# FIX/FAST Protocol Decoder/Encoder
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**FAST** (**F**IX **A**dapted for **ST**reaming protocol) is a space and processing efficient encoding method for message oriented data streams.
The FAST protocol has been developed as part of the FIX Market Data Optimization Working Group.
FAST data compression algorithm is designed to optimize electronic exchange of financial data, particularly for high volume,
low latency data dissemination. It significantly reduces bandwidth requirements and latency between sender and receiver.
FAST works especially well at improving performance during periods of peak message rates.
_Technical Specification_: https://www.fixtrading.org/standards/fast-online/
_Supported version_: 1.x.1
## Usage
Add to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
fastlib = "0.3"
```
### Serialize/Deserialize using serde
For templates defined in XML, e.g.:
```xml
```
Define the message types in Rust:
```rust
use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
enum Message {
MDHeartbeat(Heartbeat),
MDLogout(Logout),
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
struct MsgHeader {
#[serde(rename = "MsgSeqNum")]
msg_seq_num: u32,
#[serde(rename = "SendingTime")]
sending_time: u64,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
struct Heartbeat {
#[serde(flatten)]
msg_header: MsgHeader,
}
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[serde(rename_all = "PascalCase")]
struct Logout {
#[serde(flatten)]
msg_header: MsgHeader,
text: Option,
}
```
Some implementation guidelines:
* `` must be implemented as `enum`;
* `` can be deserialized to `f64` or `fastlib::Decimal` (if you need to preserve original scale);
* `` is a `Vec` and must be prefixed with `#[serde(with = "serde_bytes")]`;
* `` is a `Vec`, where `SequenceItem` is a `struct`;
* `` is a nested `struct`;
* fields with optional presence are `Option<...>`;
* static template reference can be plain fields from the template or flattened `struct`,
* dynamic template references must be `Box` with `#[serde(rename = "templateRef:N")]`, where `N`
is a 0-based index of the `` in its group.
To deserialize a message call `fastlib::from_vec`, `fastlib::from_bytes` or `from_stream`:
```rust
use fastlib::Decoder;
// Create a decoder from XML templates.
let mut decoder = Decoder::new_from_xml(include_str!("templates.xml"))?;
// Raw data that contains one message.
let raw_data: Vec = vec![ ... ];
// Deserialize a message.
let msg: Message = fastlib::from_vec(&mut decoder, raw_data)?;
```
To serialize a message call `fastlib::to_vec`, `fastlib::to_bytes` or `to_stream`:
```rust
use fastlib::Encoder;
// Create a encoder from XML templates.
let mut encoder = Encoder::new_from_xml(include_str!("templates.xml"))?;
// Message to serialize.
let msg = Message::MDHeartbeat{
Heartbeat {
...
}
};
// Serialize a message.
let raw: Vec = fastlib::to_vec(&mut encoder, &msg)?;
```
### Decode to JSON
```rust
use fastlib::Decoder;
use fastlib::JsonMessageFactory;
// Create a decoder from XML templates.
let mut decoder = Decoder::new_from_xml(include_str!("templates.xml"))?;
// Raw data that contains one message.
let raw_data: Vec = vec![ ... ];
// Create a JSON message factory.
let mut msg = JsonMessageFactory::new();
// Decode the message.
decoder.decode_vec(raw_data, &mut msg)?;
println!("{}", msg.json);
```
### Decode using own message factory
Make a new struct that implements `fastlib::MessageFactory` trait:
```rust
use fastlib::{MessageFactory, Value};
pub struct MyMessageFactory {
}
impl MessageFactory for MyMessageFactory {
// ... your implementation here ...
}
```
You have to implement callbacks that will be called during message decoding:
```rust
pub trait MessageFactory {
// Process template id
fn start_template(&mut self, id: u32, name: &str);
fn stop_template(&mut self);
// Process field value
fn set_value(&mut self, id: u32, name: &str, value: Option);
// Process sequence
fn start_sequence(&mut self, id: u32, name: &str, length: u32);
fn start_sequence_item(&mut self, index: u32);
fn stop_sequence_item(&mut self);
fn stop_sequence(&mut self);
// Process group
fn start_group(&mut self, name: &str);
fn stop_group(&mut self);
// Process template ref
fn start_template_ref(&mut self, name: &str, dynamic: bool);
fn stop_template_ref(&mut self);
}
```
For examples see implementation for `fastlib::text::TextMessageFactory` or `fastlib::text::JsonMessageFactory` but more likely you will want to construct you own message structs.
Then create a decoder from templates XML file and decode a message:
```rust
use fastlib::Decoder;
// Create a decoder from XML templates.
let mut decoder = Decoder::new_from_xml(include_str!("templates.xml"))?;
// Raw data that contains one message.
let raw_data: Vec = vec![ ... ];
// Create a message factory.
let mut msg = MyMessageFactory{};
// Decode the message.
decoder.decode_vec(raw_data, &mut msg)?;
```
## Examples
- [fast-tools](https://github.com/mcsakoff/rs-fast-tools)
## License
This project is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE-MIT).