rails/activesupport
Jonathan Hefner a2a6331451 Add ActiveSupport::MessagePack
`ActiveSupport::MessagePack` is a serializer that integrates with the
`msgpack` gem to serialize a variety of Ruby objects.  `AS::MessagePack`
supports several types beyond the base types that `msgpack` supports,
including `Time` and `Range`, as well as Active Support types such as
`AS::TimeWithZone` and `AS::HashWithIndifferentAccess`.

Compared to `JSON` and `Marshal`, `AS::MessagePack` can provide a
performance improvement and message size reduction.  For example, when
used with `MessageVerifier`:

  ```ruby
  # frozen_string_literal: true

  require "benchmark/ips"
  require "active_support/all"
  require "active_support/message_pack"

  marshal_verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("secret", serializer: Marshal)
  json_verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("secret", serializer: JSON)
  asjson_verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("secret", serializer: ActiveSupport::JSON)
  msgpack_verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new("secret", serializer: ActiveSupport::MessagePack)

  ActiveSupport::Messages::Metadata.use_message_serializer_for_metadata = true
  expiry = 1.year.from_now
  data = { bool: true, num: 123456789, string: "x" * 50 }

  Benchmark.ips do |x|
    x.report("Marshal") do
      marshal_verifier.verify(marshal_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry))
    end

    x.report("JSON") do
      json_verifier.verify(json_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry))
    end

    x.report("AS::JSON") do
      asjson_verifier.verify(asjson_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry))
    end

    x.report("MessagePack") do
      msgpack_verifier.verify(msgpack_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry))
    end

    x.compare!
  end

  puts "Marshal size: #{marshal_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry).bytesize}"
  puts "JSON size: #{json_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry).bytesize}"
  puts "MessagePack size: #{msgpack_verifier.generate(data, expires_at: expiry).bytesize}"
  ```

  ```
  Warming up --------------------------------------
               Marshal     1.206k i/100ms
                  JSON     1.165k i/100ms
              AS::JSON   790.000  i/100ms
           MessagePack     1.798k i/100ms
  Calculating -------------------------------------
               Marshal     11.748k (± 1.3%) i/s -     59.094k in   5.031071s
                  JSON     11.498k (± 1.4%) i/s -     58.250k in   5.066957s
              AS::JSON      7.867k (± 2.4%) i/s -     39.500k in   5.024055s
           MessagePack     17.865k (± 0.8%) i/s -     89.900k in   5.032592s

  Comparison:
           MessagePack:    17864.9 i/s
               Marshal:    11747.8 i/s - 1.52x  (± 0.00) slower
                  JSON:    11498.4 i/s - 1.55x  (± 0.00) slower
              AS::JSON:     7866.9 i/s - 2.27x  (± 0.00) slower

  Marshal size: 254
  JSON size: 234
  MessagePack size: 194
  ```

Additionally, `ActiveSupport::MessagePack::CacheSerializer` is a
serializer that is suitable for use as an `ActiveSupport::Cache` coder.
`AS::MessagePack::CacheSerializer` can serialize `ActiveRecord::Base`
instances, including loaded associations.  Like `AS::MessagePack`, it
provides a performance improvement and payload size reduction:

  ```ruby
  # frozen_string_literal: true

  require "benchmark/ips"
  require "active_support/message_pack"

  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:")

  ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
    create_table :posts, force: true do |t|
      t.string :body
      t.timestamps
    end

    create_table :comments, force: true do |t|
      t.integer :post_id
      t.string :body
      t.timestamps
    end
  end

  class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :comments
  end

  class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :post
  end

  post = Post.create!(body: "x" * 100)
  2.times { post.comments.create!(body: "x" * 100) }
  post.comments.load
  cache_entry = ActiveSupport::Cache::Entry.new(post)

  Rails70Coder = ActiveSupport::Cache::Coders::Rails70Coder
  CacheSerializer = ActiveSupport::MessagePack::CacheSerializer

  Benchmark.ips do |x|
    x.report("Rails70Coder") do
      Rails70Coder.load(Rails70Coder.dump(cache_entry))
    end

    x.report("CacheSerializer") do
      CacheSerializer.load(CacheSerializer.dump(cache_entry))
    end

    x.compare!
  end

  puts "Rails70Coder size: #{Rails70Coder.dump(cache_entry).bytesize}"
  puts "CacheSerializer size: #{CacheSerializer.dump(cache_entry).bytesize}"
  ```

  ```
  Warming up --------------------------------------
          Rails70Coder   329.000  i/100ms
       CacheSerializer   492.000  i/100ms
  Calculating -------------------------------------
          Rails70Coder      3.285k (± 1.7%) i/s -     16.450k in   5.008447s
       CacheSerializer      4.895k (± 2.4%) i/s -     24.600k in   5.028803s

  Comparison:
       CacheSerializer:     4894.7 i/s
          Rails70Coder:     3285.4 i/s - 1.49x  slower

  Rails70Coder size: 808
  CacheSerializer size: 593
  ```

Co-authored-by: Jean Boussier <jean.boussier@gmail.com>
2023-04-17 11:56:06 -05:00
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= Active Support -- Utility classes and Ruby extensions from Rails

Active Support is a collection of utility classes and standard library
extensions that were found useful for the Rails framework. These additions
reside in this package so they can be loaded as needed in Ruby projects
outside of Rails.

You can read more about the extensions in the {Active Support Core Extensions}[https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_support_core_extensions.html] guide.

== Download and installation

The latest version of Active Support can be installed with RubyGems:

  $ gem install activesupport

Source code can be downloaded as part of the Rails project on GitHub:

* https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/main/activesupport


== License

Active Support is released under the MIT license:

* https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT


== Support

API documentation is at:

* https://api.rubyonrails.org

Bug reports for the Ruby on Rails project can be filed here:

* https://github.com/rails/rails/issues

Feature requests should be discussed on the rails-core mailing list here:

* https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/c/rubyonrails-core