ZeroPrimitives.Core 1.6.0

ZeroPrimitives

Architectural Standard: 100% Pure C#, Zero External Dependencies, Multi-Targeting across .NET 8.0, .NET Framework 4.6.2, and .NET Standard 2.0.

ZeroPrimitives is a sovereign, high-throughput .NET library engineered for ultra-fast, zero-allocation primitive conversions, low-level span/pointer number parsing, cryptographic/non-cryptographic hashing, binary buffer streaming, lock-free concurrency, and expression-compiled object mapping.

It replaces slow legacy conversion methods (Convert.To*, value.ToString(), int.TryParse with intermediate heap allocations) with raw CPU register unboxing, ReadOnlySpan<char> / ReadOnlySpan<byte> slicing, hardware intrinsics (SSE4.2 / ARM64), and cache-line aligned data structures.

🏛️ Comprehensive Feature Suite

1. Zero-Allocation Type Conversion (FastConvert)

• Direct Register Unboxing: Immediate unpack for boxed value types (int, long, decimal, double, float, short, byte, bool, Guid, DateTime) without calling .ToString().
• Nullable Variants: AsNullableInt, AsNullableLong, AsNullableDecimal, AsNullableDouble, AsNullableBool, AsNullableDateTime, AsNullableGuid.
• Enum Conversion: AsEnum<TEnum>(), AsNullableEnum<TEnum>() (case-insensitive string/number conversion).
• Delimited Collections: FromDelimitedString<T>() and AsDelimitedString<T>() for fast CSV/list parsing.

2. Low-Level Span/Pointer Parsers (FastNumberParser, FastDateParser, FastCsvParser)

• Pointer-based Integer Loops: (acc << 3) + (acc << 1) + (*ptr - '0') over both ReadOnlySpan<char> and ReadOnlySpan<byte>.
• Intelligent Separator Analysis: Automatically resolves international vs. Vietnamese delimiters (1,234.56 vs 1.234,56 vs 1.500.000 VNĐ).
• Zero-Allocation CSV Tokenizer: FastCsvParser.EnumerateRows and FastCsvParser.EnumerateCells with RFC 4180 quote unescaping without heap string allocations.
• SQL Server DateTime Safety: Zero-allocation ISO 8601 and dd/MM/yyyy parsing with clamping to SQL Server DATETIME range (1753-01-01 to 9999-12-31).

3. Binary Streaming & Memory Buffers (SpanReader, SpanWriter, FastBinary, ArrayPoolRentScope)

• Sequential Streaming: SpanReader and SpanWriter ref structs for safe, bounds-checked binary serialization (LE, BE, VarInt, UTF-8 strings).
• Automatic Pool Return: ArrayPoolRentScope<T> ref struct pattern guarantees buffer return to ArrayPool<T>.Shared on exiting scope.
• Variable-Length Integers: VarIntCodec (LEB128 & ZigZag 32/64-bit) for ultra-compact telemetry and serialization.
• GZip Compression: FastBuffer.GzipCompress and FastBuffer.GzipDecompressToString.

4. High-Throughput Concurrency & Lock-Free Structures (SpscQueue, FastSpinLock)

• Cache-Line Padded SPSC Queue: SpscQueue<T> bounded FIFO queue with 64-byte padding between _head and _tail to eliminate L1/L2 cache-line bouncing (False Sharing).
• 1-Word Micro SpinLock: FastSpinLock (4 bytes) eliminates OS kernel transition overhead for critical sections under 50 nanoseconds.

5. Industrial Barcode & Streaming JSON (FastGs1Parser, FastJsonReader, FastJsonWriter)

• GS1 Barcode Engine: FastGs1Parser decodes GS1-128 and GS1 DataMatrix identifiers ((01) GTIN, (10) Lot, (17) Expiry, (21) Serial) from both human-readable bracketed strings and raw FNC1 (\u001d) scanner streams without heap allocation.
• Forward-Only JSON Stream Tokenizer: FastJsonReader parses UTF-8 JSON payloads directly from byte spans without creating AST/DOM trees.
• Micro JSON Writer: FastJsonWriter writes compact JSON using stack buffers or rented byte pools.

6. Hardware-Accelerated Cryptography & Checksums (FastCrc, FastHash)

• Hardware-Accelerated CRC32C: FastCrc.Crc32C utilizes native CPU instructions (SSE4.2 on x86/x64 or ARM64) for single-cycle 8-byte computation, falling back to 4-way loop unrolled tables on older runtimes.
• Industrial Checksums: Crc16Modbus (RS485/scales/PLCs), Crc16Ccitt, and Crc32 (IEEE 802.3 Ethernet/ZIP).
• Hashing: Ultra-fast 32/64-bit FNV-1a, plus zero-allocation Md5Hex, Sha1Hex, Sha256Hex.

