Squashed 'third_party/flatbuffers/' changes from acc9990ab..d6a8dbd26

d6a8dbd26 Experimental fix for failing oss-fuzz coverage build (#6259)
ed391e177 BREAKING: Rust flexbuffers serde human readable set to false (#6257)
a49531414 Update to flags in fuzzing-cmake file (#6256)
de1f0342c Remove _POSIX_C_SOURCE and _XOPEN_SOURCE definitions when compiling o… (#6205)
d0d51e2a5 flatc should support --binary --schema with optional scalar fields. (#6252)
33ab26017 Bump version of rules_go to 0.24.5 (#6234)
febb9d87c Union As Accessors for C# (#6251)
8778dc7c2 Resets buffer without deallocating current pointer (#6247)
aae376e9a Add GetBufferSpan() function to bufferbuilder (#6235)
0ff047148 Modernize android build and sample (#6229)
46a8c7e95 Added required-nested-flatbuffer to monster_test and fixed rust (#6236)
bc56c553e Notify based on Labelling issues and PR (#6241)
07d7cd78a Converted globs to use single quotes (#6240)
cdef70e24 More adjustments to the auto labeler (#6239)
9dd44df35 Updated Lua labeller glob (#6238)
c9b29d088 Support size-prefixed buffers and add tests for size-prefixed messages (#6232)
fba93e0ab Removes duplicate swift in labeler (#6228)
d1a545b1f Added more labels for auto labeler (#6227)
ea92a668d [C#] Optional Scalars (#6217)
6034de286 [Label Bot] Add Java and Kotlin support for the label bot (#6226)
b08b0a440 Implement `Debug` trait for Rust flatbuffers. (#6207)
17ae48dec [Label Bot] Adds some languages to labeler bot (#6222)
fc8097925 Auto Labeler Setup, Just C# for now (#6221)
55658f523 Auto Labeler Setup, Just C# for now (#6218)
14ecfe423 Updated comments and fixed a fundamental type error. (#6214)
a0182cdb1 optional scalars for ts/js (#6215)
0dfcc0a37 Adds NetTest.bat to run .NET Core tests on Windows (#6216)
f9a18ea63 [Java] Implement optional scalars (#6212)
c7586e85a Empties the sharedString map on reset on go and csharp (#6187)
914c64601 Removed C# references from java generator. Move annotations closer to definitions (#6204)
42d7c7997 Adds readable size to asserts in read functions (#6210)
e68e8d7de Refactor idl_gen_rust (#6206)
84809be7e Fix typo in flatbuffers::span declaration. (#6202)
1606fb637 Kotlin test optional enum (#6201)
fe8e3c7e5 Mass Refactoring to use `IsString` and other BASE_TYPE helpers (#6193)
8f6fa4b71 Updated SupportsAdvancedUnionFeatures to look out for string (#6190)
b46db38f5 [JS/TS] Rewrite flexbuffers JS to TS (#6148)
9fa1d2705 Rework enums in rust. (#6098)
a402b3aba idl_gen_json_schema Fix generation of arrays of enums (#6184)
0e1415b99 fix(go_test): remove deprecated grpc call (#6183)
5cd713710 Add generation of JSON Schema to library (#6165)
5be777e1d Bump junit from 4.12 to 4.13.1 in /grpc/tests (#6173)
a49d440ec Bump junit from 4.12 to 4.13.1 in /grpc (#6172)
4ec5e8db9 [C++] Add option to not generate direct copy methods. (#6166)
04bec23a3 Add Array initialization from struct constructor (#5865) (#6147)
77d57fd07 Cast to right type for reserved_ subtraction (#6167)
543c1bbeb Fixed rust nested flatbuffers for tables other than self (#6062)
cb971eece [C++] Fix -Wnarrowing and -Woverflow due to signed bitfields on G++ ARM (#6163)
7b9e61fcc [TS] GRPC  Implementation (#6141)
3359e3042 Moved C++ to optional_scalars2 and added some tests. (#6162)
187a4787f [Rust] Upgrade flatbuffers library to 2018 edition (#6159)
08943aa26 Flatbuffer C++ UnpackTo optimization for vectors of non-bool bytes. (#6154)
5975658eb Enables optional enums in swift (#6160)
5d3cf440e Updated Lobster test for optional bools/enums
8ec8322f0 Ruopt enum (#6156)
bbcc85fd4 Fix generation of C++ code with Optional<Enum> (#6155)
0bdf2fa15 [C#] Fix and improve project files (#6142)
2eedc769d possibility to create a vector from an iterator (#6135)
ab01ae162 flatc should output a warning, when an attribute is attached more than once (#6146)
689bfafa7 [Python/JS/TS] Codegen SizeOf method for structs (#6136)
641309a5b unix2dos on tests/FlatBuffers.Test/FlatBuffers.Core.Test.csproj (#6133)
52e362879 SpanT is available in .Net Standard 2.0. (#6137)
dca12522a Add static cast to avoid implicit double promotion. (#6132)
e0bbaa6f9 [C#]Change to ENABLE_SPAN_T that doesn't require UNSAFE_BYTEBUFFER. (#6073)
ab139d6be Revert "[C#] Fix and improve project files (#6116)" (#6130)
34d67b425 Minireflect fixed array (#6129)
96d5e3597 [JS/TS] fix flatbuffers default export (#6123)
eb686a86f Add missed file generated by optional_scalar.fbs (#6125)
750281630 [C#] Fix and improve project files (#6116)
fb4e1c34f Add CharToLower and CharToUpper into util.s (#6126)
8c67b5b12 Add support of Optional<T> scalars to C++ code generator (#6092)
6228b66d3 [Kotlin] Support for optional scalars. (#6115)
e1be8aaad Bump version for latest swift version (#6121)
94873e595 [JS/TS] Modernize TypeScript / JavaScript flatbuffers support (#6095)
b8e87fafe [JS] Add getFullyQualifiedName() (#6119)
f96d1ef74 [Java] allowing larger buffer sizes when growing a byte buffer (#6118)
89435303b [Swift] Migrates struct write APIS to write directly to the buffer (#6093)
c75ae2429 Optional-ness in reflection (#6097)
338944d3d Rename Nullable scalars to Optional scalars (#6112)
f5ab24bc4 Avoid memcpy call for empty vectors (#6111)
92a8c1a0f [JS] FlexBuffers Fix for wrong type of offset and length values (#6107)
6cea45dcd fix c# json serializer commandline argument docs (#6104)
fec58aa12 Fix for issue 6100: incorrect shrinking logic in ResizeContext() (#6102)
71aca81ff [JS] FlexBuffers Support (#5973)
04d87ffec [C++] Small refactoring of the C++ code generator (#6091)
bb25956f0 Wrap verify file id condition in Check call (#6085)
49f4948f0 + Add `removable-media` plug to the snapcraft config (#6083)
eeacc53d2 Adds proper access types for swift object api & flatbuffers & grpc (#6081)
f3003e08d [Lobster] missed a test
d713a0084 [CMake] enabled multi-core builds in VS projects
77f966f89 [Lobster] optional scalars support
e86d5b8e9 [Kotlin] Attach JvmStatic annotation to each method in companion object (#6052)
db2aa9b4e [C#] Cleaned up .NET testing script for Mono (#6016)
63cc0eec4 Adds a serialize helper function to native table (#6059)
c30a87de6 [TS] Fix four bugs with imported types in TypeScript. (#6054)
a0fb30575 [Swift] Append namespace for Swift Grpc implementation (#6049)
77c18c1d6 export a __version__ variable for python module (#5309)
f1f23d08e adding fb import when no other imports are present (#6030)
f1025b284 [Feature] Checks for Nullable strings (#6050)
5d052f4e5 [Swift] RFC: Switch Swift namespace from public enum to ordinary concat with _ (#6045)
18b015d25 Rust codegen improvements and lint fixes (#6046)
d76e93f27 adds code gen for optional scalars in swift (#6038)
82fac326c [C++] Fix compiler error from deleted assignment operator (#6036) (#6047)
043b52bd4 Optional Scalars support for Rust (#6034)
c8fa0afdf Allow to run cpp tests under grpc/tests/ using bazel. (#6040)
6d0aae73c Fix git command executed in wrong folder when doing cmake superbuild (#6039)
ff1b73128 [Swift] Optional Scalars Preparation (#6028)
2e48c8dd3 tests: Check for both quiet and signaling NaN on mipsel/hppa (#6029)
6942704f2 support deprecated flag in json schema (#6022)
9ecd2e16c Flatc parser support for nullable scalars (#6026)
33e2d8079 [Dart] Generate constant values map for enums (#6025)
969d0f7a6 Using proper symbol name for reexport (#6021)
515a4052a Silence false positive "-Wstringop-overflow" on GCC 10.0 to 11.0 (#6020)
36fbe6f13 Updated FB import (#6019)
b69fc8cc9 [Java] Add support for shared strings on FlatBufferBuilder. (#6012)
ab6af18d9 Not using non-existent create method for obj api (#6015)
37a5dee10 Code cleanup + updates test and readme (#6004)
8a721f69a Serde with bytes maps to Blob (#6009)
e810635ea [Swift] FlatBuffers createMonster method doesn't treat struct properly (#5992)
4995e1527 Manage grpc dependency in Bazel's WORKSPACE file. (#5995)
60b6066fe Add warning to schema parser if field name is not snake_case. (#6005)
35d45cac7 [Rust] Flexbuffers dependency cleanup and fixes (#5998)
165a6e3d1 Re-added Evolution Schema Code Generation Command (#5999)
13d3fb2ea Fix RPM install conflict (#6003)
d64078eb2 [Swift] Initialize memory when clear ByteBuffer (#5982)
ca1190a3d [TS] Use proper TypedArray in create*Vector (#5991)
7571b2ac5 [C++] Updates real_path to be truly portable (#5787)
