Crate buf_stream_reader

This struct provides a buffered access to a Read object with a limited Seek implementation. In other words, BufStreamReader turns a Read into a Read+Seek, which can be used together with binary parsers such as binread (which is the reason why I created this crate).

Seeking is limited by the following constraints:

• Only a small bunch of bytes is buffered (defined by the buffer_size parameter of BufStreamReader::new())
• We don’t know the end of the stream, using SeekFrom::End is not supported
• Seeking backward is allowed only if the targeted position is within the current buffer.

Seeking backward as possible as far as there are data in the current buffer

use std::io::{Cursor, Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
use buf_stream_reader::BufStreamReader;
let cursor = Cursor::new(&arr); // points to array with values from \x00 .. \xff
let mut reader = BufStreamReader::new(cursor, 16);
 
let mut buffer: [u8; 7] = [0; 7];
 
/* straightly reading 7 bytes works */
assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buffer).unwrap(), buffer.len());
assert_eq!(&buffer, &arr[0..7]);
 
/* seeking backwards inside the current buffer */
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Current(-4)).is_ok());
assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buffer).unwrap(), 7);
assert_eq!(&buffer, &arr[3..10]);

Seeking backwards is not possible if the destination is not within of behind the current buffer

let cursor = Cursor::new(&arr); // points to array with values from \x00 .. \xff
let mut reader = BufStreamReader::new(cursor, 16);
 
let mut buffer: [u8; 7] = [0; 7];
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(96)).is_ok());
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(95)).is_err());
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Current(-1)).is_err());

Seeking forward is not limited, as well as reading beyond buffer limits (as far as data is available, of course)

let cursor = Cursor::new(&arr); // points to array with values from \x00 .. \xff
let mut reader = BufStreamReader::new(cursor, 16);
 
let mut buffer: [u8; 7] = [0; 7];
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Start(10)).is_ok());
assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buffer).unwrap(), buffer.len());
assert_eq!(&buffer, &arr[10..17]);
 
assert!(reader.seek(SeekFrom::Current(122)).is_ok());
assert_eq!(reader.read(&mut buffer).unwrap(), buffer.len());
assert_eq!(&buffer, &arr[139..146]);

Structs

BufStreamReader