binaryio.hpp

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#ifndef MFEM_BINARYIO
#define MFEM_BINARYIO

#include "../config/config.hpp"

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

namespace mfem
{

// binary I/O helpers

namespace bin_io
{

/// Write 'value' to stream.
template<typename T>
inline void write(std::ostream& os, T value)
{
   os.write((char*) &value, sizeof(T));
}

/// Read a value from the stream and return it.
template<typename T>
inline T read(std::istream& is)
{
   T value;
   is.read((char*) &value, sizeof(T));
   return value;
}

/// Read a value of type @a T from a binary buffer and return it.
template <typename T>
inline T read(const char *buf)
{
   T value;
   std::copy(buf, buf + sizeof(T), reinterpret_cast<char*>(&value));
   return value;
}

/// Append the binary representation of @a val to the byte buffer @a vec.
template <typename T>
void AppendBytes(std::vector<char> &vec, const T &val)
{
   const char *ptr = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val);
   vec.insert(vec.end(), ptr, ptr + sizeof(T));
}

/// Given a buffer @a buf of length @a nbytes, encode the data in base-64
/// format, and write the encoded data to the output stream @a out.
void WriteBase64(std::ostream &out, const void *bytes, size_t nbytes);

/// Decode @a len base-64 encoded characters in the buffer @a src, and store the
/// resulting decoded data in @a buf. @a buf will be resized as needed.
void DecodeBase64(const char *src, size_t len, std::vector<char> &buf);

/// Return the number of characters needed to encode @a nbytes in base-64. This
/// is equal to 4*nbytes/3, rounded up to the nearest multiple of 4.
size_t NumBase64Chars(size_t nbytes);

} // namespace mfem::bin_io

} // namespace mfem

#endif