e5a8f76a4 [C++] Generate default member initializers for >= C++11 (#5989)
413bb9b55 [Kotlin] Fix Access to union of vector element (#5994)
f35184aef [Swift] Add parsing from unowned UnsafeMutableRawPointer for ByteBuffer (#5981)
b124b7625 Removed requirement that enums be declared in ascending order. (#5887)
0ec7600c6 Do not remove the last digit from float values (#5974)
14baf45c9 Mark GetBufferMinAlignment() const (#5985)
9abb2ec2c TypeScript/JavaScript docs improvements (#5984)
2e57d80b1 [Swift] Internal library improvements (#5965)
cfc7753a4 [Doc] Added missing letters to compiler options (#5976)
12ddc8a92 Rust Flexbuffers Documentation update (#5979)
24ad35709 [docs] typo: updates monsterdata.json to be valid json (#5978)
cc44a4442 [idl_parser] Mark typefield as deprecated (#5958)
9ab4a5c0e Deleted old stale bot
6682cfe87 Increased Operations per run in stale.yml
64922904b Adding Stale Action to clean up PR and Issues
8e505cb67 [C++] Fixed/Enabled --cpp-ptr-type std::shared_ptr [#5813] (#5959)
a28357d7a Propagate boolean default values from proto to fbs (#5964)
7cb4762a6 [Swift] Improving reallocation time by using memcpy and moving reallocation code to storage (#5960)
4e45f7c9e Fix error in SimpleQSort (#5955)
7ac026405 fix error on GRPC Python - ignore namespace tree if not specified (#5862) (#5922)
108e981db Required is now implemented in swift (#5952)
94a78e385 Fixed: Access violation and ASAN/UNSAN failures with sorted tables
53fb453e0 [rust] Add FlatBufferBuilder::force_defaults API (#5946)
17c1f35fa [FlexBuffer][Java] ReadWriteBuf and ReadBuf interface public (#5948)
2eaf57778 [Java] Grow ArrayReadWriteBuf enough to match requested capacity. (#5921)
666800da3 Adds bool support in structs + updates grpc support + CI upgrades (#5943)
38ed69eb3 fixed mutating inline values (#5942)
d026e6f07 Add static asserts to ensure that reflection API arrays are kept in sync (#5934)
988164f6e [C++] Got rid of memset's in constructors (#5938)
7179a5a8b General Codebase clean up (#5939)
a0da0c08c Add GetStringView like GetString, GetCstring (#5937)
ac203b209 [C#] Add file identifier to ObjectAPI Serialization Utility. (#5920)
8dd1bf25b not creating creation methods when using structs (#5919)
5aa443d98 [Dart] Adding FlexBuffers support (#5853)
0fa087657 [Dart] Getting tests/DartTest.sh to work on master. (#5915)
424a473e1 Schema parser: prohibit declaration of an array of pointers inside structs (#5907)
c3faa8346 Fix Cargo.toml dependencies (#5911)
91399ad05 fix union type names (#5902)
32782e4ad Update Rust Flexbuffers metadata before publishing (#5905)
e7f3b1690 [TS] Make Obj-API work with --short-names (#5898)
12ed1fe4a fixed invalid imports with --gen-all (#5895)
85ee4df7a [C#] Thread safe reads of Double and Float values from a ByteBuffer (#5900)
de89bd193 Implement flexbuffers in python (#5880)
8be05f6bd Rust Flexbuffers (#5669)
870ecbc09 [swift] Moves code to use VTablesStorage (#5888)
c2da8d5d8 [Java][FlexBuffers] Make FlexBuffersBuilder reusable by adding clear() (#5889) (#5890)
e84cbff67 Align package name to FindFlatBuffers.cmake (#5899)
f94e6c84e Small tutorial improvements - documentation only (#5894)
f12cca8bc Attempt at adding Github Actions CI
7e4124d6e Handle git program or .git folder absence (#5878)
a875d247a only add native_include_files if object based api is enabled (#5886)
6e9f5d981 Respect shared attribute in Parser (#5885)
ff1c78233 include/flatbuffers: typo fixes in comments (#5884)
2e9a19673 Updates swift docs for package management (#5883)
e3cb07d32 [Rust] idl_gen_rust.cpp: (Option/required-aware codegen for unions) (#5850)
712866d57 Propagate use_string_pooling in CopyTable (#5879)
44c919a9e Not using reexports with --gen-all (#5873)
99aa1ef21 Added INCLUDE_PREFIX option for flatbuffers_generate_headers (#5866)
40ba170c9 Fixed text in internals doc that implied structs can be root
cb4d0f72e [Swift] Object API support  (#5826)
003e16405 [TS] Add Obj API (#5788)
21cf300f4 fix cpp usage markdown error (#5845)
9655e12d6 Upgraded swift implementation for grpc (#5843)
fb96fadc2 [C#] Fix nested structs and arrays in Object API (#5765)
408f11fbd [ts] Fix empty source/dest namespaces when reexporting. (#5841)
a83caf591 Improves performance for the swift library by using structs + a storage class (#5835)
925fab6b1 [Java][FlexBuffers] Optimize Map access (#5735)
d9fecc332 [CMake] : Add precompiled header support with FLATBUFFERS_ENABLE_PCH (#5827)
e9d453240 Added flatbuffers_generate_headers and flatbuffers_generate_binary_files cmake functions. (#5830)
c37c989ed Correct calculation of vector element size (#5831)
6b271b7ec Fix Clang-trunk warnings about special members deprecated in C++20. (#5829)
90f3b8e8c Fix `float_constant` definition in './doc/Grammar.md` (#5828)
3af735934 [csharp] flatc should generate a 'Create…' method for tables with struct field… (#5818)
c4231c3cb Updated doxyfile - added missing files (#5824)
9657df184 Update Grammar.md (#5820)
97ffc590e Include CPack only when explictly packaging (#5817)
8b52af65b [C++] Add max_depth and max_tables parameters to reflection::Verify (#5815)
9b034eee1 Fix interpretation of 'nan(number)' by the idl_parser (#5810)
3e9ac3cff [Scripts] Adds swift to generated code (#5806)
697147a2e updated maven build files
6df40a247 pre-tag version bump for 1.12
0dba63909 Removes the inner loop in the endtable check written tables (#5803)
0e3fdd0ee Escape characters in jsonschema descriptions (#5644)
45a2b07cb Remove `noexcept` qualifier copy-ctor of `union` type (#5800) (#5802)
d10c16314 Replace 'assert' by 'FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT' inside idl_parser.cpp (#5799)
35abb7f89 Add non-nullable modifier to return type of functions never returning null (#5797)
9954e09ab [C++] Generate code for vector force_align attribute. (#5796)
95a21327f rust: pub export the VectorIter type (#5736)
89b6183ee Fix Python min alignment
5a98d65e8 [Rust] Add gen-name-strings for Rust (#5757)
f73d205bc Removed assert that wasn't backwards compatible.
7c37abe92 [C#] add ObjectAPI Serialization Utility (#5785)
4749e77b0 Fixed docs on how to obtain parser error.
6ff189841 Added --filename-suffix and --filename-ext to flatc (#5778)
c9a30c9ca Fixed refractoring issue in reflection/generate_code.sh. Also, mv deletes the original file, so I don't need to clean it up manually in that case. (#5777)
8c02d17be Skip writing reflection_generated.h if not changed (#5776)
34305c4ce [Swift] Adds GRPC to Swift (#5758)
cd88e6b2a [Java][FlexBuffers] Abstract buffer access from ByteBuffer (#5743)
3ec7a53c6 Adds cocoapods and a readme of how to get the package (#5771)
6d44cede7 [snap] Fix versioning (#5727)
cc08c0835 [Python] Fixed potential allignment issue (#5768)
54f8b787c Fix memory leak on cpp object api (#5761)
17557f913 [Python] Fixed issue #5499 (#5764)
d54af8cd4 [C++] Use strong enum type for vectors when scoped-enums is on. (#5750)
173e10fdf [C#] support Json Serialization (#5752)
8f56990f6 FlexBuffers: C++: scalar-only typed vectors were not aligned.
6400c9b05 Bump Rust port to 0.6.1 (#5747)
7418d8587 [C#] support Object API (#5710)
c580fa284 Adds min and max, comments, and all of swift's keywords + fix docs (#5737)
f2a127230 Use VS 2017 and 2019 on CI, fix cast issue in dart_idl (#5740)
316d7c208 Creates a flatbuffers validation function + small fix (#5725)
47026ea6b Added the code to embed the binary schema to the source (--bfbs-gen-embed). (#5701)
3f677f241 [Java][FlexBuffers] Deprecate typed vector strings due to design flaw (#5722)
a593a11e5 [Go] Implements a SharedStrings function (#5733)
7cdfc8475 [Swift] Fix padding function overflow when bufSize is 0 (#5721)
bab2b0db4 Add vcpkg installation instructions (#5732)
89418eb84 [Dart] Fix deprecated field support, inf/nan (#5724)
9cadf05d8 [typescript] Size-prefixed root accessors not taking into account size prefix (#5717)
6da1cf79d [rust] Add use declarations to Rust-generated bindings for imported FB definitions (#5645)
bee1df96d [Go] Replace references to hardcoded ”Monster" etc with idiomatic go wherever possible (#5716)
01189d7ed [C++] Fix for printing of enum in case output_enum_identifiers=1. (#5706)
c4b2b0a25 [Swift] Support create long string (#5709)
a4b2884e4 Added create function for swift (#5707)
04d80f255 [Swift] Swift implementation 🎉🎉 (#5603)
