinal, info.nth);
   return {
     name: name,
     nth: info.nth,
@@ -101,13 +102,13 @@ function buildField([name, info]: [string, FieldInfo]): FieldInstance {
     isSigningField: info.isSigningField,
     ordinal: (typeOrdinal << 16) | info.nth,
     type: new Bytes(info.type, typeOrdinal, TYPE_WIDTH),
-    header: fieldHeader(typeOrdinal, info.nth),
+    header: field,
     associatedType: undefined, // For later assignment in ./types/index.js
   };
 }
 
 /*
- * @brief: The collection of all fields as defined in definitons.json
+ * @brief: The collection of all fields as defined in definitions.json
  */
 class FieldLookup {
   constructor(fields: Array<[string, FieldInfo]>) {
@@ -137,4 +138,11 @@ const TransactionResult = new BytesLookup(
 );
 const Field = new FieldLookup(enums.FIELDS as Array<[string, FieldInfo]>);
 
-export { Field, Type, LedgerEntryType, TransactionResult, TransactionType };
+export {
+  Field,
+  FieldInstance,
+  Type,
+  LedgerEntryType,
+  TransactionResult,
+  TransactionType,
+};

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/serdes/binary-parser.ts

@@ -1,103 +1,179 @@
-import { strict as assert } from "assert";
+import * as assert from "assert";
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
+import { Field, FieldInstance } from "../enums";
-import { Field } from "../definitions";
-import { slice, parseBytes } from "../utils/bytes-utils";
 
