Class: BaseNCoder

• Inheritance
• Description
• Related information
• Class protocol
  • constants
  • decoding
  • initialization
  • instance creation
  • queries
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • decoding
  • encoding
  • initialization
  • misc
  • private
  • queries
  • stream compatibility
  • subclass responsibility

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Visitor
      |
      +--AspectVisitor
         |
         +--ObjectCoder
            |
            +--BaseNCoder
               |
               +--Base32Coder
               |
               +--Base64Coder

Package:

stx:libbasic2

Category:

System-Storage

Version:

rev: 1.17 date: 2019/03/28 17:08:06

user: stefan

file: BaseNCoder.st directory: libbasic2

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic2

Author:

Stefan Vogel (stefan@zwerg)

Description:

Abstract superclass of Base64Coder and Base32Coder
Their main entry point API is 
    <BaseNCoder> encode:aStringOrBytes
and
    <BaseNCoder> decode:aString

If the decoder should return a string, use
    <BaseNCoder> decodeAsString:aString.

[examples:]
    Base64Coder encode:'helloWorld'
    
    Base64Coder decode:'aGVsbG9Xb3JsZA=='
    
    Base64Coder decodeAsString:'aGVsbG9Xb3JsZA=='
    

[instance variables:]
    buffer          SmallInteger   buffered data
    bits            SmallInteger   Number of valid bits in buffer
    charCount       SmallInteger   Number of characters since last cr
    atEnd           Boolean        true if end of Base64 string reached

[class variables:]

Related information:

Class protocol:

 lineLimit

RFC 2045 says: max 76 characters in one line

 decodeAsString: encodedString

decode a base-n encoded string.
We already expect a string instead of a ByteArray

 initializeMappings

self withAllSubclassesDo:#initialize


** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 mapping

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 reverseMapping

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 reverseMappingFor: mapping

initialize class variables

 new

 isAbstract

Return if this class is an abstract class.
True is returned here for myself only; false for subclasses.
Abstract subclasses must redefine this again.

Instance protocol:

 lineLimit: something

set the line length of the encoded output.
Default is a line length of 76 characters.

If nil, no line breaks will be done.

 next

answer the next decoded byte

 next: count

return the next count bytes of the stream as ByteArray

 peek

answer the next decoded byte. Do not consume this byte

 encodingOf: anObject with: aParameter

(comment from inherited method)
answer the encoded argument anObject

 visitByteArray: aByteArray with: aParameter

Base64Coder encodingOf:#[1 2 3 4 5 6 255]

 visitObject: anObject with: aParameter

not defined. Use nextPut or nextPutAll:.
Could encode the printString here

 visitStream: aStream with: aParameter

Base64Coder encodingOf:#[1 2 3 4 5 6 255]
Base64Coder encodingOf:#[1 2 3 4 5 6 255] readStream

 visitString: aString with: aParameter

|encoded decoded decoder|

encoded := Base64Coder encode:'hello world'.
decoded := #[] writeStream.
decoder := Base64Coder on:encoded readStream.
[decoder atEnd] whileFalse:[
decoded nextPut:(decoder next).
].
decoded := decoded contents.
decoded asString.

 emptyWriteStream

answer an empty stream. We encode as string

 initialize

must be called if redefined

 reset

reset to initial state

 basicNext

answer the next decoded byte.
No peekByte handling is done here.

 atEnd

answer true, if no more bytes can be read

 binary

switch to binary mode - nothing is done here.
Defined for compatibility with ExternalStream.

 binary: beBinaryBool

ExternalStream protocol compatibility

 isStream

we simulate a stream

 bufferSizeForBulkCopy

 nextByte

ExternalStream compatibility

 nextBytes: count into: anObject

read the next count bytes into an object and return the number of
bytes read. On EOF, 0 is returned.
If the receiver is some socket/pipe-like stream, an exception
is raised if the connection is broken.

The object must have non-pointer indexed instvars (i.e. it must be
a ByteArray, String, Float- or DoubleArray).
If anObject is a string or byteArray and reused, this provides the
fastest possible physical I/O (since no new objects are allocated).

Use with care - non object oriented i/o.
Warning: in general, you cannot use this method to pass data from other
architectures since it does not care for byte order or float representation.

 nextBytes: numBytes into: anObject startingAt: initialIndex

copy bytes into anObject starting at offset

 nextBytesInto: anObject startingAt: initialIndex

copy bytes into anObject starting at offset

 nextInt32MSB: msbFlag

return a signed long (4 bytes) from the stream.
The receiver must support reading of binary bytes.

The msbFlag argument controls if the integer is to be read with
most-significant-byte-first (true) or least-first (false).
This interface is provided to allow talking to external programs,
where it's known that the byte order is some definite one.
If you don't care (i.e. talk to other smalltalks) or you can control the
order, please use the corresponding xxxNet methods, which use a standard
network byte order.

1-to-1 copy from Stream

 nextPut: aByte

encode aByte on the output stream

 nextPutAll: aCollection startingAt: first to: last

append the elements with index from first to last
of the argument, aCollection onto the receiver.

 nextPutBytes: aCollectionOfBytes

encode all objects from the argument

 skip: numberToSkip

skip numberToSkip objects, return the receiver.
1-to-1 copy from Stream.

 stringUpToEnd

return a collection of the elements up-to the end

 upToEnd

return a collection of the elements up-to the end

 fillBuffer

fill buffer with next n characters each representing m bits

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 flush

flush the remaining bits of buffer.
The number of bits in buffer is not a multiple of m, so we pad
the buffer and signal that padding has been done via $= characters.

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **

 nextPutByte: aByte

encode aByte on the output stream

** This method raises an error - it must be redefined in concrete classes **