/* This package reads and writes pickled data. The format is the same as the Python "pickle" module. Protocols 0,1,2 are implemented. These are the versions written by the Python 2.x series. Python 3 defines newer protocol versions, but can write the older protocol versions so they are readable by this package. To read data, see stalecucumber.Unpickle. To write data, see stalecucumber.NewPickler. TLDR Read a pickled string or unicode object pickle.dumps("foobar") --- var somePickledData io.Reader mystring, err := stalecucumber.String(stalecucumber.Unpickle(somePickledData)) Read a pickled integer pickle.dumps(42) --- var somePickledData io.Reader myint64, err := stalecucumber.Int(stalecucumber.Unpickle(somePickledData)) Read a pickled list of numbers into a structure pickle.dumps([8,8,2005]) --- var somePickledData io.Reader numbers := make([]int64,0) err := stalecucumber.UnpackInto(&numbers).From(stalecucumber.Unpickle(somePickledData)) Read a pickled dictionary into a structure pickle.dumps({"apple":1,"banana":2,"cat":"hello","Dog":42.0}) --- var somePickledData io.Reader mystruct := struct{ Apple int Banana uint Cat string Dog float32}{} err := stalecucumber.UnpackInto(&mystruct).From(stalecucumber.Unpickle(somePickledData)) Pickle a struct buf := new(bytes.Buffer) mystruct := struct{ Apple int Banana uint Cat string Dog float32}{} err := stalecucumber.NewPickler(buf).Pickle(mystruct) Recursive objects You can pickle recursive objects like so a = {} a["self"] = a pickle.dumps(a) Python's pickler is intelligent enough not to emit an infinite data structure when a recursive object is pickled. I recommend against pickling recursive objects in the first place, but this library handles unpickling them without a problem. The result of unpickling the above is map[interface{}]interface{} with a key "a" that contains a reference to itself. Attempting to unpack the result of the above python code into a structure with UnpackInto would either fail or recurse forever. Protocol Performance If the version of Python you are using supports protocol version 1 or 2, you should always specify that protocol version. By default the "pickle" and "cPickle" modules in Python write using protocol 0. Protocol 0 requires much more space to represent the same values and is much slower to parse. Unsupported Opcodes The pickle format is incredibly flexible and as a result has some features that are impractical or unimportant when implementing a reader in another language. Each set of opcodes is listed below by protocol version with the impact. Protocol 0 GLOBAL This opcode is equivalent to calling "import foo; foo.bar" in python. It is generated whenever an object instance, class definition, or method definition is serialized. As long as the pickled data does not contain an instance of a python class or a reference to a python callable this opcode is not emitted by the "pickle" module. A few examples of what will definitely cause this opcode to be emitted pickle.dumps(range) #Pickling the range function pickle.dumps(Exception()) #Pickling an instance of a python class This opcode will be partially supported in a future revision to this package that allows the unpickling of instances of Python classes. REDUCE BUILD INST These opcodes are used in recreating pickled python objects. That is currently not supported by this package. These opcodes will be supported in a future revision to this package that allows the unpickling of instances of Python classes. PERSID This opcode is used to reference concrete definitions of objects between a pickler and an unpickler by an ID number. The pickle protocol doesn't define what a persistent ID means. This opcode is unlikely to ever be supported by this package. Protocol 1 OBJ This opcodes is used in recreating pickled python objects. That is currently not supported by this package. This opcode will supported in a future revision to this package that allows the unpickling of instances of Python classes. BINPERSID This opcode is equivalent to PERSID in protocol 0 and won't be supported for the same reason. Protocol 2 NEWOBJ This opcodes is used in recreating pickled python objects. That is currently not supported by this package. This opcode will supported in a future revision to this package that allows the unpickling of instances of Python classes. EXT1 EXT2 EXT4 These opcodes allow using a registry of popular objects that are pickled by name, typically classes. It is envisioned that through a global negotiation and registration process, third parties can set up a mapping between ints and object names. These opcodes are unlikely to ever be supported by this package. */ package stalecucumber import "errors" import "io" import "bytes" import "encoding/binary" import "fmt" var ErrOpcodeStopped = errors.New("STOP opcode found") var ErrStackTooSmall = errors.New("Stack is too small to perform requested operation") var ErrInputTruncated = errors.New("Input to the pickle machine was truncated") var ErrOpcodeNotImplemented = errors.New("Input encountered opcode that is not