Implement ability to read data directly from the underlying reader

Author: Mingun

Changelog.md

@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
 
 ### New Features
 
+- [#623]: Added `Reader::stream()` that can be used to read arbitrary data
+  from the inner reader while track position for XML reader.
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 ### Misc Changes
 
+[#623]: https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/623
+
 
 ## 0.36.0 -- 2024-07-08
 

src/reader/async_tokio.rs

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 //! as underlying byte stream. This reader fully implements async/await so reading
 //! can use non-blocking I/O.
 
-use tokio::io::{self, AsyncBufRead, AsyncBufReadExt};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use tokio::io::{self, AsyncBufRead, AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncRead, ReadBuf};
 
 use crate::errors::{Error, Result, SyntaxError};
 use crate::events::Event;
 use crate::name::{QName, ResolveResult};
 use crate::parser::{ElementParser, Parser, PiParser};
 use crate::reader::buffered_reader::impl_buffered_source;
-use crate::reader::{BangType, NsReader, ParseState, ReadTextResult, Reader, Span};
+use crate::reader::{BangType, BinaryStream, NsReader, ParseState, ReadTextResult, Reader, Span};
 use crate::utils::is_whitespace;
 
 /// A struct for read XML asynchronously from an [`AsyncBufRead`].
@@ -24,6 +27,47 @@ impl<'a, R: AsyncBufRead + Unpin> TokioAdapter<'a, R> {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+impl<'r, R> AsyncRead for BinaryStream<'r, R>
+where
+    R: AsyncRead + Unpin,
+{
+    fn poll_read(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        let start = buf.remaining();
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+        let poll = Pin::new(&mut *this.inner).poll_read(cx, buf);
+
+        // If something was read, update offset
+        if let Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) = poll {
+            let amt = start - buf.remaining();
+            *this.offset += amt as u64;
+        }
+        poll
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'r, R> AsyncBufRead for BinaryStream<'r, R>
+where
+    R: AsyncBufRead + Unpin,
+{
+    #[inline]
+    fn poll_fill_buf(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<&[u8]>> {
+        Pin::new(&mut *self.get_mut().inner).poll_fill_buf(cx)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume(self: Pin<&mut Self>, amt: usize) {
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+        this.inner.consume(amt);
+        *this.offset += amt as u64;
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 impl<R: AsyncBufRead + Unpin> Reader<R> {
     /// An asynchronous version of [`read_event_into()`]. Reads the next event into
     /// given buffer.

src/reader/mod.rs

@@ -567,6 +567,65 @@ impl EncodingRef {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+/// A direct stream to the underlying [`Reader`]s reader which updates
+/// [`Reader::buffer_position()`] when read from it.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[must_use = "streams do nothing unless read or polled"]
+pub struct BinaryStream<'r, R> {
+    inner: &'r mut R,
+    offset: &'r mut u64,
+}
+
+impl<'r, R> BinaryStream<'r, R> {
+    /// Returns current position in bytes in the original source.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn offset(&self) -> u64 {
+        *self.offset
+    }
+
+    /// Gets a reference to the underlying reader.
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn get_ref(&self) -> &R {
+        self.inner
+    }
+
+    /// Gets a mutable reference to the underlying reader.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut R {
+        self.inner
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'r, R> io::Read for BinaryStream<'r, R>
+where
+    R: io::Read,
+{
+    #[inline]
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let amt = self.inner.read(buf)?;
+        *self.offset += amt as u64;
+        Ok(amt)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'r, R> io::BufRead for BinaryStream<'r, R>
+where
+    R: io::BufRead,
+{
+    #[inline]
+    fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> io::Result<&[u8]> {
+        self.inner.fill_buf()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn consume(&mut self, amt: usize) {
+        self.inner.consume(amt);
+        *self.offset += amt as u64;
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 /// A low level encoding-agnostic XML event reader.
 ///
 /// Consumes bytes and streams XML [`Event`]s.
@@ -759,6 +818,60 @@ impl<R> Reader<R> {
     pub const fn decoder(&self) -> Decoder {
         self.state.decoder()
     }
+
+    /// Get the direct access to the underlying reader, but tracks the amount of
+    /// read data and update [`Reader::buffer_position()`] accordingly.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// This example demonstrates, how it is possible to read embedded binary data.
+    /// Such XML documents are exist in the wild.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+    /// use std::io::{BufRead, Read};
+    /// use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, Event};
+    /// use quick_xml::reader::Reader;
+    ///
+    /// let mut reader = Reader::from_str("<tag>binary << data&></tag>");
+    /// //                                 ^    ^               ^     ^
+    /// //                                 0    5              21    27
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     (reader.read_event().unwrap(), reader.buffer_position()),
+    ///     // 5 - end of the `<tag>`
+    ///     (Event::Start(BytesStart::new("tag")), 5)
+    /// );
+    ///
+    /// // Reading directly from underlying reader will not update position
+    /// // let mut inner = reader.get_mut();
+    ///
+    /// // Reading from the stream() advances position
+    /// let mut inner = reader.stream();
+    ///
+    /// // Read binary data. We somehow should known its size
+    /// let mut binary = [0u8; 16];
+    /// inner.read_exact(&mut binary).unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(&binary, b"binary << data&>");
+    /// // 21 - end of the `binary << data&>`
+    /// assert_eq!(inner.offset(), 21);
+    /// assert_eq!(reader.buffer_position(), 21);
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(
+    ///     (reader.read_event().unwrap(), reader.buffer_position()),
+    ///     // 27 - end of the `</tag>`
+    ///     (Event::End(BytesEnd::new("tag")), 27)
+    /// );
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(reader.read_event().unwrap(), Event::Eof);
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn stream(&mut self) -> BinaryStream<R> {
+        BinaryStream {
+            inner: &mut self.reader,
+            offset: &mut self.state.offset,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Private sync reading methods

