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Document BSON subtype 0x02, document size checks, and lenient reads
Describe the inner length of binary subtype 0x02 that to_bson now writes and from_bson checks and removes. Add the document size checks (parse_error.112, not affected by strict=false) to bson.md and from_bson.md, and extend the list of lenient reads with the UUID and MD5 payload lengths (not checked), duplicate keys (last value wins), embedded NUL bytes in strings, and the ignored trailing bytes with strict=false. State that the members of an object are written in iteration order. Correct the statement that element names are never validated on read: they are checked and sanitized like string values by the error handler. Add the BSON message to the examples of out_of_range.415 and type_error.321, the subtype limit of 255 to the binary values page, CBOR to the formats that use byte_container_with_subtype, and fix a typo in the incomplete mapping box. Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to BSON types:
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!!! warning "Incomplete mapping"
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The mapping is **incomplete**, since only JSON-objects (and things contained therein) can be serialized to BSON.
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Also, keys may not contain U+0000, since they are serialized a zero-terminated c-strings.
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Also, keys may not contain U+0000, since they are serialized as zero-terminated C strings.
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!!! info "Order of object members"
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The members of an object are written in the order in which iteration visits them: sorted by key for
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[`json`](../../api/json.md), in insertion order for [`ordered_json`](../../api/ordered_json.md).
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!!! warning "BSON type 0x11 interoperability"
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@@ -81,6 +86,18 @@ The library uses the following mapping from JSON values types to BSON types:
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As a result, serializing and deserializing a JSON object containing such a value produces a different JSON object,
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even though the binary data is unchanged.
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!!! info "Binary subtype 0x02 (old binary)"
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The BSON specification defines the payload of the "binary (old)" subtype `0x02` as an int32 followed by that many
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bytes, so the value is preceded by two lengths: the length of the binary element and, as the first four bytes of
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the payload, the number of bytes that follow. A binary value with subtype `2` is therefore written with the outer
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length 4 bytes larger than its size and the size as inner length: `binary({1, 2, 3}, 2)` becomes
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`07 00 00 00 02 03 00 00 00 01 02 03`. When reading, the inner length is checked and removed, so the value
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contains only the bytes that follow it. `from_bson()` throws
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[`parse_error.112`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if the outer length is less than 4 or the
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inner length is not the outer length minus 4. Versions before 3.13.0 did not write the inner length and returned
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it as part of the payload.
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??? example "Example: serialize a JSON value to BSON"
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```cpp
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@@ -135,12 +152,28 @@ The library maps BSON record types to JSON value types as follows:
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The BSON reader is lenient in a few areas where the BSON specification is more restrictive:
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- array element keys are not checked against the required decimal sequence (`0`, `1`, `2`, ...),
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- any non-zero byte is accepted as `true` for the boolean type, and
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- the payload for binary subtype `0x02` is returned as-is, including its inner length prefix.
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- any non-zero byte is accepted as `true` for the boolean type,
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- the payloads of the binary subtypes `0x03` (UUID, old), `0x04` (UUID), and `0x05` (MD5) are not checked to have
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16 bytes,
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- duplicate keys within a document are accepted; the last value wins (`{"a": 1, "a": 2}` is read as `{"a": 2}`),
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while a SAX handler receives every occurrence,
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- a `string` value may contain embedded `0x00` bytes, and
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- with `strict` set to `false`, bytes after the end of the document are ignored.
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If BSON input must be validated for strict specification compliance, validate it separately before passing it to
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`from_bson()`.
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!!! note "Document size"
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Every document starts with its size. `from_bson()` rejects a document with
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[`parse_error.112`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error112) if the size is less than 5 (the size prefix and the terminator), if an embedded document does not end before the
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end of the document that contains it, if an element does not fit into the declared size, or if the size does not
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match the number of bytes read when the terminating `0x00` byte is reached. A size that is too small is detected
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before the element that exceeds it is read; a size that is too large only at the terminator, so a SAX handler has
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received the content of such a document by then. Passing `strict` as `false` skips only the check for bytes after
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the end of the document ([`parse_error.110`](../../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionparse_error110)), not the
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document size checks.
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!!! warning "Ill-formed UTF-8 in string values"
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The BSON specification requires `string` values (type `0x02`) to be valid UTF-8, but this is not required of a
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@@ -154,8 +187,9 @@ The library maps BSON record types to JSON value types as follows:
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ill-formed bytes. `to_bson()`'s own `error_handler` parameter defaults to `keep`, so such a string value or element
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(key) name is written unchanged; with `strict` (the default if
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[`JSON_STRICT_BINARY_UTF8`](../../api/macros/json_strict_binary_utf8.md) is enabled), it throws the same exception
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instead. Element (key) names are never validated on read, since they are read byte-by-byte as a C string. `binary`
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values (type `0x05`) are unaffected, since they are not required to hold text.
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instead. Element (key) names are treated like string values: with `keep` they are read unchanged, with `strict`,
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`replace`, or `ignore` they are checked and handled in the same way. `binary` values (type `0x05`) are unaffected,
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since they are not required to hold text.
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??? example "Example: deserialize a JSON value from BSON"
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@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ array of integers.
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### BSON
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[BSON](binary_formats/bson.md) supports binary values and subtypes. If a subtype is given, it is used and added as an
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unsigned 8-bit integer. If no subtype is given, the generic binary subtype 0x00 is used.
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unsigned 8-bit integer; a subtype above 255 throws
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[`out_of_range.415`](../home/exceptions.md#jsonexceptionout_of_range415). If no subtype is given, the generic binary
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subtype 0x00 is used. The payload of the "old binary" subtype 0x02 is preceded by a second length, which the library
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writes and removes again when reading; it is not part of the payload.
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??? example "Example: serialize a binary value to BSON"
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