// Copyright 2014 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package rlp import ( "bytes" "encoding/hex" "errors" "fmt" "io" "math/big" "reflect" "strings" "testing" ) func TestStreamKind(t *testing.T) { tests := []struct { input string wantKind Kind wantLen uint64 }{ {"00", Byte, 0}, {"01", Byte, 0}, {"7F", Byte, 0}, {"80", String, 0}, {"B7", String, 55}, {"B90400", String, 1024}, {"BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", String, ^uint64(0)}, {"C0", List, 0}, {"C8", List, 8}, {"F7", List, 55}, {"F90400", List, 1024}, {"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", List, ^uint64(0)}, } for i, test := range tests { // using plainReader to inhibit input limit errors. s := NewStream(newPlainReader(unhex(test.input)), 0) kind, len, err := s.Kind() if err != nil { t.Errorf("test %d: Kind returned error: %v", i, err) continue } if kind != test.wantKind { t.Errorf("test %d: kind mismatch: got %d, want %d", i, kind, test.wantKind) } if len != test.wantLen { t.Errorf("test %d: len mismatch: got %d, want %d", i, len, test.wantLen) } } } func TestNewListStream(t *testing.T) { ls := NewListStream(bytes.NewReader(unhex("0101010101")), 3) if k, size, err := ls.Kind(); k != List || size != 3 || err != nil { t.Errorf("Kind() returned (%v, %d, %v), expected (List, 3, nil)", k, size, err) } if size, err := ls.List(); size != 3 || err != nil { t.Errorf("List() returned (%d, %v), expected (3, nil)", size, err) } for i := 0; i < 3; i++ { if val, err := ls.Uint(); val != 1 || err != nil { t.Errorf("Uint() returned (%d, %v), expected (1, nil)", val, err) } } if err := ls.ListEnd(); err != nil { t.Errorf("ListEnd() returned %v, expected (3, nil)", err) } } func TestStreamErrors(t *testing.T) { withoutInputLimit := func(b []byte) *Stream { return NewStream(newPlainReader(b), 0) } withCustomInputLimit := func(limit uint64) func([]byte) *Stream { return func(b []byte) *Stream { return NewStream(bytes.NewReader(b), limit) } } type calls []string tests := []struct { string calls newStream func([]byte) *Stream // uses bytes.Reader if nil error error }{ {"C0", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrExpectedString}, {"C0", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrExpectedString}, {"89000000000000000001", calls{"Uint"}, nil, errUintOverflow}, {"00", calls{"List"}, nil, ErrExpectedList}, {"80", calls{"List"}, nil, ErrExpectedList}, {"C0", calls{"List", "Uint"}, nil, EOL}, {"C8C9010101010101010101", calls{"List", "Kind"}, nil, ErrElemTooLarge}, {"C3C2010201", calls{"List", "List", "Uint", "Uint", "ListEnd", "Uint"}, nil, EOL}, {"00", calls{"ListEnd"}, nil, errNotInList}, {"C401020304", calls{"List", "Uint", "ListEnd"}, nil, errNotAtEOL}, // Non-canonical integers (e.g. leading zero bytes). {"00", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrCanonInt}, {"820002", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrCanonInt}, {"8133", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"817F", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"8180", calls{"Uint"}, nil, nil}, // Non-valid boolean {"02", calls{"Bool"}, nil, errors.New("rlp: invalid boolean value: 2")}, // Size tags must use the smallest possible encoding. // Leading zero bytes in the size tag are also rejected. {"8100", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"8100", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"8101", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"817F", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrCanonSize}, {"8180", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, nil}, {"B800", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"B90000", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"B90055", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"BA0002FFFF", calls{"Bytes"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"F800", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"F90000", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"F90055", calls{"Kind"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, {"FA0002FFFF", calls{"List"}, withoutInputLimit, ErrCanonSize}, // Expected