Crate bitbuffer

Tools for reading data types of arbitrary bit length and might not be byte-aligned in the source data

The main way of handling with the binary data is to first create a BitBuffer ,wrap it into a BitStream and then read from the stream.

Once you have a BitStream, there are 2 different approaches of reading data

• read primitives, Strings and byte arrays, using read_bool, read_int, read_float, read_bytes and read_string
• read any type implementing the BitRead or BitReadSized traits using read and read_sized
  • BitRead is for types that can be read without requiring any size info (e.g. null-terminal strings, floats, whole integers, etc)
  • BitReadSized is for types that require external sizing information to be read (fixed length strings, arbitrary length integers

The BitRead and BitReadSized traits can be used with #[derive] if all fields implement BitRead or BitReadSized.

Examples

use bitbuffer::{BitReadBuffer, LittleEndian, BitReadStream, BitRead};

#[derive(BitRead)]
struct ComplexType {
    first: u8,
    #[size = 15]
    second: u16,
    third: bool,
}

let bytes = vec![
    0b1011_0101, 0b0110_1010, 0b1010_1100, 0b1001_1001,
    0b1001_1001, 0b1001_1001, 0b1001_1001, 0b1110_0111
];
let buffer = BitReadBuffer::new(bytes, LittleEndian);
let mut stream = BitReadStream::new(buffer);
let value: u8 = stream.read_int(7)?;
let complex: ComplexType = stream.read()?;

Structs

BigEndian	Marks the buffer or stream as big endian
BitReadBuffer	Buffer that allows reading integers of arbitrary bit length and non byte-aligned integers
BitReadStream	Stream that provides an easy way to iterate trough a BitBuffer
FromUtf8Error	A possible error value when converting a String from a UTF-8 byte vector.
LazyBitRead	Struct that lazily reads it's contents from the stream
LazyBitReadSized	Struct that lazily reads it's contents from the stream
LittleEndian	Marks the buffer or stream as little endian

Enums

ReadError

Errors that can be returned when trying to read from a buffer

Traits

BitRead	Trait for types that can be read from a stream without requiring the size to be configured
BitReadSized	Trait for types that can be read from a stream, requiring the size to be configured
Endianness	Trait for specifying endianness of bit buffer

Functions

bit_size_of	Get the number of bits required to read a type from stream
bit_size_of_sized	Get the number of bits required to read a type from stream

Type Definitions

Result

Either the read bits in the requested format or a ReadError

Derive Macros

BitRead	See the crate documentation for details
BitReadSized	See the crate documentation for details