Redis RESP protocol serialization and deserialization with serde. RESP Specification

To use the crate, add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
serde-resp = "0.3.1"

IMPORTANT: Do NOT (de)serialize with any other types besides RESP/RESPType! You may get panic or incorrect results! Why?

Here are the Redis RESP types and their corresponding Rust types for (de)serialize operations.

• Simple String
  • RESP::SimpleString(String)
• Error
  • RESP::Error(String)
• Integer
  • RESP::Integer(i64)
• Bulk String
  • RESP::BulkString(Option<Vec<u8>>)
    • Use None for null bulk strings and Some for non-null ones.
• Array
  • RESP::Array(Option<Vec<RESP>>)
    • Use None for null arrays and Some for non-null ones.

To serialize, use ser::to_string or ser::to_writer.

To deserialize, use de::from_str or de::from_reader or de::from_buf_reader.

For usage examples, refer to https://docs.rs/serde_resp/0.3.1/serde_resp/enum.RESPType.html

Since 0.3.0, you can start using very handy macros! Here is a demo:

use serde_resp::{array, array_null, bulk, bulk_null, de, err_str, int, ser, simple, RESP};
let resp_array = array![
    simple!("simple string".to_owned()),
    err_str!("error string".to_owned()),
    int!(42),
    bulk!(b"bulk string".to_vec()),
    bulk_null!(),
    array![
        simple!("arrays of arrays!".to_owned()),
        array![simple!("OK ENOUGH!".to_owned())],
    ],
    array_null!(),
];
let serialized = ser::to_string(&resp_array).unwrap();
assert_eq!(
    "*7\r\n+simple string\r\n-error string\r\n:42\r\n$11\r\nbulk string\r\n$-1\r\n*2\r\n+arrays of arrays!\r\n*1\r\n+OK ENOUGH!\r\n*-1\r\n",
    serialized
);
let deserialized = de::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
assert_eq!(resp_array, deserialized);

https://docs.rs/serde_resp/0.3.1/serde_resp

The RESP protocol does not fit the serde data model well.

• RESP has no structured types (besides array). This means (de)serializing structured data like struct, enum, or tuple does not make sense.
• RESP has multiple string types (simple and error string). So what should Rust String map to? Simple or error string? Using what serde offers here will introduce a lot of ambiguity. Another problem is that serde assumes there is only one string type so I need to apply some "hacks" to make (de)serializer work correctly. These "hacks" involve (de)serialize methods that users are not supposed to use.
• RESP has multiple null types (null bulk string and null array). Similar to above, a lot of ambiguity and "hacks".

A bonus reason is this makes it easier to define array, which can be recursive.

I know this is very strict and tedious to write. But less ambiguity is always a good thing. Plus now with macros, it should be more pleasant to use now.