55686100a Changed direct calls to strtod to use StringToNumber
718351831 Document JSON compatibility guarantees. (#5704)
d1b34f0f2 Add CMake 'generated_code' target to simplify resolution of build dependencies (#5697)
21b706196 (Optionally) add an additional suffix namespace to generated fbs files. (#5698)
35daaf83d [Java] Replace Table.UTF8_CHARSET with StandardCharsets.UTF_8 (#5696)
3b458f7a1 Rust: Temporarily disable 2 endianness unit tests (#5695)
a5d9d0f7d [C++17] Add Traits class for Tables and Factory function within it. (#5678)
3cd9b6434 Removed code_generators.cpp from library targets
355dfd48d [rust] Make enum names public (#5690)
bcd58a159 Correct inverted logic around include prefixes. (#5689)
a2c12900a Optimize Pack method using numpy (#5662)
901b89e73 [C++] Add Builder and Table typedefs (#5685)
31f879908 Minor doc updates: FlexBuffers C#, Discord, CppUsage.
8023d99e2 Upgrade rules_go (#5684)
b4154405d Fix --incompatible_load_cc_rules_from_bzl (#5683)
04c17c7a7 Add support for absl::string_view when available (#5682)
62ec7d52c [Bazel] Add support for compatible_with and restricted_to (#5681)
7de668053 CI: New Docker tests for Python with numpy (#5677)
3a70e0b30 Fixed struct initialization error on older versions of C#
9b1320135 Fixed warnings in FlexBuffers.java
5e3916050 Fixed out of date licenses on gRPC Python files.
c95755051 Removed test proto output.
44bf71988 Add flatc '--cpp_std' switch (#5656)
3e8f15df9 Fix for FlexBuffers FBT_VECTOR_STRING size bit-width.
602721a73 Added Check to VerifyAlignment (#5675)
13c05f4da Improve import handling for proto conversion (#5673)
ce3a1c43a [Dart] Fix prepare space for writeListInt64 and writeListUint64 (#5654)
aa75e5734 Make Rust constants public (#5659)
2790fee25 Add namespace qualification to union types (#5666)
eddebec1b Bugfix for Rust generation of union fields named with language keywords (#5592)
030fee36a wrap multiple statements in do {} while(!IsConstTrue(true)) (#5655)
f9724d1bd [gRPC] Uncomment MessageBuilder (#5658)
b20801ca4 Supress unsigned-integer-overflow for PaddingBytes (#5647)
a8e800bd7 Add --force-empty-vectors option (#5653)
d7530ae96 Fixed enum min/max values not properly escaped.
99d11e279 Split Bazel targets into multiple packages (#5640)
4fd8eb214 Remove a static_assert (#5643)
65f870357 Flatbuffers Python Object API (#5616)
75823cc27 [Clang 10]: definition of implicit copy constructor for 'TableKeyComparatoris deprecated #5649 (#5650)
58e279244 [docs]: add missing semicolon (#5648)
3c964e10a [GO] Fix support for enums with underscores and Unions with imported members (#5600)
c3c32ec94 Fix ambiguity of a type deduction in TEST_EQ macro if arguments have `enum class` type. (#5630)
075e8d676 Simplify declarations of x-macro FLATBUFFERS_TD (#5638)
bcf1bd5c9 read vtable size through ReadScalar() (#5636)
136d75fa6 Changed null checks in test. Removed verifier pointer usage (#5634)
091fa1fd1 Add testing of C++ with sanitizers (CI-Docker) (#5631)
ff3781dc2 add namespace prefix in FLATBUFFERS_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE (#5629)
6beb9f49c Support for python grpc - continuing the work from the pull request #4270 #4705 (#5613)
80988ea86 Removed idl_gen_general.cpp and move contents to code_generators.cpp (#5625)
0f2ff7eaa Lua cleanup (#5624)
dda095023 [C++] Adds basic schema evolution tests (#5611)
adbcbba5d [C++, C#, Java] Separated C# and Java generators into their own classes (#5618)
cbbd6aca0 add check for root_type specified for json schema generation (#5622)
405c64e07 [Rust] Bump smallvec version to 1.0 (#5621)
42c08cbca Ran src/clang-format-all.sh (#5617)
33d5dd9bd Improved pull request & clang-format instructions.
105dd528e Change monster_extra generation to use flatbuffers::unique_ptr (#5612)
f0f0efe7b [C++] Refactor to conform to Google C++ style guide (#5608)
e837d5a29 Fixed deprecated method in GRPC Java test.
9834ee978 Fixed Apache license not using canonical version.
44b2ab087 include/flatbuffers/base.h: fix no_sanitize issue with old clang (#5610)
46ae3f80a [C++, Java, C#, TypeScript, JavaScript] Skip generation of mutable union types (#5599)
7b38aa71e flatbuffers.h: fix documentation warning (#5607)
661bedd83 Add Lua FlatbufferBuilder Clean() method to enable reuseable builders (#5606)
8526e12d7 [Kotlin] Fix union vector accessor after change in Java API (#5605)
3c7b660d6 [flatc] Remove an always true condition for flexbuffers (#5604)
964365ba6 [Go] Add UnPackTo functions (#5598)
32254b7ac [Go] Object API support (#5339)
521e255ad Rust: Add idiomatic iterator for Vector type (#5579)
1b85292fd Fix typos in comments (#5590)
480815447 C++ verifier for evolved union fields should return true (#5586)
8d5e424c6 Add ByteBuffer copy for vector of bytes in Java (#5587)
b4774d235 Rust: Fix Copy and Clone impls for a few generic types (#5577)
26f238c24 Add `--clean-first` to the cmake-build command (travis) (#5574)
e93c8c46e Fix Follow implementation for bool (#5554)
e21516b9d Fix issue #5557 (#5573)
fbc11e8ae Avoid intentional unsigned integer overflow getting caught by sanitizers (#5572)
e9d29c21a Python: Add forceDefaults opt to python Builder (#5564)
8bfafc76d Java: Don't annotate vector-of-tables item getters with @nullable. (#5562)
df3e8bf4a Fixed warnings generated by recent JSON sorting feature.
5665cfe49 [Java] byte buffer factory returned buffer capcity is used instead of the requested size (#5558)
5797540ed #5544 Fix of Array of table is not sorted if Create<type>Direct() is used (#5546)
7f1af7cb0 Fix build with gcc version 7.4.0 (#5570)
32f47ad24 Fixed JSON parser not sorting vectors of tables/structs with key.
842f672ba [FlexBuffers][Java] Cache size of Sized objects in FlexBuffers (#5551)
d4cae0a62 Fix issue #5542 (#5543)
f1147f65b Fixed Android STLPort related error.
69d3fec48 Fix namespaced struct/field name collision detection (#5540) (#5545)
cfb4ecf6f [flac] Add FlexBuffers option for generating data (#5519)
a92039687 Update Rust versions under test from 1.30.1 to 1.37.0 (#5538)
625338d09 Adds XOPEN_SOURCE for PATH_MAX and POSIX 1993 for stat (#5529)
3f8ce99c5 [FlexBuffers][Java] Add override Key::toString (#5533)
0798b7b69 [FlexBuffers][Java] Fix wrong access to a string using Reference::asString(). (#5532)
cbdf82e2f Fix Mutate() methods of Array<scalar/struct> (override 5508) (#5526)
e365c502f Java: Added access object for vector of struct and vector of tables. (#5233)
97f3aa917 Fixed DetachedBuffer self move assignment (#5521)
2f5bb2eec Fix buildifier warnings found in new bazel (#5517)
917687c7a Fixed Reflection Verifier not handling vectors of unions.
f9277e691 Fixed GenerateText not handling vectors of unions.
2706381ee Add element size parameter to __vector_as_arraysegment [c#] (#5512)
b5560fcd5 [Java][FlexBuffers] Improve documentation for FlexBuffers in Java. (#5506)
782b865c5 Annotate getters with @Pure when --java-checkerframework is specified. (#5510)
3bfc86eaf [Dart]fix: segment fault with empty namespace when generating dart file (#5507)
c0282873f Rust: Fixed cargo clippy on non-generated code (#5485)
4b870aca9 [Javascript] Fix syntax error for signed enum (#5503)
d0e3870c0 [C#] Fix retrieving enumeration vectors as arrays (#5457)
fb25eb87f Doc typo fixes (#5505)
cb35d3a0e Use all of the available space in the buffer returned by ByteBufferFactory to allow the factory to keep a pool of larger than initialsize sized buffers. (#5500)
8e6cabb31 [FlexBuffers][Java] Implementation of FlexBuffers API (#5476)
bd31dd242 Clarified value reuse in FlexBuffers
65b67d213 Fixed test build invocation of arrays_test.fbs
1fbb71132 FlexBuffers: allow any values to be shared.
cd75a3658 Android: remove app_dummy() calls
ec6b0bf29 Fixed STLPort Android compile error
c11b5d744 [bugfix]flexbuffers isvector bugfix (#5488)
4525c91be Fix incorrect padding in arrays of structs (Issue #5484) (#5491)
b97b342f5 Fixed missing generated code.
c1058a903 C++ IDL generation adds superfluous semicolon in GenTablePost, causing (#5483)
303044934 [go]add Name() for ForceCodec  interface (#5486)
a2485d4ec reflection: check for valid union enum value during object verification (#5475)
a20e71ac9 has_method support for primitive fields in java runtime. Changed: idl.h, FlatBufferBuilder.java ,  idl_gen_general.cpp, idl_parser.cpp, flatc.cpp (#5468)

