An Overview of the Bytebuffer API


Library for packing and unpacking binary data. Simplifies using java.util.ByteBuffer objects.



bytebuffer.buff

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Detailed API documentation
Library for packing and unpacking binary data. Simplifies working
with java.nio.ByteBuffer objects.

Notable features:

1. Handles signed and unsigned values pleasantly. Usually reading or
writing unsigned fields with ByteBuffers is a pain because Java
doesn't have unsigned primitives. The unsigned take-* functions here
actually return a type that is one step larger than the requested
type, ex. take-ushort returns an int, and take-uint returns a
bigint. The larger types are big enough to handle the entire unsigned
range of the smaller type. Similarly, although there are not separate
signed and unsigned version, the put-* functions will accept any
number type and truncate it so both positive and negative numbers can
be stored. TODO: Should add an overflow check to avoid overflows in
put-* functions?

2. Provides pack and unpack functions inspired by Python's struct
module. Use simple format strings, similar to printf's, to define how
fields are layed out in the buffer.

Usage:
 (pack buff "isbb" 123 43 23 3) ; puts an int, a short and two bytes into buff
 (.flip buff) ; assuming nothing else was written to the buffer
 (unpack buff "isbb") => (123 43 24 3)

3. Provides pack-bits and unpack-bits functions for working with bit
fields within numbers. These are useful for pulling apart flag fields.
See also: java.nio.ByteBuffer Documentation
Public variables and functions: byte-buffer pack pack-bits put-byte put-int put-long put-short take-byte take-int take-long take-short take-ubyte take-uint take-ulong take-ushort unpack unpack-bits with-buffer
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