MPMessagePack

MessagePack framework.

MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format. It lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON. But it's faster and smaller.

Podfile

pod "MPMessagePack"

Cartfile

github "gabriel/MPMessagePack"

MPMessagePack

Writing

#import <MPMessagePack/MPMessagePack.h>

NSDictionary *dict =
  @{
    @"n": @(32134123),
    @"bool": @(YES),
    @"array": @[@(1.1f), @(2.1)],
    @"body": [NSData data],
  };

NSData *data = [dict mp_messagePack];

Or via MPMessagePackWriter.

NSError *error = nil;
NSData *data = [MPMessagePackWriter writeObject:dict error:&error];

If you need to use an ordered dictionary.

MPOrderedDictionary *dict = [[MPOrderedDictionary alloc] init];
[dict addEntriesFromDictionary:@{@"c": @(1), @"b": @(2), @"a": @(3)}];
[dict sortKeysUsingSelector:@selector(localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:)];
NSData *data = [dict mp_messagePack];

Reading

id obj = [MPMessagePackReader readData:data error:&error];

MPMessagePackReader *reader = [[MPMessagePackReader alloc] initWithData:data];
id obj1 = [reader read:&error]; // Read an object
id obj2 = [reader read:&error]; // Read another object

RPC

See msgpack-rpc.

It also supports a framing option where it will prefix the rpc message with the number of bytes (as a msgpack'ed number).

Client

Request with completion block:

MPMessagePackClient *client = [[MPMessagePackClient alloc] init];
[client openWithHost:@"localhost" port:93434 completion:^(NSError *error) {
  // If error we failed
  [client sendRequestWithMethod:@"test" params:@[@{@"arg": @(1)}] completion:^(NSError *error, id result) {
    // If error we failed
    // Otherwise the result
  }];
}];

You can also request synchronously:

NSError *error = nil;
id result = [client sendRequestWithMethod:@"test" params:@[@{@"arg": @(1)}] messageId:3 timeout:5.0 error:&error];
// error.code == MPRPCErrorRequestTimeout on timeout

And cancel in progress requests:

BOOL cancelled = [client cancelRequestWithMessageId:3];
// cancelled == YES, if the request was in progress and we cancelled it

Server

MPMessagePackServer *server = [[MPMessagePackServer alloc] initWithOptions:MPMessagePackOptionsFramed];

server.requestHandler = ^(NSString *method, id params, MPRequestCompletion completion) {
  if ([method isEqualToString:@"echo"]) {
    completion(nil, params);
  } else {
    completion(@{@"error": {@"description": @"Method not found"}}, nil);
  }
};

NSError *error = nil;
if (![server openWithPort:93434 error:&error]) {
  // Failed to open
}

Mantle Encoding

If you are using Mantle to encode objects to JSON (and then msgpack), you can specify a coder for the MPMessagePackClient:

@interface KBMantleCoder : NSObject <MPMessagePackCoder>
@end

@implementation KBMantleCoder
- (NSDictionary *)encodeModel:(id)obj {
  return [obj conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MTLJSONSerializing)] ? [MTLJSONAdapter JSONDictionaryFromModel:obj] : obj;
}
@end

Then in the client:

MPMessagePackClient *client = [[MPMessagePackClient alloc] init];
client.coder = [[KBMantleCoder alloc] init];

XPC

There is an experimental, but functional msgpack-rpc over XPC (see XPC directory). More details soon.