// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // This file contains tests of the GobEncoder/GobDecoder support. package gob import ( "bytes" "errors" "fmt" "io" "net" "reflect" "strings" "testing" "time" ) // Types that implement the GobEncoder/Decoder interfaces. type ByteStruct struct { a byte // not an exported field } type StringStruct struct { s string // not an exported field } type ArrayStruct struct { a [8192]byte // not an exported field } type Gobber int type ValueGobber string // encodes with a value, decodes with a pointer. type BinaryGobber int type BinaryValueGobber string type TextGobber int type TextValueGobber string // The relevant methods func (g *ByteStruct) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { b := make([]byte, 3) b[0] = g.a b[1] = g.a + 1 b[2] = g.a + 2 return b, nil } func (g *ByteStruct) GobDecode(data []byte) error { if g == nil { return errors.New("NIL RECEIVER") } // Expect N sequential-valued bytes. if len(data) == 0 { return io.EOF } g.a = data[0] for i, c := range data { if c != g.a+byte(i) { return errors.New("invalid data sequence") } } return nil } func (g *StringStruct) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(g.s), nil } func (g *StringStruct) GobDecode(data []byte) error { // Expect N sequential-valued bytes. if len(data) == 0 { return io.EOF } a := data[0] for i, c := range data { if c != a+byte(i) { return errors.New("invalid data sequence") } } g.s = string(data) return nil } func (a *ArrayStruct) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return a.a[:], nil } func (a *ArrayStruct) GobDecode(data []byte) error { if len(data) != len(a.a) { return errors.New("wrong length in array decode") } copy(a.a[:], data) return nil } func (g *Gobber) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%d", *g)), nil } func (g *Gobber) GobDecode(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%d", (*int)(g)) return err } func (g *BinaryGobber) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%d", *g)), nil } func (g *BinaryGobber) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%d", (*int)(g)) return err } func (g *TextGobber) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%d", *g)), nil } func (g *TextGobber) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%d", (*int)(g)) return err } func (v ValueGobber) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%s", v)), nil } func (v *ValueGobber) GobDecode(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%s", (*string)(v)) return err } func (v BinaryValueGobber) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%s", v)), nil } func (v *BinaryValueGobber) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%s", (*string)(v)) return err } func (v TextValueGobber) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VALUE=%s", v)), nil } func (v *TextValueGobber) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error { _, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(data), "VALUE=%s", (*string)(v)) return err } // Structs that include GobEncodable fields. type GobTest0 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G *ByteStruct } type GobTest1 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G *StringStruct } type GobTest2 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G string // not a GobEncoder - should give us errors } type GobTest3 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G *Gobber B *BinaryGobber T *TextGobber } type GobTest4 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* V ValueGobber BV BinaryValueGobber TV TextValueGobber } type GobTest5 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* V *ValueGobber BV *BinaryValueGobber TV *TextValueGobber } type GobTest6 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* V ValueGobber W *ValueGobber BV BinaryValueGobber BW *BinaryValueGobber TV TextValueGobber TW *TextValueGobber } type GobTest7 struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* V *ValueGobber W ValueGobber BV *BinaryValueGobber BW BinaryValueGobber TV *TextValueGobber TW TextValueGobber } type GobTestIgnoreEncoder struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* } type GobTestValueEncDec struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G StringStruct // not a pointer. } type GobTestIndirectEncDec struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* G ***StringStruct // indirections to the receiver. } type GobTestArrayEncDec struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* A