Impl FromStr for SecretString

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.5 - 2024-09-11
+- [#10](https://github.com/Eyob94/shush-rs/pull/9) FromStr
+    - Implement `FromStr` trait for SecretString
+    - Add public alias `SecretString` and `SecretVec`
+
 ## 0.1.4 - 2024-09-11
 
 - [#9](https://github.com/Eyob94/shush-rs/pull/9) Mutable Reference

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "shush-rs"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "A Rust crate designed to manage sensitive data securely by leveraging memory protection mechanisms."

src/lib.rs

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use core::{
     any,
     fmt::{self, Debug},
 };
-use std::mem::size_of_val;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+use std::{mem::size_of_val, str::FromStr};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use errno::errno;
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ impl<S: Zeroize> Zeroize for SecretBox<S> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Convenient type alias for Secret Wrapped Strings
+pub type SecretString = SecretBox<String>;
+
+impl FromStr for SecretString {
+    type Err = core::convert::Infallible;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(SecretBox::new(Box::new(s.to_string())))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S: Zeroize> Drop for SecretBox<S> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         let len = size_of_val(&*self.inner_secret);