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API

ProtoDef(validation=true)

ProtoDef.addType(name,functions,validate=true)

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[,schema]] functions
• a validate boolean : to check the validity of the type against its schema or not

See newDataTypes.md for more details.

ProtoDef.addTypes(types)

Add types which is an object with keys the name of the types and values the type definitions.

ProtoDef.addProtocol(protocol,path)

Add types in protocol recursively. The protocol object is an object with keys types and namespace keys.

• The value of the types key is an object of type name to type definition.
• The value of the namespace key is a protocol object.

The path is an array of namespace keys which select a path of namespaces to be added to the protodef object.

See full_protocol.js for an example of usage.

ProtoDef.setVariable(name, value)

Sets a primitive variable type for the specified name, which can be dynamically updated. Can be refrenced in switch statements with the "/" prefix.

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,offset = 0)

Returns a parsed packet of buffer for type starting at offset.

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.

ProtoDefCompiler

ProtoDefCompiler.addTypes(types)

Add types which is an object with keys the name of the types and values the type definitions.

ProtoDefCompiler.addProtocol(protocol,path)

Add types in protocol recursively. The protocol object is an object with keys types and namespace keys.

• The value of the types key is an object of type name to type definition.
• The value of the namespace key is a protocol object.

The path is an array of namespace keys which select a path of namespaces to be added to the protodef object.

ProtoDefCompiler.addVariable(name, value)

Adds a primitive variable type for the specified name, which can be dynamically updated. Can be refrenced in switch statements with the "/" prefix.

ProtoDefCompiler.compileProtoDefSync(options = { printCode: false })

Compile and return a ProtoDef object, optionaly print the generated javascript code.

CompiledProtodef

The class of which an instance is returned by compileProtoDefSync

It follows the same interface as ProtoDef : read, write, sizeOf, createPacketBuffer, parsePacketBuffer Its constructor is CompiledProtodef(sizeOfCtx, writeCtx, readCtx). sizeOfCtx, writeCtx and readCtx are the compiled version of sizeOf, write and read. They are produced by Compiler.compile

It can be used directly for easier debugging/using already compiled js.

CompiledProtodef.setVariable(name, value)

Sets a primitive variable type for the specified name, which can be dynamically updated. Can be refrenced in switch statements with the "/" prefix.

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 and throw e.

utils.tryCatch(tryfn, catchfn)

A simple tryCatch function, useful for optimization. returns what tryfn returns

utils.tryDoc(tryfn, field)

Try tryfn, it it fails, use addErrorField with field