AllocationFreeByteReaderWriter

A library for binary serialization / deserialization without (unnecessary) allocation in C#

Usage with included types

bool success = span.TryWrite(IntValue, out Span<byte> rest) 
            && rest.TryWrite(LongValue, out rest) 
            && rest.TryWrite(ShortValue, out _);

bool success = span.TryRead(out int intValue, out Span<byte> rest)
            && rest.TryRead(out long longValue, out rest)
            && rest.TryRead(out short shortValue, out _);

Create new type

Requrements:

• .NET 6
• C# 10 preview

public record TestPersistable : IPersistable<TestPersistable> {
    // abstract static intefrace override
    public static bool TryRead(
        ReadOnlySpan<byte> span,
        out TestPersistable value,
        out ReadOnlySpan<byte> rest)

        => InitializeOuts(out value, out rest)
        && span.TryRead(out int integerProp, out rest)
        && rest.TryRead(out string stringProp, out rest, Encoding.UTF8)
        && CreateInstance(integerProp, stringProp, out value);

    public int IntegerProperty { get; init; }
    
    public string StringProperty { get; init; }

    // interface override
    public int GetPersistedSizeInBytes() 
        => sizeof(int)
        + sizeof(int) + Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(StringProperty);
    
    // interface override
    public bool TryWrite(Span<byte> span, out Span<byte> rest)
        => span.TryWrite(IntegerProperty, out rest)
        && rest.TryWrite(StringProperty, out rest, Encoding.UTF8);

    // helper method for TryRead
    private static bool InitializeOuts(
        out TestPersistable persistable,
        out ReadOnlySpan<byte> rest) {

        persistable = default;
        rest = default;
        return true;
    }

    // helper method for TryRead
    private static bool CreateInstance(
        int integerProperty,
        string stringProperty,
        out TestPersistable persistable) {

        persistable = new TestPersistable() {
            IntegerProperty = integerProperty,
            StringProperty = stringProperty,
        };
        return true;
    }
}

var persistable = new TestPersistable(){ IntegerProperty = 1, StringProperty = "foo" };
bool success = span.TryWrite(persistable, out Span<byte> rest);

bool success = span.TryRead(out TestPersistable persistableValue, out Span<byte> rest);

Benchmark

BenchmarkDotNet=v0.13.1, OS=Windows 10.0.22000
Intel Core i9-9900K CPU 3.60GHz (Coffee Lake), 1 CPU, 16 logical and 8 physical cores
.NET SDK=6.0.100-preview.7.21379.14
  [Host]     : .NET 6.0.0 (6.0.21.37719), X64 RyuJIT
  DefaultJob : .NET 6.0.0 (6.0.21.37719), X64 RyuJIT

