PackStruct (Class)

In: packstruct.rb
Parent: Object

A structure class, to interface with C-style binary interfaces. You can think of it as a custom marshal, in a way.

Released under Ruby’s license.

© Aredridel <aredridel@nbtsc.org>

Methods

content_length   field   fields   pack   to_s   types   unpack   unpack  

Public Class methods

field(name, type)

define a field in the structure

unpack(s)

unpack a structure from a binary string, consuming the characters.

Public Instance methods

content_length()

The binary length of the structure.

fields()

The fields in this structure (not including inherited fields)

pack()

Pack the structure into its binary form and return as a string.

to_s()

An alias for pack

types()

The types corresponding to the fields in this structure (not including inherited fields)

unpack(s)

unpack a structure from a binary string into the current instance, consuming the characters.

[Validate]