bytecheck is a type validation framework for Rust.
## bytecheck in action
```rust
use bytecheck::CheckBytes;
#[derive(CheckBytes, Debug)]
struct Test {
a: u32,
b: bool,
c: char,
}
#[repr(C, align(16))]
struct Aligned<const N: usize>([u8; N]);
macro_rules! bytes {
($($byte:literal,)*) => {
(&Aligned([$($byte,)*]).0 as &[u8]).as_ptr()
};
($($byte:literal),*) => {
bytes!($($byte,)*)
};
}
fn main() {
// This type is laid out as (u32, char, bool)
unsafe {
// These are valid bytes for (0, 'x', true)
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap();
// Changing the bytes for the u32 is OK, any bytes are a valid u32
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
42u8, 16u8, 20u8, 3u8, 0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap();
// Characters outside the valid ranges are invalid
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0x00u8, 0xd8u8, 0u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap_err();
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0x00u8, 0x00u8, 0x11u8, 0u8,
1u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap_err();
// 0 is a valid boolean value (false) but 2 is not
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
0u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap();
Test::check_bytes(
bytes![
0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0x78u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8,
2u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8, 255u8
].cast(),
&()
).unwrap_err();
}
}
```