{-| The Read type class is very useful for building data types from String representations. But String has high overhead, so sometimes it isn't suitable for applications where space usage and performance are important. This library provides a simpler version of Read's functionality for Text and UTF8 encoded ByteStrings. -} module Data.Readable ( Readable(..) ) where ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import Control.Monad import Data.ByteString.Char8 (ByteString) import Data.Int import Data.Text (Text) import qualified Data.Text as T import Data.Text.Encoding import Data.Text.Read import Data.Word ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- | ByteString and Text reading using MonadPlus to handle parse failure. On -- error, fromText and fromBS will return mzero. You can use mplus to provide -- fallback defaults. class Readable a where -- | Reads data from a Text representation. fromText :: MonadPlus m => Text -> m a -- | Reads data from a UTF8 encoded ByteString. fromBS :: MonadPlus m => ByteString -> m a fromBS = fromText . decodeUtf8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- | Fails if the input wasn't parsed completely. checkComplete :: MonadPlus m => (t, Text) -> m t checkComplete (a,rest) | T.null rest = return a | otherwise = mzero instance Readable ByteString where fromText = return . encodeUtf8 instance Readable Text where fromText = return instance Readable Int where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Integer where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Float where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . rational instance Readable Double where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . double instance Readable Int8 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Int16 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Int32 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Int64 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . signed decimal instance Readable Word8 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . decimal instance Readable Word16 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . decimal instance Readable Word32 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . decimal instance Readable Word64 where fromText = either (const mzero) checkComplete . decimal