viki/node_modules/ref/test/string.js

var assert = require('assert')
var ref = require('../')

describe('C string', function () {

  describe('readCString()', function () {

    it('should return "" for a Buffer containing "\\0"', function () {
      var buf = new Buffer('\0')
      assert.strictEqual('', buf.readCString(0))
    })

    it('should return "hello" for a Buffer containing "hello\\0world"', function () {
      var buf = new Buffer('hello\0world')
      assert.strictEqual('hello', buf.readCString(0))
    })

    it('should throw an Error when reading from the NULL pointer', function () {
      assert.throws(function () {
        ref.NULL.readCString()
      })
    })

  })

  describe('writeCString()', function () {

    it('should write a C string (NULL terminated) to a Buffer', function () {
      var buf = new Buffer(20)
      var str = 'hello world'
      buf.writeCString(str)
      for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        assert.equal(str.charCodeAt(i), buf[i])
      }
      assert.equal(0, buf[str.length])
    })

  })

  describe('allocCString()', function () {

    it('should return a new Buffer containing the given string', function () {
      var buf = ref.allocCString('hello world')
      assert.strictEqual('hello world', buf.readCString())
    })

    it('should return the NULL pointer for `null` values', function () {
      var buf = ref.allocCString(null)
      assert(buf.isNull())
      assert.strictEqual(0, buf.address())
    })

    it('should return the NULL pointer for `undefined` values', function () {
      var buf = ref.allocCString(undefined)
      assert(buf.isNull())
      assert.strictEqual(0, buf.address())
    })

    it('should return the NULL pointer for a NULL pointer Buffer', function () {
      var buf = ref.allocCString(ref.NULL)
      assert(buf.isNull())
      assert.strictEqual(0, buf.address())
    })

  })

  describe('CString', function () {

    it('should return JS `null` when given a pointer pointing to NULL', function () {
      var buf = ref.alloc(ref.types.CString)
      buf.writePointer(ref.NULL)
      assert.strictEqual(null, buf.deref())

      // another version of the same test
      assert.strictEqual(null, ref.get(ref.NULL_POINTER, 0, ref.types.CString))
    })

    it('should read a utf8 string from a Buffer', function () {
      var str = 'hello world'
      var buf = ref.alloc(ref.types.CString)
      buf.writePointer(new Buffer(str + '\0'))
      assert.strictEqual(str, buf.deref())
    })

    // https://github.com/node-ffi/node-ffi/issues/169
    it('should set a Buffer as backing store', function () {
      var str = 'hey!'
      var store = new Buffer(str + '\0')
      var buf = ref.alloc(ref.types.CString)
      ref.set(buf, 0, store)

      assert.equal(str, ref.get(buf, 0))
    })

  })

})