Draft version without consume_one implementation

include/boost/redis/adapter/detail/adapters.hpp

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <boost/redis/resp3/node.hpp>
 #include <boost/redis/resp3/serialization.hpp>
 #include <boost/redis/resp3/type.hpp>
+#include <boost/redis/response.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 
@@ -176,6 +177,33 @@ public:
    }
 };
 
+template <>
+class general_aggregate<result<flat_response_impl>> {
+private:
+   result<flat_response_impl>* result_;
+
+public:
+   explicit general_aggregate(result<flat_response_impl>* c = nullptr)
+   : result_(c)
+   { }
+   template <class String>
+   void operator()(resp3::basic_node<String> const& nd, system::error_code&)
+   {
+      BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(!!result_, "Unexpected null pointer");
+      switch (nd.data_type) {
+         case resp3::type::blob_error:
+         case resp3::type::simple_error:
+            *result_ = error{
+               nd.data_type,
+               std::string{std::cbegin(nd.value), std::cend(nd.value)}
+            };
+            break;
+         default:
+            result_->value().push_back(nd);
+      }
+   }
+};
+
 template <class Node>
 class general_simple {
 private:

include/boost/redis/adapter/detail/response_traits.hpp

@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ struct response_traits<response<Ts...>> {
    static auto adapt(response_type& r) noexcept { return adapter_type{r}; }
 };
 
+template <>
+struct response_traits<generic_flat_response> {
+   using response_type = generic_flat_response;
+   using adapter_type = vector_adapter<response_type>;
+
+   static auto adapt(response_type& v) noexcept { return adapter_type{v}; }
+};
 }  // namespace boost::redis::adapter::detail
 
 #endif  // BOOST_REDIS_ADAPTER_DETAIL_RESPONSE_TRAITS_HPP

include/boost/redis/adapter/detail/result_traits.hpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <boost/redis/error.hpp>
 #include <boost/redis/ignore.hpp>
 #include <boost/redis/resp3/type.hpp>
+#include <boost/redis/response.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/mp11.hpp>
 
@@ -62,6 +63,13 @@ struct result_traits<result<std::vector<resp3::basic_node<String>, Allocator>>>
    static auto adapt(response_type& v) noexcept { return adapter_type{&v}; }
 };
 
+template <>
+struct result_traits<generic_flat_response> {
+   using response_type = generic_flat_response;
+   using adapter_type = adapter::detail::general_aggregate<response_type>;
+   static auto adapt(response_type& v) noexcept { return adapter_type{&v}; }
+};
+
 template <class T>
 using adapter_t = typename result_traits<std::decay_t<T>>::adapter_type;
 

include/boost/redis/resp3/node.hpp

@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ using node = basic_node<std::string>;
 /// A node in the response tree that does not own its data.
 using node_view = basic_node<std::string_view>;
 
+/**
+ * TODO: documentation
+ */
+struct offset_node : node_view {
+   std::size_t offset{};
+   std::size_t size{};
+};
+
 }  // namespace boost::redis::resp3
 
 #endif  // BOOST_REDIS_RESP3_NODE_HPP

include/boost/redis/response.hpp

@@ -31,6 +31,83 @@ using response = std::tuple<adapter::result<Ts>...>;
  */
 using generic_response = adapter::result<std::vector<resp3::node>>;
 
+struct flat_response_impl {
+private:
+   class iterator {
+   public:
+      using value_type = resp3::node_view;
+      using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+      using pointer = void;
+      using reference = value_type;
+      using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
+
+      explicit iterator(flat_response_impl* owner, std::size_t i) noexcept
+      : owner_(owner)
+      , index_(i)
+      { }
+
+      value_type operator*() const { return owner_->operator[](index_); }
+
+      iterator& operator++()
+      {
+         ++index_;
+         return *this;
+      }
+
+      bool operator==(const iterator& other) const { return index_ == other.index_; }
+      bool operator!=(const iterator& other) const { return !(*this == other); }
+
+   private:
+      flat_response_impl* owner_;
+      std::size_t index_;
+   };
+
+public:
+   resp3::node_view at(std::size_t index) { return make_node_view(view_.at(index)); }
+
+   std::size_t size() { return view_.size(); }
+
+   resp3::node_view operator[](std::size_t index) { return make_node_view(view_[index]); }
+
+   iterator begin() { return iterator{this, 0}; }
+
+   iterator end() { return iterator{this, view_.size()}; }
+
+   template <typename String>
+   void push_back(const resp3::basic_node<String>& nd)
+   {
+      resp3::offset_node new_node;
+      new_node.data_type = nd.data_type;
+      new_node.aggregate_size = nd.aggregate_size;
+      new_node.depth = nd.depth;
+      new_node.offset = data_.size();
+      new_node.size = nd.value.size();
+
+      data_ += std::string{std::cbegin(nd.value), std::cend(nd.value)};
+
+      view_.push_back(std::move(new_node));
+   }
+
+private:
+   resp3::node_view make_node_view(const resp3::offset_node& n)
+   {
+      return resp3::node_view{
+         .data_type = n.data_type,
+         .aggregate_size = n.aggregate_size,
+         .depth = n.depth,
+         .value = std::string_view{data_.data() + n.offset, n.size}
+      };
+   }
+
+   std::string data_;
+   std::vector<resp3::offset_node> view_;
+};
+
+/**
+ * TODO: documentation
+ */
+using generic_flat_response = adapter::result<flat_response_impl>;
+
 /** @brief Consume on response from a generic response
  *
  *  This function rotates the elements so that the start of the next