maxmind-geoip2 0.4.0 → 0.5.0

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  1. checksums.yaml +4 -4
  2. data/CHANGELOG.md +7 -0
  3. data/Gemfile +1 -8
  4. data/lib/maxmind/geoip2/client.rb +1 -1
  5. data/lib/maxmind/geoip2/model/anonymous_ip.rb +8 -0
  6. data/lib/maxmind/geoip2/record/traits.rb +9 -0
  7. data/maxmind-geoip2.gemspec +7 -1
  8. data/test/data/LICENSE +4 -0
  9. data/test/data/MaxMind-DB-spec.md +570 -0
  10. data/test/data/MaxMind-DB-test-metadata-pointers.mmdb +0 -0
  11. data/test/data/README.md +4 -0
  12. data/test/data/bad-data/README.md +7 -0
  13. data/test/data/bad-data/libmaxminddb/libmaxminddb-offset-integer-overflow.mmdb +0 -0
  14. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/cyclic-data-structure.mmdb +0 -0
  15. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/invalid-bytes-length.mmdb +1 -0
  16. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/invalid-data-record-offset.mmdb +0 -0
  17. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/invalid-map-key-length.mmdb +0 -0
  18. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/invalid-string-length.mmdb +1 -0
  19. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/metadata-is-an-uint128.mmdb +1 -0
  20. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-golang/unexpected-bytes.mmdb +0 -0
  21. data/test/data/bad-data/maxminddb-python/bad-unicode-in-map-key.mmdb +0 -0
  22. data/test/data/perltidyrc +12 -0
  23. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Anonymous-IP-Test.json +49 -0
  24. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-City-Test.json +12852 -0
  25. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Connection-Type-Test.json +102 -0
  26. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Country-Test.json +15916 -0
  27. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-DensityIncome-Test.json +14 -0
  28. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Domain-Test.json +452 -0
  29. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Enterprise-Test.json +687 -0
  30. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-ISP-Test.json +12595 -0
  31. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Precision-Enterprise-Test.json +2148 -0
  32. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-Static-IP-Score-Test.json +2132 -0
  33. data/test/data/source-data/GeoIP2-User-Count-Test.json +2837 -0
  34. data/test/data/source-data/GeoLite2-ASN-Test.json +37 -0
  35. data/test/data/source-data/README +15 -0
  36. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Anonymous-IP-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  37. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-City-Test-Broken-Double-Format.mmdb +0 -0
  38. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-City-Test-Invalid-Node-Count.mmdb +0 -0
  39. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-City-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  40. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Connection-Type-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  41. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Country-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  42. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-DensityIncome-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  43. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Domain-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  44. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Enterprise-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  45. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-ISP-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  46. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Precision-Enterprise-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  47. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-Static-IP-Score-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  48. data/test/data/test-data/GeoIP2-User-Count-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  49. data/test/data/test-data/GeoLite2-ASN-Test.mmdb +0 -0
  50. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-no-ipv4-search-tree.mmdb +0 -0
  51. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-string-value-entries.mmdb +0 -0
  52. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-broken-pointers-24.mmdb +0 -0
  53. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-broken-search-tree-24.mmdb +0 -0
  54. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-decoder.mmdb +0 -0
  55. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-ipv4-24.mmdb +0 -0
  56. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-ipv4-28.mmdb +0 -0
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  59. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-ipv6-28.mmdb +0 -0
  60. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-ipv6-32.mmdb +0 -0
  61. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-metadata-pointers.mmdb +0 -0
  62. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-mixed-24.mmdb +0 -0
  63. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-mixed-28.mmdb +0 -0
  64. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-mixed-32.mmdb +0 -0
  65. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-nested.mmdb +0 -0
  66. data/test/data/test-data/MaxMind-DB-test-pointer-decoder.mmdb +0 -0
  67. data/test/data/test-data/README.md +26 -0
  68. data/test/data/test-data/maps-with-pointers.raw +0 -0
  69. data/test/data/test-data/write-test-data.pl +691 -0
  70. data/test/data/tidyall.ini +5 -0
  71. data/test/test_client.rb +2 -0
  72. data/test/test_reader.rb +13 -0
  73. metadata +139 -7
  74. data/Gemfile.lock +0 -72
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  # Changelog
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+ ## 0.5.0 (2020-09-25)
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+ * Added the `residential_proxy?` method to
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+ `MaxMind::GeoIP2::Model::AnonymousIP` and
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+ `MaxMind::GeoIP2::Record::Traits` for use with the Anonymous IP database
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+ and GeoIP2 Precision Insights.