EOF {"", calls{"Kind"}, nil, io.EOF}, {"", calls{"Uint"}, nil, io.EOF}, {"", calls{"List"}, nil, io.EOF}, {"8180", calls{"Uint", "Uint"}, nil, io.EOF}, {"C0", calls{"List", "ListEnd", "List"}, nil, io.EOF}, {"", calls{"List"}, withoutInputLimit, io.EOF}, {"8180", calls{"Uint", "Uint"}, withoutInputLimit, io.EOF}, {"C0", calls{"List", "ListEnd", "List"}, withoutInputLimit, io.EOF}, // Input limit errors. {"81", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge}, {"81", calls{"Uint"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge}, {"81", calls{"Raw"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge}, {"BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", calls{"Bytes"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge}, {"C801", calls{"List"}, nil, ErrValueTooLarge}, // Test for list element size check overflow. {"CD04040404FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0303", calls{"List", "Uint", "Uint", "Uint", "Uint", "List"}, nil, ErrElemTooLarge}, // Test for input limit overflow. Since we are counting the limit // down toward zero in Stream.remaining, reading too far can overflow // remaining to a large value, effectively disabling the limit. {"C40102030401", calls{"Raw", "Uint"}, withCustomInputLimit(5), io.EOF}, {"C4010203048180", calls{"Raw", "Uint"}, withCustomInputLimit(6), ErrValueTooLarge}, // Check that the same calls are fine without a limit. {"C40102030401", calls{"Raw", "Uint"}, withoutInputLimit, nil}, {"C4010203048180", calls{"Raw", "Uint"}, withoutInputLimit, nil}, // Unexpected EOF. This only happens when there is // no input limit, so the reader needs to be 'dumbed down'. {"81", calls{"Bytes"}, withoutInputLimit, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, {"81", calls{"Uint"}, withoutInputLimit, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, {"BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", calls{"Bytes"}, withoutInputLimit, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, {"C801", calls{"List", "Uint", "Uint"}, withoutInputLimit, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF}, // This test verifies that the input position is advanced // correctly when calling Bytes for empty strings. Kind can be called // any number of times in between and doesn't advance. {"C3808080", calls{ "List", // enter the list "Bytes", // past first element "Kind", "Kind", "Kind", // this shouldn't advance "Bytes", // past second element "Kind", "Kind", // can't hurt to try "Bytes", // past final element "Bytes", // this one should fail }, nil, EOL}, } testfor: for i, test := range tests { if test.newStream == nil { test.newStream = func(b []byte) *Stream { return NewStream(bytes.NewReader(b), 0) } } s := test.newStream(unhex(test.string)) rs := reflect.ValueOf(s) for j, call := range test.calls { fval := rs.MethodByName(call) ret := fval.Call(nil) err := "" if lastret := ret[len(ret)-1].Interface(); lastret != nil { err = lastret.(error).Error() } if j == len(test.calls)-1 { want := "" if test.error != nil { want = test.error.Error() } if err != want { t.Log(test) t.Errorf("test %d: last call (%s) error mismatch\ngot: %s\nwant: %s", i, call, err, test.error) } } else if err != "" { t.Log(test) t.Errorf("test %d: call %d (%s) unexpected error: %q", i, j, call, err) continue testfor } } } } func TestStreamList(t *testing.T) { s := NewStream(bytes.NewReader(unhex("C80102030405060708")), 0) len, err := s.List() if err != nil { t.Fatalf("List error: %v", err) } if len != 8 { t.Fatalf("List returned invalid length, got %d, want 8", len) } for i := uint64(1); i <= 8; i++ { v, err := s.Uint() if err != nil { t.Fatalf("Uint error: %v", err) } if i != v { t.Errorf("Uint returned wrong value, got %d, want %d", v, i) } } if _, err := s.Uint(); err != EOL { t.Errorf("Uint error mismatch, got %v, want %v", err, EOL) } if err = s.ListEnd(); err != nil { t.Fatalf("ListEnd error: %v", err) } } func TestStreamRaw(t *testing.T) { tests := []struct { input string output string }{ { "C58401010101", "8401010101", }, { "F842B84001010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101", "B84001010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101", }, } for i, tt := range tests { s := NewStream(bytes.NewReader(unhex(tt.input)), 0) s.List() want := unhex(tt.output) raw, err := s.Raw() if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } if !bytes.Equal(want, raw) { t.Errorf("test %d: raw mismatch: got %x, want %x", i, raw, want) } } } func TestDecodeErrors(t *testing.T) { r := bytes.NewReader(nil) if err := Decode(r, nil); err != errDecodeIntoNil { t.Errorf("Decode(r, nil) error mismatch, got %q, want %q", err, errDecodeIntoNil) } var nilptr *struct{} if err := Decode(r, nilptr); err != errDecodeIntoNil { t.Errorf("Decode(r, nilptr) error mismatch, got %q, want %q", err, errDecodeIntoNil) } if err := Decode(r, struct{}{}); err != errNoPointer { t.Errorf("Decode(r, struct{}{}) error mismatch, got %q, want %q", err, errNoPointer) } expectErr := "rlp: type chan bool is not RLP-serializable" if err := Decode(r, new(chan bool)); err == nil || err.Error() != expectErr { t.Errorf("Decode(r, new(chan bool)) error mismatch, got %q, want %q", err, expectErr) } if err := Decode(r, new(uint)); err != io.EOF { t.Errorf("Decode(r, new(int)) error mismatch, got %q, want %q", err, io.EOF) } } type decodeTest struct { input string ptr interface{} value interface{} error string } type simplestruct struct { A uint B string } type recstruct struct { I uint Child *recstruct `rlp:"nil"` } type invalidTail1 struct { A uint `rlp:"tail"` B string } type invalidTail2 struct { A uint B string `rlp:"tail"` } type tailRaw struct { A uint Tail []RawValue `rlp:"tail"` } type tailUint struct { A uint Tail []uint `rlp:"tail"` } var ( veryBigInt = big.NewInt(0).Add( big.NewInt(0).Lsh(big.NewInt(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF), 16), big.NewInt(0xFFFF), ) ) type hasIgnoredField struct { A uint B uint `rlp:"-"` C uint } var decodeTests = []decodeTest{ // booleans {input: "01", ptr: new(bool), value: true}, {input: "80", ptr: new(bool), value: false}, {input: "02", ptr: new(bool), error: "rlp: invalid boolean value: 2"}, // integers {input: "05", ptr: new(uint32), value: uint32(5)}, {input: "80", ptr: new(uint32), value: uint32(0)}, {input: "820505", ptr: new(uint32), value: uint32(0x0505)}, {input: "83050505", ptr: new(uint32), value: uint32(0x050505)}, {input: "8405050505", ptr: new(uint32), value: uint32(0x05050505)}, {input: "850505050505", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: input string too long for uint32"}, {input: "C0", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for uint32"}, {input: "00", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: non-canonical integer (leading zero bytes) for uint32"}, {input: "8105", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for uint32"}, {input: "820004", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: non-canonical integer (leading zero bytes) for uint32"}, {input: "B8020004", ptr: new(uint32), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for uint32"}, // slices {input: "C0", ptr: new([]uint), value: []uint{}}, {input: "C80102030405060708", ptr: new([]uint), value: []uint{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}}, {input: "F8020004", ptr: new([]uint), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for []uint"}, // arrays {input: "C50102030405", ptr: new([5]uint), value: [5]uint{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}}, {input: "C0", ptr: new([5]uint), error: "rlp: input list has too few elements for [5]uint"}, {input: "C102", ptr: new([5]uint), error: "rlp: input list has too few elements for [5]uint"}, {input: "C6010203040506", ptr: new([5]uint), error: "rlp: input list has too many elements for [5]uint"}, {input: "F8020004", ptr: new([5]uint), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for [5]uint"}, // zero sized arrays {input: "C0", ptr: new([0]uint), value: [0]uint{}}, {input: "C101", ptr: new([0]uint), error: "rlp: input list has too many elements for [0]uint"}, // byte slices {input: "01", ptr: new([]byte), value: []byte{1}}, {input: "80", ptr: new([]byte), value: []byte{}}, {input: "8D6162636465666768696A6B6C6D", ptr: new([]byte), value: []byte("abcdefghijklm")}, {input: "C0", ptr: new([]byte), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for []uint8"}, {input: "8105", ptr: new([]byte), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for []uint8"}, // byte arrays {input: "02", ptr: new([1]byte), value: [1]byte{2}}, {input: "8180", ptr: new([1]byte), value: [1]byte{128}}, {input: "850102030405", ptr: new([5]byte), value: [5]byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}}, // byte array errors {input: "02", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: input string too short for [5]uint8"}, {input: "80", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: input string too short for [5]uint8"}, {input: "820000", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: input string too short for [5]uint8"}, {input: "C0", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for [5]uint8"}, {input: "C3010203", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for [5]uint8"}, {input: "86010203040506", ptr: new([5]byte), error: "rlp: input string too long for [5]uint8"}, {input: "8105", ptr: new([1]byte), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for [1]uint8"}, {input: "817F", ptr: new([1]byte), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for [1]uint8"}, // zero sized byte arrays {input: "80", ptr: new([0]byte), value: [0]byte{}}, {input: "01", ptr: new([0]byte), error: "rlp: input string too long for [0]uint8"}, {input: "8101", ptr: new([0]byte), error: "rlp: input string too long for [0]uint8"}, // strings {input: "00", ptr: new(string), value: "\000"}, {input: "8D6162636465666768696A6B6C6D", ptr: new(string), value: "abcdefghijklm"}, {input: "C0", ptr: new(string), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for string"}, // big ints {input: "01", ptr: new(*big.Int), value: big.NewInt(1)}, {input: "89FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF", ptr: new(*big.Int), value: veryBigInt}, {input: "10", ptr: new(big.Int), value: *big.NewInt(16)}, // non-pointer also works {input: "C0", ptr: new(*big.Int), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for *big.Int"}, {input: "820001", ptr: new(big.Int), error: "rlp: non-canonical integer (leading zero bytes) for *big.Int"}, {input: "8105", ptr: new(big.Int), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for *big.Int"}, // structs { input: "C50583343434", ptr: new(simplestruct), value: simplestruct{5, "444"}, }, { input: "C601C402C203C0", ptr: new(recstruct), value: recstruct{1, &recstruct{2, &recstruct{3, nil}}}, }, // struct errors { input: "C0", ptr: new(simplestruct), error: "rlp: too few elements for rlp.simplestruct", }, { input: "C105", ptr: new(simplestruct), error: "rlp: too few elements for rlp.simplestruct", }, { input: "C7C50583343434C0", ptr: new([]*simplestruct), error: "rlp: too few elements for rlp.simplestruct, decoding into ([]*rlp.simplestruct)[1]", }, { input: "83222222", ptr: new(simplestruct), error: "rlp: expected input list for rlp.simplestruct", }, { input: "C3010101", ptr: new(simplestruct), error: "rlp: input list has too many elements for rlp.simplestruct", }, { input: "C501C3C00000", ptr: new(recstruct), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for uint, decoding into (rlp.recstruct).Child.I", }, { input: "C0", ptr: new(invalidTail1), error: "rlp: invalid struct tag \"tail\" for rlp.invalidTail1.A (must be on last field)", }, { input: "C0", ptr: new(invalidTail2), error: "rlp: invalid struct tag \"tail\" for rlp.invalidTail2.B (field type is not slice)", }, { input: "C50102C20102", ptr: new(tailUint), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for uint, decoding into (rlp.tailUint).Tail[1]", }, // struct tag "tail" { input: "C3010203", ptr: new(tailRaw), value: tailRaw{A: 1, Tail: []RawValue{unhex("02"), unhex("03")}}, }, { input: "C20102", ptr: new(tailRaw), value: tailRaw{A: 1, Tail: []RawValue{unhex("02")}}, }, { input: "C101", ptr: new(tailRaw), value: tailRaw{A: 1, Tail: []RawValue{}}, }, // struct tag "-" { input: "C20102", ptr: new(hasIgnoredField), value: hasIgnoredField{A: 1, C: 2}, }, // RawValue {input: "01", ptr: new(RawValue), value: RawValue(unhex("01"))}, {input: "82FFFF", ptr: new(RawValue), value: RawValue(unhex("82FFFF"))}, {input: "C20102", ptr: new([]RawValue), value: []RawValue{unhex("01"), unhex("02")}}, // pointers {input: "00", ptr: new(*[]byte), value: &[]byte{0}}, {input: "80", ptr: new(*uint), value: uintp(0)}, {input: "C0", ptr: new(*uint), error: "rlp: expected input string or byte for uint"}, {input: "07", ptr: new(*uint), value: uintp(7)}, {input: "817F", ptr: new(*uint), error: "rlp: non-canonical size information for uint"}, {input: "8180", ptr: new(*uint), value: uintp(0x80)}, {input: "C109", ptr: new(*[]uint), value: &[]uint{9}}, {input: "C58403030303", ptr: new(*[][]byte), value: &[][]byte{{3, 3, 3, 3}}}, // check that input position is advanced also for empty values. {input: "C3808005", ptr: new([]*uint), value: []*uint{uintp(0), uintp(0), uintp(5)}}, // interface{} {input: "00", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []byte{0}}, {input: "01", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []byte{1}}, {input: "80", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []byte{}}, {input: "850505050505", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []byte{5, 5, 5, 5, 5}}, {input: "C0", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []interface{}{}}, {input: "C50183040404", ptr: new(interface{}), value: []interface{}{[]byte{1}, []byte{4, 4, 4}}}, { input: "C3010203", ptr: new([]io.Reader), error: "rlp: type io.Reader is not RLP-serializable", }, // fuzzer crashes { input: "c330f9c030f93030ce3030303030303030bd303030303030", ptr: new(interface{}), error: "rlp: element is larger than containing list", }, } func uintp(i uint) *uint { return &i } func runTests(t *testing.T, decode func([]byte, interface{}) error) { for i, test := range decodeTests { input, err := hex.DecodeString(test.input) if err != nil { t.Errorf("test %d: invalid hex input %q", i, test.input) continue } err = decode(input, test.ptr) if err != nil && test.error == "" { t.Errorf("test %d: unexpected Decode error: %v\ndecoding into %T\ninput %q", i, err, test.ptr, test.input) continue } if test.error != "" && fmt.Sprint(err) != test.error { t.Errorf("test %d: Decode error mismatch\ngot %v\nwant %v\ndecoding into %T\ninput %q", i, err, test.error, test.ptr, test.input) continue } deref := reflect.ValueOf(test.ptr).Elem().Interface() if err == nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(deref, test.value) { t.Errorf("test %d: value mismatch\ngot %#v\nwant %#v\ndecoding into %T\ninput %q", i, deref, test.value, test.ptr, test.input) } } } func TestDecodeWithByteReader(t *testing.T) { runTests(t, func(input []byte, into interface{}) error { return Decode(bytes.NewReader(input), into) }) } // plainReader reads from a byte slice but does not // implement ReadByte. It is also not recognized by the // size validation. This is useful to test how the decoder // behaves on a non-buffered input stream. type plainReader []byte func newPlainReader(b []byte) io.Reader { return (*plainReader)(&b) } func (r *plainReader) Read(buf []byte) (n int, err error) { if len(*r) == 0 { return 0, io.EOF } n = copy(buf, *r) *r = (*r)[n:] return n, nil } func TestDecodeWithNonByteReader(t *testing.T) { runTests(t, func(input []byte, into interface{}) error { return Decode(newPlainReader(input), into) }) } func TestDecodeStreamReset(t *testing.T) { s := NewStream(nil, 0) runTests(t, func(input []byte, into interface{}) error { s.Reset(bytes.NewReader(input), 0) return s.Decode(into) }) } type testDecoder struct{ called bool } func (t *testDecoder) DecodeRLP(s *Stream) error { if _, err := s.Uint(); err != nil { return err } t.called = true return nil } func TestDecodeDecoder(t *testing.T) { var s struct { T1 testDecoder T2 *testDecoder T3 **testDecoder } if err := Decode(bytes.NewReader(unhex("C3010203")), &s); err != nil { t.Fatalf("Decode error: %v", err) } if !s.T1.called { t.Errorf("DecodeRLP was not called for (non-pointer) testDecoder") } if s.T2 == nil { t.Errorf("*testDecoder has not been allocated") } else if !s.T2.called { t.Errorf("DecodeRLP was not called for *testDecoder") } if s.T3 == nil || *s.T3 == nil { t.Errorf("**testDecoder has not been allocated") } else if !