tests/async-tokio.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::iter;
 
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText, Event::*};
 use quick_xml::name::QName;
 use quick_xml::reader::Reader;
-use tokio::io::BufReader;
+use quick_xml::utils::Bytes;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, BufReader};
 
 // Import `small_buffers_tests!`
 #[macro_use]
@@ -88,6 +90,48 @@ mod read_to_end {
     }
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn issue623() {
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    let mut reader = Reader::from_reader(Cursor::new(
+        b"
+        <AppendedData>
+            _binary << data&>
+        </AppendedData>
+    ",
+    ));
+    reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        (
+            reader.read_event_into_async(&mut buf).await.unwrap(),
+            reader.buffer_position()
+        ),
+        (Start(BytesStart::new("AppendedData")), 23)
+    );
+
+    let mut inner = reader.stream();
+    // Read to start of data marker
+    inner.read_until(b'_', &mut buf).await.unwrap();
+
+    // Read binary data. We somehow should known its size
+    let mut binary = [0u8; 16];
+    inner.read_exact(&mut binary).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(Bytes(&binary), Bytes(b"binary << data&>"));
+    assert_eq!(inner.offset(), 53);
+    assert_eq!(reader.buffer_position(), 53);
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        (
+            reader.read_event_into_async(&mut buf).await.unwrap(),
+            reader.buffer_position()
+        ),
+        (End(BytesEnd::new("AppendedData")), 77)
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(reader.read_event_into_async(&mut buf).await.unwrap(), Eof);
+}
+
 /// Regression test for https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/751
 ///
 /// Actually, that error was not found in async reader, but we would to test it as well.

tests/issues.rs

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 //!
 //! Name each module / test as `issue<GH number>` and keep sorted by issue number
 
-use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor, Read};
 use std::iter;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 
 use quick_xml::errors::{Error, IllFormedError, SyntaxError};
 use quick_xml::events::{BytesDecl, BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText, Event};
 use quick_xml::name::QName;
 use quick_xml::reader::Reader;
+use quick_xml::utils::Bytes;
+
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 
 /// Regression test for https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/94
 #[test]
@@ -258,6 +261,89 @@ fn issue622() {
     }
 }
 
+/// Regression test for https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/623
+mod issue623 {
+    use super::*;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn borrowed() {
+        let mut reader = Reader::from_str(
+            "
+            <AppendedData>
+                _binary << data&>
+            </AppendedData>
+        ",
+        );
+        reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            (reader.read_event().unwrap(), reader.buffer_position()),
+            (Event::Start(BytesStart::new("AppendedData")), 27)
+        );
+
+        let mut inner = reader.stream();
+        // Read to start of data marker
+        inner.read_until(b'_', &mut Vec::new()).unwrap();
+
+        // Read binary data. We somehow should known its size
+        let mut binary = [0u8; 16];
+        inner.read_exact(&mut binary).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Bytes(&binary), Bytes(b"binary << data&>"));
+        assert_eq!(inner.offset(), 61);
+        assert_eq!(reader.buffer_position(), 61);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            (reader.read_event().unwrap(), reader.buffer_position()),
+            (Event::End(BytesEnd::new("AppendedData")), 89)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_event().unwrap(), Event::Eof);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn buffered() {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let mut reader = Reader::from_reader(Cursor::new(
+            b"
+            <AppendedData>
+                _binary << data&>
+            </AppendedData>
+        ",
+        ));
+        reader.config_mut().trim_text(true);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            (
+                reader.read_event_into(&mut buf).unwrap(),
+                reader.buffer_position()
+            ),
+            (Event::Start(BytesStart::new("AppendedData")), 27)
+        );
+
+        let mut inner = reader.stream();
+        // Read to start of data marker
+        inner.read_until(b'_', &mut buf).unwrap();
+
+        // Read binary data. We somehow should known its size
+        let mut binary = [0u8; 16];
+        inner.read_exact(&mut binary).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Bytes(&binary), Bytes(b"binary << data&>"));
+        assert_eq!(inner.offset(), 61);
+        assert_eq!(reader.buffer_position(), 61);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            (
+                reader.read_event_into(&mut buf).unwrap(),
+                reader.buffer_position()
+            ),
+            (Event::End(BytesEnd::new("AppendedData")), 89)
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_event_into(&mut buf).unwrap(), Event::Eof);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Regression test for https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml/issues/706
 #[test]
 fn issue706() {