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  ## 0.4.0 (2020-03-06)
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+ # and belongs to a residential ISP.
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+ #
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+ # @return [Boolean]
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+ def residential_proxy?
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+ # and belongs to a residential ISP. This property is only available
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+ # from GeoIP2 Precision Insights.
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+ #
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+ # @return [Boolean]
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+ def residential_proxy?
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+ get('is_residential_proxy')
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+ end
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+ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
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+ Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit
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+ title: MaxMind DB File Format Specification
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+ version: v2.0
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+ ---
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+ # MaxMind DB File Format Specification
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+
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+ ## Description
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+ The MaxMind DB file format is a database format that maps IPv4 and IPv6
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+ addresses to data records using an efficient binary search tree.
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+ ## Version
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+ This spec documents **version 2.0** of the MaxMind DB binary format.
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+ The version number consists of separate major and minor version numbers. It
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+ should not be considered a decimal number. In other words, version 2.10 comes
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+ after version 2.9.
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+ Code which is capable of reading a given major version of the format should
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+ ## Overview
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+ The binary database is split into three parts:
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+ 1. The binary search tree. Each level of the tree corresponds to a single bit
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+ in the 128 bit representation of an IPv6 address.
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+ 2. The data section. These are the values returned to the client for a
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+ 3. Database metadata. Information about the database itself.
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+ ## Database Metadata
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+ This portion of the database is stored at the end of the file. It is
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+ documented first because understanding some of the metadata is key to
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+ understanding how the other sections work.
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+ This section can be found by looking for a binary sequence matching
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+ marks the end of the data section and the beginning of the metadata. Since we
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+ allow for arbitrary binary data in the data section, some other piece of data
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+ could contain these values. This is why you need to find the last occurrence
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+ The maximum allowable size for the metadata section, including the marker that
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+ The metadata is stored as a map data structure. This structure is described
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+ Except where otherwise specified, each key listed is required for the database
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+ Adding a key constitutes a minor version change. Removing a key or changing
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+ The list of known keys for the current version of the format is as follows:
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+ ### node\_count
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+ ### record\_size
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+ ### database\_type
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+ ### languages
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+ An array of strings, each of which is a locale code. A given record may
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+ ### binary\_format\_major\_version
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+ ### build\_epoch
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+ ### description
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+ of the IPv4 address space in the tree. This accounts for the
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+ [6to4 mapping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6to4) subnet.
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+
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+ Database creators are encouraged to document whether they are doing something
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+ similar for their databases.
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+
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+ The Teredo subnet cannot be accounted for in the tree. Instead, code that
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+ searches the tree can offer to decode the IPv4 portion of a Teredo address and
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+ look that up.
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+
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+ ## Data Section Separator
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+
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+ There are 16 bytes of NULLs in between the search tree and the data
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+ section. This separator exists in order to make it possible for a verification
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+ tool to distinguish between the two sections.
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+
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+ This separator is not considered part of the data section itself. In other
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+ words, the data section starts at `$size_of_search_tree + 16` bytes in the
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+ file.
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+
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+ ## Output Data Section
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+
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+ Each output data field has an associated type, and that type is encoded as a
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+ number that begins the data field. Some types are variable length. In those
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+ cases, the type indicator is also followed by a length. The data payload
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+ always comes at the end of the field.
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+
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+ All binary data is stored in big-endian format.
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+
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+ Note that the *interpretation* of a given data type's meaning is decided by
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+ higher-level APIs, not by the binary format itself.
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+
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+ ### pointer - 1
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+
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+ A pointer to another part of the data section's address space. The pointer
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+ will point to the beginning of a field. It is illegal for a pointer to point
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+ to another pointer.
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+
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+ Pointer values start from the beginning of the data section, *not* the
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+ beginning of the file.
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+
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+ ### UTF-8 string - 2
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+
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+ A variable length byte sequence that contains valid utf8. If the length is
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+ zero then this is an empty string.
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+
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+ ### double - 3
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+
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+ This is stored as an IEEE-754 double (binary64) in big-endian format. The
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+ length of a double is always 8 bytes.
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+
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+ ### bytes - 4
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+
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+ A variable length byte sequence containing any sort of binary data. If the
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+ length is zero then this a zero-length byte sequence.
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+
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+ This is not currently used but may be used in the future to embed non-text
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+ data (images, etc.).
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+
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+ ### integer formats
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+
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+ Integers are stored in variable length binary fields.
