Add functions for reading/writing strings without lengths

base/ReaderBase.ts

@@ -50,4 +50,25 @@ export class ReaderBase {
 	public readBool() {
 		return Boolean(this.readUByte());
 	}
+
+	public readShortString() {
+		const length = this.readUByte();
+		let text = "";
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUByte());
+		}
+
+		return text;
+	}
+
+	public readBytesAsString(bytesToRead:number) {
+		let text = "";
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < bytesToRead; i++) {
+			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUByte());
+		}
+
+		return text;
+	}
 }

base/WriterBase.ts

@@ -76,4 +76,19 @@ export class WriterBase {
 
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	public writeStringAsBytes(text:string) {
+		let buffer;
+		if (this.resizable) {
+			buffer = getBufferClass().alloc(text.length);
+		} else {
+			buffer = this.buffer;
+		}
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+			buffer.writeUInt8(text.charCodeAt(i), i);
+		}
+
+		return this;
+	}
 }

readers/IReader.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface IReader {
 	readByte(): number,
 	readUByte(): number,
 	readBool(): boolean,
+	readShortString(): string,
+	readBytesAsString(bytesToRead:number): string,
 	readShort(): number,
 	readUShort(): number,
 	readInt(): number,
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ export interface IReader {
 	readULong(): bigint,
 	readFloat(): number,
 	readDouble(): number,
-	readShortString(): string,
 	readString(): string,
+	readShortsAsString(shortsToRead:number): string,
 	readString16(): string,
 }

readers/ReaderBE.ts

@@ -53,20 +53,9 @@ export class ReaderBE extends ReaderBase implements IReader {
 		return value;
 	}
 
-	public readShortString() {
-		const length = this.readUByte();
-		let text:string = "";
-
-		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUByte());
-		}
-
-		return text;
-	}
-
 	public readString() {
 		const length = this.readUShort();
-		let text:string = "";
+		let text = "";
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
 			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUByte());
@@ -77,7 +66,7 @@ export class ReaderBE extends ReaderBase implements IReader {
 
 	public readString16() {
 		const length = this.readUShort();
-		let text:string = "";
+		let text = "";
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
 			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUShort());
@@ -85,4 +74,14 @@ export class ReaderBE extends ReaderBase implements IReader {
 
 		return text;
 	}
+
+	public readShortsAsString(shortsToRead:number) {
+		let text = "";
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < shortsToRead; i++) {
+			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUShort());
+		}
+
+		return text;
+	}
 }

readers/ReaderLE.ts

@@ -53,17 +53,6 @@ export class ReaderLE extends ReaderBase implements IReader {
 		return value;
 	}
 
-	public readShortString() {
-		const length = this.readUByte();
-		let text:string = "";
-
-		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUByte());
-		}
-
-		return text;
-	}
-
 	public readString() {
 		const length = this.readUShort();
 		let text:string = "";
@@ -85,4 +74,14 @@ export class ReaderLE extends ReaderBase implements IReader {
 
 		return text;
 	}
+
+	public readShortsAsString(shortsToRead:number) {
+		let text = "";
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < shortsToRead; i++) {
+			text += String.fromCharCode(this.readUShort());
+		}
+
+		return text;
+	}
 }

writers/IWriter.ts

@@ -11,15 +11,17 @@ export interface IWriter {
 	writeByte(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeUByte(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeBool(value:boolean|number): IWriter,
+	writeStringAsBytes(text:string): IWriter,
 	writeShort(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeUShort(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeInt(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeUInt(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeLong(value:number|bigint): IWriter,
-	writeULong(value:number): IWriter,
+	writeULong(value:number|bigint): IWriter,
 	writeFloat(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeDouble(value:number): IWriter,
 	writeShortString(text:string): IWriter,
 	writeString(text:string): IWriter,
 	writeString16(text:string): IWriter,
+	writeStringAsShorts(text:string): IWriter
 }

writers/WriterBE.ts

@@ -147,4 +147,19 @@ export class WriterBE extends WriterBase implements IWriter {
 
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	public writeStringAsShorts(text:string) {
+		let buffer:Buffer;
+		if (this.resizable) {
+			buffer = getBufferClass().alloc(text.length * 2);
+		} else {
+			buffer = this.buffer;
+		}
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+			buffer.writeUint16BE(text.charCodeAt(i), i);
+		}
+
+		return this;
+	}
 }

writers/WriterLE.ts

@@ -146,4 +146,19 @@ export class WriterLE extends WriterBase implements IWriter {
 
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	public writeStringAsShorts(text:string) {
+		let buffer:Buffer;
+		if (this.resizable) {
+			buffer = getBufferClass().alloc(text.length * 2);
+		} else {
+			buffer = this.buffer;
+		}
+
+		for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+			buffer.writeUint16LE(text.charCodeAt(i), i);
+		}
+
+		return this;
+	}
 }