Support deserialization into byte arrays for BLOB's via serde_bytes.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Enhancements
 
 * Added `into_array` and `into_typed_array` for `Dynamic`.
 * Added `FnPtr::call` and `FnPtr::call_within_context` to simplify calling a function pointer.
+* BLob's can now be deserialized (using `from_dynamic`) into `Vec<u8>` via [`serde_bytes`](https://crates.io/crates/serde_bytes).
 
 Deprecated and Gated API's
 --------------------------

Cargo.toml

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 smartstring = { version = "0.2.8", default-features = false }
 rhai_codegen = { version = "1.2", path = "codegen", default-features = false }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_bytes = "0.11"
+
 [features]
 default = ["ahash/std", "num-traits/std"]
 unchecked = []                  # unchecked arithmetic

src/serde/de.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::prelude::v1::*;
 use std::{any::type_name, fmt};
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
-use crate::Array;
+use crate::{Array, Blob};
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
 use crate::Map;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for &mut DynamicDeserializer<'de> {
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
             Union::Array(_, _, _) => self.deserialize_seq(visitor),
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
-            Union::Blob(_, _, _) => self.deserialize_seq(visitor),
+            Union::Blob(_, _, _) => self.deserialize_bytes(visitor),
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
             Union::Map(_, _, _) => self.deserialize_map(visitor),
             Union::FnPtr(_, _, _) => self.type_error(),
@@ -357,12 +357,20 @@ impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for &mut DynamicDeserializer<'de> {
         self.deserialize_str(visitor)
     }
 
-    fn deserialize_bytes<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
-        self.type_error()
+    fn deserialize_bytes<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+        self.value
+            .downcast_ref::<Blob>()
+            .map_or_else(|| self.type_error(), |x| visitor.visit_bytes(x))
     }
 
-    fn deserialize_byte_buf<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _: V) -> Result<V::Value, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
-        self.type_error()
+    fn deserialize_byte_buf<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+        self.deserialize_bytes(visitor)
     }
 
     fn deserialize_option<V: Visitor<'de>>(
@@ -402,7 +410,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for &mut DynamicDeserializer<'de> {
         #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
         return self.value.downcast_ref::<Array>().map_or_else(
             || self.type_error(),
-            |arr| _visitor.visit_seq(IterateArray::new(arr.iter())),
+            |arr| _visitor.visit_seq(IterateDynamicArray::new(arr.iter())),
         );
 
         #[cfg(feature = "no_index")]
@@ -497,20 +505,21 @@ impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for &mut DynamicDeserializer<'de> {
 }
 
 /// `SeqAccess` implementation for arrays.
-struct IterateArray<'a, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> {
+struct IterateDynamicArray<'a, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> {
     /// Iterator for a stream of [`Dynamic`][crate::Dynamic] values.
     iter: ITER,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
-impl<'a, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> IterateArray<'a, ITER> {
+impl<'a, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> IterateDynamicArray<'a, ITER> {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn new(iter: ITER) -> Self {
         Self { iter }
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a: 'de, 'de, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> SeqAccess<'de> for IterateArray<'a, ITER> {
+impl<'a: 'de, 'de, ITER: Iterator<Item = &'a Dynamic>> SeqAccess<'de>
+    for IterateDynamicArray<'a, ITER>
+{
     type Error = Box<EvalAltResult>;
 
     fn next_element_seed<T: DeserializeSeed<'de>>(

src/serde/ser.rs

@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ impl Serializer for &mut DynamicSerializer {
     }
 
     fn serialize_str(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Ok, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
-        Ok(v.to_string().into())
+        Ok(v.into())
     }
 
     fn serialize_bytes(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Ok, Box<EvalAltResult>> {
-        Ok(Dynamic::from(v.to_vec()))
+        Ok(v.into())
     }
 
     fn serialize_none(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Box<EvalAltResult>> {

src/types/dynamic.rs

@@ -2109,6 +2109,9 @@ impl Dynamic {
                     v.try_cast::<T>().ok_or_else(|| typ)
                 })
                 .collect(),
+            Union::Blob(_, _, _) if TypeId::of::<T>() == TypeId::of::<u8>() => {
+                Ok(self.cast::<Vec<T>>())
+            }
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_closure"))]
             Union::Shared(cell, _, _) => {
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "sync"))]

tests/serde.rs

@@ -775,3 +775,23 @@ fn test_serde_optional() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
+fn test_serde_blob() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
+    let engine = Engine::new();
+
+    let r = engine.eval::<Dynamic>(
+        "
+            let x = blob(10);
+            for i in range(0, 10) { x[i] = i; }
+            x
+        ",
+    )?;
+
+    let r = from_dynamic::<serde_bytes::ByteBuf>(&r)?;
+
+    assert_eq!(r.to_vec(), vec![0_u8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
+
+    Ok(())
+}