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+
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+ We support 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit, and 128-bit unsigned integers. We also
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+ support 32-bit signed integers.
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+
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+ A 128-bit integer can use up to 16 bytes, but may use fewer. Similarly, a
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+ 32-bit integer may use from 0-4 bytes. The number of bytes used is determined
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+ by the length specifier in the control byte. See below for details.
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+
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+ A length of zero always indicates the number 0.
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+
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+ When storing a signed integer, the left-most bit is the sign. A 1 is negative
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+ and a 0 is positive.
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+
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+ The type numbers for our integer types are:
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+
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+ * unsigned 16-bit int - 5
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+ * unsigned 32-bit int - 6
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+ * signed 32-bit int - 8
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+ * unsigned 64-bit int - 9
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+ * unsigned 128-bit int - 10
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+
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+ The unsigned 32-bit and 128-bit types may be used to store IPv4 and IPv6
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+ addresses, respectively.
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+
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+ The signed 32-bit integers are stored using the 2's complement representation.
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+
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+ ### map - 7
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+
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+ A map data type contains a set of key/value pairs. Unlike other data types,
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+ the length information for maps indicates how many key/value pairs it
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+ contains, not its length in bytes. This size can be zero.
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+
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+ See below for the algorithm used to determine the number of pairs in the
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+ hash. This algorithm is also used to determine the length of a field's
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+ payload.
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+
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+ ### array - 11
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+
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+ An array type contains a set of ordered values. The length information for
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+ arrays indicates how many values it contains, not its length in bytes. This
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+ size can be zero.
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+
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+ This type uses the same algorithm as maps for determining the length of a
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+ field's payload.
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+
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+ ### data cache container - 12
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+
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+ This is a special data type that marks a container used to cache repeated
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+ data. For example, instead of repeating the string "United States" over and
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+ over in the database, we store it in the cache container and use pointers
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+ *into* this container instead.
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+
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+ Nothing in the database will ever contain a pointer to this field
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+ itself. Instead, various fields will point into the container.
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+
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+ The primary reason for making this a separate data type versus simply inlining
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+ the cached data is so that a database dumper tool can skip this cache when
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+ dumping the data section. The cache contents will end up being dumped as
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+ pointers into it are followed.
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+
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+ ### end marker - 13
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+
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+ The end marker marks the end of the data section. It is not strictly
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+ necessary, but including this marker allows a data section deserializer to
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+ process a stream of input, rather than having to find the end of the section
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+ before beginning the deserialization.
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+
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+ This data type is not followed by a payload, and its size is always zero.
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+
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+ ### boolean - 14
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+
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+ A true or false value. The length information for a boolean type will always
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+ be 0 or 1, indicating the value. There is no payload for this field.
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+
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+ ### float - 15
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+
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+ This is stored as an IEEE-754 float (binary32) in big-endian format. The
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+ length of a float is always 4 bytes.
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+
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+ This type is provided primarily for completeness. Because of the way floating
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+ point numbers are stored, this type can easily lose precision when serialized
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+ and then deserialized. If this is an issue for you, consider using a double
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+ instead.
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+
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+ ### Data Field Format
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+
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+ Each field starts with a control byte. This control byte provides information
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+ about the field's data type and payload size.
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+
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+ The first three bits of the control byte tell you what type the field is. If
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+ these bits are all 0, then this is an "extended" type, which means that the
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+ *next* byte contains the actual type. Otherwise, the first three bits will
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+ contain a number from 1 to 7, the actual type for the field.
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+
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+ We've tried to assign the most commonly used types as numbers 1-7 as an
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+ optimization.
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+
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+ With an extended type, the type number in the second byte is the number
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+ minus 7. In other words, an array (type 11) will be stored with a 0 for the
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+ type in the first byte and a 4 in the second.
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+
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+ Here is an example of how the control byte may combine with the next byte to
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+ tell us the type:
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+
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+ 001XXXXX pointer
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+ 010XXXXX UTF-8 string
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+ 110XXXXX unsigned 32-bit int (ASCII)
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+ 000XXXXX 00000011 unsigned 128-bit int (binary)
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+ 000XXXXX 00000100 array
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+ 000XXXXX 00000110 end marker
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+
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+ #### Payload Size
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+
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+ The next five bits in the control byte tell you how long the data field's
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+ payload is, except for maps and pointers. Maps and pointers use this size
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+ information a bit differently. See below.
