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September 13, 2023 08:38
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Minimal ArrayBufferView compatible with DataVIew methods
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// `extends null` isn't necessary but I prefer it. | |
class BareDataView extends null { | |
static fromBuffer(...args) { | |
// construct a new object, passing args to the DataView() constructor | |
// but use this (i.e. the BareDataView class) to set the prototype | |
return Reflect.construct(DataView, args, this) | |
} | |
} | |
// Select only the properties we actually want to expose | |
// i.e. those that are part of the ArrayBufferView interface | |
for (const prop of ['buffer', 'byteLength', 'byteOffset']) { | |
const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(DataView.prototype,prop) | |
Reflect.defineProperty(BareDataView.prototype, prop, descriptor) | |
} | |
// Set up some nicely chosen bytes | |
let myBytes = new Uint8Array([0xff,0xff,0x00,0x84,0x5f,0xed,0xff,0xff]) | |
let b = BareDataView.fromBuffer(myBytes.buffer) | |
// it has the buffer property! | |
console.log('buffer' in b) // true | |
// it doesn't have other DataView member! | |
console.log('getUint32' in b) // false | |
// but we can still use DataView methods | |
console.log(Reflect.apply(DataView.prototype.getUint32, b, [2])) // 8675309 |
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