fixed_length_encoder 1.1.0 → 1.2.0

data/lib/fixed_length_encoder.rb

@@ -1,70 +1,126 @@
 module FixedLengthEncoder
-  ALPHABET = 'cg1b723erwp5f8sv0hdmtzxa4juqik9lon6y'
+  ALPHABET = '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
+  ENCODE_MAP = [406, 828, 85, 1284, 383, 878, 1066, 542, 665, 434, 270, 1150, 1016, 571, 379, 654, 1194, 1078, 148, 11, 798, 1102, 398, 23, 287, 1293, 50, 9, 1159, 1274, 971, 1031, 144, 812, 868, 574, 65, 1155, 314, 155, 512, 423, 1158, 597, 158, 1097, 966, 231, 202, 494, 1015, 594, 446, 1092, 755, 1285, 716, 705, 200, 482, 282, 1113, 1145, 123, 866, 779, 96, 95, 271, 1243, 1259, 825, 960, 1246, 262, 976, 1247, 1024, 484, 954, 1010, 918, 1088, 374, 690, 1149, 280, 540, 206, 1204, 1230, 1154, 838, 879, 1105, 733, 713, 579, 378, 1128, 1118, 41, 283, 967, 500, 849, 824, 176, 648, 455, 416, 552, 714, 722, 886, 910, 573, 420, 602, 737, 266, 901, 373, 959, 97, 1265, 750, 576, 1100, 1107, 851, 1235, 33, 48, 69, 146, 708, 1180, 852, 1253, 548, 36, 192, 1169, 337, 605, 1009, 793, 627, 75, 827, 1091, 870, 634, 466, 847, 958, 117, 331, 917, 659, 528, 986, 672, 286, 1127, 570, 1193, 608, 198, 453, 452, 357, 393, 1249, 1187, 1101, 1070, 483, 1134, 174, 1272, 72, 1182, 603, 1027, 950, 204, 1017, 524, 947, 1166, 893, 1271, 107, 1080, 1289, 1124, 1283, 909, 529, 316, 888, 836, 1181, 598, 728, 694, 244, 242, 1260, 835, 1042, 291, 278, 309, 468, 633, 1052, 1074, 589, 139, 411, 361, 857, 215, 523, 1004, 34, 433, 625, 1147, 642, 499, 773, 638, 118, 425, 985, 1210, 109, 288, 635, 513, 640, 837, 414, 84, 511, 1076, 1045, 717, 730, 945, 983, 1103, 369, 3, 1098, 731, 124, 59, 898, 568, 861, 496, 744, 892, 1196, 47, 803, 444, 254, 265, 74, 1160, 351, 1069, 1086, 1286, 68, 1171, 905, 241, 531, 1094, 818, 1035, 1106, 179, 306, 190, 44, 39, 273, 590, 0, 51, 669, 298, 521, 686, 359, 289, 308, 421, 145, 1049, 738, 323, 946, 973, 981, 834, 130, 405, 805, 112, 645, 1179, 1126, 624, 1280, 1060, 811, 349, 843, 1064, 251, 135, 680, 28, 618, 943, 815, 151, 1266, 1189, 228, 609, 147, 862, 575, 1058, 790, 1029, 63, 1000, 651, 536, 932, 1032, 438, 1174, 141, 247, 1245, 131, 1055, 809, 643, 760, 988, 952, 891, 430, 467, 368, 25, 543, 10, 450, 185, 922, 341, 327, 1121, 982, 82, 245, 999, 248, 1212, 2, 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1041, 614, 235, 920, 940, 67, 586, 1244, 743, 644, 697, 293, 556, 873, 1178, 70, 49, 1275, 418, 1208, 238, 258, 222, 751, 366, 1267, 802, 57, 304, 567, 475, 683, 591, 666, 799, 661, 1082, 336, 867, 7, 839, 908, 530, 1063, 541, 720, 763, 931, 458, 32, 1192, 42, 715, 600, 710, 344, 365, 345, 160, 783, 110, 619, 408, 1242, 748, 191, 380, 255, 1240, 313, 1186, 745, 753, 226, 1077, 527, 324, 399, 114, 649, 791, 451, 974, 906, 929, 823, 354, 1021, 916, 456, 83, 863, 631, 1089, 138, 545, 129, 1183, 169, 727, 606, 658, 1140, 772, 559, 1005, 472, 1087, 407, 429, 1003, 883, 296, 1068, 24, 845, 652, 725, 363, 171, 653, 1025, 487, 80, 616, 554, 292, 30, 66, 801, 481, 410, 1287, 544, 1190, 419, 532, 1135, 431, 17, 460, 912, 40, 964, 352, 817, 1007, 20, 612, 872, 285, 128, 182, 159, 1152, 385, 874, 1131, 969, 1228, 990, 442, 168, 884, 382, 797, 447, 1073, 115, 581, 137, 91, 611, 1257, 1006, 991, 1057, 108, 804, 996, 816, 504, 1142, 225, 153, 105, 1229, 415, 691, 370, 140, 759, 860, 699, 663, 1216, 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+  DECODE_MAP = [296, 635, 383, 257, 1259, 613, 414, 1005, 815, 27, 370, 19, 792, 720, 810, 625, 1228, 1105, 807, 945, 1113, 754, 820, 23, 1080, 368, 621, 751, 331, 872, 1093, 411, 1015, 132, 228, 853, 141, 779, 777, 293, 1108, 101, 1017, 1164, 292, 831, 400, 269, 133, 982, 26, 297, 805, 419, 1189, 1173, 883, 993, 493, 261, 483, 703, 531, 346, 826, 36, 1094, 971, 280, 134, 981, 1171, 182, 582, 274, 149, 441, 1219, 530, 957, 1089, 794, 378, 1056, 247, 2, 457, 932, 710, 684, 1207, 1137, 418, 796, 538, 67, 66, 124, 642, 451, 1273, 849, 1267, 1280, 1265, 1151, 450, 194, 1143, 240, 1026, 1177, 317, 877, 1044, 1134, 718, 157, 236, 571, 784, 785, 1291, 63, 260, 633, 630, 476, 1117, 1062, 314, 357, 1272, 865, 660, 329, 1182, 1136, 1060, 221, 1156, 354, 446, 514, 32, 306, 135, 340, 18, 899, 508, 335, 615, 1150, 1220, 39, 649, 528, 44, 1119, 1024, 956, 1215, 479, 736, 586, 1284, 1240, 1128, 1064, 1214, 1085, 738, 873, 180, 683, 107, 729, 1181, 289, 578, 759, 1118, 474, 1209, 372, 515, 752, 944, 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   LENGTH = 8
 