-const BinaryParser = makeClass(
+/**
-  {
+ * BinaryParser is used to compute fields and values from a HexString
-    BinaryParser(buf) {
+ */
-      this._buf = parseBytes(buf, Uint8Array);
+class BinaryParser {
-      this._length = this._buf.length;
+  private bytes: Buffer;
-      this._cursor = 0;
+
-    },
+  /**
-    skip(n) {
+   * Initialize bytes to a hex string
-      this._cursor += n;
+   *
-    },
+   * @param hexBytes a hex string
-    read(n, to = Uint8Array) {
+   */
-      const start = this._cursor;
+  constructor(hexBytes: string) {
-      const end = this._cursor + n;
+    this.bytes = Buffer.from(hexBytes, "hex");
-      assert(end <= this._buf.length);
+  }
-      this._cursor = end;
+
-      return slice(this._buf, start, end, to);
+  /**
-    },
+   * Consume the first n bytes of the BinaryParser
-    readUIntN(n) {
+   *
-      return this.read(n, Array).reduce((a, b) => (a << 8) | b) >>> 0;
+   * @param n the number of bytes to skip
-    },
+   */
-    readUInt8() {
+  skip(n: number): void {
-      return this._buf[this._cursor++];
+    assert(n <= this.bytes.byteLength);
-    },
+    this.bytes = this.bytes.slice(n);
-    readUInt16() {
+  }
-      return this.readUIntN(2);
+
-    },
+  /**
-    readUInt32() {
+   * read the first n bytes from the BinaryParser
-      return this.readUIntN(4);
+   *
-    },
+   * @param n The number of bytes to read
-    pos() {
+   * @return The bytes
-      return this._cursor;
+   */
-    },
+  read(n: number): Buffer {
-    size() {
+    assert(n <= this.bytes.byteLength);
-      return this._buf.length;
+
-    },
+    const slice = this.bytes.slice(0, n);
-    end(customEnd) {
+    this.skip(n);
-      const cursor = this.pos();
+    return slice;
-      return (
+  }
-        cursor >= this._length || (customEnd !== null && cursor >= customEnd)
+
+  /**
+   * Read an integer of given size
+   *
+   * @param n The number of bytes to read
+   * @return The number represented by those bytes
+   */
+  readUIntN(n: number): number {
+    assert(0 < n && n <= 4, "invalid n");
+    return this.read(n).reduce((a, b) => (a << 8) | b) >>> 0;
+  }
+
+  readUInt8(): number {
+    return this.readUIntN(1);
+  }
+
+  readUInt16(): number {
+    return this.readUIntN(2);
+  }
+
+  readUInt32(): number {
+    return this.readUIntN(4);
+  }
+
+  size(): number {
+    return this.bytes.byteLength;
+  }
+
+  end(customEnd?: number): boolean {
+    const length = this.bytes.byteLength;
+    return length === 0 || (customEnd !== undefined && length <= customEnd);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads variable length encoded bytes
+   *
+   * @return The variable length bytes
+   */
+  readVariableLength(): Buffer {
+    return this.read(this.readVariableLengthLength());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the length of the variable length encoded bytes
+   *
+   * @return The length of the variable length encoded bytes
+   */
+  readVariableLengthLength(): number {
+    const b1 = this.readUInt8();
+    if (b1 <= 192) {
+      return b1;
+    } else if (b1 <= 240) {
+      const b2 = this.readUInt8();
+      return 193 + (b1 - 193) * 256 + b2;
+    } else if (b1 <= 254) {
+      const b2 = this.readUInt8();
+      const b3 = this.readUInt8();
+      return 12481 + (b1 - 241) * 65536 + b2 * 256 + b3;
+    }
+    throw new Error("Invalid variable length indicator");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads the field ordinal from the BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @return Field ordinal
+   */
+  readFieldOrdinal(): number {
+    const tagByte = this.readUInt8();
+    const type = (tagByte & 0xf0) >>> 4 || this.readUInt8();
+    const nth = tagByte & 0x0f || this.readUInt8();
+    return (type << 16) | nth;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read the field from the BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @return The field represented by the bytes at the head of the BinaryParser
+   */
+  readField(): FieldInstance {
+    return Field.fromString(this.readFieldOrdinal().toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a given type from the BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @param type The type that you want to read from the BinaryParser
+   * @return The instance of that type read from the BinaryParser
+   */
+  readType(type) {
+    return type.fromParser(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the type associated with a given field
+   *
+   * @param field The field that you wan to get the type of
+   * @return The type associated with the given field
+   */
+  typeForField(field: FieldInstance) {
+    return field.associatedType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read value of the type specified by field from the BinaryParser
+   *
+   * @param field The field that you want to get the associated value for
+   * @return The value associated with the given field
+   */
+  readFieldValue(field: FieldInstance) {
+    const type = this.typeForField(field);
+    if (!type) {
+      throw new Error(`unsupported: (${field.name}, ${field.type.name})`);
+    }
+    const sizeHint = field.isVariableLengthEncoded
+      ? this.readVariableLengthLength()
+      : null;
+    const value = type.fromParser(this, sizeHint);
+    if (value === undefined) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `fromParser for (${field.name}, ${field.type.name}) -> undefined `
       );
-    },
+    }
-    readVL() {
+    return value;
-      return this.read(this.readVLLength());
+  }
-    },
+
-    readVLLength() {
+  /**
-      const b1 = this.readUInt8();
+   * Get the next field and value from the BinaryParser
-      if (b1 <= 192) {
+   *
-        return b1;
+   * @return The field and value
-      } else if (b1 <= 240) {
+   */
-        const b2 = this.readUInt8();
+  readFieldAndValue() {
-        return 193 + (b1 - 193) * 256 + b2;
+    const field = this.readField();
-      } else if (b1 <= 254) {
+    return [field, this.readFieldValue(field)];
-        const b2 = this.readUInt8();
+  }
-        const b3 = this.readUInt8();
+}
-        return 12481 + (b1 - 241) * 65536 + b2 * 256 + b3;
-      }
-      throw new Error("Invalid varint length indicator");
-    },
-    readFieldOrdinal() {
-      const tagByte = this.readUInt8();
-      const type = (tagByte & 0xf0) >>> 4 || this.readUInt8();
-      const nth = tagByte & 0x0f || this.readUInt8();
-      return (type << 16) | nth;
-    },
-    readField() {
-      return Field.fromString(this.readFieldOrdinal().toString());
-    },
-    readType(type) {
-      return type.fromParser(this);
-    },
-    typeForField(field) {
-      return field.associatedType;
-    },
-    readFieldValue(field) {
-      const kls = this.typeForField(field);
-      if (!kls) {
-        throw new Error(`unsupported: (${field.name}, ${field.type.name})`);
-      }
-      const sizeHint = field.isVariableLengthEncoded
-        ? this.readVLLength()
-        : null;
-      const value = kls.fromParser(this, sizeHint);
-      if (value === undefined) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `fromParser for (${field.name}, ${field.type.name}) -> undefined `
-        );
-      }
-      return value;
-    },
-    readFieldAndValue() {
-      const field = this.readField();
-      return [field, this.readFieldValue(field)];
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
 
 export { BinaryParser };

