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Add images of json_documents: save() and load()
An image is a document stored so that loading it needs no
parsing: save() writes the node index, the text and the decoded
strings; the static load() reads an image written by save().
load() takes a pointer and size, a borrowed vector, or an owned
rvalue vector; the nodes are copied so they are aligned and can
be edited, while the text and decoded strings stay in the image.
image_check controls how much load() trusts the input: full
checks structure, bounds, strings and numbers, the parser's own
guarantees; bounds checks structure and bounds only; none skips
all checks, for images from a trusted source.
Layout is little-endian only ("NJVI" header, nodes, text, decoded
strings), following the idea of zero-copy formats such as
FlatBuffers and YaFF; the check follows FlatBuffers' Verifier.
New errors: parse_error.116 for a malformed image or a failed
check, type_error.320 for a discarded document or a big-endian
target.
A dedicated fuzzer and 6,000 seeded corruptions, checked under
ASan/UBSan, found and fixed two gaps: unchecked reserved header
fields, and unbounded null/boolean offsets that could make
dump() throw std::length_error.
Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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# <small>nlohmann::basic_json_document::</small>save
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```cpp
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std::vector<std::uint8_t> save() const;
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```
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Writes the document as an *image*: a byte buffer that [`load`](load.md) reads back without parsing. The image holds
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the node index, the source text (plus, for an edited document, the number tokens edits wrote), and the decoded
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strings (plus the strings edits wrote) -- everything [`root()`](root.md) needs, with nothing left to parse.
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An edited document is written in its *current* state, with its values in document order, the way the library's own
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parser would have produced them for that JSON text: a member [`set`](set.md) added goes at the end, an
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[`erase`](erase.md)d member leaves no trace, and a float that is not finite (NaN or positive/negative infinity)
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becomes null, the same substitution [`dump()`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) makes. The same document always saves to
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the same bytes -- also across `BasicJsonType` and `#!cpp Editable`, since the image reflects document order and
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values only, not which specialization produced them.
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## Return value
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The image, as a `#!cpp std::vector<std::uint8_t>`. Pass it, or a pointer to its data together with its size, to
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[`load`](load.md) to read the document back.
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## Exception safety
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Strong guarantee: `save()` does not modify `#!cpp *this` (it is `#!cpp const`), so if it throws, the document is left
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exactly as it was, and the partially built image is discarded with the exception.
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## Exceptions
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Throws [`type_error.320`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptiontype_error320) if the document is
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[discarded](is_discarded.md) -- a default-constructed document, or one a failed [`parse()`](parse.md)/
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[`read()`](read.md) with `allow_exceptions == false` left discarded.
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On a big-endian target, throws `type_error.320` with a different message instead: the image format is little-endian
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only (see [Notes](#notes)).
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Throws [`out_of_range.416`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range416) if the node count, the text, or
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the decoded strings of the image would individually reach 4 GiB -- the same 32-bit offsets
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[`parse()`](parse.md#exceptions) and, for edits, [`set`](set.md)/[`push_back`](push_back.md) are already limited to.
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!!! failure "Example messages"
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```
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[json.exception.type_error.320] cannot save a discarded json_document
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```
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```
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[json.exception.type_error.320] json_document images need a little-endian target
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```
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```
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[json.exception.out_of_range.416] images of 4 GiB or more are not supported by json_document
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```
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## Complexity
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Linear in the size of the document: the number of nodes, plus the length of the text and the decoded strings that end
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up in the image.
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## Notes
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**Format.** The image begins with a 64-byte header (the magic bytes `#!cpp "NJVI"`, a version number, the node count,
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and the sizes of the text and the decoded strings, all little-endian), followed by the nodes
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([16 bytes each](../../home/architecture.md#node-index-of-json-views)), the text and a `#!cpp '\0'`, and the decoded
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strings and a `#!cpp '\0'`. [`load`](load.md) checks the header, and the sizes it describes, before reading anything
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else -- see [`load`'s Exceptions](load.md#exceptions).
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!!! warning "Experimental"
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The image format is versioned but not yet stable: it may change in an incompatible way before it is declared
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stable. Use images to cache a document within one build of the library, or to hand one to another process running
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the *same* build on the *same* (little-endian) machine -- not as a long-term storage format. Keep the original
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JSON text if you need to read a saved document back with a future library version.
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**Little-endian only.** The image is written as raw little-endian bytes, with no byte-swapping. `save()` (and
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[`load`](load.md)) throw `type_error.320` on a big-endian target rather than silently produce bytes a big-endian
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reader could not interpret correctly.
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## Examples
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??? example "Caching a parsed document as an image"
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The example below saves a parsed configuration as an image -- the way a service might cache one to answer later
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requests without parsing the text again -- and confirms that loading it back gives exactly the same result as
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parsing did, and that saving is deterministic.
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```cpp
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--8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.cpp"
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```
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Output:
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```json
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--8<-- "examples/basic_json_document__save.output"
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```
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## See also
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- [load](load.md) - read an image written by `save()`
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- [owns_source](owns_source.md) - return whether the document holds its own copy of the text
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- [`basic_json_view::dump`](../basic_json_view/dump.md) - serialize the document to JSON text instead of an image
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- [Images](../../features/json_view.md#images) - why and when to use images
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## Version history
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- Added in version 3.13.0.
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