Methods in this pseudo-class can be executed on binary values. More...

Inheritance diagram for Qore::<binary>:

Public Member Methods
bool	empty ()
	Returns True if the binary object is empty (size = 0), False if not. More...

int	find (data bin, softint byte_pos=0)
	Retrieves the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object. More...

int	rfind (data bin, softint byte_pos=-1)
	Retrieves the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object searching from the end of the binary object. More...

int	size ()
	Returns the number of bytes in the binary object. More...

bool	sizep ()
	Returns True since binary objects can return a non-zero size. More...

list< binary >	split (data sep)
	Returns a list of binary objects representing each component of the binary object separated by the bytes identified by the separator argument, with the separator removed. More...

binary	substr (softint start)
	Returns a portion of the binary data starting from an integer offset. More...

binary	substr (softint start, softint len)
	Returns a portion of the binary data starting from an integer offset. More...

string	toBase64 (softint maxlinelen=-1)
	Returns the base64-encoded representation of the binary object. More...

string	toHex ()
	returns a string of hexadecimal digits corresponding to the contents of the binary object; hex characters are always in lower case More...

string	toMD5 ()
	Returns the MD5 message digest of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toSHA1 ()
	Returns the SHA1 message digest of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toSHA224 ()
	Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toSHA256 ()
	Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toSHA384 ()
	Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toSHA512 ()
	Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string. More...

string	toString (*string encoding)
	Returns a string created from the binary data, taking an optional second argument giving the string encoding; if no second argument is passed then the default character encoding is assumed. More...

int	typeCode ()
	Returns Qore::NT_BINARY. More...

bool	val ()
	Returns False if the binary object is empty (size = 0), True if not. More...

Public Member Methods inherited from <value>
bool	callp ()
	Returns False; this method is reimplemented in other types and will return True if the given expression is a callable value (ie closures or call references) More...

bool	complexType ()
	returns True if the value has a complex type, False if not More...

bool	empty ()
	Returns True; this method will be reimplemented in container types where it may return False. More...

string	fullType ()
	returns the full type name which differs from the simple type name in case of complex types and objects More...

bool	intp ()
	Returns False; this method is reimplemented in other types and will return True if the given expression can be converted to an integer. More...

AbstractIterator	iterator ()
	Returns an iterator object for the value; the default iterator object returned is SingleValueIterator. More...

int	lsize ()
	Returns 1; the return value of this method should give the list size of the value, which is normally 1 for non-lists (except for NOTHING where the size will be 0) and the number of the elements in the list for lists; this method will be reimplemented in other types where it may return other values. More...

int	size ()
	Returns zero; this method will be reimplemented in container types where it may return a non-zero value. More...

bool	sizep ()
	Returns True if the type can return a non-zero size (True for containers including binary objects and strings, False for everything else) More...

bool	strp ()
	Returns False; this method is reimplemented in other types and will return True if the given expression can be converted to a string. More...

bool	toBool ()
	Returns the boolean representation of the value; the default is False. More...

float	toFloat ()
	Returns the floating-point representation of the value; the default is 0.0. More...

int	toInt ()
	Returns the integer representation of the value; the default is 0. More...

number	toNumber ()
	Returns the arbitrary-precision numeric representation of the value; the default is 0. More...

string	toString ()
	Returns the string representation of the value; the default is an empty string. More...

string	type ()
	Returns the string type for the value. More...

int	typeCode ()
	Returns the type code for the value. More...

bool	val ()
	Returns False; this method is reimplemented in other types and will return True if the given expression has a non-empty value. More...

Detailed Description

Methods in this pseudo-class can be executed on binary values.

Member Function Documentation

◆ empty()

bool <binary>::empty ( )

Returns True if the binary object is empty (size = 0), False if not.

