Add a validate function.

validate.go

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+package typegen
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// ValidateCBOR validates that a byte array is a single valid CBOR object.
+func ValidateCBOR(b []byte) error {
+	// The code here is basically identical to the previous function, it
+	// just doesn't copy.
+
+	br := bytes.NewReader(b)
+
+	// Allocate some scratch space.
+	scratch := make([]byte, maxHeaderSize)
+
+	for remaining := uint64(1); remaining > 0; remaining-- {
+		maj, extra, err := CborReadHeaderBuf(br, scratch)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		switch maj {
+		case MajUnsignedInt, MajNegativeInt, MajOther:
+			// nothing fancy to do
+		case MajByteString, MajTextString:
+			if extra > ByteArrayMaxLen {
+				return maxLengthError
+			}
+			if uint64(br.Len()) < extra {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+
+			if _, err := br.Seek(int64(extra), io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case MajTag:
+			remaining++
+		case MajArray:
+			if extra > MaxLength {
+				return maxLengthError
+			}
+			remaining += extra
+		case MajMap:
+			if extra > MaxLength {
+				return maxLengthError
+			}
+			remaining += extra * 2
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unhandled deferred cbor type: %d", maj)
+		}
+	}
+	if br.Len() > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected %d unread bytes", br.Len())
+	}
+	return nil
+}

validate_test.go

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+package typegen
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestValidateShort(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := WriteMajorTypeHeader(&buf, MajByteString, 100); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to write header")
+	}
+
+	if err := ValidateCBOR(buf.Bytes()); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error checking truncated cbor")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateDouble(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := WriteBool(&buf, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := WriteBool(&buf, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ValidateCBOR(buf.Bytes()); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error checking cbor with two objects")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := WriteBool(&buf, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := ValidateCBOR(buf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}