Streaming Decoding

libcbor exposes a stateless decoder that reads a stream of input bytes from a buffer and invokes user-provided callbacks as it decodes the input:

struct cbor_decoder_result cbor_stream_decode(cbor_data source, size_t source_size, const struct cbor_callbacks *callbacks, void *context)

Stateless decoder.

Will try parsing the source and will invoke the appropriate callback on success. Decodes one item at a time. No memory allocations occur.

param source

Input buffer

param source_size

Length of the buffer

param callbacks

The callback bundle

param context

An arbitrary pointer to allow for maintaining context.

For example, when cbor_stream_decode() encounters a 1B unsigned integer, it will invoke the function pointer stored in cbor_callbacks.uint8. Complete usage example: examples/streaming_parser.c

The callbacks are defined by

struct cbor_callbacks

Callback bundle passed to the decoder.

Public Members

cbor_int8_callback uint8

Unsigned int.

cbor_int16_callback uint16

Unsigned int.

cbor_int32_callback uint32

Unsigned int.

cbor_int64_callback uint64

Unsigned int.

cbor_int64_callback negint64

Negative int.

cbor_int32_callback negint32

Negative int.

cbor_int16_callback negint16

Negative int.

cbor_int8_callback negint8

Negative int.

cbor_simple_callback byte_string_start

Definite byte string.

cbor_string_callback byte_string

Indefinite byte string start.

cbor_string_callback string

Definite string.

cbor_simple_callback string_start

Indefinite string start.

cbor_simple_callback indef_array_start

Definite array.

cbor_collection_callback array_start

Indefinite array.

cbor_simple_callback indef_map_start

Definite map.

cbor_collection_callback map_start

Indefinite map.

cbor_int64_callback tag

Tags.

cbor_float_callback float2

Half float.

cbor_float_callback float4

Single float.

cbor_double_callback float8

Double float.

cbor_simple_callback undefined

Undef.

cbor_simple_callback null

Null.

cbor_bool_callback boolean

Bool.

cbor_simple_callback indef_break

Indefinite item break.

When building custom sets of callbacks, feel free to start from

const struct cbor_callbacks cbor_empty_callbacks

Dummy callback bundle - does nothing.

Callback types definition

typedef void (*cbor_int8_callback)(void*, uint8_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_int16_callback)(void*, uint16_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_int32_callback)(void*, uint32_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_int64_callback)(void*, uint64_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_simple_callback)(void*)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_string_callback)(void*, cbor_data, uint64_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_collection_callback)(void*, uint64_t)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_float_callback)(void*, float)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_double_callback)(void*, double)

Callback prototype.

typedef void (*cbor_bool_callback)(void*, bool)

Callback prototype.