The opposite of <binary>::val()

Returns: True if the binary object is empty (size = 0), False if not

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: bool b = bin.empty();

◆ find()

int <binary>::find	(	data	bin,
		softint	byte_pos = `0`
	)

Retrieves the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: int i = bin.find(bin2);
if (i == -1) {
printf("could not find %y in %y\n", bin2, bin);
}

Parameters

bin	the byte sequence to find in the binary object
byte_pos	the starting byte position for the search; if negative, then specifies an offset from the end of the current binary object

Returns: the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object, -1 is returned if the byte sequence is not found or if byte_pos specifies a position beyond the end of the string

Note: an empty bin argument always matches

See also

<binary>::rfind(data, softint)

Since: Qore 0.9.1

◆ rfind()

int <binary>::rfind	(	data	bin,
		softint	byte_pos = `-1`
	)

Retrieves the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object searching from the end of the binary object.

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: int i = bin.rfind(bin2);
if (i == -1) {
printf("could not find %y in %y\n", bin2, bin);
}

Parameters

bin	the byte sequence to find in the binary object
byte_pos	the starting byte position for the search; if negative, then specifies an offset from the end of the current binary object; if byte_pos specifies a position beyond the end of the string, then the search starts from the end of the string

Returns: the byte position of a sequence of bytes within a binary object, -1 is returned if the byte sequence is not found

Note: an empty bin argument always matches

See also

<binary>::find(data, softint)

Since: Qore 0.9.1

◆ size()

int <binary>::size ( )

Returns the number of bytes in the binary object.

Returns: the number of bytes in the binary object

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: int len = b.size();

See also: <binary>::sizep()

◆ sizep()

bool <binary>::sizep ( )

Returns True since binary objects can return a non-zero size.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Returns: True since binary objects can return a non-zero size

See also: <binary>::size()

Since: Qore 0.8.9

◆ split()

list<binary> <binary>::split ( data sep )

Returns a list of binary objects representing each component of the binary object separated by the bytes identified by the separator argument, with the separator removed.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Parameters

sep	the bytes that separate the fields

Returns: a list of binary objects representing each component of the binary object separated by the bytes identified by the separator argument, with the separator removed

Example:: list<binary> l = bin.split(sep);

Note: equivalent to split(data, binary)

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ substr() [1/2]

binary <binary>::substr ( softint start )

Returns a portion of the binary data starting from an integer offset.

Arguments can be negative, giving offsets from the end of the data.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Parameters

start The starting byte for the portion of the data where the first byte is at offset 0; if the offset is negative, it designates the number of bytes from the end of the data

Returns: the portion of the data starting from an integer bte offset; the rest of the data is returned after this offset

Example:: # get the last 10 bytes of a binary object
binary b1 = b0.substr(-10);

Note: equivalent to Qore::substr(binary, softint)

Since: Qore 0.8.8

◆ substr() [2/2]

binary <binary>::substr	(	softint	start,
		softint	len
	)

Returns a portion of the binary data starting from an integer offset.

Arguments can be negative, giving offsets from the end of the data.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Parameters

start	The starting byte for the portion of the data where the first byte is at offset 0; if the offset is negative, it designates the number of bytes from the end of the data
len	The maximum number of characters to copy; if this value is negative, the rest of the string from start will be copied to the substring, except without - len characters from the end of the string

Returns: the portion of the data starting from an integer bte offset; the rest of the data is returned after this offset

Example:: # get the last 5 bytes of the last 10 bytes of a binary object
binary b1 = b0.substr(-10, 5);

Note: equivalent to Qore::substr(binary, softint, softint)

Since: Qore 0.8.8

◆ toBase64()

string <binary>::toBase64 ( softint maxlinelen = -1 )

Returns the base64-encoded representation of the binary object.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: string base64 = bin.toBase64(64);

Implementation based on RFC-1421 and RFC-2045

Parameters

maxlinelen the maximum length of a line in the resulting output string in bytes; if this value is > 0 then output lines will be separated by CRLF characters

Returns: the base64-encoded string of the data passed

Since: Qore 0.8.8

See also

◆ toHex()

string <binary>::toHex ( )

returns a string of hexadecimal digits corresponding to the contents of the binary object; hex characters are always in lower case

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: string str = b.toHex();

Returns: a string of hexadecimal digits corresponding to the contents of the binary object; hex characters are always in lower case

Since: Qore 0.8.8

See also

◆ toMD5()

string <binary>::toMD5 ( )

