smart-buffer-file

A file-based Buffer wrapper that adds automatic read & write offset tracking, string operations, and more.

Inspired from smart-buffer

Key Features:

• Proxies all of the Buffer write and read functions
• Keeps track of read and write offsets automatically
• Grows the underneath File as needed
• Useful string operations. (Null terminating strings)
• Allows for reading/writing values at specific points in the File (random access)
• Support sync and async version
• Built in TypeScript (with Type Definitions)
• Full test coverage

Supported Format:

• Int8
• Int16BE
• Int16LE
• Int32BE
• Int32LE
• BigInt64BE
• BigInt64LE
• UInt8
• UInt16BE
• UInt16LE
• UInt32BE
• UInt32LE
• BigUInt64BE
• BigUInt64LE
• FloatBE
• FloatLE
• DoubleBE
• DoubleLE

Requirements:

• sync mode works since Node v0.1.21+
• async mode works since Node v10.0+

Tests

• sequential read/write objects with msgpack
• full test suit based on smart-buffer

License

BSD 2-Clause License