package util import ( "encoding/binary" "io" ) //BinReader is a convenient wrapper around a io.Reader and err object // Used to simplify error handling when reading into a struct with many fields type BinReader struct { R io.Reader Err error } // Read reads from the underlying io.Reader // into the interface v in LE func (r *BinReader) Read(v interface{}) { if r.Err != nil { return } r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.LittleEndian, v) } // ReadBigEnd reads from the underlying io.Reader // into the interface v in BE func (r *BinReader) ReadBigEnd(v interface{}) { if r.Err != nil { return } r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.BigEndian, v) } //VarUint reads a variable integer from the // underlying reader func (r *BinReader) VarUint() uint64 { var b uint8 r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.LittleEndian, &b) if b == 0xfd { var v uint16 r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.LittleEndian, &v) return uint64(v) } if b == 0xfe { var v uint32 r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.LittleEndian, &v) return uint64(v) } if b == 0xff { var v uint64 r.Err = binary.Read(r.R, binary.LittleEndian, &v) return v } return uint64(b) } // VarBytes reads the next set of bytes from the underlying reader. // VarUInt is used to determine how large that slice is func (r *BinReader) VarBytes() []byte { n := r.VarUint() b := make([]byte, n) r.Read(b) return b } // VarString calls VarBytes and casts the results as a string func (r *BinReader) VarString() string { b := r.VarBytes() return string(b) }