hat.sbs - Python simple binary serialization library

This library provides Python implementation of SBS parser and data serializer.

Python data types

Translation between SBS types and Python types is done according to following translation table:

SBS type	Python type
None	NoneType
Boolean	bool
Integer	int
Float	float
String	str
Bytes	bytes
Array	list[Data]
Record	dict[str, Data]
Choice	tuple[str, Data]

hat.sbs provides data type definition as:

Data: typing.TypeAlias = (None | bool | int | float | str | bytes |
                          typing.List['Data'] |
                          typing.Dict[str, 'Data'] |
                          typing.Tuple[str, 'Data'])

Repository

hat.sbs.Repository is used as collection of interconnected SBS schemas. Instance of Repository can be represented as JSON data enabling efficient storage and reconstruction of SBS repositories.

Once Repository instance is initialized, methods encode and decode are used for SBS data serialization. hat.sbs provides two serializer implementations:

• hat.sbs.CSerializer (default)

  SBS serializer implemented as C extension.

• hat.sbs.PySerializer

  Pure Python implementation of SBS serializer.

class Repository:

    def __init__(self,
                 *args: typing.Union['Repository', pathlib.Path, str]): ...

    def encode(self,
               name: str,
               value: common.Data, *,
               serializer: type[Serializer] = DefaultSerializer
               ) -> util.Bytes: ...

    def decode(self,
               name: str,
               data: util.Bytes, *,
               serializer: type[Serializer] = DefaultSerializer
               ) -> common.Data: ...

    def to_json(self) -> json.Data: ...

    @staticmethod
    def from_json(data: pathlib.PurePath | common.Data,
                  ) -> 'Repository': ...

Example usage:

import hat.sbs

repo = hat.sbs.Repository('''
    module Module

    Entry(K, V) = Record {
        key: K
        value: V
    }

    T = Array(Optional(Entry(String, Integer)))
''')
data = [
    ('none', None),
    ('value', {
        'key': 'abc',
        'value': 123
    })
]
encoded_data = repo.encode('Module', 'T', data)
decoded_data = repo.decode('Module', 'T', encoded_data)
assert data == decoded_data

API

API reference is available as part of generated documentation:

• Python hat.sbs module