(*s.T3).called { t.Errorf("DecodeRLP was not called for **testDecoder") } } type byteDecoder byte func (bd *byteDecoder) DecodeRLP(s *Stream) error { _, err := s.Uint() *bd = 255 return err } func (bd byteDecoder) called() bool { return bd == 255 } // This test verifies that the byte slice/byte array logic // does not kick in for element types implementing Decoder. func TestDecoderInByteSlice(t *testing.T) { var slice []byteDecoder if err := Decode(bytes.NewReader(unhex("C101")), &slice); err != nil { t.Errorf("unexpected Decode error %v", err) } else if !slice[0].called() { t.Errorf("DecodeRLP not called for slice element") } var array [1]byteDecoder if err := Decode(bytes.NewReader(unhex("C101")), &array); err != nil { t.Errorf("unexpected Decode error %v", err) } else if !array[0].called() { t.Errorf("DecodeRLP not called for array element") } } func ExampleDecode() { input, _ := hex.DecodeString("C90A1486666F6F626172") type example struct { A, B uint private uint // private fields are ignored String string } var s example err := Decode(bytes.NewReader(input), &s) if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err) } else { fmt.Printf("Decoded value: %#v\n", s) } // Output: // Decoded value: rlp.example{A:0xa, B:0x14, private:0x0, String:"foobar"} } func ExampleDecode_structTagNil() { // In this example, we'll use the "nil" struct tag to change // how a pointer-typed field is decoded. The input contains an RLP // list of one element, an empty string. input := []byte{0xC1, 0x80} // This type uses the normal rules. // The empty input string is decoded as a pointer to an empty Go string. var normalRules struct { String *string } Decode(bytes.NewReader(input), &normalRules) fmt.Printf("normal: String = %q\n", *normalRules.String) // This type uses the struct tag. // The empty input string is decoded as a nil pointer. var withEmptyOK struct { String *string `rlp:"nil"` } Decode(bytes.NewReader(input), &withEmptyOK) fmt.Printf("with nil tag: String = %v\n", withEmptyOK.String) // Output: // normal: String = "" // with nil tag: String = } func ExampleStream() { input, _ := hex.DecodeString("C90A1486666F6F626172") s := NewStream(bytes.NewReader(input), 0) // Check what kind of value lies ahead kind, size, _ := s.Kind() fmt.Printf("Kind: %v size:%d\n", kind, size) // Enter the list if _, err := s.List(); err != nil { fmt.Printf("List error: %v\n", err) return } // Decode elements fmt.Println(s.Uint()) fmt.Println(s.Uint()) fmt.Println(s.Bytes()) // Acknowledge end of list if err := s.ListEnd(); err != nil { fmt.Printf("ListEnd error: %v\n", err) } // Output: // Kind: List size:9 // 10 // 20 // [102 111 111 98 97 114] } func BenchmarkDecode(b *testing.B) { enc := encodeTestSlice(90000) b.SetBytes(int64(len(enc))) b.ReportAllocs() b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { var s []uint r := bytes.NewReader(enc) if err := Decode(r, &s); err != nil { b.Fatalf("Decode error: %v", err) } } } func BenchmarkDecodeIntSliceReuse(b *testing.B) { enc := encodeTestSlice(100000) b.SetBytes(int64(len(enc))) b.ReportAllocs() b.ResetTimer() var s []uint for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { r := bytes.NewReader(enc) if err := Decode(r, &s); err != nil { b.Fatalf("Decode error: %v", err) } } } func encodeTestSlice(n uint) []byte { s := make([]uint, n) for i := uint(0); i < n; i++ { s[i] = i } b, err := EncodeToBytes(s) if err != nil { panic(fmt.Sprintf("encode error: %v", err)) } return b } func unhex(str string) []byte { b, err := hex.DecodeString(strings.Replace(str, " ", "", -1)) if err != nil { panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid hex string: %q", str)) } return b }