protodef

ProtoDef

[] (https://circleci.com/gh/roblabla/ProtoDef)

This is a node.js module to simplify defining, reading and writing binary blobs, whether they be internet protocols or files.

Installing

npm install ProtoDef

Usage

See example

API

ProtoDef()

ProtoDef.addType(name,functions)

Add the type name with the data functions which can be either:

• "native" : that type is already implemented by ProtoDef
• a js object defining a type based on other already defined types
• [read,write,sizeOf] functions

ProtoDef.read(buffer, cursor, _fieldInfo, rootNodes)

Read the packet defined by _fieldInfo in buffer starting from cursor using the context rootNodes.

ProtoDef.write(value, buffer, offset, _fieldInfo, rootNode)

Write the packet defined by _fieldInfo in buffer starting from offset with the value value and context rootNode

ProtoDef.sizeOf(value, _fieldInfo, rootNode)

Size of the packet value defined by _fieldInfo with context rootNode

ProtoDef.createPacketBuffer(type,packet)

Returns a buffer of the packet for type.

ProtoDef.parsePacketBuffer(type,buffer)

Returns a parsed packet of buffer for type.

Serializer(proto,mainType)

Create a serializer of mainType defined in proto. This is a Transform stream.

Serializer.createPacketBuffer(packet)

Returns a buffer of the packet.

Parser(proto,mainType)

Create a parser of mainType defined in proto. This is a Transform stream.

Parser.parsePacketBuffer(buffer)

Returns a parsed packet of buffer.

types

An object mapping the default type names to the corresponding [read,write,sizeOf] functions.

utils

Some functions that can be useful to build new datatypes reader and writer.

utils.getField(countField, context)

Get countField given context. Example: "../field" will get "field" one level above.

utils.getFieldInfo(fieldInfo)

Takes fieldInfo as :

• "type"
• ["type",typeArgs]
• { type: "type", typeArgs: typeArgs }

Returns { type: "type", typeArgs: typeArgs }

utils.addErrorField(e, field)

Add field to error e

utils.tryCatch(tryfn, catchfn)

A simple tryCatch function, useful for optimization.

TODO

• Write tests for every datatypes, and the different *Field behaviors.
• Rethink datatype function signature
• Datatypes should include name when creating them, instead of being provided by the user, to ease datatype dependencies.
• Probably more...

History

0.2.1

• Anon fields may now be null/undefined.

0.2.0

• add createPacketBuffer and parsePacketBuffer to ProtoDef class
• expose utils functions
• add mapper and pstring datatypes

0.1.0

• add the serializer and parser
• expose the default datatypes
• add an example

0.0.1

• basic version, mostly contain the ProtoDef class and the datatype