NAME

Data::BinaryBuffer - The module to work with binary data effectively

VERSION

version 0.005

SYNOPSIS

use Data::BinaryBuffer;

my $buf = Data::BinaryBuffer->new;

$buf->write($some_data); # PSD file for ex

my $sig = $buf->read(4);
die "This is not PSD file" if $sig ne '8BPS';

my $version = $buf->read_uint16be;

# etc...

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: This module is in very alpha state. API may change without any notice until version 0.1.

Perl is good for strings, bug not very nice to binary data. This class exactly for that.

Data::BinaryBuffer is a data structure similar to the queue, but optimized to work with blocks of arbitrary size. You can write data to one end of buffer and read from another. Data can be written or read in various formats.

METHODS

new

my $buf = Data::BinaryBuffer->new;

Creates empty buffer object.

size

my $size = $buf->size;

Returns current amount of bytes stored in buffer.

write

$buf->write($data);

Write scalar to the buffer.

write_uint8

write_uint16be

write_uint16le

write_uint32be

write_uint32le

write_int8

write_int16be

write_int16le

write_int32be

write_int32le

$buf->write_uint8(255);
$buf->write_int32be($value);

Write one integer to the buffer.

read

my $data = $read($size);

Read $size bytes to Perl scalar.

read_uint8

read_uint16be

read_uint16le

read_uint32be

read_uint32le

read_int8

read_int16be

read_int16le

read_int32be

read_int32le

my $num1 = $buf->read_uint32be;

Read integer from buffer.

read_buffer

my $buf2 = $buf->read_buffer($size);

Same as read, but return another buffer. This method is very fast for big data.

SEE ALSO

• pack/unpack functions in perldoc

• File::Binary

• Parse::Binary

• Convert::Binary::C

SUPPORT

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at https://github.com/vovkasm/data-binarybuffer/issues. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

Source Code

This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

https://github.com/vovkasm/data-binarybuffer

git clone git://github.com/vovkasm/data-binarybuffer.git

AUTHOR

Vladimir Timofeev <vovkasm@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Vladimir Timofeev.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.