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%% @doc
%% Vanillae RLP encoder/decoder
%%
%% Reference: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/rlp/
%%
%% Agrees with Ethereum's Python implementation in randomized tests
-module(vrlp).
-export_type([decoded_data/0]).
-export([encode/1, decode/1]).
-type decoded_data() :: binary() | [decoded_data()].
-spec encode(Data) -> RLP
when Data :: decoded_data(),
RLP :: binary().
%% @doc
%% encode some data
encode(Binary) when is_binary(Binary) ->
encode_binary(Binary);
encode(List) when is_list(List) ->
encode_list(List).
-spec encode_binary(Bytes) -> RLP
when Bytes :: binary(),
RLP :: binary().
%% @private
%% encode a binary in rlp
%% @end
% single byte case when the byte is between 0..127
% result is the byte itself
encode_binary(<<Byte>>) when Byte =< 127 ->
<<Byte>>;
% if the bytestring is 0..55 items long, the first byte is 128 + Length,
% the rest of the string is the string
encode_binary(Bytes) when byte_size(Bytes) =< 55 ->
Size = byte_size(Bytes),
<<(128 + Size), Bytes/binary>>;
% more than 55 bytes long, first byte is 183 + ByteLengthOfLength
% max byte size is 2^64 - 1
encode_binary(Bytes) when 55 < byte_size(Bytes), byte_size(Bytes) < (1 bsl 64) ->
SizeInt = byte_size(Bytes),
SizeBytes = binary:encode_unsigned(SizeInt, big),
SizeOfSizeInt = byte_size(SizeBytes),
%% 183 = 128 + 55
%% SizeOfSizeInt > 0
<<(183 + SizeOfSizeInt),
SizeBytes/binary,
Bytes/binary>>.
-spec encode_list(List) -> RLP
when List :: [decoded_data()],
RLP :: binary().
%% @private
%% encode a list in rlp
%% @end
% first we encode the total payload of the list
% depending on how long it is, we then branch
encode_list(List) ->
Payload = << (encode(Item)) || Item <- List>>,
Payload_Size = byte_size(Payload),
if
Payload_Size =< 55 ->
<<(192 + Payload_Size), Payload/binary>>;
55 < Payload_Size ->
SizeBytes = binary:encode_unsigned(Payload_Size, big),
SizeOfSizeInt = byte_size(SizeBytes),
%% 247 = 192 + 55
%% SizeOfSizeInt > 0
<<(247 + SizeOfSizeInt),
SizeBytes/binary,
Payload/binary>>
end.
-spec decode(RLP) -> {Data, Rest}
when RLP :: binary(),
Data :: decoded_data(),
Rest :: binary().
%% @doc
%% decode an RLP-encoded string
%% @end
% if the first byte is between 0 and 127, that is the data
decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 127 ->
{<<Byte>>, Rest};
% if the first byte is between 128 and 183 = 128 + 55, it is a bytestring and
% the length is Byte - 128
decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 183 ->
PayloadByteLength = Byte - 128,
%PayloadBitLength = 8 * PayloadByteLength,
%io:format("Byte : ~p~n"
% "Rest : ~w~n"
% "PayloadByteLength : ~p~n",
% %"PayloadBitLength : ~p~n",
% [Byte, Rest, PayloadByteLength]),
<<Payload:PayloadByteLength/binary,
Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
{Payload, Rest2};
% If the first byte is between 184 = 183 + 1 and 191 = 183 + 8, it is a
% bytestring. The byte length of the byte length of bytestring is FirstByte -
% 183. Then pull out the actual data
decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 191 ->
ByteLengthOfByteLength = Byte - 183,
BitLengthOfByteLength = 8 * ByteLengthOfByteLength,
<<ByteLengthInt:BitLengthOfByteLength,
Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
<<Payload:ByteLengthInt/binary,
Rest3/binary>> = Rest2,
{Payload, Rest3};
% If the first byte is between 192 and 247 = 192 + 55, it is a list. The byte
% length of the list-payload is FirstByte - 192. Then the list payload, which
% needs to be decoded on its own.
decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) when Byte =< 247 ->
ByteLengthOfListPayload = Byte - 192,
<<ListPayload:ByteLengthOfListPayload/binary,
Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
List = decode_list(ListPayload),
{List, Rest2};
% If the first byte is between 248 = 247 + 1 and 255 = 247 + 8, it is a list.
% The byte length of the byte length of the list-payload is FirstByte - 247.
% Then the byte length of the list. Then the list payload, which needs to be
% decoded on its own.
decode(<<Byte, Rest/binary>>) ->
ByteLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int = Byte - 247,
BitLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int = 8 * ByteLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int,
<<ByteLengthOfListPayload_int:BitLengthOfByteLengthOfListPayload_int,
Rest2/binary>> = Rest,
<<ListPayload_bytes:ByteLengthOfListPayload_int/binary,
Rest3/binary>> = Rest2,
List = decode_list(ListPayload_bytes),
{List, Rest3}.
decode_list(<<>>) ->
[];
decode_list(Bytes) ->
{Item, Rest} = decode(Bytes),
[Item | decode_list(Rest)].