get-size-derive

Derives GetSize for structs and enums.

The derive macro will provide a costum implementation of the get_heap_size method, which will simply call get_heap_size on all contained values and add the values up. This implies that by default all values contained in the struct or enum most implement the GetSize trait themselves.

Note that the derive macro does not support unions. You have to manually implement it for them.

Examples

Deriving GetSize for a struct:

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
pub struct OwnStruct {
    value1: String,
    value2: u64,
}

fn main() {
    let test = OwnStruct {
        value1: "Hello".into(),
        value2: 123,
    };

    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5);
}

Deriving GetSize for an enum:

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
pub enum TestEnum {
    Variant1(u8, u16, u32),
    Variant2(String),
    Variant3,
    Variant4{x: String, y: String},
}

#[derive(GetSize)]
pub enum TestEnumNumber {
    Zero = 0,
    One = 1,
    Two = 2,
}

fn main() {
    let test = TestEnum::Variant1(1, 2, 3);
    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 0);

    let test = TestEnum::Variant2("Hello".into());
    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5);

    let test = TestEnum::Variant3;
    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 0);

    let test = TestEnum::Variant4{x: "Hello".into(), y: "world".into()};
    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5 + 5);

    let test = TestEnumNumber::One;
    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 0);
}

The derive macro does also work with generics. The generated trait implementation will by default require all generic types to implement GetSize themselves, but this can be changed.

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
struct TestStructGenerics<A, B> {
    value1: A,
    value2: B,
}

#[derive(GetSize)]
enum TestEnumGenerics<A, B> {
  Variant1(A),
  Variant2(B),
}

fn main() {
    let test: TestStructGenerics<String, u64> = TestStructGenerics {
        value1: "Hello".into(),
        value2: 123,
    };

    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5);

    let test = String::from("Hello");
    let test: TestEnumGenerics<String, u64> = TestEnumGenerics::Variant1(test);

    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5);

    let test: TestEnumGenerics<String, u64> = TestEnumGenerics::Variant2(100);

    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 0);
}

Dealing with external types which do not implement GetSize

Deriving GetSize is straight forward if all the types contained in your data structure implement GetSize themselves, but this might not always be the case. For that reason the derive macro offers some helpers to assist you in that case.

Note that the helpers are currently only available for regular structs, that is they do neither support tuple structs nor enums.

Ignoring certain values

You can tell the derive macro to ignore certain struct fields by adding the ignore attribute to them. The generated implementation of get_heap_size will then simple skip this field.

Example

The idiomatic use case for this helper is if you use shared ownership and do not want your data to be counted twice.

use std::sync::Arc;
use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
struct PrimaryStore {
  id: u64,
  shared_data: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
}

#[derive(GetSize)]
struct SecondaryStore {
  id: u64,
  #[get_size(ignore)]
  shared_data: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
}

fn main() {
  let shared_data = Arc::new(Vec::with_capacity(1024));

  let primary_data = PrimaryStore {
    id: 1,
    shared_data: Arc::clone(&shared_data),
  };

  let secondary_data = SecondaryStore {
    id: 2,
    shared_data,
  };

  // Note that Arc does also store the Vec's stack data on the heap.
  assert_eq!(primary_data.get_heap_size(), Vec::<u8>::get_stack_size() + 1024);
  assert_eq!(secondary_data.get_heap_size(), 0);
}

Example

But you may also use this as a band aid, if a certain struct fields type does not implement GetSize.

Be aware though that this will result in an implementation which will return incorrect results, unless the heap size of that type is indeed always zero and can thus be ignored. It is therefor advisable to use one of the next two helper options instead.

use get_size::GetSize;

// Does not implement GetSize!
struct TestStructNoGetSize {
    value: String,
}

// Implements GetSize, even through one field's type does not implement it.
#[derive(GetSize)]
struct TestStruct {
  name: String,
  #[get_size(ignore)]
  ignored_value: TestStructNoGetSize,
}

fn main() {
  let ignored_value = TestStructNoGetSize {
    value: "Hello world!".into(),
  };

  let test = TestStruct {
    name: "Adam".into(),
    ignored_value,
  };

  // Note that the result is lower then it should be.
  assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 4);
}

Returning a fixed value

In same cases you may be dealing with external types which allocate a fixed amount of bytes at the heap. In this case you may use the size attribute to always account the given field with a fixed value.

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
struct TestStruct {
  id: u64,
  #[get_size(size = 1024)]
  buffer: Buffer1024, // Always allocates exactly 1KB at the heap.
}

fn main() {
  let test = TestStruct {
    id: 1,
    buffer: Buffer1024::new(),
  };

  assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 1024);
}

Using a helper function

In same cases you may be dealing with an external data structure for which you know how to calculate its heap size using its public methods. In that case you may either use the newtype pattern to implement GetSize for it directly, or you can use the size_fn attribute, which will call the given function in order to calculate the fields heap size.

The latter is especially usefull if you can make use of a certain trait to calculate the heap size for multiple types.

Note that unlike in other crates, the name of the function to be called is not encapsulated by double-quotes ("), but rather given directly.

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
struct TestStruct {
  id: u64,
  #[get_size(size_fn = vec_alike_helper)]
  buffer: ExternalVecAlike<u8>,
}

// NOTE: We assume that slice.len()==slice.capacity()
fn vec_alike_helper<V, T>(slice: &V) -> usize
where
  V: AsRef<[T]>,
{
  std::mem::size_of::<T>() * slice.as_ref().len()
}

fn main() {
  let buffer = vec![0u8; 512];
  let buffer: ExternalVecAlike<u8> = buffer.into();

  let test = TestStruct {
    id: 1,
    buffer,
  };

  assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 512);
}

Ignoring certain generic types

If your struct uses generics, but the fields at which they are stored are ignored or get handled by helpers because the generic does not implement GetSize, you will have to mark these generics with a special struct level ignore attribute. Otherwise the derived GetSize implementation would still require these generics to implement GetSize, even through there is no need for it.

use get_size::GetSize;

#[derive(GetSize)]
#[get_size(ignore(B, C, D))]
struct TestStructHelpers<A, B, C, D> {
    value1: A,
    #[get_size(size = 100)]
    value2: B,
    #[get_size(size_fn = get_size_helper)]
    value3: C,
    #[get_size(ignore)]
    value4: D,
}

// Does not implement GetSize
struct NoGS {}

fn get_size_helper<C>(_value: &C) -> usize {
    50
}

fn main() {
    let test: TestStructHelpers<String, NoGS, NoGS, u64> = TestStructHelpers {
        value1: "Hello".into(),
        value2: NoGS {},
        value3: NoGS {},
        value4: 123,
    };

    assert_eq!(test.get_heap_size(), 5 + 100 + 50);
}

Panics

The derive macro will panic if used on unions since these are currently not supported.

Note that there will be a compilation error if one of the (not ignored) values encountered does not implement the GetSize trait.

License

This library is licensed under the MIT license.

Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this library by you, shall be licensed as MIT, without any additional terms or conditions.