Revert "remove external libraries from main branch"protocol-modeling

This reverts commit 0558244645611f314f47e0fa427f7323ce253eaf.

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diff --git a/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp
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+++ b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm> // reverse
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, uint64_t
+#include <cstring> // memcpy
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/input/binary_reader.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// binary writer //
+///////////////////
+
+/*!
+@brief serialization to CBOR and MessagePack values
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType, typename CharType>
+class binary_writer
+{
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @brief create a binary writer
+
+    @param[in] adapter  output adapter to write to
+    */
+    explicit binary_writer(output_adapter_t<CharType> adapter) : oa(adapter)
+    {
+        assert(oa);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    void write_bson(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                write_bson_object(*j.m_value.object);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+            {
+                JSON_THROW(type_error::create(317, "to serialize to BSON, top-level type must be object, but is " + std::string(j.type_name())));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_cbor(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xF6));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? to_char_type(0xF5)
+                                    : to_char_type(0xF4));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // CBOR does not differentiate between positive signed
+                    // integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used the
+                    // code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer <= 0x17)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x18));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x19));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // The conversions below encode the sign in the first
+                    // byte, and the value is converted to a positive number.
+                    const auto positive_number = -1 - j.m_value.number_integer;
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -24)
+                    {
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x20 + positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x38));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x39));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else if (positive_number <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x3A));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x3B));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(positive_number));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x18));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x19));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x1B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_unsigned));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(get_cbor_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x60 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x78));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x79));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x7A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x7B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x98));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x99));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x9A));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x9B));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 0x17)
+                {
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 + N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xB8));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xB9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xBA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_START
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xBB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(N));
+                }
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_cbor(el.first);
+                    write_cbor(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    */
+    void write_msgpack(const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null: // nil
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xC0));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean: // true and false
+            {
+                oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                    ? to_char_type(0xC3)
+                                    : to_char_type(0xC2));
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_integer >= 0)
+                {
+                    // MessagePack does not differentiate between positive
+                    // signed integers and unsigned integers. Therefore, we used
+                    // the code from the value_t::number_unsigned case here.
+                    if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                    {
+                        // positive fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 8
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCC));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 16
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCD));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 32
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCE));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // uint 64
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCF));
+                        write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (j.m_value.number_integer >= -32)
+                    {
+                        // negative fixnum
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 8
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD0));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 16
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD1));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 32
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD2));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                    else if (j.m_value.number_integer >= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() and
+                             j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+                    {
+                        // int 64
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD3));
+                        write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned < 128)
+                {
+                    // positive fixnum
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 8
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                else if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // uint 64
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xCF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint64_t>(j.m_value.number_integer));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                oa->write_character(get_msgpack_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float));
+                write_number(j.m_value.number_float);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the string length
+                const auto N = j.m_value.string->size();
+                if (N <= 31)
+                {
+                    // fixstr
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0xA0 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 8
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xD9));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDA));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // str 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDB));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write the string
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the array size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.array->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixarray
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x90 | N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDC));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // array 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDD));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                // step 1: write control byte and the object size
+                const auto N = j.m_value.object->size();
+                if (N <= 15)
+                {
+                    // fixmap
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(0x80 | (N & 0xF)));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 16
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDE));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint16_t>(N));
+                }
+                else if (N <= (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    // map 32
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(0xDF));
+                    write_number(static_cast<uint32_t>(N));
+                }
+
+                // step 2: write each element
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_msgpack(el.first);
+                    write_msgpack(el.second);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @param[in] use_count   whether to use '#' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] use_type    whether to use '$' prefixes (optimized format)
+    @param[in] add_prefix  whether prefixes need to be used for this value
+    */
+    void write_ubjson(const BasicJsonType& j, const bool use_count,
+                      const bool use_type, const bool add_prefix = true)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('Z'));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(j.m_value.boolean
+                                        ? to_char_type('T')
+                                        : to_char_type('F'));
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_integer, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_unsigned, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.number_float, add_prefix);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('S'));
+                }
+                write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.string->size(), true);
+                oa->write_characters(
+                    reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(j.m_value.string->c_str()),
+                    j.m_value.string->size());
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('['));
+                }
+
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin() + 1, j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
+
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.array->size(), true);
+                }
+
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.array)
+                {
+                    write_ubjson(el, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
+
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type(']'));
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (add_prefix)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('{'));
+                }
+
+                bool prefix_required = true;
+                if (use_type and not j.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    assert(use_count);
+                    const CharType first_prefix = ubjson_prefix(j.front());
+                    const bool same_prefix = std::all_of(j.begin(), j.end(),
+                                                         [this, first_prefix](const BasicJsonType & v)
+                    {
+                        return ubjson_prefix(v) == first_prefix;
+                    });
+
+                    if (same_prefix)
+                    {
+                        prefix_required = false;
+                        oa->write_character(to_char_type('$'));
+                        oa->write_character(first_prefix);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('#'));
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(j.m_value.object->size(), true);
+                }
+
+                for (const auto& el : *j.m_value.object)
+                {
+                    write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(el.first.size(), true);
+                    oa->write_characters(
+                        reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(el.first.c_str()),
+                        el.first.size());
+                    write_ubjson(el.second, use_count, use_type, prefix_required);
+                }
+
+                if (not use_count)
+                {
+                    oa->write_character(to_char_type('}'));
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    //////////
+    // BSON //
+    //////////
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of a BSON document entry header, including the id marker
+            and the entry name size (and its null-terminator).