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/serdes/binary-serializer.ts

@@ -1,110 +1,157 @@
-import { strict as assert } from "assert";
+import * as assert from "assert";
-import { parseBytes, bytesToHex } from "../utils/bytes-utils";
+import { Field, FieldInstance } from "../enums";
-import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-import { Field } from "../definitions";
 
-const BytesSink = {
+/**
-  put(/* bytesSequence */) {
+ * Bytes list is a collection of buffer objects
-    // any hex string or any object with a `length` and where 0 <= [ix] <= 255
+ */
-  },
+class BytesList {
-};
+  private bytesArray: Array<Buffer> = [];
 
-const BytesList = makeClass(
+  /**
-  {
+   * Get the total number of bytes in the BytesList
-    implementing: BytesSink,
+   *
-    BytesList() {
+   * @return the number of bytes
-      this.arrays = [];
+   */
-      this.length = 0;
+  public getLength(): number {
-    },
+    return Buffer.concat(this.bytesArray).byteLength;
-    put(bytesArg) {
+  }
-      const bytes = parseBytes(bytesArg, Uint8Array);
-      this.length += bytes.length;
-      this.arrays.push(bytes);
-      return this;
-    },
-    toBytesSink(sink) {
-      this.arrays.forEach((arr) => {
-        sink.put(arr);
-      });
-    },
-    toBytes() {
-      const concatenated = new Uint8Array(this.length);
-      let pointer = 0;
-      this.arrays.forEach((arr) => {
-        concatenated.set(arr, pointer);
-        pointer += arr.length;
-      });
-      return concatenated;
-    },
-    toHex() {
-      return bytesToHex(this.toBytes());
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
 
