EMP

Efficiently Managed Packaging, NBT but better!

Using the rust crate

Rust structure

pub enum Value {
  Null,
  Object(std::collections::HashMap<std::string::String, Value>),
  Array(std::vec::Vec<Value>),
  String(std::string::String),
  Bit(bool),
  Boolean(bool),
  Int32(i32),
  Float(f32),
  Double(f64),
  Int64(i64),
  Int16(i16),
  Int8(i8),
}

Encoding

Using emp::encode::encode you can pass in a emp::value::Value and get an std::vec::Vec<u8> back, this will encode the data in the Value into the bytes that you can then write to a file.

Decoding

Using emp::decode::decode you can pass in a &[u8] and get an Result<emp::value::Value, emp::errors::DecodeError> in return.

DecodeError is an enum that is as so:

pub enum DecodeError {
  UnexpectedByte(u8, u64),
  EOFError,
  UnmatchedKey(std::string::String),
  StringDecodeError(std::str::Utf8Error),
}

You can also use emp::decode::decode_safe and pass in the same data to decode the data in the same way but if there is an Err it instead returns emp::value::Value::Null.

Parsing

Using the emp::value::parse::from_str function you can pass in a &str to convert it into a Result<emp::value::Value, emp::errors::ParseError>. Alternatively you can use emp::value::parse::from_str_safe and pass in the same thing to get a emp::value::Value, if an error is encounted it returns a emp::value::Value::Null instead.

JSON Compatability

Conversion

This crate is compatible with serde_json, by using emp::value::json::from_json you can convert a serde_json::Value to an emp::value::Value, vice versa for emp::value::json::to_json.

Encoding

Using emp::encode::json::encode_json you can encode a serde_json::Value directly into emp bytecode.

Decoding

Using emp::decode::json::decode_json you can decode emp bytecode directly into a serde_json::Value, this uses decode_safe rather than decode. You can also use emp::decode::json::decode_json_unsafe to get the error instead of a serde_json::Value::Null

The Command Line Utility

You are able to run it using emp:

┌───────────────────────────────────┐
│[E]fficiently [M]anaged [P]ackaging│
│               Help:               │
│                                   │
│[-r | --read] <filename>: Reads the│
│EMP bytecode and prints it out as a│
│EMP string.                        │
│                                   │
│[-w | --write] <filename> <emp>:   │
|Writes the EMP data into the file  │
│as EMP bytecode.                   │
│                                   │
│NOTE: Make sure your EMP data is in│
│quotes.                            │
│                                   │
│[-fj | --from_json] <json>: Parses │
│the JSON data and prints it out as │
│an EMP string.                     │
│                                   │
│NOTE: Make sure your json data is  │
│in quotes.                         │
│                                   │
│[-tj | --to_json] <emp>: Parses the│
│EMP data and prints it out as a    │
│json string.                       │
│                                   │
│NOTE: Make sure your EMP data is in│
│quotes.                            │
│                                   │
│[-v | --version]: Prints out the   │
│version of EMP you are using       │
└───────────────────────────────────┘