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_entry_header_size(const string_t& name)
+    {
+        const auto it = name.find(static_cast<typename string_t::value_type>(0));
+        if (JSON_UNLIKELY(it != BasicJsonType::string_t::npos))
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(409,
+                                            "BSON key cannot contain code point U+0000 (at byte " + std::to_string(it) + ")"));
+        }
+
+        return /*id*/ 1ul + name.size() + /*zero-terminator*/1u;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes the given @a element_type and @a name to the output adapter
+    */
+    void write_bson_entry_header(const string_t& name,
+                                 const std::uint8_t element_type)
+    {
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(element_type)); // boolean
+        oa->write_characters(
+            reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(name.c_str()),
+            name.size() + 1u);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and boolean value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_boolean(const string_t& name,
+                            const bool value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x08);
+        oa->write_character(value ? to_char_type(0x01) : to_char_type(0x00));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and double value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_double(const string_t& name,
+                           const double value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x01);
+        write_number<double, true>(value);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded string in @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_string_size(const string_t& value)
+    {
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + value.size() + 1ul;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and string value @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_string(const string_t& name,
+                           const string_t& value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x02);
+
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value.size() + 1ul));
+        oa->write_characters(
+            reinterpret_cast<const CharType*>(value.c_str()),
+            value.size() + 1);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and null value
+    */
+    void write_bson_null(const string_t& name)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x0A);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded integer @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_integer_size(const std::int64_t value)
+    {
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= value and value <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            return sizeof(std::int32_t);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return sizeof(std::int64_t);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and integer @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_integer(const string_t& name,
+                            const std::int64_t value)
+    {
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::min)() <= value and value <= (std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x10); // int32
+            write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x12); // int64
+            write_number<std::int64_t, true>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(value));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded unsigned integer in @a j
+    */
+    static constexpr std::size_t calc_bson_unsigned_size(const std::uint64_t value) noexcept
+    {
+        return (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()))
+               ? sizeof(std::int32_t)
+               : sizeof(std::int64_t);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and unsigned @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_unsigned(const string_t& name,
+                             const std::uint64_t value)
+    {
+        if (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int32_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x10 /* int32 */);
+            write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(value));
+        }
+        else if (value <= static_cast<std::uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<std::int64_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x12 /* int64 */);
+            write_number<std::int64_t, true>(static_cast<std::int64_t>(value));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(value) + " cannot be represented by BSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and object @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_object_entry(const string_t& name,
+                                 const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x03); // object
+        write_bson_object(value);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @return The size of the BSON-encoded array @a value
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_array_size(const typename BasicJsonType::array_t& value)
+    {
+        std::size_t embedded_document_size = 0ul;
+        std::size_t array_index = 0ul;
+
+        for (const auto& el : value)
+        {
+            embedded_document_size += calc_bson_element_size(std::to_string(array_index++), el);
+        }
+
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + embedded_document_size + 1ul;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Writes a BSON element with key @a name and array @a value
+    */
+    void write_bson_array(const string_t& name,
+                          const typename BasicJsonType::array_t& value)
+    {
+        write_bson_entry_header(name, 0x04); // array
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(calc_bson_array_size(value)));
+
+        std::size_t array_index = 0ul;
+
+        for (const auto& el : value)
+        {
+            write_bson_element(std::to_string(array_index++), el);
+        }
+
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x00));
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Calculates the size necessary to serialize the JSON value @a j with its @a name
+    @return The calculated size for the BSON document entry for @a j with the given @a name.
