libcbor¶
Documentation for version 0.4.0, updated on Jan 02, 2017.
Overview¶
libcbor is a C library for parsing and generating CBOR, the general-purpose schema-less binary data format.
- Main features
- Complete RFC conformance [1]
- Robust C99 implementation
- Layered architecture offers both control and convenience
- Flexible memory management
- No shared global state - threading friendly [2]
- Proper handling of UTF-8
- Full support for streams & incremental processing
- Extensive documentation and test suite
- No runtime dependencies, small footprint
[1] | See RFC conformance |
[2] | With the exception of custom memory allocators (see Memory management and reference counting) |
Contents¶
- Getting started
- Usage & preliminaries
- API
- Streaming & indefinite items
- Tests
- RFC conformance
- Internal mechanics
- Changelog
- Development