implemented") var ErrNoResult = errors.New("Input did not place a value onto the stack") var ErrMarkNotFound = errors.New("Mark could not be found on the stack") /* Unpickle a value from a reader. This function takes a reader and attempts to read a complete pickle program from it. This is normally the output of the function "pickle.dump" from Python. The returned type is interface{} because unpickling can generate any type. Use a helper function to convert to another type without an additional type check. This function returns an error if the reader fails, the pickled data is invalid, or if the pickled data contains an unsupported opcode. See unsupported opcodes in the documentation of this package for more information. Type Conversions Types conversion Python types to Go types is performed as followed int -> int64 string -> string unicode -> string float -> float64 long -> big.Int from the "math/big" package lists -> []interface{} tuples -> []interface{} dict -> map[interface{}]interface{} The following values are converted from Python to the Go types True & False -> bool None -> stalecucumber.PickleNone, sets pointers to nil Helper Functions The following helper functions were inspired by the github.com/garyburd/redigo package. Each function takes the result of Unpickle as its arguments. If unpickle fails it does nothing and returns that error. Otherwise it attempts to convert to the appropriate type. If type conversion fails it returns an error String - string from Python string or unicode Int - int64 from Python int or long Bool - bool from Python True or False Big - *big.Int from Python long ListOrTuple - []interface{} from Python Tuple or List Float - float64 from Python float Dict - map[interface{}]interface{} from Python dictionary DictString - map[string]interface{} from Python dictionary. Keys must all be of type unicode or string. Unpacking into structures If the pickled object is a python dictionary that has only unicode and string objects for keys, that object can be unpickled into a struct in Go by using the "UnpackInto" function. The "From" receiver on the return value accepts the result of "Unpickle" as its actual parameters. The keys of the python dictionary are assigned to fields in a structure. Structures may specify the tag "pickle" on fields. The value of this tag is taken as the key name of the Python dictionary value to place in this field. If no field has a matching "pickle" tag the fields are looked up by name. If the first character of the key is not uppercase, it is uppercased. If a field matching that name is found, the value in the python dictionary is unpacked into the value of the field within the structure. A list of python dictionaries can be unpickled into a slice of structures in Go. A homogeneous list of python values can be unpickled into a slice in Go with the appropriate element type. A nested python dictionary is unpickled into nested structures in Go. If a field is of type map[interface{}]interface{} it is of course unpacked into that as well. By default UnpackInto skips any missing fields and fails if a field's type is not compatible with the object's type. This behavior can be changed by setting "AllowMissingFields" and "AllowMismatchedFields" on the return value of UnpackInto before calling From. */ func Unpickle(reader io.Reader) (interface{}, error) { var pm PickleMachine pm.buf = &bytes.Buffer{} pm.Reader = reader pm.lastMark = -1 //Pre allocate a small stack pm.Stack = make([]interface{}, 0, 16) err := (&pm).execute() if err != ErrOpcodeStopped { return nil, pm.error(err) } if len(pm.Stack) == 0 { return nil, ErrNoResult } return pm.Stack[0], nil } var jumpList = buildEmptyJumpList() func init() { populateJumpList(&jumpList) } /* This type is returned whenever Unpickle encounters an error in pickled data. */ type PickleMachineError struct { Err error StackSize int MemoSize int Opcode uint8 } /* This struct is current exposed but not useful. It is likely to be hidden in the near future. */ type PickleMachine struct { Stack []interface{} Memo []interface{} Reader io.Reader currentOpcode uint8 buf *bytes.Buffer lastMark int memoBuffer [16]memoBufferElement memoBufferMaxDestination int64 memoBufferIndex int } type memoBufferElement struct { Destination int64 V interface{} } func (pme PickleMachineError) Error() string { return fmt.Sprintf("Pickle Machine failed on opcode:0x%x. Stack size:%d. Memo size:%d. Cause:%v", pme.Opcode, pme.StackSize, pme.MemoSize, pme.Err) } func (pm *PickleMachine) error(src error) error { return PickleMachineError{ StackSize: len(pm.Stack), MemoSize: len(pm.Memo), Err: src, Opcode: pm.currentOpcode, } } func (pm *PickleMachine) execute() error { for { err := binary.Read(pm.Reader, binary.BigEndian, &pm.currentOpcode) if err != nil { return err } err = jumpList[int(pm.currentOpcode)](pm) if err != nil { return err } } } func (pm *PickleMachine) flushMemoBuffer(vIndex int64, v interface{}) { //Extend the memo until it is large enough if pm.memoBufferMaxDestination >= int64(len(pm.Memo)) { replacement := make([]interface{}, pm.memoBufferMaxDestination<<1) copy(replacement, pm.Memo) pm.Memo = replacement } //If a value was passed into this function, write it into the memo //as well if vIndex != -1 { pm.Memo[vIndex] = v } //Write the contents of the buffer into the memo //in the same order as the puts were issued for i := 0; i != pm.memoBufferIndex; i++ { buffered := pm.memoBuffer[i] pm.Memo[buffered.Destination] = buffered.V } //Reset the buffer pm.memoBufferIndex = 0 pm.memoBufferMaxDestination = 0 return } func (pm *PickleMachine) storeMemo(index int64, v interface{}) error { if index < 0 { return fmt.Errorf("Requested to write to invalid memo index:%v", index) } //If there is space in the memo presently, then store it //and it is done. if index < int64(len(pm.Memo)) { pm.Memo[index] = v return nil } //Update the maximum index in the buffer if need be if index > pm.memoBufferMaxDestination { pm.memoBufferMaxDestination = index } //If the buffer is not full write into it if pm.memoBufferIndex != len(pm.memoBuffer) { pm.memoBuffer[pm.memoBufferIndex].V = v pm.memoBuffer[pm.memoBufferIndex].Destination = index pm.memoBufferIndex++ } else { //If the buffer is full flush it now pm.flushMemoBuffer(index, v) } return nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readFromMemo(index int64) (interface{}, error) { if index < 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Requested to read from negative memo index %d", index) } //Test to see if the value is outside the current length of the memo if index >= int64(len(pm.Memo)) { pm.flushMemoBuffer(-1, nil) if index >= int64(len(pm.Memo)) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Requested to read from invalid memo index %d", index) } } //Grab the value retval := pm.Memo[index] //If nil then flush the memo buffer to see if it is within it if retval == nil { pm.flushMemoBuffer(-1, nil) //Grab the value again after the flush retval = pm.Memo[index] //If still nil, then this is a read from an invalid position if retval == nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Requested to read from invalid memo index %d", index) } } return retval, nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) push(v interface{}) { pm.Stack = append(pm.Stack, v) } func (pm *PickleMachine) pop() (interface{}, error) { l := len(pm.Stack) if l == 0 { return nil, ErrStackTooSmall } l-- top := pm.Stack[l] pm.Stack = pm.Stack[:l] return top, nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readFromStack(offset int) (interface{}, error) { return pm.readFromStackAt(len(pm.Stack) - 1 - offset) } func (pm *PickleMachine) readFromStackAt(position int) (interface{}, error) { if position < 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Request to read from invalid stack position %d", position) } return pm.Stack[position], nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readIntFromStack(offset int) (int64, error) { v, err := pm.readFromStack(offset) if err != nil { return 0, err } vi, ok := v.(int64) if !ok { return 0, fmt.Errorf("Type %T was requested from stack but found %v(%T)", vi, v, v) } return vi, nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) popAfterIndex(index int) { //Input to this function must be sane, no checking is done /** if len(pm.Stack)-1 < index { return ErrStackTooSmall }**/ pm.Stack = pm.Stack[0:index] } func (pm *PickleMachine) findMark() (int, error) { if pm.lastMark != -1 { mark := pm.lastMark pm.lastMark = -1 if mark < len(pm.Stack) { if _, ok := pm.Stack[mark].(PickleMark); ok { return mark, nil } } } for i := len(pm.Stack) - 1; i != -1; i-- { if _, ok := pm.Stack[i].(PickleMark); ok { return i, nil } } return -1, ErrMarkNotFound } func (pm *PickleMachine) readFixedLengthRaw(l int64) ([]byte, error) { pm.buf.Reset() _, err := io.CopyN(pm.buf, pm.Reader, l) if err != nil { return nil, err } return pm.buf.Bytes(), nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readFixedLengthString(l int64) (string, error) { //Avoid getting "" if l == 0 { return "", nil } pm.buf.Reset() _, err := io.CopyN(pm.buf, pm.Reader, l) if err != nil { return "", err } return pm.buf.String(), nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readBytes() ([]byte, error) { //This is slow and protocol 0 only pm.buf.Reset() for { var v [1]byte n, err := pm.Reader.Read(v[:]) if n != 1 { return nil, ErrInputTruncated } if err != nil { return nil, err } if v[0] == '\n' { break } pm.buf.WriteByte(v[0]) } return pm.buf.Bytes(), nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readString() (string, error) { //This is slow and protocol 0 only pm.buf.Reset() for { var v [1]byte n, err := pm.Reader.Read(v[:]) if n != 1 { return "", ErrInputTruncated } if err != nil { return "", err } if v[0] == '\n' { break } pm.buf.WriteByte(v[0]) } //Avoid getting "" if pm.buf.Len() == 0 { return "", nil } return pm.buf.String(), nil } func (pm *PickleMachine) readBinaryInto(dst interface{}, bigEndian bool) error { var bo binary.ByteOrder if bigEndian { bo = binary.BigEndian } else { bo = binary.LittleEndian } return binary.Read(pm.Reader, bo, dst) }