-const BinarySerializer = makeClass(
+  /**
-  {
+   * Put bytes in the BytesList
-    BinarySerializer(sink) {
+   *
-      this.sink = sink;
+   * @param bytesArg A Buffer
-    },
+   * @return this BytesList
-    write(value) {
+   */
-      value.toBytesSink(this.sink);
+  public put(bytesArg: Buffer): BytesList {
-    },
+    const bytes = Buffer.from(bytesArg); // Temporary, to catch instances of Uint8Array being passed in
-    put(bytes) {
+    this.bytesArray.push(bytes);
-      this.sink.put(bytes);
+    return this;
-    },
+  }
-    writeType(type, value) {
+
-      this.write(type.from(value));
+  /**
-    },
+   * Write this BytesList to the back of another bytes list
-    writeBytesList(bl) {
+   *
-      bl.toBytesSink(this.sink);
+   *  @param list The BytesList to write to
-    },
+   */
-    encodeVL(len) {
+  public toBytesSink(list: BytesList): void {
-      let length = len;
+    list.put(this.toBytes());
-      const lenBytes = new Uint8Array(4);
+  }
-      if (length <= 192) {
+
-        lenBytes[0] = length;
+  public toBytes(): Buffer {
-        return lenBytes.subarray(0, 1);
+    return Buffer.concat(this.bytesArray);
-      } else if (length <= 12480) {
+  }
-        length -= 193;
+
-        lenBytes[0] = 193 + (length >>> 8);
+  toHex(): string {
-        lenBytes[1] = length & 0xff;
+    return this.toBytes().toString("hex").toUpperCase();
-        return lenBytes.subarray(0, 2);
+  }
-      } else if (length <= 918744) {
+}
-        length -= 12481;
+
-        lenBytes[0] = 241 + (length >>> 16);
+/**
-        lenBytes[1] = (length >> 8) & 0xff;
+ * BinarySerializer is used to write fields and values to buffers
-        lenBytes[2] = length & 0xff;
+ */
-        return lenBytes.subarray(0, 3);
+class BinarySerializer {
+  private sink: BytesList = new BytesList();
+
+  constructor(sink: BytesList) {
+    this.sink = sink;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write a value to this BinarySerializer
+   *
+   * @param value a SerializedType value
+   */
+  write(value): void {
+    value.toBytesSink(this.sink);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write bytes to this BinarySerializer
+   *
+   * @param bytes the bytes to write
+   */
+  put(bytes: Buffer): void {
+    this.sink.put(bytes);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write a value of a given type to this BinarySerializer
+   *
+   * @param type the type to write
+   * @param value a value of that type
+   */
+  writeType(type, value): void {
+    this.write(type.from(value));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write BytesList to this BinarySerializer
+   *
+   * @param bl BytesList to write to BinarySerializer
+   */
+  writeBytesList(bl: BytesList): void {
+    bl.toBytesSink(this.sink);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Calculate the header of Variable Length encoded bytes
+   *
+   * @param length the length of the bytes
+   */
+  private encodeVariableLength(length: number): Buffer {
+    const lenBytes = Buffer.alloc(3);
+    if (length <= 192) {
+      lenBytes[0] = length;
+      return lenBytes.slice(0, 1);
+    } else if (length <= 12480) {
+      length -= 193;
+      lenBytes[0] = 193 + (length >>> 8);
+      lenBytes[1] = length & 0xff;
+      return lenBytes.slice(0, 2);
+    } else if (length <= 918744) {
+      length -= 12481;
+      lenBytes[0] = 241 + (length >>> 16);
+      lenBytes[1] = (length >> 8) & 0xff;
+      lenBytes[2] = length & 0xff;
+      return lenBytes.slice(0, 3);
+    }
+    throw new Error("Overflow error");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write field and value to BinarySerializer
+   *
+   * @param field field to write to BinarySerializer
+   * @param value value to write to BinarySerializer
+   */
+  writeFieldAndValue(field: FieldInstance, value): void {
+    const associatedValue = field.associatedType.from(value);
+    assert(associatedValue.toBytesSink, field.name);
+    this.sink.put(field.header);
+
+    if (field.isVariableLengthEncoded) {
+      this.writeLengthEncoded(associatedValue);
+    } else {
+      associatedValue.toBytesSink(this.sink);
+      if (field.type.name === "STObject") {
+        this.sink.put(Field["ObjectEndMarker"].header);
+      } else if (field.type.name === "STArray") {
+        this.sink.put(Field["ArrayEndMarker"].header);
       }
-      throw new Error("Overflow error");
+    }
-    },
+  }
-    writeFieldAndValue(field, _value) {
-      const sink = this.sink;
-      const value = field.associatedType.from(_value);
-      assert(value.toBytesSink, field);
-      sink.put(field.header);
 
-      if (field.isVariableLengthEncoded) {
+  /**
-        this.writeLengthEncoded(value);
+   * Write a variable length encoded value to the BinarySerializer
-      } else {
+   *
-        value.toBytesSink(sink);
+   * @param value length encoded value to write to BytesList
-        if (field.type.name === "STObject") {
+   */
-          sink.put(Field["ObjectEndMarker"].header);
+  public writeLengthEncoded(value): void {
-        } else if (field.type.name === "STArray") {
+    const bytes = new BytesList();
-          sink.put(Field["ArrayEndMarker"].header);
+    value.toBytesSink(bytes);
-        }
+    this.put(this.encodeVariableLength(bytes.getLength()));
-      }
+    this.writeBytesList(bytes);
-    },
+  }
-    writeLengthEncoded(value) {
+}
-      const bytes = new BytesList();
-      value.toBytesSink(bytes);
-      this.put(this.encodeVL(bytes.length));
-      this.writeBytesList(bytes);
-    },
-  },
-  undefined
-);
 
 export { BytesList, BinarySerializer };