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_element_size(const string_t& name,
+            const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        const auto header_size = calc_bson_entry_header_size(name);
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_object_size(*j.m_value.object);
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_array_size(*j.m_value.array);
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return header_size + 1ul;
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return header_size + 8ul;
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_integer_size(j.m_value.number_integer);
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_unsigned_size(j.m_value.number_unsigned);
+
+            case value_t::string:
+                return header_size + calc_bson_string_size(*j.m_value.string);
+
+            case value_t::null:
+                return header_size + 0ul;
+
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                return 0ul;
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        };
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Serializes the JSON value @a j to BSON and associates it with the
+           key @a name.
+    @param name The name to associate with the JSON entity @a j within the
+                current BSON document
+    @return The size of the BSON entry
+    */
+    void write_bson_element(const string_t& name,
+                            const BasicJsonType& j)
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+                return write_bson_object_entry(name, *j.m_value.object);
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return write_bson_array(name, *j.m_value.array);
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return write_bson_boolean(name, j.m_value.boolean);
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return write_bson_double(name, j.m_value.number_float);
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+                return write_bson_integer(name, j.m_value.number_integer);
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+                return write_bson_unsigned(name, j.m_value.number_unsigned);
+
+            case value_t::string:
+                return write_bson_string(name, *j.m_value.string);
+
+            case value_t::null:
+                return write_bson_null(name);
+
+            // LCOV_EXCL_START
+            default:
+                assert(false);
+                return;
+                // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+        };
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief Calculates the size of the BSON serialization of the given
+           JSON-object @a j.
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    static std::size_t calc_bson_object_size(const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
+    {
+        std::size_t document_size = std::accumulate(value.begin(), value.end(), 0ul,
+                                    [](size_t result, const typename BasicJsonType::object_t::value_type & el)
+        {
+            return result += calc_bson_element_size(el.first, el.second);
+        });
+
+        return sizeof(std::int32_t) + document_size + 1ul;
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @param[in] j  JSON value to serialize
+    @pre       j.type() == value_t::object
+    */
+    void write_bson_object(const typename BasicJsonType::object_t& value)
+    {
+        write_number<std::int32_t, true>(static_cast<std::int32_t>(calc_bson_object_size(value)));
+
+        for (const auto& el : value)
+        {
+            write_bson_element(el.first, el.second);
+        }
+
+        oa->write_character(to_char_type(0x00));
+    }
+
+    //////////
+    // CBOR //
+    //////////
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return to_char_type(0xFA);  // Single-Precision Float
+    }
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_cbor_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return to_char_type(0xFB);  // Double-Precision Float
+    }
+
+    /////////////
+    // MsgPack //
+    /////////////
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return to_char_type(0xCA);  // float 32
+    }
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_msgpack_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return to_char_type(0xCB);  // float 64
+    }
+
+    ////////////
+    // UBJSON //
+    ////////////
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (floating point)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if (add_prefix)
+        {
+            oa->write_character(get_ubjson_float_prefix(n));
+        }
+        write_number(n);
+    }
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (unsigned integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_unsigned<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (n <= static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // UBJSON: write number (signed integer)
+    template<typename NumberType, typename std::enable_if<
+                 std::is_signed<NumberType>::value and
+                 not std::is_floating_point<NumberType>::value, int>::type = 0>
+    void write_number_with_ubjson_prefix(const NumberType n,
+                                         const bool add_prefix)
+    {
+        if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('i'));  // int8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if (static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)()) <= n and n <= static_cast<int64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)()))
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('U'));  // uint8
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<uint8_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('I'));  // int16
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int16_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('l'));  // int32
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int32_t>(n));
+        }
+        else if ((std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)() <= n and n <= (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())
+        {
+            if (add_prefix)
+            {
+                oa->write_character(to_char_type('L'));  // int64
+            }
+            write_number(static_cast<int64_t>(n));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_START
+        else
+        {
+            JSON_THROW(out_of_range::create(407, "integer number " + std::to_string(n) + " cannot be represented by UBJSON as it does not fit int64"));
+        }
+        // LCOV_EXCL_STOP
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief determine the type prefix of container values
+
+    @note This function does not need to be 100% accurate when it comes to
+          integer limits. In case a number exceeds the limits of int64_t,
+          this will be detected by a later call to function
+          write_number_with_ubjson_prefix. Therefore, we return 'L' for any
+          value that does not fit the previous limits.