Change-Id: I836f4b43e6818bb16425a87899e6234ac86242aa
git-subtree-dir: third_party/flatbuffers
git-subtree-split: d6a8dbd26ff08a8868e0d0c1b4b67d31b40e4a7f
diff --git a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
index 1a250cd..8683832 100644
--- a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
 #define FLATBUFFERS_H_
 
 #include "flatbuffers/base.h"
+#include "flatbuffers/stl_emulation.h"
+
+#ifndef FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL
+  #include <functional>
+#endif
 
 #if defined(FLATBUFFERS_NAN_DEFAULTS)
-#include <cmath>
+#  include <cmath>
 #endif
 
 namespace flatbuffers {
@@ -43,6 +48,20 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+// Check 'v' is out of closed range [low; high].
+// Workaround for GCC warning [-Werror=type-limits]:
+// comparison is always true due to limited range of data type.
+template<typename T>
+inline bool IsOutRange(const T &v, const T &low, const T &high) {
+  return (v < low) || (high < v);
+}
+
+// Check 'v' is in closed range [low; high].
+template<typename T>
+inline bool IsInRange(const T &v, const T &low, const T &high) {
+  return !IsOutRange(v, low, high);
+}
+
 // Wrapper for uoffset_t to allow safe template specialization.
 // Value is allowed to be 0 to indicate a null object (see e.g. AddOffset).
 template<typename T> struct Offset {
@@ -203,11 +222,10 @@
   const uint8_t *data_;
 };
 
-template<typename Iterator> struct VectorReverseIterator :
-  public std::reverse_iterator<Iterator> {
-
-  explicit VectorReverseIterator(Iterator iter) :
-    std::reverse_iterator<Iterator>(iter) {}
+template<typename Iterator>
+struct VectorReverseIterator : public std::reverse_iterator<Iterator> {
+  explicit VectorReverseIterator(Iterator iter)
+      : std::reverse_iterator<Iterator>(iter) {}
 
   typename Iterator::value_type operator*() const {
     return *(std::reverse_iterator<Iterator>::current);
@@ -277,10 +295,14 @@
   const_iterator end() const { return const_iterator(Data(), size()); }
 
   reverse_iterator rbegin() { return reverse_iterator(end() - 1); }
-  const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const { return const_reverse_iterator(end() - 1); }
+  const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(end() - 1);
+  }
 
   reverse_iterator rend() { return reverse_iterator(begin() - 1); }
-  const_reverse_iterator rend() const { return const_reverse_iterator(begin() - 1); }
+  const_reverse_iterator rend() const {
+    return const_reverse_iterator(begin() - 1);
+  }
 
   const_iterator cbegin() const { return begin(); }
 
@@ -348,6 +370,7 @@
   // This class is a pointer. Copying will therefore create an invalid object.
   // Private and unimplemented copy constructor.
   Vector(const Vector &);
+  Vector &operator=(const Vector &);
 
   template<typename K> static int KeyCompare(const void *ap, const void *bp) {
     const K *key = reinterpret_cast<const K *>(ap);
@@ -378,6 +401,7 @@
 
  private:
   VectorOfAny(const VectorOfAny &);
+  VectorOfAny &operator=(const VectorOfAny &);
 };
 
 #ifndef FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL
@@ -402,22 +426,36 @@
 
 // This is used as a helper type for accessing arrays.
 template<typename T, uint16_t length> class Array {
- public:
-  typedef VectorIterator<T, typename IndirectHelper<T>::return_type>
-      const_iterator;
-  typedef VectorReverseIterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
+  typedef
+      typename flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool,
+                                              flatbuffers::is_scalar<T>::value>
+          scalar_tag;
+  typedef
+      typename flatbuffers::conditional<scalar_tag::value, T, const T *>::type
+          IndirectHelperType;
 
-  typedef typename IndirectHelper<T>::return_type return_type;
+ public:
+  typedef uint16_t size_type;
+  typedef typename IndirectHelper<IndirectHelperType>::return_type return_type;
+  typedef VectorIterator<T, return_type> const_iterator;
+  typedef VectorReverseIterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
 
