CBuffer

JavaScript Circular Buffer Utility

The end goal of this project is to implement the entire JavaScript Array.prototype, and some additional utility methods, as a circular buffer.

As JavaScript is used for more and more computationally intensive tasks, it's important to reduce execution and garbage collection time. By using a circular buffer instead of a native array less extraneous data bits are generated that will need to be cleaned up later. So use of this library is two fold: First, if you need a circular buffer for the classical reasons (animation queue, video streaming) this library can help you out. Second, if you know the maximum size of an array you'll be working with, using CBuffer can drastically reduce the memory footprint of your application.

While the entire Array.prototype API is on the roadmap, it's not all quite here. Below is the currently implemented API.

API

Mutator Methods

• pop()
• push()
• reverse()
• shift()
• sort()
• unshift()

Accessor Methods

• indexOf()
• lastIndexOf()

Iteration Methods

• every()
• forEach()
• some()

Utility Methods

• empty()
• first()
• last()
• get()
• set()
• toArray() - Return clean ordered array of buffer
• overflow - Set to function and will be called when data is about to be overwritten