This repo collects some simple test vectors in machine-processable form.
All examples in Appendix A of RFC 7049, encoded as a JSON array.
Each element of the test vector is a map (JSON object) with the keys:
- cbor: a base-64 encoded CBOR data item
- hex: the same CBOR data item in hex encoding
- roundtrip: a boolean that indicates whether a generic CBOR encoder would typically produce identical CBOR on re-encoding the decoded data item (your mileage may vary)
- decoded: the decoded data item if it can be represented in JSON
- diagnostic: the representation of the data item in CBOR diagnostic notation, otherwise
To make use of the cases that need diagnostic notation, a diagnostic notation printer is usually all that is needed: decode the CBOR, print the decoded data item in diagnostic notation, and compare.
(Note that the diagnostic notation uses full decoration for the indefinite length byte string, while the decoded indefinite length text string represented in JSON necessarily doesn't.)