   FLATBUFFERS_CONSTEXPR uint16_t size() const { return length; }
 
   return_type Get(uoffset_t i) const {
     FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(i < size());
-    return IndirectHelper<T>::Read(Data(), i);
+    return IndirectHelper<IndirectHelperType>::Read(Data(), i);
   }
 
   return_type operator[](uoffset_t i) const { return Get(i); }
 
+  // If this is a Vector of enums, T will be its storage type, not the enum
+  // type. This function makes it convenient to retrieve value with enum
+  // type E.
+  template<typename E> E GetEnum(uoffset_t i) const {
+    return static_cast<E>(Get(i));
+  }
+
   const_iterator begin() const { return const_iterator(Data(), 0); }
   const_iterator end() const { return const_iterator(Data(), size()); }
 
@@ -432,22 +470,20 @@
   const_reverse_iterator crbegin() const { return rbegin(); }
   const_reverse_iterator crend() const { return rend(); }
 
-  // Change elements if you have a non-const pointer to this object.
-  void Mutate(uoffset_t i, const T &val) {
-    FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(i < size());
-    WriteScalar(data() + i, val);
-  }
-
   // Get a mutable pointer to elements inside this array.
-  // @note This method should be only used to mutate arrays of structs followed
-  //  by a @p Mutate operation. For primitive types use @p Mutate directly.
+  // This method used to mutate arrays of structs followed by a @p Mutate
+  // operation. For primitive types use @p Mutate directly.
   // @warning Assignments and reads to/from the dereferenced pointer are not
   //  automatically converted to the correct endianness.
-  T *GetMutablePointer(uoffset_t i) const {
+  typename flatbuffers::conditional<scalar_tag::value, void, T *>::type
+  GetMutablePointer(uoffset_t i) const {
     FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(i < size());
     return const_cast<T *>(&data()[i]);
   }
 
+  // Change elements if you have a non-const pointer to this object.
+  void Mutate(uoffset_t i, const T &val) { MutateImpl(scalar_tag(), i, val); }
+
   // The raw data in little endian format. Use with care.
   const uint8_t *Data() const { return data_; }
 
@@ -457,7 +493,48 @@
   const T *data() const { return reinterpret_cast<const T *>(Data()); }
   T *data() { return reinterpret_cast<T *>(Data()); }
 
+  // Copy data from a span with endian conversion.
+  // If this Array and the span overlap, the behavior is undefined.
+  void CopyFromSpan(flatbuffers::span<const T, length> src) {
+    const auto p1 = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(src.data());
+    const auto p2 = Data();
+    FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(!(p1 >= p2 && p1 < (p2 + length)) &&
+                       !(p2 >= p1 && p2 < (p1 + length)));
+    (void)p1;
+    (void)p2;
+
+    CopyFromSpanImpl(
+        flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool,
+        !scalar_tag::value || sizeof(T) == 1 || FLATBUFFERS_LITTLEENDIAN>(),
+        src);
+  }
+
  protected:
+  void MutateImpl(flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool, true>, uoffset_t i,
+                  const T &val) {
+    FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(i < size());
+    WriteScalar(data() + i, val);
+  }
+
+  void MutateImpl(flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool, false>, uoffset_t i,
+                  const T &val) {
+    *(GetMutablePointer(i)) = val;
+  }
+
+  void CopyFromSpanImpl(flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool, true>,
+                        flatbuffers::span<const T, length> src) {
+    // Use std::memcpy() instead of std::copy() to avoid preformance degradation
+    // due to aliasing if T is char or unsigned char.
+    // The size is known at compile time, so memcpy would be inlined.
+    std::memcpy(data(), src.data(), length * sizeof(T));
+  }
+
+  // Copy data from flatbuffers::span with endian conversion.
+  void CopyFromSpanImpl(flatbuffers::integral_constant<bool, false>,
+                        flatbuffers::span<const T, length> src) {
+    for (size_type k = 0; k < length; k++) { Mutate(k, src[k]); }
+  }
+
   // This class is only used to access pre-existing data. Don't ever
   // try to construct these manually.
   // 'constexpr' allows us to use 'size()' at compile time.
@@ -475,8 +552,58 @@
   // This class is a pointer. Copying will therefore create an invalid object.
   // Private and unimplemented copy constructor.
   Array(const Array &);
+  Array &operator=(const Array &);
 };
 
+// Specialization for Array[struct] with access using Offset<void> pointer.
+// This specialization used by idl_gen_text.cpp.
+template<typename T, uint16_t length> class Array<Offset<T>, length> {
+  static_assert(flatbuffers::is_same<T, void>::value, "unexpected type T");
+
+ public:
+  typedef const void *return_type;
+
+  const uint8_t *Data() const { return data_; }
+
+  // Make idl_gen_text.cpp::PrintContainer happy.
+  return_type operator[](uoffset_t) const {
+    FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(false);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // This class is only used to access pre-existing data.
+  Array();
+  Array(const Array &);
+  Array &operator=(const Array &);
+
+  uint8_t data_[1];
+};
+
+// Cast a raw T[length] to a raw flatbuffers::Array<T, length>
+// without endian conversion. Use with care.
+template<typename T, uint16_t length>
+Array<T, length>& CastToArray(T (&arr)[length]) {
+  return *reinterpret_cast<Array<T, length> *>(arr);
+}
+
+template<typename T, uint16_t length>
+const Array<T, length>& CastToArray(const T (&arr)[length]) {
+  return *reinterpret_cast<const Array<T, length> *>(arr);
+}
+
+template<typename E, typename T, uint16_t length>
+Array<E, length> &CastToArrayOfEnum(T (&arr)[length]) {
+  static_assert(sizeof(E) == sizeof(T), "invalid enum type E");
+  return *reinterpret_cast<Array<E, length> *>(arr);
+}
+
+template<typename E, typename T, uint16_t length>
+const Array<E, length> &CastToArrayOfEnum(const T (&arr)[length]) {
+  static_assert(sizeof(E) == sizeof(T), "invalid enum type E");
+  return *reinterpret_cast<const Array<E, length> *>(arr);
+}
+
 // Lexicographically compare two strings (possibly containing nulls), and
 // return true if the first is less than the second.
 static inline bool StringLessThan(const char *a_data, uoffset_t a_size,
@@ -504,16 +631,24 @@
 
 // Convenience function to get std::string from a String returning an empty
 // string on null pointer.
-static inline std::string GetString(const String * str) {
+static inline std::string GetString(const String *str) {
   return str ? str->str() : "";
 }
 
 // Convenience function to get char* from a String returning an empty string on
 // null pointer.
-static inline const char * GetCstring(const String * str) {
+static inline const char *GetCstring(const String *str) {
   return str ? str->c_str() : "";
 }
 
+#ifdef FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+// Convenience function to get string_view from a String returning an empty
+// string_view on null pointer.
+static inline flatbuffers::string_view GetStringView(const String *str) {
+  return str ? str->string_view() : flatbuffers::string_view();
+}
+#endif // FLATBUFFERS_HAS_STRING_VIEW
+
 // Allocator interface. This is flatbuffers-specific and meant only for
 // `vector_downward` usage.
 class Allocator {
@@ -547,9 +682,9 @@
   // to `new_p` of `new_size`. Only memory of size `in_use_front` and
   // `in_use_back` will be copied from the front and back of the old memory
   // allocation.
-  void memcpy_downward(uint8_t *old_p, size_t old_size,
-                       uint8_t *new_p, size_t new_size,
-                       size_t in_use_back, size_t in_use_front) {
+  void memcpy_downward(uint8_t *old_p, size_t old_size, uint8_t *new_p,
+                       size_t new_size, size_t in_use_back,
+                       size_t in_use_front) {
     memcpy(new_p + new_size - in_use_back, old_p + old_size - in_use_back,
            in_use_back);
     memcpy(new_p, old_p, in_use_front);
@@ -563,13 +698,9 @@
     return new uint8_t[size];
   }
 
-  void deallocate(uint8_t *p, size_t) FLATBUFFERS_OVERRIDE {
-    delete[] p;
-  }
+  void deallocate(uint8_t *p, size_t) FLATBUFFERS_OVERRIDE { delete[] p; }
 
-  static void dealloc(void *p, size_t) {
-    delete[] static_cast<uint8_t *>(p);
-  }
+  static void dealloc(void *p, size_t) { delete[] static_cast<uint8_t *>(p); }
 };
 
