Module binread::file_ptr

A wrapper type for representing a layer of indirection within a file.

A FilePtr<P, T> is composed of two types: a pointer type P and a value type T where the pointer type describes an offset to read the value type from. Once read from the file it can be dereferenced to yield the value it points to.

Example

use binread::{prelude::*, io::Cursor, FilePtr};

#[derive(BinRead)]
struct Test {
    pointer: FilePtr<u32, u8> 
}
 
fn main() {
    let test: Test = Cursor::new(b"\0\0\0\x08\0\0\0\0\xff").read_be().unwrap();
    assert_eq!(test.pointer.ptr, 8);
    assert_eq!(*test.pointer, 0xFF);
}

Example data mapped out:

          [pointer]           [value]
00000000: 0000 0008 0000 0000 ff                   ............

Use offset to change what the pointer is relative to (default: beginning of reader).

Structs

FilePtr

A wrapper type for representing a layer of indirection within a file.

Traits

IntoSeekFrom

Used to allow any convert any type castable to i64 into a SeekFrom::Current

Type Definitions

FilePtr8	Type alias for 8-bit pointers
FilePtr16	Type alias for 16-bit pointers
FilePtr32	Type alias for 32-bit pointers
FilePtr64	Type alias for 64-bit pointers
FilePtr128	Type alias for 128-bit pointers