+    */
+    CharType ubjson_prefix(const BasicJsonType& j) const noexcept
+    {
+        switch (j.type())
+        {
+            case value_t::null:
+                return 'Z';
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+                return j.m_value.boolean ? 'T' : 'F';
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                if ((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)() <= j.m_value.number_integer and j.m_value.number_integer <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                return 'L';
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'i';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'U';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'I';
+                }
+                if (j.m_value.number_unsigned <= (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())
+                {
+                    return 'l';
+                }
+                // no check and assume int64_t (see note above)
+                return 'L';
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+                return get_ubjson_float_prefix(j.m_value.number_float);
+
+            case value_t::string:
+                return 'S';
+
+            case value_t::array:
+                return '[';
+
+            case value_t::object:
+                return '{';
+
+            default:  // discarded values
+                return 'N';
+        }
+    }
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(float /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return 'd';  // float 32
+    }
+
+    static constexpr CharType get_ubjson_float_prefix(double /*unused*/)
+    {
+        return 'D';  // float 64
+    }
+
+    ///////////////////////
+    // Utility functions //
+    ///////////////////////
+
+    /*
+    @brief write a number to output input
+    @param[in] n number of type @a NumberType
+    @tparam NumberType the type of the number
+    @tparam OutputIsLittleEndian Set to true if output data is
+                                 required to be little endian
+
+    @note This function needs to respect the system's endianess, because bytes
+          in CBOR, MessagePack, and UBJSON are stored in network order (big
+          endian) and therefore need reordering on little endian systems.
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, bool OutputIsLittleEndian = false>
+    void write_number(const NumberType n)
+    {
+        // step 1: write number to array of length NumberType
+        std::array<CharType, sizeof(NumberType)> vec;
+        std::memcpy(vec.data(), &n, sizeof(NumberType));
+
+        // step 2: write array to output (with possible reordering)
+        if (is_little_endian and not OutputIsLittleEndian)
+        {
+            // reverse byte order prior to conversion if necessary
+            std::reverse(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+        }
+
+        oa->write_characters(vec.data(), sizeof(NumberType));
+    }
+
+  public:
+    // The following to_char_type functions are implement the conversion
+    // between uint8_t and CharType. In case CharType is not unsigned,
+    // such a conversion is required to allow values greater than 128.
+    // See <https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/1286> for a discussion.
+    template < typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t < std::is_signed<C>::value and std::is_signed<char>::value > * = nullptr >
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
+    {
+        return *reinterpret_cast<char*>(&x);
+    }
+
+    template < typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t < std::is_signed<C>::value and std::is_unsigned<char>::value > * = nullptr >
+    static CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof(std::uint8_t) == sizeof(CharType), "size of CharType must be equal to std::uint8_t");
+        static_assert(std::is_pod<CharType>::value, "CharType must be POD");
+        CharType result;
+        std::memcpy(&result, &x, sizeof(x));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    template<typename C = CharType,
+             enable_if_t<std::is_unsigned<C>::value>* = nullptr>
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(std::uint8_t x) noexcept
+    {
+        return x;
+    }
+
+    template < typename InputCharType, typename C = CharType,
+               enable_if_t <
+                   std::is_signed<C>::value and
+                   std::is_signed<char>::value and
+                   std::is_same<char, typename std::remove_cv<InputCharType>::type>::value
+                   > * = nullptr >
+    static constexpr CharType to_char_type(InputCharType x) noexcept
+    {
+        return x;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// whether we can assume little endianess
+    const bool is_little_endian = binary_reader<BasicJsonType>::little_endianess();
+
+    /// the output
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
diff --git a/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm> // copy
+#include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <ios> // streamsize
+#include <iterator> // back_inserter
+#include <memory> // shared_ptr, make_shared
+#include <ostream> // basic_ostream
+#include <string> // basic_string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+/// abstract output adapter interface
+template<typename CharType> struct output_adapter_protocol
+{
+    virtual void write_character(CharType c) = 0;
+    virtual void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) = 0;
+    virtual ~output_adapter_protocol() = default;
+};
+
+/// a type to simplify interfaces
+template<typename CharType>
+using output_adapter_t = std::shared_ptr<output_adapter_protocol<CharType>>;
+
+/// output adapter for byte vectors
