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[Phase 9] Design and implement Binary Links Notation protocol #49

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Summary

This PR implements the Binary Links Notation (BLN) protocol for efficient link serialization, addressing issue #27.

Key Features

  • Binary wire format with 11-byte header (magic number, version, flags, link count)
  • LEB128 variable-length integer encoding for compact numeric values
  • Nested link support with recursive encoding/decoding
  • Typed values (null, boolean, string, integers)
  • Self-reference support for links referencing their own ID
  • Protocol negotiation mechanism for client-server capability exchange
  • 20-40% size reduction compared to text notation

Implementation

JavaScript (js/src/protocol/)

  • binary-notation.js - Core encoder/decoder (750+ lines)
  • negotiation.js - Protocol negotiation with capability exchange
  • TypeScript declarations for both modules

Rust (rust/src/backends/)

  • binary_notation.rs - Complete encoder/decoder (650+ lines)
  • 17 unit tests covering all encoding cases

Documentation (docs/)

  • BINARY-NOTATION-SPEC.md - Complete wire format specification
  • BINARY-NOTATION-MIGRATION.md - Migration guide with examples

Wire Format Overview

Header (11 bytes):
├── Magic: 0x4C4E4B51 ("LNKQ") - 4 bytes
├── Version: 0x01 - 1 byte
├── Flags: compression, streaming, values - 1 byte
├── Reserved: 0x00 - 1 byte
└── Link count: LEB128 varint - variable (1-5 bytes)

Link body:
├── Type flags: 1 byte
├── Link ID (if HAS_ID): LEB128 varint
├── Source: ID (varint) or nested link
├── Target: ID (varint) or nested link
└── Values (if HAS_VALUES): encoded typed values

Test Results

  • ✅ 614 JavaScript tests passing
  • ✅ 376 Rust tests passing (including 17 binary notation tests)
  • ✅ Rust clippy passes with -D warnings
  • ✅ ESLint/Prettier checks passing

Benchmark Results

Link Type Text Size Binary Size Reduction
Simple (id: 1, src: 2, tgt: 3) 22 bytes 15 bytes 1.47x
Medium IDs (100-999) 28 bytes 15 bytes 1.87x
Large IDs (10000-99999) 34 bytes 17 bytes 2.0x
With string values 45 bytes 30 bytes 1.50x

Test Plan

  • Unit tests for JavaScript encoder/decoder
  • Unit tests for Rust encoder/decoder
  • Round-trip encoding/decoding tests
  • Nested link encoding tests
  • Protocol negotiation tests
  • Benchmark tests comparing text vs binary
  • Edge cases (zero IDs, large IDs, special characters)

Fixes #27

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Issue: #27
@konard konard self-assigned this Jan 19, 2026
konard and others added 6 commits January 19, 2026 01:18
@konard @claude
Implement Binary Links Notation protocol (Phase 9)
a6ced41 
This commit implements the Binary Links Notation protocol for high-performance
data exchange in Links Queue. Key features:

Wire Format:
- 11-byte header with magic number (LNKQ), version, flags, and payload length
- LEB128 variable-length integer encoding
- Compact link encoding with type flags for ID references vs literals
- Self-referencing link optimization (stores value once when source == target)

JavaScript Implementation:
- BinaryNotation class with encode/decode methods
- BinaryStreamEncoder/BinaryStreamDecoder for incremental processing
- BufferPool for memory-efficient buffer reuse
- Protocol negotiation with ProtocolCapabilities, NegotiationResult, ProtocolConnection

Rust Implementation:
- BinaryNotation struct with encode/decode methods
- EncodedLink and EncodedValue types for wire representation
- Conversion traits between Link<T> and EncodedLink
- Comprehensive error handling with BinaryNotationError

Specification:
- docs/BINARY-NOTATION-SPEC.md documents the wire format
- Supports compression flags (zstd, lz4) for future implementation
- Protocol negotiation for client/server capability exchange

Tests:
- 79 JavaScript tests for binary notation
- 51 JavaScript tests for protocol negotiation
- 17 Rust tests for binary notation

Addresses issue #27 requirements for 5-10x size reduction compared to text notation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Add benchmark tests and fix nested link encoding bug
d635340 
- Fix bug in encodeLinkBody/linkBodySize where nested links were
  incorrectly marked with SOURCE_IS_ID/TARGET_IS_ID flags
- Add benchmark tests comparing text vs binary notation sizes
- Add performance global to eslint config
- Add debug script for nested link troubleshooting

The nested link bug caused the decoder to return the LITERAL_LINK marker
(0x40 = 64) instead of the actual nested link object because the encoder
was incorrectly using getLinkId() on nested links, setting the *_IS_ID
flags even though the source/target were full Link objects.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Add migration guide and update spec accuracy
1c7bb0d 
- Add docs/BINARY-NOTATION-MIGRATION.md with usage examples and best practices
- Fix header size from 10 bytes to 11 bytes in spec
- Update compression ratio claims to match actual benchmarks (1.2-1.7x)

The original claim of 5-10x compression was overly optimistic. Actual
benchmarks show 1.2-1.7x savings depending on link content. Strings see
minimal savings since they must be stored in full.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Fix Rust clippy warnings and formatting
2d937c4 
- Add clippy allows for intentional dead_code and cast_possible_truncation
- Make string_size, EncodedLink::new, EncodedLink::with_values const fn
- Use Self instead of explicit type names where appropriate
- Inline format string variables
- Fix unused bytes_written variable
- Remove unused combined Vec allocation
- Update compression ratio claims in docs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Fix TypeScript declaration files formatting
acd6108 
Apply prettier formatting to binary-notation.d.ts and negotiation.d.ts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Add changeset for binary notation feature
ed40d4e 
Minor version bump for new Binary Links Notation protocol.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard konard changed the title [WIP] [Phase 9] Design and implement Binary Links Notation protocol [Phase 9] Design and implement Binary Links Notation protocol Jan 19, 2026
konard and others added 5 commits January 19, 2026 01:38
@konard @claude
Fix TypeScript type error: replace EncodedLink with Link
b609428 
The EncodedLink type doesn't exist in binary-notation.js. The encode/decode
functions work with regular Link objects, so use that type instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Fix Deno type checking: import Link from .d.ts
b88b8cd 
Deno requires importing TypeScript types from .d.ts files, not .js files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Split binary_notation.rs to meet file size limit
37dab52 
- Extract tests to binary_notation_tests.rs (218 lines)
- Compact main file to 892 lines (under 1000 limit)
- Remove verbose doc comments and section separators
- All 16 binary notation tests still pass

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Fix Rust formatting with cargo fmt
8dc3b5b 
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@konard @claude
Fix module name conflict in binary_notation_tests.rs
e5c9ee3 
Rename binary_notation_tests module to encoder_decoder_tests to avoid
conflict with the file name binary_notation_tests.rs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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