npm package: @napi-ffi/ref-array-di
Description: Create C "array" instances on top of Buffers
Author: Anna Henningsen
Latest version: 1.2.2

@napi-ffi/ref-array-di
======================
### Create C typed "array" instances on top of Buffers

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> Forked from [node-ffi-napi/ref-array-di](https://github.com/node-ffi-napi/ref-array-di) to maintain and modernize the project while preserving the original APIs.

This module offers an "array" implementation on top of Node.js Buffers using
the ref "type" interface.

**Note**: The only difference to `ref-array` is that this module takes its
dependency on `ref` via dependency injection, so that it is easier to use
e.g. `@napi-ffi/ref-napi` instead.

Installation
------------

Install with `npm`:

``` bash
$ npm install @napi-ffi/ref-array-di
```


Examples
--------

#### Basic usage

``` js
var ref = require('@napi-ffi/ref-napi')
var ArrayType = require('@napi-ffi/ref-array-di')(ref)

// typedef
var int = ref.types.int

// define the "int[]" type
var IntArray = ArrayType(int)

// now we can create array instances; the constructor takes the same arguments
// the native JS Array class

var a = new IntArray(5) // by length
a.length // 5
a[0] = 0
a[1] = 1
a[2] = -1
a[3] = 2
a[4] = -2

var b = new IntArray([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) // with an existing Array
b.length // 5
b[0] // 1
b[1] // 2
b[2] // 3
b[3] // 4
b[4] // 5
```

#### Reading a `NULL`-terminated Array

``` js
// sometimes you get a variable length array that is terminated by a NULL byte.
var buf = Buffer.alloc(int.size * 3)
int.set(buf, int.size * 0, 5)
int.set(buf, int.size * 1, 8)
int.set(buf, int.size * 2, 0) // <- terminate with 0s

// you can create an array instance with the length automatically determined
var array = IntArray.untilZeros(buf)
console.log(array.length)
// 2
console.log(array)
// [ 5, 8 ]
```

#### With `node-ffi`

``` js
var ffi = require('ffi')

// the "int[]" type may be used as a "type" in FFI'd functions or callbacks
var func = ffi.ForeignFunction(funcPointer, int, [ IntArray, int ])

var arg = new IntArray(3)
arg[0] = 1234
arg[1] = -9999
arg[2] = 1

var rtn = func(arg, arg.length)
```


License
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(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2012 Nathan Rajlich &lt;nathan@tootallnate.net&gt;

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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