Module minicbor::bytes

Newtypes for &[u8], [u8;N] and Vec<u8>.

To support specialised encoding and decoding of byte slices, byte arrays, and vectors which are represented as CBOR bytes instead of arrays of u8s, the types ByteSlice, ByteArray and ByteVec (requires feature “alloc”) are provided. These implement Encode and Decode by translating to and from CBOR bytes.

If the feature “derive” is present, specialised traits EncodeBytes and DecodeBytes are also provided. These are implemented for the aforementioned newtypes as well as for their Option variations and regular &[u8], [u8; N] and Vec<u8>. They enable the direct use of &[u8], [u8; N] and Vec<u8> in types deriving Encode and Decode if used with a #[cbor(with = "minicbor::bytes")] annotation.

Structs

• ByteArray
  Newtype for [u8; N].
• ByteSlice
  Newtype for [u8].
• ByteVec
  Newtype for Vec<u8>.

Enums

• Cow
  Re-export of alloc::borrow::Cow. A clone-on-write smart pointer.

Traits

• DecodeBytes
  Like Decode but specific for decoding from byte slices.
• EncodeBytes
  Like Encode but specific for encoding of byte slices.

Functions

• decode
  Freestanding function calling DecodeBytes::decode_bytes.
• encode
  Freestanding function calling EncodeBytes::encode_bytes.
• is_nil
• nil