   def self.encode(value, message_length = nil)
     message_length = LENGTH if message_length.nil?
-    encoder = FixedLengthEncoder::Encoder.new(ALPHABET)
+    encoder = FixedLengthEncoder::Encoder.new(ALPHABET, ENCODE_MAP, DECODE_MAP)
     encoder.encode(value, message_length)
   end
 
   def self.decode(message)
-    encoder = FixedLengthEncoder::Encoder.new(ALPHABET)
+    encoder = FixedLengthEncoder::Encoder.new(ALPHABET, ENCODE_MAP, DECODE_MAP)
     encoder.decode(message)
   end
 
+  def self.isValidAlphabet
+    valid = ALPHABET.split('').uniq.length == ALPHABET.length
+  end
+
+  def self.isValidMap
+    length = ALPHABET.length*ALPHABET.length
+    valid = ENCODE_MAP.length == length && DECODE_MAP.length == length
+    if (valid)
+      (0..(length-1)).each do |i|
+        valid = (DECODE_MAP[ENCODE_MAP[i]] == i) if (valid)
+      end
+    end
+    valid == true
+  end
+
   class Encoder
-    def initialize(alphabet)
+    def initialize(alphabet, encode_map, decode_map)
       @alphabet = alphabet
+      @base = alphabet.length
+      @encode_map = encode_map
+      @decode_map = decode_map
     end
 