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+
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+ If the five bits are smaller than 29, then those bits are the payload size in
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+ bytes. For example:
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+
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+ 01000010 UTF-8 string - 2 bytes long
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+ 01011100 UTF-8 string - 28 bytes long
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+ 11000001 unsigned 32-bit int - 1 byte long
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+ 00000011 00000011 unsigned 128-bit int - 3 bytes long
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+
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+ If the five bits are equal to 29, 30, or 31, then use the following algorithm
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+ to calculate the payload size.
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+
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+ If the value is 29, then the size is 29 + *the next byte after the type
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+ specifying bytes as an unsigned integer*.
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+
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+ If the value is 30, then the size is 285 + *the next two bytes after the type
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+ specifying bytes as a single unsigned integer*.
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+
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+ If the value is 31, then the size is 65,821 + *the next three bytes after the
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+ type specifying bytes as a single unsigned integer*.
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+
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+ Some examples:
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+
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+ 01011101 00110011 UTF-8 string - 80 bytes long
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+
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+ In this case, the last five bits of the control byte equal 29. We treat the
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+ next byte as an unsigned integer. The next byte is 51, so the total size is
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+ (29 + 51) = 80.
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+
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+ 01011110 00110011 00110011 UTF-8 string - 13,392 bytes long
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+
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+ The last five bits of the control byte equal 30. We treat the next two bytes
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+ as a single unsigned integer. The next two bytes equal 13,107, so the total
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+ size is (285 + 13,107) = 13,392.
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+
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+ 01011111 00110011 00110011 00110011 UTF-8 string - 3,421,264 bytes long
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+
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+ The last five bits of the control byte equal 31. We treat the next three bytes
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+ as a single unsigned integer. The next three bytes equal 3,355,443, so the
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+ total size is (65,821 + 3,355,443) = 3,421,264.
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+
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+ This means that the maximum payload size for a single field is 16,843,036
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+ bytes.
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+
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+ The binary number types always have a known size, but for consistency's sake,
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+ the control byte will always specify the correct size for these types.
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+
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+ #### Maps
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+
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+ Maps use the size in the control byte (and any following bytes) to indicate
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+ the number of key/value pairs in the map, not the size of the payload in
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+ bytes.
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+
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+ This means that the maximum number of pairs for a single map is 16,843,036.
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+
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+ Maps are laid out with each key followed by its value, followed by the next
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+ pair, etc.
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+
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+ The keys are **always** UTF-8 strings. The values may be any data type,
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+ including maps or pointers.
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+
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+ Once we know the number of pairs, we can look at each pair in turn to
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+ determine the size of the key and the key name, as well as the value's type
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+ and payload.
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+
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+ #### Pointers
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+
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+ Pointers use the last five bits in the control byte to calculate the pointer
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+ value.
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+
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+ To calculate the pointer value, we start by subdividing the five bits into two
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+ groups. The first two bits indicate the size, and the next three bits are part
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+ of the value, so we end up with a control byte breaking down like this:
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+ 001SSVVV.
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+
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+ The size can be 0, 1, 2, or 3.
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+
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+ If the size is 0, the pointer is built by appending the next byte to the last
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+ three bits to produce an 11-bit value.
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+
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+ If the size is 1, the pointer is built by appending the next two bytes to the
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+ last three bits to produce a 19-bit value + 2048.
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+
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+ If the size is 2, the pointer is built by appending the next three bytes to the
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+ last three bits to produce a 27-bit value + 526336.
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+
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+ Finally, if the size is 3, the pointer's value is contained in the next four
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+ bytes as a 32-bit value. In this case, the last three bits of the control byte
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+ are ignored.
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+
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+ This means that we are limited to 4GB of address space for pointers, so the
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+ data section size for the database is limited to 4GB.
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+
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+ ## Reference Implementations
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+
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+ ### Writer
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+
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+ * [Perl](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Writer-perl)
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+
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+ ### Reader
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+
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+ * [C](https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb)
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+ * [C#](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-dotnet)
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+ * [Java](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-java)
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+ * [Perl](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-perl)
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+ * [PHP](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php)
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+ * [Python](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-python)
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+ * [Ruby](https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-ruby)
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+
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+ ## Authors
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+
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+ This specification was created by the following authors:
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+
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+ * Greg Oschwald \<goschwald@maxmind.com\>
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+ * Dave Rolsky \<drolsky@maxmind.com\>
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+ * Boris Zentner \<bzentner@maxmind.com\>
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
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+ Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit
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+ [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
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+ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain
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+ View, California, 94041, USA
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+