k3serializer

Introduction

K3Serializer is a fast, clean and small serializer based on modern c++17. It has some advantages:

• Reflection-Based Serialization/Deserialization.
• Less Memory Occupation.
• High Performance.
• Compatible And No Extra Dependency.
• STL-Container And Inherited-Class Serialization Support.
• Flexiable Extendablity.

Build Status

Installation (C++17 Required)

Head-Only. Just copy k3serializer.h and k3serializer.cpp to your project.

Run Test:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
ctest

Benchmark Tests

I use this library to do performance comparison. Here is the result on my computer:

Protocol	Message size	Serialization time	Deserialization time
Cap'n'Proto	208 bytes	280 ns	276 ns
FastBinaryEncoding	234 bytes	47 ns	90 ns
FlatBuffers	280 bytes	345 ns	105 ns
Protobuf	120 bytes	372 ns	488 ns
SimpleBinaryEncoding	138 bytes	30 ns	73 ns
RapidJson	297 bytes	713 ns	352 ns
K3Serializer	97 bytes	146 ns	255 ns

Example: base type

enum class ECountry
{
	US,
	CN,
	JP,
};
//add template specialization for enum class Type
template<>
class K3Serializer<ECountry> : public K3SerializerEnum<ECountry> {};

int main() {
	char c = 'a';
	int n = 0x12345678;
	float f = 3.14159f;
	ECountry e = ECountry::CN;

	std::string str;
	K3Serializer<char>::PutValue(str, c);
	K3Serializer<int>::PutValue(str, n);
	K3Serializer<float>::PutValue(str, f);
	K3Serializer<ECountry>::PutValue(str, e);

	char oc;
	int on;
	float of;
	ECountry oe;
	std::string_view input = str;
	assert(K3Serializer<char>::GetValue(input, oc) && oc == c);
	assert(K3Serializer<int>::GetValue(input, on) && on == n);
	assert(K3Serializer<float>::GetValue(input, of) && of == f);
	assert(K3Serializer<ECountry>::GetValue(input, oe) && oe == e);
}

Example: stl container

int main() {
	std::vector<int> in1 = { 1,2,3,4,-3,-2,-1 };
	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> in2 = { {"first", "john"},  {"second", "bob"},  {"third", "jane"} };
	
	std::string str;
	K3Serializer<decltype(in1)>::PutValue(str, in1);
	K3Serializer<decltype(in2)>::PutValue(str, in2);

	std::vector<int> out1;
	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> out2;
	std::string_view input = str;
	assert(K3Serializer<decltype(out1)>::GetValue(input, out1) && in1 == out1);
	assert(K3Serializer<decltype(out2)>::GetValue(input, out2) && in2 == out2);

	return 0;
}

Example: class

class Student
{
public:
	std::string name;
	std::vector<std::string> bookList;
    bool operator==(const Student& rhs)
	{
		return name == rhs.name && bookList == rhs.bookList;
	}
    //add annotation for class(like meta-data for refelction system)
    //we need to konw class-member and super-class info for serialize.
public:
	static constexpr inline auto kMetaClassMember = std::make_tuple(&Student::name, &Student::bookList);
	using SuperClass = void;
};
template<>
class K3Serializer<Student> : public K3SerializerClass<Student> {};

int main() {
	Student stu1;
	stu1.name = "bob";
	stu1.bookList = { "chinese", "math", "english", "physic" };
	
	std::string str;
	K3Serializer<decltype(stu1)>::PutValue(str, stu1); 

	Student stu2;
	std::string_view input = str;
	assert(K3Serializer<decltype(stu2)>::GetValue(input, stu2) && stu1 == stu2);
}

Example: inherited-class

class K3Object
{
public:
	virtual ~K3Object() = default;

public:
	static constexpr inline auto kMetaClassMember = std::make_tuple();
	using SuperClass = void;
};
template<>
class K3Serializer<K3Object> : public K3SerializerClass<K3Object> {};

class Entity : public K3Object
{
public:
	int64_t entityId;

public:
	static constexpr inline auto kMetaClassMember = std::make_tuple(&Entity::entityId);
	using SuperClass = K3Object;
};
template<>
class K3Serializer<Entity> : public K3SerializerClass<Entity> {};

class Character : public Entity
{
public:
	std::string name;
	double money;
public:
	static constexpr inline auto kMetaClassMember = std::make_tuple(&Character::name, &Character::money);
	using SuperClass = Entity;
};
template<>
class K3Serializer<Character> : public K3SerializerClass<Character> {};

int main() {
	Character c1;
	c1.entityId = 0xA00000001;
	c1.name = "character_1";
	c1.money = 9999.9999;

	std::string str;
	K3Serializer<decltype(c1)>::PutValue(str, c1); 

	Character c2;
	std::string_view input = str;
	bool result = K3Serializer<decltype(c2)>::GetValue(input, c2);
	assert(result);
}