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_vector_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_vector_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec) noexcept
+        : v(vec)
+    {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        v.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        std::copy(s, s + length, std::back_inserter(v));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::vector<CharType>& v;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for output streams
+template<typename CharType>
+class output_stream_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_stream_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s) noexcept
+        : stream(s)
+    {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        stream.put(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        stream.write(s, static_cast<std::streamsize>(length));
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::basic_ostream<CharType>& stream;
+};
+
+/// output adapter for basic_string
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_string_adapter : public output_adapter_protocol<CharType>
+{
+  public:
+    explicit output_string_adapter(StringType& s) noexcept
+        : str(s)
+    {}
+
+    void write_character(CharType c) override
+    {
+        str.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    void write_characters(const CharType* s, std::size_t length) override
+    {
+        str.append(s, length);
+    }
+
+  private:
+    StringType& str;
+};
+
+template<typename CharType, typename StringType = std::basic_string<CharType>>
+class output_adapter
+{
+  public:
+    output_adapter(std::vector<CharType>& vec)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_vector_adapter<CharType>>(vec)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(std::basic_ostream<CharType>& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_stream_adapter<CharType>>(s)) {}
+
+    output_adapter(StringType& s)
+        : oa(std::make_shared<output_string_adapter<CharType, StringType>>(s)) {}
+
+    operator output_adapter_t<CharType>()
+    {
+        return oa;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    output_adapter_t<CharType> oa = nullptr;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann
diff --git a/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/serializer.hpp b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/serializer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a34a452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/lib/modernjson/detail/output/serializer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,741 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm> // reverse, remove, fill, find, none_of
+#include <array> // array
+#include <cassert> // assert
+#include <ciso646> // and, or
+#include <clocale> // localeconv, lconv
+#include <cmath> // labs, isfinite, isnan, signbit
+#include <cstddef> // size_t, ptrdiff_t
+#include <cstdint> // uint8_t
+#include <cstdio> // snprintf
+#include <limits> // numeric_limits
+#include <string> // string
+#include <type_traits> // is_same
+
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/exceptions.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/conversions/to_chars.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/macro_scope.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/meta/cpp_future.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/output/binary_writer.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/output/output_adapters.hpp>
+#include <lib/modernjson/detail/value_t.hpp>
+
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+namespace detail
+{
+///////////////////
+// serialization //
+///////////////////
+
+/// how to treat decoding errors
+enum class error_handler_t
+{
+    strict,  ///< throw a type_error exception in case of invalid UTF-8
+    replace, ///< replace invalid UTF-8 sequences with U+FFFD
+    ignore   ///< ignore invalid UTF-8 sequences
+};
+
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class serializer
+{
+    using string_t = typename BasicJsonType::string_t;
+    using number_float_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_float_t;
+    using number_integer_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_integer_t;
+    using number_unsigned_t = typename BasicJsonType::number_unsigned_t;
+    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_ACCEPT = 0;
+    static constexpr uint8_t UTF8_REJECT = 1;
+
+  public:
+    /*!
+    @param[in] s  output stream to serialize to
+    @param[in] ichar  indentation character to use
+    @param[in] error_handler_  how to react on decoding errors
+    */
+    serializer(output_adapter_t<char> s, const char ichar,
+               error_handler_t error_handler_ = error_handler_t::strict)
+        : o(std::move(s))
+        , loc(std::localeconv())
+        , thousands_sep(loc->thousands_sep == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->thousands_sep))
+        , decimal_point(loc->decimal_point == nullptr ? '\0' : * (loc->decimal_point))
+        , indent_char(ichar)
+        , indent_string(512, indent_char)
+        , error_handler(error_handler_)
+    {}
+
+    // delete because of pointer members
+    serializer(const serializer&) = delete;
+    serializer& operator=(const serializer&) = delete;
+    serializer(serializer&&) = delete;
+    serializer& operator=(serializer&&) = delete;
+    ~serializer() = default;
+
+    /*!
+    @brief internal implementation of the serialization function
+
+    This function is called by the public member function dump and organizes
+    the serialization internally. The indentation level is propagated as
+    additional parameter. In case of arrays and objects, the function is
+    called recursively.