 // These functions allow for a null allocator to mean use the default allocator,
@@ -582,18 +713,19 @@
 }
 
 inline void Deallocate(Allocator *allocator, uint8_t *p, size_t size) {
-  if (allocator) allocator->deallocate(p, size);
-  else DefaultAllocator().deallocate(p, size);
+  if (allocator)
+    allocator->deallocate(p, size);
+  else
+    DefaultAllocator().deallocate(p, size);
 }
 
 inline uint8_t *ReallocateDownward(Allocator *allocator, uint8_t *old_p,
                                    size_t old_size, size_t new_size,
                                    size_t in_use_back, size_t in_use_front) {
-  return allocator
-      ? allocator->reallocate_downward(old_p, old_size, new_size,
-                                       in_use_back, in_use_front)
-      : DefaultAllocator().reallocate_downward(old_p, old_size, new_size,
-                                               in_use_back, in_use_front);
+  return allocator ? allocator->reallocate_downward(old_p, old_size, new_size,
+                                                    in_use_back, in_use_front)
+                   : DefaultAllocator().reallocate_downward(
+                         old_p, old_size, new_size, in_use_back, in_use_front);
 }
 
 // DetachedBuffer is a finished flatbuffer memory region, detached from its
@@ -638,6 +770,8 @@
   #if !defined(FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL)
   // clang-format on
   DetachedBuffer &operator=(DetachedBuffer &&other) {
+    if (this == &other) return *this;
+
     destroy();
 
     allocator_ = other.allocator_;
@@ -694,7 +828,7 @@
   #endif  // !defined(FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL)
   // clang-format on
 
-protected:
+ protected:
   Allocator *allocator_;
   bool own_allocator_;
   uint8_t *buf_;
@@ -726,10 +860,8 @@
 // Essentially, this supports 2 std::vectors in a single buffer.
 class vector_downward {
  public:
-  explicit vector_downward(size_t initial_size,
-                           Allocator *allocator,
-                           bool own_allocator,
-                           size_t buffer_minalign)
+  explicit vector_downward(size_t initial_size, Allocator *allocator,
+                           bool own_allocator, size_t buffer_minalign)
       : allocator_(allocator),
         own_allocator_(own_allocator),
         initial_size_(initial_size),
@@ -745,15 +877,15 @@
   #else
   vector_downward(vector_downward &other)
   #endif  // defined(FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL)
-  // clang-format on
-    : allocator_(other.allocator_),
-      own_allocator_(other.own_allocator_),
-      initial_size_(other.initial_size_),
-      buffer_minalign_(other.buffer_minalign_),
-      reserved_(other.reserved_),
-      buf_(other.buf_),
-      cur_(other.cur_),
-      scratch_(other.scratch_) {
+      // clang-format on
+      : allocator_(other.allocator_),
+        own_allocator_(other.own_allocator_),
+        initial_size_(other.initial_size_),
+        buffer_minalign_(other.buffer_minalign_),
+        reserved_(other.reserved_),
+        buf_(other.buf_),
+        cur_(other.cur_),
+        scratch_(other.scratch_) {
     // No change in other.allocator_
     // No change in other.initial_size_
     // No change in other.buffer_minalign_
@@ -797,9 +929,7 @@
     clear_scratch();
   }
 
-  void clear_scratch() {
-    scratch_ = buf_;
-  }
+  void clear_scratch() { scratch_ = buf_; }
 
   void clear_allocator() {
     if (own_allocator_ && allocator_) { delete allocator_; }
@@ -858,7 +988,7 @@
   Allocator *get_custom_allocator() { return allocator_; }
 
   uoffset_t size() const {
-    return static_cast<uoffset_t>(reserved_ - (cur_ - buf_));
+    return static_cast<uoffset_t>(reserved_ - static_cast<size_t>(cur_ - buf_));
   }
 
   uoffset_t scratch_size() const {
@@ -952,8 +1082,8 @@
     auto old_reserved = reserved_;
     auto old_size = size();
     auto old_scratch_size = scratch_size();
-    reserved_ += (std::max)(len,
-                            old_reserved ? old_reserved / 2 : initial_size_);
+    reserved_ +=
+        (std::max)(len, old_reserved ? old_reserved / 2 : initial_size_);
     reserved_ = (reserved_ + buffer_minalign_ - 1) & ~(buffer_minalign_ - 1);
     if (buf_) {
       buf_ = ReallocateDownward(allocator_, buf_, old_reserved, reserved_,
@@ -978,13 +1108,13 @@
   // Eventually the returned pointer gets passed down to memcpy, so
   // we need it to be non-null to avoid undefined behavior.
   static uint8_t t;
-  return v.empty() ? reinterpret_cast<const T*>(&t) : &v.front();
+  return v.empty() ? reinterpret_cast<const T *>(&t) : &v.front();
 }
 template<typename T, typename Alloc> T *data(std::vector<T, Alloc> &v) {
   // Eventually the returned pointer gets passed down to memcpy, so
   // we need it to be non-null to avoid undefined behavior.
   static uint8_t t;
-  return v.empty() ? reinterpret_cast<T*>(&t) : &v.front();
+  return v.empty() ? reinterpret_cast<T *>(&t) : &v.front();
 }
 
 /// @endcond
@@ -1011,11 +1141,10 @@
   /// minimum alignment upon reallocation. Only needed if you intend to store
   /// types with custom alignment AND you wish to read the buffer in-place
   /// directly after creation.
-  explicit FlatBufferBuilder(size_t initial_size = 1024,
-                             Allocator *allocator = nullptr,
-                             bool own_allocator = false,
-                             size_t buffer_minalign =
-                                 AlignOf<largest_scalar_t>())
+  explicit FlatBufferBuilder(
+      size_t initial_size = 1024, Allocator *allocator = nullptr,
+      bool own_allocator = false,
+      size_t buffer_minalign = AlignOf<largest_scalar_t>())
       : buf_(initial_size, allocator, own_allocator, buffer_minalign),
         num_field_loc(0),
         max_voffset_(0),
@@ -1110,6 +1239,14 @@
     return buf_.data();
   }
 
+  /// @brief Get the serialized buffer (after you call `Finish()`) as a span.
+  /// @return Returns a constructed flatbuffers::span that is a view over the 
+  /// FlatBuffer data inside the buffer.
+  flatbuffers::span<uint8_t> GetBufferSpan() const {
+    Finished();
+    return flatbuffers::span<uint8_t>(buf_.data(), buf_.size());
+  }
+
   /// @brief Get a pointer to an unfinished buffer.
   /// @return Returns a `uint8_t` pointer to the unfinished buffer.
   uint8_t *GetCurrentBufferPointer() const { return buf_.data(); }
@@ -1118,8 +1255,8 @@
   /// @warning Do NOT attempt to use this FlatBufferBuilder afterwards!
   /// @return A `FlatBuffer` that owns the buffer and its allocator and
   /// behaves similar to a `unique_ptr` with a deleter.
-  FLATBUFFERS_ATTRIBUTE(deprecated("use Release() instead")) DetachedBuffer
-  ReleaseBufferPointer() {
+  FLATBUFFERS_ATTRIBUTE(deprecated("use Release() instead"))
+  DetachedBuffer ReleaseBufferPointer() {
     Finished();
     return buf_.release();
   }
@@ -1132,13 +1269,14 @@
   }
 
   /// @brief Get the released pointer to the serialized buffer.
-  /// @param The size of the memory block containing
+  /// @param size The size of the memory block containing
   /// the serialized `FlatBuffer`.
-  /// @param The offset from the released pointer where the finished
+  /// @param offset The offset from the released pointer where the finished
   /// `FlatBuffer` starts.
   /// @return A raw pointer to the start of the memory block containing
   /// the serialized `FlatBuffer`.
-  /// @remark If the allocator is owned, it gets deleted when the destructor is called..
+  /// @remark If the allocator is owned, it gets deleted when the destructor is
+  /// called..
   uint8_t *ReleaseRaw(size_t &size, size_t &offset) {
     Finished();
     return buf_.release_raw(size, offset);
@@ -1149,7 +1287,7 @@
   /// you call Finish()). You can use this information if you need to embed
   /// a FlatBuffer in some other buffer, such that you can later read it
   /// without first having to copy it into its own buffer.
-  size_t GetBufferMinAlignment() {
+  size_t GetBufferMinAlignment() const {
     Finished();
     return minalign_;
   }
@@ -1167,12 +1305,13 @@
 
