node-bufferjs

Pure JavaScript utils which extend the global Buffer object in Node.JS.

npm install bufferjs

API

require('bufferjs');

• buffer.addChunk(chunk)
• Buffer.indexOf(haystack, needle, startIndex)
• buffer.indexOf(needle, startIndex)

buffer.addChunk(chunk)

Adds a buffer chunk to buffer.

Returns true when full

Returns new Buffer if buffer overflows

require('bufferjs/add-chunk');

var buffer = new Buffer(9),
  overflow;

buffer.addChunk(new Buffer("abc"));
buffer.addChunk(new Buffer("def"));
buffer.toString(); // "abcdef???"
// Note: "???" is whatever random garbage was internally `malloc`d.    


console.log(true === buffer.addChunk(new Buffer("ghi"))); // true, buffer is full
// true when buffer is full


// adding past the index will throw an error
overflow = buffer.addChunk(new Buffer("jkl"));
buffer.toString(); // abcdefghi
overflow.toString(); // jkl

Buffer.indexOf(haystack, needle, startIndex)

Searches the given haystack Buffer for the given needle Buffer. Returns the index of the first occurence of needle, or -1 if the pattern was not found. needle may also be a regular String, for convenience. startIndex tells at which index to begin the search.

require('bufferjs/indexOf');

var haystack = new Buffer(10);
var needle = '\r\n';
haystack.write(needle, 5);

Buffer.indexOf(haystack, needle); // 5
Buffer.indexOf(haystack, 'NOT_IN_HAYSTACK'); // -1

buffer.indexOf(needle, startIndex)

OO-style variant of Buffer.indexOf. this is the haystack, and only needle needs to be supplied when called.

require('bufferjs/indexOf');

var haystack = new Buffer(10);
var needle = '\r\n';
haystack.write(needle, 5);

haystack.indexOf(needle); // 5
haystack.indexOf('NOT_IN_HAYSTACK'); // -1

Buffer.concat(list, [totalLength])

Deprecated: Node.JS 0.8.x has Buffer.concat built-in (compatible). See http://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_concat_list_totallength

WARNING: v1.2.1 uses NON-NATIVE concat. v2.0.0 uses NATIVE concat ONLY.

Returns a new Buffer with the contents of all buffers in the Array.

require('bufferjs/concat');

var buffers = [
        new Buffer("abc")
      , new Buffer("def")
      , new Buffer("ghi")
    ]
  , buffer
  ;

buffer = Buffer.concat(buffers);
console.log(buffer.toString('utf8'));
// abcdefghi