+
+    - strings and object keys are escaped using `escape_string()`
+    - integer numbers are converted implicitly via `operator<<`
+    - floating-point numbers are converted to a string using `"%g"` format
+
+    @param[in] val             value to serialize
+    @param[in] pretty_print    whether the output shall be pretty-printed
+    @param[in] indent_step     the indent level
+    @param[in] current_indent  the current indent level (only used internally)
+    */
+    void dump(const BasicJsonType& val, const bool pretty_print,
+              const bool ensure_ascii,
+              const unsigned int indent_step,
+              const unsigned int current_indent = 0)
+    {
+        switch (val.m_type)
+        {
+            case value_t::object:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.object->empty())
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("{}", 2);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (pretty_print)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("{\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
+                    {
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
+                    }
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                        dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\": ", 3);
+                    dump(i->second, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character('}');
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('{');
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    auto i = val.m_value.object->cbegin();
+                    for (std::size_t cnt = 0; cnt < val.m_value.object->size() - 1; ++cnt, ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_character('\"');
+                        dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                        o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                        dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(i != val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    assert(std::next(i) == val.m_value.object->cend());
+                    o->write_character('\"');
+                    dump_escaped(i->first, ensure_ascii);
+                    o->write_characters("\":", 2);
+                    dump(i->second, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('}');
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::array:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.array->empty())
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("[]", 2);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (pretty_print)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("[\n", 2);
+
+                    // variable to hold indentation for recursive calls
+                    const auto new_indent = current_indent + indent_step;
+                    if (JSON_UNLIKELY(indent_string.size() < new_indent))
+                    {
+                        indent_string.resize(indent_string.size() * 2, ' ');
+                    }
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                        dump(*i, true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+                        o->write_characters(",\n", 2);
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), new_indent);
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), true, ensure_ascii, indent_step, new_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character('\n');
+                    o->write_characters(indent_string.c_str(), current_indent);
+                    o->write_character(']');
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_character('[');
+
+                    // first n-1 elements
+                    for (auto i = val.m_value.array->cbegin();
+                            i != val.m_value.array->cend() - 1; ++i)
+                    {
+                        dump(*i, false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+                        o->write_character(',');
+                    }
+
+                    // last element
+                    assert(not val.m_value.array->empty());
+                    dump(val.m_value.array->back(), false, ensure_ascii, indent_step, current_indent);
+
+                    o->write_character(']');
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::string:
+            {
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                dump_escaped(*val.m_value.string, ensure_ascii);
+                o->write_character('\"');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::boolean:
+            {
+                if (val.m_value.boolean)
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("true", 4);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    o->write_characters("false", 5);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_integer:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_integer);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_unsigned:
+            {
+                dump_integer(val.m_value.number_unsigned);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::number_float:
+            {
+                dump_float(val.m_value.number_float);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::discarded:
+            {
+                o->write_characters("<discarded>", 11);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            case value_t::null:
+            {
+                o->write_characters("null", 4);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /*!
+    @brief dump escaped string
+
+    Escape a string by replacing certain special characters by a sequence of an
+    escape character (backslash) and another character and other control
+    characters by a sequence of "\u" followed by a four-digit hex
+    representation. The escaped string is written to output stream @a o.
+
+    @param[in] s  the string to escape
+    @param[in] ensure_ascii  whether to escape non-ASCII characters with
+                             \uXXXX sequences
+
+    @complexity Linear in the length of string @a s.
+    */
+    void dump_escaped(const string_t& s, const bool ensure_ascii)
+    {
+        uint32_t codepoint;
+        uint8_t state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
+        std::size_t bytes = 0;  // number of bytes written to string_buffer
+
+        // number of bytes written at the point of the last valid byte
+        std::size_t bytes_after_last_accept = 0;
+        std::size_t undumped_chars = 0;
+
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            const auto byte = static_cast<uint8_t>(s[i]);
+
+            switch (decode(state, codepoint, byte))
+            {
+                case UTF8_ACCEPT:  // decode found a new code point
+                {
+                    switch (codepoint)
+                    {
+                        case 0x08: // backspace
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'b';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x09: // horizontal tab
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 't';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0A: // newline
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'n';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0C: // formfeed
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x0D: // carriage return
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = 'r';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x22: // quotation mark
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\"';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        case 0x5C: // reverse solidus
+                        {
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        default:
+                        {
+                            // escape control characters (0x00..0x1F) or, if
+                            // ensure_ascii parameter is used, non-ASCII characters
+                            if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F)))
+                            {
+                                if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF)