   /// @brief In order to save space, fields that are set to their default value
   /// don't get serialized into the buffer.
-  /// @param[in] bool fd When set to `true`, always serializes default values that are set.
-  /// Optional fields which are not set explicitly, will still not be serialized.
+  /// @param[in] fd When set to `true`, always serializes default values that
+  /// are set. Optional fields which are not set explicitly, will still not be
+  /// serialized.
   void ForceDefaults(bool fd) { force_defaults_ = fd; }
 
   /// @brief By default vtables are deduped in order to save space.
-  /// @param[in] bool dedup When set to `true`, dedup vtables.
+  /// @param[in] dedup When set to `true`, dedup vtables.
   void DedupVtables(bool dedup) { dedup_vtables_ = dedup; }
 
   /// @cond FLATBUFFERS_INTERNAL
@@ -1232,6 +1371,11 @@
     TrackField(field, off);
   }
 
+  template<typename T> void AddElement(voffset_t field, T e) {
+    auto off = PushElement(e);
+    TrackField(field, off);
+  }
+
   template<typename T> void AddOffset(voffset_t field, Offset<T> off) {
     if (off.IsNull()) return;  // Don't store.
     AddElement(field, ReferTo(off.o), static_cast<uoffset_t>(0));
@@ -1326,7 +1470,7 @@
            it += sizeof(uoffset_t)) {
         auto vt_offset_ptr = reinterpret_cast<uoffset_t *>(it);
         auto vt2 = reinterpret_cast<voffset_t *>(buf_.data_at(*vt_offset_ptr));
-        auto vt2_size = *vt2;
+        auto vt2_size = ReadScalar<voffset_t>(vt2);
         if (vt1_size != vt2_size || 0 != memcmp(vt2, vt1, vt1_size)) continue;
         vt_use = *vt_offset_ptr;
         buf_.pop(GetSize() - vtableoffsetloc);
@@ -1536,6 +1680,9 @@
     // causing the wrong overload to be selected, remove it.
     AssertScalarT<T>();
     StartVector(len, sizeof(T));
+    if (len == 0) {
+      return Offset<Vector<T>>(EndVector(len));
+    }
     // clang-format off
     #if FLATBUFFERS_LITTLEENDIAN
       PushBytes(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(v), len * sizeof(T));
@@ -1655,14 +1802,14 @@
     extern T Pack(const S &);
     std::vector<T> vv(len);
     std::transform(v, v + len, vv.begin(), Pack);
-    return CreateVectorOfStructs<T>(vv.data(), vv.size());
+    return CreateVectorOfStructs<T>(data(vv), vv.size());
   }
 
   // clang-format off
   #ifndef FLATBUFFERS_CPP98_STL
   /// @brief Serialize an array of structs into a FlatBuffer `vector`.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the struct array elements.
-  /// @param[in] f A function that takes the current iteration 0..vector_size-1
+  /// @param[in] filler A function that takes the current iteration 0..vector_size-1
   /// and a pointer to the struct that must be filled.
   /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
   /// where the vector is stored.
@@ -1702,7 +1849,7 @@
 
   /// @brief Serialize a `std::vector` of structs into a FlatBuffer `vector`.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the `std::vector` struct elements.
-  /// @param[in]] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
+  /// @param[in] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
   /// serialize into the buffer as a `vector`.
   /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
   /// where the vector is stored.
@@ -1716,7 +1863,7 @@
   /// `vector`.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the `std::vector` struct elements.
   /// @tparam S The data type of the `std::vector` native struct elements.
-  /// @param[in]] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
+  /// @param[in] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
   /// serialize into the buffer as a `vector`.
   /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
   /// where the vector is stored.
@@ -1732,15 +1879,15 @@
       return a.KeyCompareLessThan(&b);
     }
 
-   private:
-    StructKeyComparator &operator=(const StructKeyComparator &);
+    FLATBUFFERS_DELETE_FUNC(
+        StructKeyComparator &operator=(const StructKeyComparator &))
   };
   /// @endcond
 
   /// @brief Serialize a `std::vector` of structs into a FlatBuffer `vector`
   /// in sorted order.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the `std::vector` struct elements.
-  /// @param[in]] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
+  /// @param[in] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
   /// serialize into the buffer as a `vector`.
   /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
   /// where the vector is stored.
@@ -1753,7 +1900,7 @@
   /// `vector` in sorted order.
   /// @tparam T The data type of the `std::vector` struct elements.
   /// @tparam S The data type of the `std::vector` native struct elements.
-  /// @param[in]] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
+  /// @param[in] v A const reference to the `std::vector` of structs to
   /// serialize into the buffer as a `vector`.
   /// @return Returns a typed `Offset` into the serialized data indicating
   /// where the vector is stored.
@@ -1792,13 +1939,14 @@
     extern T Pack(const S &);
     typedef T (*Pack_t)(const S &);
     std::vector<T> vv(len);
-    std::transform(v, v + len, vv.begin(), static_cast<Pack_t&>(Pack));
+    std::transform(v, v + len, vv.begin(), static_cast<Pack_t &>(Pack));
     return CreateVectorOfSortedStructs<T>(vv, len);
   }
 
   /// @cond FLATBUFFERS_INTERNAL
   template<typename T> struct TableKeyComparator {
     TableKeyComparator(vector_downward &buf) : buf_(buf) {}
+    TableKeyComparator(const TableKeyComparator &other) : buf_(other.buf_) {}
     bool operator()(const Offset<T> &a, const Offset<T> &b) const {
       auto table_a = reinterpret_cast<T *>(buf_.data_at(a.o));
       auto table_b = reinterpret_cast<T *>(buf_.data_at(b.o));
@@ -1807,7 +1955,7 @@
     vector_downward &buf_;
 
    private:
-    TableKeyComparator &operator=(const TableKeyComparator &);
+    FLATBUFFERS_DELETE_FUNC(TableKeyComparator &operator=(const TableKeyComparator &other))
   };
   /// @endcond
 
@@ -1873,12 +2021,12 @@
   }
 
   template<typename T>
-  Offset<Vector<const T*>> CreateUninitializedVectorOfStructs(size_t len, T **buf) {
+  Offset<Vector<const T *>> CreateUninitializedVectorOfStructs(size_t len,
+                                                               T **buf) {
     return CreateUninitializedVector(len, sizeof(T),
                                      reinterpret_cast<uint8_t **>(buf));
   }
 
-
   // @brief Create a vector of scalar type T given as input a vector of scalar
   // type U, useful with e.g. pre "enum class" enums, or any existing scalar
   // data of the wrong type.
@@ -1927,8 +2075,7 @@
     buf_.swap_allocator(other.buf_);
   }
 
-protected:
-
+ protected:
   // You shouldn't really be copying instances of this class.
   FlatBufferBuilder(const FlatBufferBuilder &);
   FlatBufferBuilder &operator=(const FlatBufferBuilder &);
@@ -1981,8 +2128,8 @@
     bool operator()(const Offset<String> &a, const Offset<String> &b) const {
       auto stra = reinterpret_cast<const String *>(buf_->data_at(a.o));
       auto strb = reinterpret_cast<const String *>(buf_->data_at(b.o));
-      return StringLessThan(stra->data(), stra->size(),
-                            strb->data(), strb->size());
+      return StringLessThan(stra->data(), stra->size(), strb->data(),
+                            strb->size());
     }
     const vector_downward *buf_;
   };
@@ -2046,13 +2193,15 @@
 /// This function is UNDEFINED for FlatBuffers whose schema does not include
 /// a file_identifier (likely points at padding or the start of a the root
 /// vtable).
-inline const char *GetBufferIdentifier(const void *buf, bool size_prefixed = false) {
+inline const char *GetBufferIdentifier(const void *buf,
+                                       bool size_prefixed = false) {
   return reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf) +
          ((size_prefixed) ? 2 * sizeof(uoffset_t) : sizeof(uoffset_t));
 }
 