ArrayStruct // not a pointer. } type GobTestIndirectArrayEncDec struct { X int // guarantee we have something in common with GobTest* A ***ArrayStruct // indirections to a large receiver. } func TestGobEncoderField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest0{17, &ByteStruct{'A'}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest0) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.G.a != 'A' { t.Errorf("expected 'A' got %c", x.G.a) } // Now a field that's not a structure. b.Reset() gobber := Gobber(23) bgobber := BinaryGobber(24) tgobber := TextGobber(25) err = enc.Encode(GobTest3{17, &gobber, &bgobber, &tgobber}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } y := new(GobTest3) err = dec.Decode(y) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if *y.G != 23 || *y.B != 24 || *y.T != 25 { t.Errorf("expected '23 got %d", *y.G) } } // Even though the field is a value, we can still take its address // and should be able to call the methods. func TestGobEncoderValueField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(&GobTestValueEncDec{17, StringStruct{"HIJKL"}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestValueEncDec) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.G.s != "HIJKL" { t.Errorf("expected `HIJKL` got %s", x.G.s) } } // GobEncode/Decode should work even if the value is // more indirect than the receiver. func TestGobEncoderIndirectField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) s := &StringStruct{"HIJKL"} sp := &s err := enc.Encode(GobTestIndirectEncDec{17, &sp}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestIndirectEncDec) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if (***x.G).s != "HIJKL" { t.Errorf("expected `HIJKL` got %s", (***x.G).s) } } // Test with a large field with methods. func TestGobEncoderArrayField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) var a GobTestArrayEncDec a.X = 17 for i := range a.A.a { a.A.a[i] = byte(i) } err := enc.Encode(&a) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestArrayEncDec) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } for i, v := range x.A.a { if v != byte(i) { t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", byte(i), v) break } } } // Test an indirection to a large field with methods. func TestGobEncoderIndirectArrayField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) var a GobTestIndirectArrayEncDec a.X = 17 var array ArrayStruct ap := &array app := &ap a.A = &app for i := range array.a { array.a[i] = byte(i) } err := enc.Encode(a) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestIndirectArrayEncDec) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } for i, v := range (***x.A).a { if v != byte(i) { t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", byte(i), v) break } } } // As long as the fields have the same name and implement the // interface, we can cross-connect them. Not sure it's useful // and may even be bad but it works and it's hard to prevent // without exposing the contents of the object, which would // defeat the purpose. func TestGobEncoderFieldsOfDifferentType(t *testing.T) { // first, string in field to byte in field b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest1{17, &StringStruct{"ABC"}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest0) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.G.a != 'A' { t.Errorf("expected 'A' got %c", x.G.a) } // now the other direction, byte in field to string in field b.Reset() err = enc.Encode(GobTest0{17, &ByteStruct{'X'}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } y := new(GobTest1) err = dec.Decode(y) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if y.G.s != "XYZ" { t.Fatalf("expected `XYZ` got %q", y.G.s) } } // Test that we can encode a value and decode into a pointer. func TestGobEncoderValueEncoder(t *testing.T) { // first, string in field to byte in field b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest4{17, ValueGobber("hello"), BinaryValueGobber("Καλημέρα"), TextValueGobber("こんにちは")}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest5) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if *x.V != "hello" || *x.BV != "Καλημέρα" || *x.TV != "こんにちは" { t.Errorf("expected `hello` got %s", *x.V) } } // Test that we can use a value then a pointer type of a GobEncoder // in the same encoded value. Bug 4647. func TestGobEncoderValueThenPointer(t *testing.T) { v := ValueGobber("forty-two") w := ValueGobber("six-by-nine") bv := BinaryValueGobber("1nanocentury") bw := BinaryValueGobber("πseconds") tv := TextValueGobber("gravitationalacceleration") tw := TextValueGobber("π²ft/s²") // this was a bug: encoding a GobEncoder by value before a GobEncoder // pointer would cause duplicate type definitions to be sent. b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) if err := enc.Encode(GobTest6{42, v, &w, bv, &bw, tv, &tw}); err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest6) if err := dec.Decode(x); err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if got, want := x.V, v; got != want { t.Errorf("v = %q, want %q", got, want) } if got, want := x.W, w; got == nil { t.Errorf("w = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("w = %q, want %q", *got, want) } if got, want := x.BV, bv; got != want { t.Errorf("bv = %q, want %q", got, want) } if got, want := x.BW, bw; got == nil { t.Errorf("bw = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("bw = %q, want %q", *got, want) } if got, want := x.TV, tv; got != want { t.Errorf("tv = %q, want %q", got, want) } if got, want := x.TW, tw; got == nil { t.Errorf("tw = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("tw = %q, want %q", *got, want) } } // Test that we can use a pointer then a value type of a GobEncoder // in the same encoded value. func TestGobEncoderPointerThenValue(t *testing.T) { v := ValueGobber("forty-two") w := ValueGobber("six-by-nine") bv := BinaryValueGobber("1nanocentury") bw := BinaryValueGobber("πseconds") tv := TextValueGobber("gravitationalacceleration") tw := TextValueGobber("π²ft/s²") b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) if err := enc.Encode(GobTest7{42, &v, w, &bv, bw, &tv, tw}); err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest7) if err := dec.Decode(x); err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if got, want := x.V, v; got == nil { t.Errorf("v = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("v = %q, want %q", *got, want) } if got, want := x.W, w; got != want { t.Errorf("w = %q, want %q", got, want) } if got, want := x.BV, bv; got == nil { t.Errorf("bv = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("bv = %q, want %q", *got, want) } if got, want := x.BW, bw; got != want { t.Errorf("bw = %q, want %q", got, want) } if got, want := x.TV, tv; got == nil { t.Errorf("tv = nil, want %q", want) } else if *got != want { t.Errorf("tv = %q, want %q", *got, want) } if got, want := x.TW, tw; got != want { t.Errorf("tw = %q, want %q", got, want) } } func TestGobEncoderFieldTypeError(t *testing.T) { // GobEncoder to non-decoder: error b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest1{17, &StringStruct{"ABC"}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := &GobTest2{} err = dec.Decode(x) if err == nil { t.Fatal("expected decode error for mismatched fields (encoder to non-decoder)") } if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "type") { t.Fatal("expected type error; got", err) } // Non-encoder to GobDecoder: error b.Reset() err = enc.Encode(GobTest2{17, "ABC"}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } y := &GobTest1{} err = dec.Decode(y) if err == nil { t.Fatal("expected decode error for mismatched fields (non-encoder to decoder)") } if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "type") { t.Fatal("expected type error; got", err) } } // Even though ByteStruct is a struct, it's treated as a singleton at the top level. func TestGobEncoderStructSingleton(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(&ByteStruct{'A'}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(ByteStruct) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.a != 'A' { t.Errorf("expected 'A' got %c", x.a) } } func TestGobEncoderNonStructSingleton(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) var g Gobber = 1234 err := enc.Encode(&g) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) var x Gobber err = dec.Decode(&x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x != 1234 { t.Errorf("expected 1234 got %d", x) } } func TestGobEncoderIgnoreStructField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest0{17, &ByteStruct{'A'}}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestIgnoreEncoder) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.X != 17 { t.Errorf("expected 17 got %c", x.X) } } func TestGobEncoderIgnoreNonStructField(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) gobber := Gobber(23) bgobber := BinaryGobber(24) tgobber := TextGobber(25) err := enc.Encode(GobTest3{17, &gobber, &bgobber, &tgobber}) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTestIgnoreEncoder) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.X != 17 { t.Errorf("expected 17 got %c", x.X) } } func TestGobEncoderIgnoreNilEncoder(t *testing.T) { b := new(bytes.Buffer) // First a field that's a structure. enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(GobTest0{X: 18}) // G is nil if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode error:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) x := new(GobTest0) err = dec.Decode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode error:", err) } if x.X != 18 { t.Errorf("expected x.X = 18, got %v", x.X) } if x.G != nil { t.Errorf("expected x.G = nil, got %v", x.G) } } type gobDecoderBug0 struct { foo, bar string } func (br *gobDecoderBug0) String() string { return br.foo + "-" + br.bar } func (br *gobDecoderBug0) GobEncode() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(br.String()), nil } func (br *gobDecoderBug0) GobDecode(b []byte) error { br.foo = "foo" br.bar = "bar" return nil } // This was a bug: the receiver has a different indirection level // than the variable. func TestGobEncoderExtraIndirect(t *testing.T) { gdb := &gobDecoderBug0{"foo", "bar"} buf := new(bytes.Buffer) e := NewEncoder(buf) if err := e.Encode(gdb); err != nil { t.Fatalf("encode: %v", err) } d := NewDecoder(buf) var got *gobDecoderBug0 if err := d.Decode(&got); err != nil { t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err) } if got.foo != gdb.foo || got.bar != gdb.bar { t.Errorf("got = %q, want %q", got, gdb) } } // Another bug: this caused a crash with the new Go1 Time type. // We throw in a gob-encoding array, to test another case of isZero, // and a struct containing a nil interface, to test a third. type isZeroBug struct { T time.Time S string I int A isZeroBugArray F isZeroBugInterface } type isZeroBugArray [2]uint8 // Receiver is value, not pointer, to test isZero of array. func (a isZeroBugArray) GobEncode() (b []byte, e error) { b = append(b, a[:]...) return b, nil } func (a *isZeroBugArray) GobDecode(data []byte) error { if len(data) != len(a) { return io.EOF } a[0] = data[0] a[1] = data[1] return nil } type isZeroBugInterface struct { I any } func (i isZeroBugInterface) GobEncode() (b []byte, e error) { return []byte{}, nil } func (i *isZeroBugInterface) GobDecode(data []byte) error { return nil } func TestGobEncodeIsZero(t *testing.T) { x := isZeroBug{time.Unix(1e9, 0), "hello", -55, isZeroBugArray{1, 2}, isZeroBugInterface{}} b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err := enc.Encode(x) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode:", err) } var y isZeroBug dec := NewDecoder(b) err = dec.Decode(&y) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode:", err) } if x != y { t.Fatalf("%v != %v", x, y) } } func TestGobEncodePtrError(t *testing.T) { var err error b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) err = enc.Encode(&err) if err != nil { t.Fatal("encode:", err) } dec := NewDecoder(b) err2 := fmt.Errorf("foo") err = dec.Decode(&err2) if err != nil { t.Fatal("decode:", err) } if err2 != nil { t.Fatalf("expected nil, got %v", err2) } } func TestNetIP(t *testing.T) { // Encoding of net.IP{1,2,3,4} in Go 1.1. enc := []byte{0x07, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x04, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04} var ip net.IP err := NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(enc)).Decode(&ip) if err != nil { t.Fatalf("decode: %v", err) } if ip.String() != "1.2.3.4" { t.Errorf("decoded to %v, want 1.2.3.4", ip.String()) } } func TestIgnoreDepthLimit(t *testing.T) { // We don't test the actual depth limit because it requires building an // extremely large message, which takes quite a while. oldNestingDepth := maxIgnoreNestingDepth maxIgnoreNestingDepth = 100 defer func() { maxIgnoreNestingDepth = oldNestingDepth }() b := new(bytes.Buffer) enc := NewEncoder(b) typ := reflect.TypeFor[int]() nested := reflect.ArrayOf(1, typ) for i := 0; i < 100; i++ { nested = reflect.ArrayOf(1, nested) } badStruct := reflect.New(reflect.StructOf([]reflect.StructField{{Name: "F", Type: nested}})) enc.Encode(badStruct.Interface()) dec := NewDecoder(b) var output struct{ Hello int } expectedErr := "invalid nesting depth" if err := dec.Decode(&output); err == nil || err.Error() != expectedErr { t.Errorf("Decode didn't fail with depth limit of 100: want %q, got %q", expectedErr, err) } }