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/index.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   TransactionResult,
   TransactionType,
   LedgerEntryType,
-} from "../definitions";
+} from "../enums";
 import { AccountID } from "./account-id";
 import { Amount } from "./amount";
 import { Blob } from "./blob";

packages/ripple-binary-codec/src/types/st-object.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { makeClass } from "../utils/make-class";
-import { Field } from "../definitions";
+import { Field } from "../enums";
 const _ = require("lodash");
 const { BinarySerializer } = require("../serdes/binary-serializer");
 const { SerializedType } = require("./serialized-type");

packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/binary-parser.test.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const { encodeAccountID } = require('ripple-address-codec')
 const { binary } = require('../dist/coretypes')
 const { Amount, Hash160 } = coreTypes
 const { makeParser, readJSON } = binary
-const { Field, TransactionType } = require('./../dist/definitions')
+const { Field, TransactionType } = require('./../dist/enums')
 const { parseHexOnly, hexOnly, loadFixture } = require('./utils')
 const { bytesToHex } = require('../dist/utils/bytes-utils')
 const fixtures = loadFixture('data-driven-tests.json')
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ function basicApiTests () {
   const bytes = parseHexOnly('00,01020304,0506', Uint8Array)
   test('can read slices of bytes', () => {
     const parser = makeParser(bytes)
-    expect(parser.pos()).toBe(0)
+    expect(parser.bytes instanceof Buffer).toBe(true)
-    expect(parser._buf instanceof Uint8Array).toBe(true)
     const read1 = parser.read(1)
-    expect(read1 instanceof Uint8Array).toBe(true)
+    expect(read1 instanceof Buffer).toBe(true)
-    expect(read1).toEqual(Uint8Array.from([0]))
+    expect(read1).toEqual(Buffer.from([0]))
-    expect(parser.read(4)).toEqual(Uint8Array.from([1, 2, 3, 4]))
+    expect(parser.read(4)).toEqual(Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4]))
-    expect(parser.read(2)).toEqual(Uint8Array.from([5, 6]))
+    expect(parser.read(2)).toEqual(Buffer.from([5, 6]))
     expect(() => parser.read(1)).toThrow()
   })
   test('can read a Uint32 at full', () => {
@@ -108,12 +107,12 @@ function transactionParsingTests () {
     expect(parser.readField()).toEqual(Field.Fee)
     expect(parser.read(8)).not.toEqual([])
     expect(parser.readField()).toEqual(Field.SigningPubKey)
-    expect(parser.readVLLength()).toBe(33)
+    expect(parser.readVariableLengthLength()).toBe(33)
     expect(bytesToHex(parser.read(33))).toEqual(tx_json.SigningPubKey)
     expect(parser.readField()).toEqual(Field.TxnSignature)
-    expect(bytesToHex(parser.readVL())).toEqual(tx_json.TxnSignature)
+    expect(bytesToHex(parser.readVariableLength())).toEqual(tx_json.TxnSignature)
     expect(parser.readField()).toEqual(Field.Account)
-    expect(encodeAccountID(parser.readVL())).toEqual(tx_json.Account)
+    expect(encodeAccountID(parser.readVariableLength())).toEqual(tx_json.Account)
     expect(parser.end()).toBe(true)
   })
 

packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/binary-serializer.test.js

@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@ const PaymentChannel = {
 }
 
 function bytesListTest () {
-  const list = new BytesList().put([0]).put([2, 3]).put([4, 5])
+  const list = new BytesList().put(Buffer.from([0])).put(Buffer.from([2, 3])).put(Buffer.from([4, 5]))
-  test('is an Array<Uint8Array>', function () {
+  test('is an Array<Buffer>', function () {
-    expect(Array.isArray(list.arrays)).toBe(true)
+    expect(Array.isArray(list.bytesArray)).toBe(true)
-    expect(list.arrays[0] instanceof Uint8Array).toBe(true)
+    expect(list.bytesArray[0] instanceof Buffer).toBe(true)
   })
   test('keeps track of the length itself', function () {
-    expect(list).toHaveLength(5)
+    expect(list.getLength()).toBe(5)
   })
   test('can join all arrays into one via toBytes', function () {
     const joined = list.toBytes()
     expect(joined).toHaveLength(5)
-    expect(joined).toEqual(Uint8Array.from([0, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
+    expect(joined).toEqual(Buffer.from([0, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
   })
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function check (type, n, expected) {
       return
     }
     serializer.writeType(type, n)
-    expect(bl.toBytes()).toEqual(Uint8Array.from(expected))
+    expect(bl.toBytes()).toEqual(Buffer.from(expected))
   })
 }
 

packages/ripple-binary-codec/test/fixtures/data-driven-tests.json

@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
             "name": "TickSize",
             "nth_of_type": 16,
             "type": 16,
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