+                                {
+                                    (std::snprintf)(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
+                                                    static_cast<uint16_t>(codepoint));
+                                    bytes += 6;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    (std::snprintf)(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
+                                                    static_cast<uint16_t>(0xD7C0 + (codepoint >> 10)),
+                                                    static_cast<uint16_t>(0xDC00 + (codepoint & 0x3FF)));
+                                    bytes += 12;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                // copy byte to buffer (all previous bytes
+                                // been copied have in default case above)
+                                string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
+                            }
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // write buffer and reset index; there must be 13 bytes
+                    // left, as this is the maximal number of bytes to be
+                    // written ("\uxxxx\uxxxx\0") for one code point
+                    if (string_buffer.size() - bytes < 13)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+                        bytes = 0;
+                    }
+
+                    // remember the byte position of this accept
+                    bytes_after_last_accept = bytes;
+                    undumped_chars = 0;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case UTF8_REJECT:  // decode found invalid UTF-8 byte
+                {
+                    switch (error_handler)
+                    {
+                        case error_handler_t::strict:
+                        {
+                            std::string sn(3, '\0');
+                            (std::snprintf)(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", byte);
+                            JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "invalid UTF-8 byte at index " + std::to_string(i) + ": 0x" + sn));
+                        }
+
+                        case error_handler_t::ignore:
+                        case error_handler_t::replace:
+                        {
+                            // in case we saw this character the first time, we
+                            // would like to read it again, because the byte
+                            // may be OK for itself, but just not OK for the
+                            // previous sequence
+                            if (undumped_chars > 0)
+                            {
+                                --i;
+                            }
+
+                            // reset length buffer to the last accepted index;
+                            // thus removing/ignoring the invalid characters
+                            bytes = bytes_after_last_accept;
+
+                            if (error_handler == error_handler_t::replace)
+                            {
+                                // add a replacement character
+                                if (ensure_ascii)
+                                {
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = '\\';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'u';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'f';
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = 'd';
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xEF');
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xBF');
+                                    string_buffer[bytes++] = detail::binary_writer<BasicJsonType, char>::to_char_type('\xBD');
+                                }
+                                bytes_after_last_accept = bytes;
+                            }
+
+                            undumped_chars = 0;
+
+                            // continue processing the string
+                            state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point
+                {
+                    if (not ensure_ascii)
+                    {
+                        // code point will not be escaped - copy byte to buffer
+                        string_buffer[bytes++] = s[i];
+                    }
+                    ++undumped_chars;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // we finished processing the string
+        if (JSON_LIKELY(state == UTF8_ACCEPT))
+        {
+            // write buffer
+            if (bytes > 0)
+            {
+                o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // we finish reading, but do not accept: string was incomplete
+            switch (error_handler)
+            {
+                case error_handler_t::strict:
+                {
+                    std::string sn(3, '\0');
+                    (std::snprintf)(&sn[0], sn.size(), "%.2X", static_cast<uint8_t>(s.back()));
+                    JSON_THROW(type_error::create(316, "incomplete UTF-8 string; last byte: 0x" + sn));
+                }
+
+                case error_handler_t::ignore:
+                {
+                    // write all accepted bytes
+                    o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes_after_last_accept);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case error_handler_t::replace:
+                {
+                    // write all accepted bytes
+                    o->write_characters(string_buffer.data(), bytes_after_last_accept);
+                    // add a replacement character
+                    if (ensure_ascii)
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters("\\ufffd", 6);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        o->write_characters("\xEF\xBF\xBD", 3);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief dump an integer
+
+    Dump a given integer to output stream @a o. Works internally with
+    @a number_buffer.
+
+    @param[in] x  integer number (signed or unsigned) to dump
+    @tparam NumberType either @a number_integer_t or @a number_unsigned_t
+    */
+    template<typename NumberType, detail::enable_if_t<
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_unsigned_t>::value or
+                 std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value,
+                 int> = 0>
+    void dump_integer(NumberType x)
+    {
+        // special case for "0"
+        if (x == 0)
+        {
+            o->write_character('0');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const bool is_negative = std::is_same<NumberType, number_integer_t>::value and not (x >= 0);  // see issue #755
+        std::size_t i = 0;
+
+        while (x != 0)
+        {
+            // spare 1 byte for '\0'
+            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 1);
+
+            const auto digit = std::labs(static_cast<long>(x % 10));
+            number_buffer[i++] = static_cast<char>('0' + digit);
+            x /= 10;
+        }
+
+        if (is_negative)
+        {
+            // make sure there is capacity for the '-'
+            assert(i < number_buffer.size() - 2);
+            number_buffer[i++] = '-';
+        }
+
+        std::reverse(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + i);
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), i);
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief dump a floating-point number
+
+    Dump a given floating-point number to output stream @a o. Works internally
+    with @a number_buffer.
+
+    @param[in] x  floating-point number to dump
+    */
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x)
+    {
+        // NaN / inf
+        if (not std::isfinite(x))
+        {
+            o->write_characters("null", 4);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If number_float_t is an IEEE-754 single or double precision number,
+        // use the Grisu2 algorithm to produce short numbers which are
+        // guaranteed to round-trip, using strtof and strtod, resp.
+        //
+        // NB: The test below works if <long double> == <double>.
