djb-netstrings-ruby

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djb-netstrings-ruby is Ruby implementation of Netstrings protocol. See D. J. Bernstein's Netstrings protocol specification: http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt

Requirements

Ruby >= 1.6.4

How to use

Load "djb-netstrings", and DjbNetstrings module is provided. See unittest/test-netstrings.rb for sample.

DjbNetstrings.ns_pack(str): Packs data str to a netstring.
DjbNetstrings.ns_unpack(packed): Unpack data from a netstring packed.
DjbNetstrings.ns_read(io, limit = nil): Retrieves data by reading netstring from io. If limit is given, fails if data's length exceeds limit bytes.
DjbNetstrings.ns_write(io, str): Packs str to netstring and sends to io.

Copyright and License Notice

This program is free software distributed under BSD-style license term described in file COPYING.