 // Helper to see if the identifier in a buffer has the expected value.
-inline bool BufferHasIdentifier(const void *buf, const char *identifier, bool size_prefixed = false) {
+inline bool BufferHasIdentifier(const void *buf, const char *identifier,
+                                bool size_prefixed = false) {
   return strncmp(GetBufferIdentifier(buf, size_prefixed), identifier,
                  FlatBufferBuilder::kFileIdentifierLength) == 0;
 }
@@ -2069,8 +2218,7 @@
         num_tables_(0),
         max_tables_(_max_tables),
         upper_bound_(0),
-        check_alignment_(_check_alignment)
-  {
+        check_alignment_(_check_alignment) {
     FLATBUFFERS_ASSERT(size_ < FLATBUFFERS_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
   }
 
@@ -2101,7 +2249,7 @@
   }
 
   template<typename T> bool VerifyAlignment(size_t elem) const {
-    return (elem & (sizeof(T) - 1)) == 0 || !check_alignment_;
+    return Check((elem & (sizeof(T) - 1)) == 0 || !check_alignment_);
   }
 
   // Verify a range indicated by sizeof(T).
@@ -2109,13 +2257,18 @@
     return VerifyAlignment<T>(elem) && Verify(elem, sizeof(T));
   }
 
+  bool VerifyFromPointer(const uint8_t *p, size_t len) {
+    auto o = static_cast<size_t>(p - buf_);
+    return Verify(o, len);
+  }
+
   // Verify relative to a known-good base pointer.
   bool Verify(const uint8_t *base, voffset_t elem_off, size_t elem_len) const {
     return Verify(static_cast<size_t>(base - buf_) + elem_off, elem_len);
   }
 
-  template<typename T> bool Verify(const uint8_t *base, voffset_t elem_off)
-      const {
+  template<typename T>
+  bool Verify(const uint8_t *base, voffset_t elem_off) const {
     return Verify(static_cast<size_t>(base - buf_) + elem_off, sizeof(T));
   }
 
@@ -2138,16 +2291,15 @@
   // Verify a pointer (may be NULL) to string.
   bool VerifyString(const String *str) const {
     size_t end;
-    return !str ||
-           (VerifyVectorOrString(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(str),
-                                 1, &end) &&
-            Verify(end, 1) &&      // Must have terminator
-            Check(buf_[end] == '\0'));  // Terminating byte must be 0.
+    return !str || (VerifyVectorOrString(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(str),
+                                         1, &end) &&
+                    Verify(end, 1) &&           // Must have terminator
+                    Check(buf_[end] == '\0'));  // Terminating byte must be 0.
   }
 
   // Common code between vectors and strings.
   bool VerifyVectorOrString(const uint8_t *vec, size_t elem_size,
-                    size_t *end = nullptr) const {
+                            size_t *end = nullptr) const {
     auto veco = static_cast<size_t>(vec - buf_);
     // Check we can read the size field.
     if (!Verify<uoffset_t>(veco)) return false;
@@ -2182,11 +2334,12 @@
     return true;
   }
 
-  bool VerifyTableStart(const uint8_t *table) {
+  __supress_ubsan__("unsigned-integer-overflow") bool VerifyTableStart(
+      const uint8_t *table) {
     // Check the vtable offset.
     auto tableo = static_cast<size_t>(table - buf_);
     if (!Verify<soffset_t>(tableo)) return false;
-    // This offset may be signed, but doing the substraction unsigned always
+    // This offset may be signed, but doing the subtraction unsigned always
     // gives the result we want.
     auto vtableo = tableo - static_cast<size_t>(ReadScalar<soffset_t>(table));
     // Check the vtable size field, then check vtable fits in its entirety.
@@ -2197,9 +2350,8 @@
 
   template<typename T>
   bool VerifyBufferFromStart(const char *identifier, size_t start) {
-    if (identifier &&
-        (size_ < 2 * sizeof(flatbuffers::uoffset_t) ||
-         !BufferHasIdentifier(buf_ + start, identifier))) {
+    if (identifier && !Check((size_ >= 2 * sizeof(flatbuffers::uoffset_t) &&
+                              BufferHasIdentifier(buf_ + start, identifier)))) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -2331,6 +2483,12 @@
   uint8_t *GetAddressOf(uoffset_t o) { return &data_[o]; }
 
  private:
+  // private constructor & copy constructor: you obtain instances of this
+  // class by pointing to existing data only
+  Struct();
+  Struct(const Struct &);
+  Struct &operator=(const Struct &);
+
   uint8_t data_[1];
 };
 
@@ -2375,12 +2533,26 @@
     return field_offset ? reinterpret_cast<P>(p) : nullptr;
   }
 
+  template<typename Raw, typename Face>
+  flatbuffers::Optional<Face> GetOptional(voffset_t field) const {
+    auto field_offset = GetOptionalFieldOffset(field);
+    auto p = data_ + field_offset;
+    return field_offset ? Optional<Face>(static_cast<Face>(ReadScalar<Raw>(p)))
+                        : Optional<Face>();
+  }
+
   template<typename T> bool SetField(voffset_t field, T val, T def) {
     auto field_offset = GetOptionalFieldOffset(field);
     if (!field_offset) return IsTheSameAs(val, def);
     WriteScalar(data_ + field_offset, val);
     return true;
   }
+  template<typename T> bool SetField(voffset_t field, T val) {
+    auto field_offset = GetOptionalFieldOffset(field);
+    if (!field_offset) return false;
+    WriteScalar(data_ + field_offset, val);
+    return true;
+  }
 
   bool SetPointer(voffset_t field, const uint8_t *val) {
     auto field_offset = GetOptionalFieldOffset(field);
@@ -2443,12 +2615,24 @@
   // class by pointing to existing data only
   Table();
   Table(const Table &other);
+  Table &operator=(const Table &);
 
   uint8_t data_[1];
 };
 
-template<typename T> void FlatBufferBuilder::Required(Offset<T> table,
-                                                      voffset_t field) {
+// This specialization allows avoiding warnings like:
+// MSVC C4800: type: forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false'.
+template<>
+inline flatbuffers::Optional<bool> Table::GetOptional<uint8_t, bool>(
+    voffset_t field) const {
+  auto field_offset = GetOptionalFieldOffset(field);
+  auto p = data_ + field_offset;
+  return field_offset ? Optional<bool>(ReadScalar<uint8_t>(p) != 0)
+                      : Optional<bool>();
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+void FlatBufferBuilder::Required(Offset<T> table, voffset_t field) {
   auto table_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const Table *>(buf_.data_at(table.o));
   bool ok = table_ptr->GetOptionalFieldOffset(field) != 0;
   // If this fails, the caller will show what field needs to be set.
@@ -2495,7 +2679,9 @@
 }
 
 /// @brief This return the prefixed size of a FlatBuffer.
-inline uoffset_t GetPrefixedSize(const uint8_t* buf){ return ReadScalar<uoffset_t>(buf); }
+inline uoffset_t GetPrefixedSize(const uint8_t *buf) {
+  return ReadScalar<uoffset_t>(buf);
+}
 
 // Base class for native objects (FlatBuffer data de-serialized into native
 // C++ data structures).
@@ -2622,10 +2808,13 @@
 // clang-format on
 
 // Basic type info cost just 16bits per field!
+// We're explicitly defining the signedness since the signedness of integer
+// bitfields is otherwise implementation-defined and causes warnings on older
+// GCC compilers.
 struct TypeCode {
-  uint16_t base_type : 4;  // ElementaryType
-  uint16_t is_vector : 1;
-  int16_t sequence_ref : 11;  // Index into type_refs below, or -1 for none.
+  unsigned short base_type : 4;  // ElementaryType
+  unsigned short is_repeating : 1;  // Either vector (in table) or array (in struct)
+  signed short sequence_ref : 11;  // Index into type_refs below, or -1 for none.
 };
 
 static_assert(sizeof(TypeCode) == 2, "TypeCode");
@@ -2638,10 +2827,11 @@
 struct TypeTable {
   SequenceType st;
   size_t num_elems;  // of type_codes, values, names (but not type_refs).
-  const TypeCode *type_codes;  // num_elems count
+  const TypeCode *type_codes;     // num_elems count
   const TypeFunction *type_refs;  // less than num_elems entries (see TypeCode).
+  const int16_t *array_sizes;     // less than num_elems entries (see TypeCode).
   const int64_t *values;  // Only set for non-consecutive enum/union or structs.
-  const char * const *names;     // Only set if compiled with --reflect-names.
+  const char *const *names;  // Only set if compiled with --reflect-names.
 };
 
 // String which identifies the current version of FlatBuffers.