7. Off-Heap Memory & Zero-Copy IPC (NativeMemoryPool, PagingArenaAllocator, SlabAllocator, SharedMemoryRingBuffer, NativeMemoryTracker)

• Multi-Bucket Lock-Free Native Pool: NativeMemoryPool manages 15 power-of-two buckets ($2^{12} = 4\text{KB}$ to $2^{26} = 64\text{MB}$) of unmanaged memory, with lock-free recycling per bucket and zero GC pause overhead.
• Auto-Expanding Unmanaged Bump Allocator: PagingArenaAllocator chains 4MB/16MB unmanaged memory chunks with strict absolute virtual pointer alignment ($O(1)$ pointer math) and instantaneous single-cycle frame resets ($O(1)$).
• Fixed-Size Unmanaged Block Slabs: SlabAllocator delivers 21,600,000+ ops/sec (42.0x faster than Heap) for predictable camera 4K video frames, LiDAR clouds, and tensors with intrusive zero-overhead free list leasing.
• Sub-Microsecond Zero-Copy IPC: SharedMemoryRingBuffer enables 43,900,000+ msgs/sec cross-process streaming between C# and Python AI models via Memory-Mapped Files (MMF) without TCP/socket overhead.
• Hardened Absolute Pointer Alignment: Eliminates memory-alignment crashes during AVX-512/AVX2 vector operations across all OS platforms.
• Atomic Telemetry: NativeMemoryTracker monitors allocated bytes, peak usage, active blocks, and total allocation cycles with zero lock contention.

8. Hexadecimal & Low-Level Codecs (FastHex)

• Zero-Allocation Hex Encoder/Decoder: FastHex.Encode, FastHex.Decode, FastHex.TryDecode, FastHex.ToString, and FastHex.IsValid.
• RFID & IoT Native: Converts 12-byte/24-character EPC/TID strings without intermediate heap allocations across .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 4.6.2, and .NET 8.0.

9. Zero-Allocation Tokenizer (SpanSplitter)

• Allocation-Free String Splitting: span.SplitFast(';'), str.SplitFast(';'), and string delimiter span.SplitFast("::") using ref struct enumerators.
• Binary Frame Splitting: span.SplitFast((byte)0x00) for network byte streams without allocating arrays.

10. Cross-Platform Bit Manipulation (BitOps)

• Hardware-Accelerated Bit Operations: Parity with System.Numerics.BitOperations on .NET Standard 2.0 and .NET 4.6.2.
• Operations: PopCount, LeadingZeroCount (LZCNT), TrailingZeroCount (TZCNT), RotateLeft, RotateRight, IsPowerOfTwo, RoundUpToPowerOfTwo.

11. Streaming Buffers & Diagnostics (ArrayPoolBufferWriter, ByteRingBuffer, ValueStopwatch)

• ArrayPoolBufferWriter<T>: IBufferWriter<T> renting from ArrayPool<T>.Shared to prevent Large Object Heap (LOH) fragmentation during report export.
• ByteRingBuffer: Circular byte buffer for TCP sockets and Serial COM ports without memory shifting (Array.Copy).
• ValueStopwatch: Zero-allocation readonly struct for microsecond latency profiling.

13. Cross-Platform SIMD Hardware Acceleration (SimdVector)

• Universal SIMD Kernels: Vectorized primitives for float arrays leveraging Vector256<float> / Vector128<float> on .NET 8.0 with graceful fallback to System.Numerics.Vector<T> on older runtimes.
• High-Throughput Operations: SimdVector.Add, Subtract, Multiply, MultiplyAdd (Fused Multiply-Add), Scale, Clamp, NormalizeByteToFloat, QuantizeFloatToByte, and SequenceEqual.
• Throughput: Delivers up to 2.1x speedup on vector math over scalar loops.

14. Fragmented Sequence Streaming (SequenceSpanReader)

• Zero-Allocation Stream Parsing: Parses ReadOnlySequence<byte> across fragmented non-contiguous memory segments (Pipelines, Kestrel, Socket channels).
• Fast-Path Monolithic Slice: Direct span reading for contiguous memory with zero-allocation fallback unrolling across boundary splits.
• Strict Endian Safety: Supports Little-Endian and Big-Endian integer, float, and double decodings without allocating intermediate byte arrays.

🎯 Pragmatic Dual-Tier Allocation Standard

ZeroPrimitives adheres to the sovereign ZeroUniverse performance directive:

"Zero-allocation on Hot-Paths, Minimal Allocation & Buffer Pooling on Application-Paths, Maximum Performance & Ergonomics Everywhere."