Returns the MD5 message digest of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592")

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toMD5(); # returns "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592"

Exceptions

MD5-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note

equivalent to MD5()
the MD5 algorithm is not collision-resistant; it's recommended to use another hash algorithm (like SHA-256) if cryptographic security is important

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toSHA1()

string <binary>::toSHA1 ( )

Returns the SHA1 message digest of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d")

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toSHA1(); # returns "aaf4c61ddcc5e8a2dabede0f3b482cd9aea9434d"

Exceptions

SHA1-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note: equivalent to SHA1()

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toSHA224()

string <binary>::toSHA224 ( )

Returns the SHA-224 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Platform Availability:: Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA224

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "ea09ae9cc6768c50fcee903ed054556e5bfc8347907f12598aa24193")

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toSHA224("hello"); # returns "ea09ae9cc6768c50fcee903ed054556e5bfc8347907f12598aa24193"

Exceptions

SHA224-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note: equivalent to SHA224()

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toSHA256()

string <binary>::toSHA256 ( )

Returns the SHA-256 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Platform Availability:: Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA256

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824")

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toSHA256(); # returns "2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824"

Exceptions

SHA256-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note: equivalent to SHA256()

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toSHA384()

string <binary>::toSHA384 ( )

Returns the SHA-384 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Platform Availability:: Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA384

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "59e1748777448c69de6b800d7a33bbfb9ff1b463e44354c3553bcdb9c666fa90125a3c79f90397bdf5f6a13de828684f")

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toSHA384(); # returns "59e1748777448c69de6b800d7a33bbfb9ff1b463e44354c3553bcdb9c666fa90125a3c79f90397bdf5f6a13de828684f"

Exceptions

SHA384-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note: equivalent to SHA384()

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toSHA512()

string <binary>::toSHA512 ( )

Returns the SHA-512 message digest (a variant of SHA-2) of the binary data as a hex string.

The trailing null character is not included in the digest returned.

Platform Availability:: Qore::Option::HAVE_SHA512

Code Flags:: RET_VALUE_ONLY

Returns: a hex string of the digest (ex: "9b71d224bd62f3785d96d46ad3ea3d73319bfbc2890caadae2dff72519673ca72323c3d99ba5c11d7c7acc6e14b8c5da0c4663475c2e5c3adef46f73bcdec043")

Example:: string str = binary("hello").toSHA512(); # returns "9b71d224bd62f3785d96d46ad3ea3d73319bfbc2890caadae2dff72519673ca72323c3d99ba5c11d7c7acc6e14b8c5da0c4663475c2e5c3adef46f73bcdec043"

Exceptions

SHA512-DIGEST-ERROR error calculating digest (should not normally happen)

Note: equivalent to SHA512()

See also

Since: Qore 0.8.5

◆ toString()

string <binary>::toString ( *string encoding )

Returns a string created from the binary data, taking an optional second argument giving the string encoding; if no second argument is passed then the default character encoding is assumed.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Parameters

encoding the character encoding tag for the string return value; if not present, the default character encoding is assumed

Returns: a string created from the binary data passed

Example:: string str = b.toString(b, "iso-8859-1");

Since: Qore 0.8.8

◆ typeCode()

int <binary>::typeCode ( )

Returns Qore::NT_BINARY.

Returns: Qore::NT_BINARY

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: switch (b.typeCode()) {
case NT_BINARY:
printf("%y: is a binary\n", b);
break;
}

◆ val()

bool <binary>::val ( )

Returns False if the binary object is empty (size = 0), True if not.

The opposite of <binary>::empty()

Returns: False if the binary object is empty (size = 0), True if not

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Example:: bool b = bin.val();

See also

Public Member Methods

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ empty()

◆ find()

◆ rfind()

◆ size()

◆ sizep()

◆ split()

◆ substr() [1/2]

◆ substr() [2/2]

◆ toBase64()

◆ toHex()

◆ toMD5()

◆ toSHA1()

◆ toSHA224()

◆ toSHA256()

◆ toSHA384()

◆ toSHA512()

◆ toString()

◆ typeCode()

◆ val()