An ANSI C Binson serialization library. Binson is like JSON, but faster, binary and even simpler. See binson.org

Status

Alpha version (0.1.0)

Features

• Written in ANSI C (C89 standard)
• Multiplatform. Tested at:
  • x86, x86_64
  • ARM (ARMv71, Cortext-A8)
  • MIPS (big-endian)
• Compatible with binson-java
• Has not 3rd party dependencies (libc.so only)
• Streaming mode parsing
• Input/output abstraction layer
• Tested with fuzzing stress test tool (included in currenty source tree)

Usage

See ./examples subdirectory for usage examples.

Build

You need to have CMake installed in your system. Check its presence by:

$ cmake --version

If you can't see the version info, you need to install it. For Debian/Ubuntu installation from repo:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake

For CentOS installation from repo:

$ sudo yum install cmake

To build binson-c library (plus examples) run from project directory:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make all

Default configuration is 'Debug'. To build 'Release' replace 3rd command with:

$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..

To run unit test (from ./build subdirectory):

$ make test

To run fuzzing test session:

$ make fuzz

To build documentation (see results in ./build/doc)

$ make doc