🔹 Tier 1: Hot-Path Engine (Strict 100% Zero-Allocation)

• Target Use-Case: High-frequency network socket loops, 100k RFID packet streams/sec, math/crypto kernels, and sequential binary parsing.
• Underlying Primitives: Span<T>, ReadOnlySpan<T>, stackalloc, ref struct (SpanReader, SpanWriter, SpanSplitter, FastHex), and SIMD hardware intrinsics.
• Zero GC Churn: Operates strictly on the CPU Stack and registers with 0 bytes allocated on the Managed Heap, eliminating Gen 0/1 GC pause spikes entirely.

🔹 Tier 2: Ergonomic & Buffer Pooling (Minimal & Exact Allocation)

• Target Use-Case: Enterprise business layers (MDS ERP, WinForms, WebApi controllers, large Excel/report export, async/await I/O pipelines).
• Underlying Primitives: ArrayPoolBufferWriter<T>, ByteRingBuffer(useArrayPool: true), Memory<T>, ReadOnlyMemory<T>, and exact-sized string creation (FastHex.ToString).
• LOH Protection: Reuses pooled buffers across operations to prevent Large Object Heap fragmentation, providing familiar, convenient APIs without creating throw-away intermediate garbage.

📐 Uniform Method Naming Convention

To guarantee predictability and ease of use across the entire ecosystem:

📊 Real-World Hardware Benchmarks

The following benchmarks were executed under release compilation (-c Release), measuring execution time and heap allocations against traditional .NET BCL and standard approaches.

Environment Specification

• CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz (6 Cores, 12 Logical Processors)
• RAM: 32.0 GB DDR4
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (x64)
• Runtime Environment: .NET 8.0 (x64, Server GC default)

Benchmark Results

Key Architectural Takeaway: By shifting from intermediate heap strings and stream wrappers to Span<T> stack buffers and hardware intrinsics, ZeroPrimitives eliminates tens of megabytes of Gen 0/Gen 1 GC churn while boosting throughput up to 30x.

⚡ Quick Examples

1. RFID EPC Hex Encoding & Parsing

using ZeroPrimitives.Buffers;

// Encode raw 12-byte EPC to hex on stack
Span<char> hexBuffer = stackalloc char[24];
byte[] epcBytes = new byte[] { 0xE2, 0x80, 0x11, 0x70, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x0B, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78 };
FastHex.Encode(epcBytes, hexBuffer);

// Decode hex back to binary without allocations
Span<byte> decodedBytes = stackalloc byte[12];
if (FastHex.TryDecode(hexBuffer, decodedBytes, out int written))
{
    // Process decoded binary EPC
}

2. Zero-Allocation Tokenization (SpanSplitter)

using ZeroPrimitives.Text;

string config = "ORDER_2026_001;CUSTOMER_ABC;WAREHOUSE_NORTH;SKU_999;QTY_100";

// Zero heap allocations: replaces string.Split(';')
foreach (ReadOnlySpan<char> token in config.AsSpan().SplitFast(';'))
{
    // Process token
}

3. Circular Streaming Buffer for TCP / Serial COM Port

using ZeroPrimitives.Buffers;

var ring = new ByteRingBuffer(capacity: 4096, useArrayPool: true);

// Incoming socket chunk
ring.Write(receivedSocketBytes);

// Peek header frame without shifting memory
Span<byte> header = stackalloc byte[4];
if (ring.Peek(header) == 4 && header[0] == 0xAA)
{
    ring.Advance(4); // Consume header
}

4. Hardware-Accelerated CRC32C & Lock-Free SPSC Queue

using ZeroPrimitives.Cryptography;
using ZeroPrimitives.Concurrency;

// Hardware instruction SSE4.2 / ARM64 (8 bytes / single clock cycle)
uint checksum = FastCrc.Crc32C(packetSpan);

// High-speed Single-Producer Single-Consumer queue between I/O and processing threads
var queue = new SpscQueue<int>(capacityPowerOfTwo: 1024);
queue.TryEnqueue(42);
if (queue.TryDequeue(out int val))
{
    // Process without thread lock contention
}

⚡ Hardened L0 Foundation Benchmark Verification

Conducted on AMD/Intel x64 Architecture (12 Cores, .NET 8.0 Release mode):

📜 Release History

Multi-Targeting Support

• .NET 8.0+ (High-throughput cloud services, edge AI, IoT, and IPC)
• .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Enterprise WinForms / WPF applications)
• .NET Standard 2.0 (Universal cross-platform compatibility)

License

MIT License. Copyright © 2026 Phong Võ (kzxl).