Method	Categories	Mean	Error	StdDev	Ratio	RatioSD	Gen 0	Allocated
SerializeByte	Serialize,AllocationFree	0.4047 ns	0.0031 ns	0.0026 ns	1.00	0.00	-	-
SerializeInt32	Serialize,AllocationFree	0.4902 ns	0.0039 ns	0.0032 ns	1.21	0.01	-	-
SerializeInt64	Serialize,AllocationFree	0.4609 ns	0.0064 ns	0.0054 ns	1.14	0.02	-	-
SerializeSingle	Serialize,AllocationFree	0.5561 ns	0.0349 ns	0.0358 ns	1.38	0.10	-	-
SerializeDouble	Serialize,AllocationFree	0.5876 ns	0.0029 ns	0.0024 ns	1.45	0.01	-	-
SerializeString	Serialize,AllocationFree	51.3988 ns	0.1563 ns	0.1462 ns	127.08	0.92	0.0038	32 B
SerializeDateTime	Serialize,AllocationFree	82.5058 ns	0.1614 ns	0.1510 ns	203.85	1.46	-	-
SerializeDateTimeOffset	Serialize,AllocationFree	9.3971 ns	0.0363 ns	0.0340 ns	23.23	0.20	-	-
SerializePersistable	Serialize,AllocationFree	60.4435 ns	0.1597 ns	0.1333 ns	149.37	1.14	0.0038	32 B
SerializeByteJson	Serialize,Json	115.4455 ns	0.9579 ns	0.8960 ns	1.00	0.00	0.0219	184 B
SerializeInt32Json	Serialize,Json	112.2672 ns	0.2875 ns	0.2549 ns	0.97	0.01	0.0219	184 B
SerializeInt64Json	Serialize,Json	111.4606 ns	0.4073 ns	0.3810 ns	0.97	0.01	0.0219	184 B
SerializeSingleJson	Serialize,Json	219.8054 ns	1.1593 ns	1.0844 ns	1.90	0.02	0.0219	184 B
SerializeDoubleJson	Serialize,Json	218.3641 ns	1.6525 ns	1.3799 ns	1.89	0.02	0.0219	184 B
SerializeStringJson	Serialize,Json	133.6537 ns	0.9364 ns	0.8301 ns	1.16	0.01	0.0219	184 B
SerializeDateTimeJson	Serialize,Json	257.4679 ns	1.3805 ns	1.2913 ns	2.23	0.02	0.0296	248 B
SerializeDateTimeOffsetJson	Serialize,Json	170.3939 ns	1.3720 ns	1.2833 ns	1.48	0.02	0.0296	248 B
SerializePersistableJson	Serialize,Json	215.6746 ns	0.8641 ns	0.7660 ns	1.87	0.02	0.0324	272 B
DeserializeByte	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.2565 ns	0.0050 ns	0.0046 ns	1.00	0.00	-	-
DeserializeInt32	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.4373 ns	0.0056 ns	0.0046 ns	1.71	0.03	-	-
DeserializeInt64	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.4604 ns	0.0044 ns	0.0041 ns	1.80	0.03	-	-
DeserializeSingle	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.4365 ns	0.0058 ns	0.0051 ns	1.71	0.04	-	-
DeserializeDouble	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.4396 ns	0.0043 ns	0.0040 ns	1.71	0.04	-	-
DeserializeString	Deserialize,AllocationFree	1.5146 ns	0.0094 ns	0.0088 ns	5.91	0.11	-	-
DeserializeDateTime	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.4697 ns	0.0047 ns	0.0044 ns	1.83	0.04	-	-
DeserializeDateTimeOffset	Deserialize,AllocationFree	0.6007 ns	0.0224 ns	0.0209 ns	2.34	0.10	-	-
DeserializePersistable	Deserialize,AllocationFree	26.3492 ns	0.1198 ns	0.1062 ns	102.96	1.82	0.0076	64 B
DeserializeByteJson	Deserialize,Json	110.9197 ns	0.5239 ns	0.4901 ns	1.00	0.00	-	-
DeserializeInt32Json	Deserialize,Json	113.4686 ns	0.8414 ns	0.7459 ns	1.02	0.01	-	-
DeserializeInt64Json	Deserialize,Json	113.2146 ns	0.2604 ns	0.2033 ns	1.02	0.01	-	-
DeserializeSingleJson	Deserialize,Json	158.1268 ns	0.6575 ns	0.6150 ns	1.43	0.01	-	-
DeserializeDoubleJson	Deserialize,Json	156.9926 ns	0.2720 ns	0.2124 ns	1.42	0.01	-	-
DeserializeStringJson	Deserialize,Json	137.1684 ns	0.3681 ns	0.3263 ns	1.24	0.01	0.0038	32 B
DeserializeDateTimeJson	Deserialize,Json	140.7853 ns	0.5063 ns	0.4736 ns	1.27	0.01	-	-
DeserializeDateTimeOffsetJson	Deserialize,Json	166.1167 ns	0.5057 ns	0.4223 ns	1.50	0.01	-	-
DeserializePersistableJson	Deserialize,Json	308.3187 ns	1.1390 ns	1.0097 ns	2.78	0.02	0.0076	64 B

License

Apache License 2.0