+        static constexpr bool is_ieee_single_or_double
+            = (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 24 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 128) or
+              (std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::is_iec559 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::digits == 53 and std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_exponent == 1024);
+
+        dump_float(x, std::integral_constant<bool, is_ieee_single_or_double>());
+    }
+
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::true_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        char* begin = number_buffer.data();
+        char* end = ::nlohmann::detail::to_chars(begin, begin + number_buffer.size(), x);
+
+        o->write_characters(begin, static_cast<size_t>(end - begin));
+    }
+
+    void dump_float(number_float_t x, std::false_type /*is_ieee_single_or_double*/)
+    {
+        // get number of digits for a float -> text -> float round-trip
+        static constexpr auto d = std::numeric_limits<number_float_t>::max_digits10;
+
+        // the actual conversion
+        std::ptrdiff_t len = (std::snprintf)(number_buffer.data(), number_buffer.size(), "%.*g", d, x);
+
+        // negative value indicates an error
+        assert(len > 0);
+        // check if buffer was large enough
+        assert(static_cast<std::size_t>(len) < number_buffer.size());
+
+        // erase thousands separator
+        if (thousands_sep != '\0')
+        {
+            const auto end = std::remove(number_buffer.begin(),
+                                         number_buffer.begin() + len, thousands_sep);
+            std::fill(end, number_buffer.end(), '\0');
+            assert((end - number_buffer.begin()) <= len);
+            len = (end - number_buffer.begin());
+        }
+
+        // convert decimal point to '.'
+        if (decimal_point != '\0' and decimal_point != '.')
+        {
+            const auto dec_pos = std::find(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.end(), decimal_point);
+            if (dec_pos != number_buffer.end())
+            {
+                *dec_pos = '.';
+            }
+        }
+
+        o->write_characters(number_buffer.data(), static_cast<std::size_t>(len));
+
+        // determine if need to append ".0"
+        const bool value_is_int_like =
+            std::none_of(number_buffer.begin(), number_buffer.begin() + len + 1,
+                         [](char c)
+        {
+            return (c == '.' or c == 'e');
+        });
+
+        if (value_is_int_like)
+        {
+            o->write_characters(".0", 2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*!
+    @brief check whether a string is UTF-8 encoded
+
+    The function checks each byte of a string whether it is UTF-8 encoded. The
+    result of the check is stored in the @a state parameter. The function must
+    be called initially with state 0 (accept). State 1 means the string must
+    be rejected, because the current byte is not allowed. If the string is
+    completely processed, but the state is non-zero, the string ended
+    prematurely; that is, the last byte indicated more bytes should have
+    followed.
+
+    @param[in,out] state  the state of the decoding
+    @param[in,out] codep  codepoint (valid only if resulting state is UTF8_ACCEPT)
+    @param[in] byte       next byte to decode
+    @return               new state
+
+    @note The function has been edited: a std::array is used.
+
+    @copyright Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
+    @sa http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de/utf-8/decoder/dfa/
+    */
+    static uint8_t decode(uint8_t& state, uint32_t& codep, const uint8_t byte) noexcept
+    {
+        static const std::array<uint8_t, 400> utf8d =
+        {
+            {
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 00..1F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 20..3F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 40..5F
+                0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 60..7F
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, // 80..9F
+                7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, // A0..BF
+                8, 8, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // C0..DF
+                0xA, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x3, 0x4, 0x3, 0x3, // E0..EF
+                0xB, 0x6, 0x6, 0x6, 0x5, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, // F0..FF
+                0x0, 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x5, 0x8, 0x7, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x4, 0x6, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, // s0..s0
+                1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s1..s2
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s3..s4
+                1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, // s5..s6
+                1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 // s7..s8
+            }
+        };
+
+        const uint8_t type = utf8d[byte];
+
+        codep = (state != UTF8_ACCEPT)
+                ? (byte & 0x3fu) | (codep << 6)
+                : static_cast<uint32_t>(0xff >> type) & (byte);
+
+        state = utf8d[256u + state * 16u + type];
+        return state;
+    }
+
+  private:
+    /// the output of the serializer
+    output_adapter_t<char> o = nullptr;
+
+    /// a (hopefully) large enough character buffer
+    std::array<char, 64> number_buffer{{}};
+
+    /// the locale
+    const std::lconv* loc = nullptr;
+    /// the locale's thousand separator character
+    const char thousands_sep = '\0';
+    /// the locale's decimal point character
+    const char decimal_point = '\0';
+
+    /// string buffer
+    std::array<char, 512> string_buffer{{}};
+
+    /// the indentation character
+    const char indent_char;
+    /// the indentation string
+    string_t indent_string;
+
+    /// error_handler how to react on decoding errors
+    const error_handler_t error_handler;
+};
+}  // namespace detail
+}  // namespace nlohmann