     def setup(message_length)
       @message_length = message_length
-      @max_message_value = (@alphabet.length)**message_length
-      @max_bits = Math::log(@max_message_value, 2).floor
-      @max_value = 2**@max_bits
+      @max_value = (@alphabet.length)**message_length
     end
 
     def encode(value, message_length)
-      raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot encode a non-integer.' unless value.is_a?(Integer)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot encode a non-integer' unless value.is_a?(Integer)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot encode negative values' if value < 0
       self.setup(message_length)
       raise ArgumentError, "Cannot encode #{value} in #{@message_length} characters" if value >= @max_value
-      value = self.scramble_value(value, @max_bits)
-      self.integer_to_string(@alphabet, value, @message_length)
+      value = self.offset(value, +1)
+      value = self.scramble_value(value, +1)
+      string = self.integer_to_string(value)
+    end
+
+    def decode(message)
+      raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot decode a non-string.' unless message.is_a?(String)
+      self.setup(message.length)
+      value = self.string_to_integer(message)
+      value = self.scramble_value(value, -1)
+      self.offset(value, -1)
+    end
+
+    def offset(value, direction)
+      offset = (@max_value/2).floor
+      (value += offset) if direction > 0
+      (value -= offset) if direction < 0
+      (value += @max_value) if value < 0
+      (value -= @max_value) if value >= @max_value
+      value
     end
 
-    def integer_to_string(alphabet, value, message_length)
-      message = ''
-      base = alphabet.length
-      while (value > 0 || message.length < message_length)
-        remainder = value % base
-        message += alphabet[remainder]
-        value = (value - remainder)/base
+    def scramble_value(value, direction)
+      message = integer_to_array(value)      
+      message = map_array(message, @encode_map, direction) if direction > 0
+      message = map_array(message, @decode_map, direction) if direction < 0
+      array_to_integer(message)
+    end
+
+    def map_array(message, map, direction)
+      indexes = (1..(@message_length - 1)).to_a
+      indexes = indexes.reverse if direction < 0
+      indexes.each do |index|
+        low = message[index - 1]
+        high = message[index]
+        map_index = high * @base + low
+        map_value = map[map_index]
+        message[index - 1] = map_value % @base
+        message[index] = map_value / @base
       end
       message
     end
 
-    def decode(message)
-      raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot decode a non-string.' unless message.is_a?(String)
-      self.setup(message.length)
-      value = self.string_to_integer(@alphabet, message)
-      self.scramble_value(value, @max_bits)
+    def integer_to_string(value)
+      message = integer_to_array(value)
+      message = message.map { |value| @alphabet[value] }
+      message.join
+    end
+
+    def integer_to_array(value)
+      message = []
+      while (value > 0 || message.length < @message_length)
+        remainder = value % @base
+        message.push remainder
+        value /= @base
+      end
+      message
     end
 
-    def string_to_integer(alphabet, message)
-      base = alphabet.length
+    def array_to_integer(message)
       value = 0
-      message.reverse.split('').each do |digit|
-        index = alphabet.index(digit)
+      message.reverse.each { |digit| value = (value * @base) + digit }
+      value
+    end
+
+    def string_to_integer(message)
+      value = 0
+      message.reverse.split('').map do |digit|
+        index = @alphabet.index(digit)
         raise ArgumentError, 'Cannot decode an invalid character (' + digit + ')' if index.nil?
-        value = (value * base) + index
+        value = (value * @base) + index
       end
       value
-    end    
-
-    def scramble_value(value, bits)
-      binary = self.integer_to_string('10', value, bits).reverse
-      self.string_to_integer('01', binary)
     end
   end
-end
+end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: fixed_length_encoder
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 1.1.0
+  version: 1.2.0
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2012-12-14 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2013-01-28 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies: []
-description: Integers are converted to strings using a binary reversal and a shuffled
-  base 36 alphabet.  Strings with valid digits (0-9 a-z)are converted back to integers.  The
+description: Integers are converted to strings using a complex mapping and a base
+  36 alphabet.  Strings with valid digits (0-9 a-z)are converted back to integers.  The
   encoding is one-to-one but not sequential.This is useful for obfuscating user ids
   in urls.
 email: brett@paperyfrog.com