cbor

Overview

Jackson (Java) data format module that supports reading and writing CBOR ("Concise Binary Object Representation") encoded data. Module extends standard Jackson streaming API (JsonFactory, JsonParser, JsonGenerator), and as such works seamlessly with all the higher level data abstractions (data binding, tree model, and pluggable extensions).

It also supports:

• CBOR Sequences (RFC-8742) (root-level value sequences)
  • uses standard Jackson databind MappingIterator and SequenceWriter abstractions

Status

This module is considered stable and production quality (since 2.4). Similar to JSON- and other JSON-like backends, it implements full support for all levels (streaming, data-binding, tree model).

Limitations

Minor limitations exist with respect to advanced type-handling of CBOR format:

• While tags are written for some types (BigDecimal, BigInteger), they are not handled on parsing

Maven dependency

To use this extension on Maven-based projects, use following dependency:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
  <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-cbor</artifactId>
  <version>2.13.3</version>
</dependency>

(or whatever version is most up-to-date at the moment)

Usage

Basic usage is by using CBORFactory in places where you would usually use JsonFactory (or CBORFactory instead JsonMapper/ObjectMapper)

ObjectMapper mapper = new CBORMapper();
// and then read/write data as usual
SomeType value = ...;
byte[] cborData = mapper.writeValueAsBytes(value);
SomeType otherValue = mapper.readValue(cborData, SomeType.class);

Implementation allows use of any of 3 main operating modes:

• Streaming API (CBORParser and CBORGenerator)
• Databinding (via ObjectMapper / ObjectReader / ObjectWriter)
  • Use subtype CBORMapper
• Tree Model (using TreeNode, or its concrete subtype, JsonNode -- not JSON-specific despite the name)

and all the usual data-binding use cases exactly like when using JSON or Smile (2 canonical 100% supported Jackson data formats).

Documentation

• Wiki (includes Javadocs)