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Binary Native Endianness Generators
Description

The binary native endianness generators described in this section are used to emit binary byte streams laid out conforming to the native endianness (byte order) of the target architecture.

Header
// forwards to <boost/spirit/home/karma/binary.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/karma_binary.hpp>

Also, see Include Structure.

Namespace

Name

boost::spirit::byte_ // alias: boost::spirit::karma::byte_

boost::spirit::word // alias: boost::spirit::karma::word

boost::spirit::dword // alias: boost::spirit::karma::dword

boost::spirit::qword // alias: boost::spirit::karma::qword

boost::spirit::bin_float // alias: boost::spirit::karma::bin_float

boost::spirit::bin_double // alias: boost::spirit::karma::bin_double

[Note] Note

The generators qword and qword(qw) are only available on platforms where the preprocessor constant BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG is defined (i.e. on platforms having native support for unsigned long long (64 bit) integer types).

Model of

PrimitiveGenerator

Notation

b

A single byte (8 bit binary value) or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a single byte

w

A 16 bit binary value or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a 16 bit binary value. This value is always interpreted using native endianness.

dw

A 32 bit binary value or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a 32 bit binary value. This value is always interpreted using native endianness.

qw

A 64 bit binary value or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a 64 bit binary value. This value is always interpreted using native endianness.

f

A float binary value or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a float binary value. This value is always interpreted using native endianness.

d

A double binary value or a Lazy Argument that evaluates to a double binary value. This value is always interpreted using native endianness.

Expression Semantics

Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or is not defined in PrimitiveGenerator.

Expression

Description

byte_

Output the binary representation of the least significant byte of the mandatory attribute. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

word

Output the binary representation of the least significant 16 bits of the mandatory attribute in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

dword

Output the binary representation of the least significant 32 bits of the mandatory attribute in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

qword

Output the binary representation of the least significant 64 bits of the mandatory attribute in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

bin_float

Output the binary representation of the mandatory float attribute in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

bin_double

Output the binary representation of the mandatory double attribute in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

byte_(b)

Output the binary representation of the least significant byte of the immediate parameter. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

word(w)

Output the binary representation of the least significant 16 bits of the immediate parameter in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

dword(dw)

Output the binary representation of the least significant 32 bits of the immediate parameter in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

qword(qw)

Output the binary representation of the least significant 64 bits of the immediate parameter in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

bin_float(f)

Output the binary representation of the immediate float parameter in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

bin_double(d)

Output the binary representation of the immediate double parameter in native endian representation. This generator never fails (unless the underlying output stream reports an error).

Attributes

Expression

Attribute

byte_

boost::uint_least8_t, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

word

boost::uint_least16_t, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

dword

boost::uint_least32_t, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

qword

boost::uint_least64_t, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

bin_float

float, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

bin_double

double, attribute is mandatory (otherwise compilation will fail)

byte_(b)

unused

word(w)

unused

dword(dw)

unused

qword(qw)

unused

bin_float(f)

unused

bin_double(d)

unused

[Note] Note

In addition to their usual attribute of type Attrib all listed generators accept an instance of a boost::optional<Attrib> as well. If the boost::optional<> is initialized (holds a value) the generators behave as if their attribute was an instance of Attrib and emit the value stored in the boost::optional<>. Otherwise the generators will fail.

Complexity

O(N), where N is the number of bytes emitted by the binary generator

Example
[Note] Note

The test harness for the example(s) below is presented in the Basics Examples section.

Some includes:

#include <boost/spirit/include/karma.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/support_utree.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_core.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/include/phoenix_operator.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/include/std_pair.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

Some using declarations:

using boost::spirit::karma::byte_;
using boost::spirit::karma::word;
using boost::spirit::karma::dword;
using boost::spirit::karma::qword;

Basic usage of the native binary generators with some results for little endian platforms:

test_binary_generator("\x01", 1, byte_(0x01));
test_binary_generator("\x01\x02", 2, word(0x0201));
test_binary_generator("\x01\x02\x03\x04", 4, dword(0x04030201));
test_binary_generator("\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08", 8, qword(0x0807060504030201LL));

test_binary_generator_attr("\x01", 1, byte_, 0x01);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x01\x02", 2, word, 0x0201);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x01\x02\x03\x04", 4, dword, 0x04030201);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08", 8, qword, 0x0807060504030201LL);

Basic usage of the native binary generators with some results for big endian platforms:

test_binary_generator("\x01", 1, byte_(0x01));
test_binary_generator("\x02\x01", 2, word(0x0201));
test_binary_generator("\x04\x03\x02\x01", 4, dword(0x04030201));
test_binary_generator("\x08\x07\x06\x05\x04\x03\x02\x01", 8, qword(0x0807060504030201LL));

test_binary_generator_attr("\x01", 1, byte_, 0x01);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x02\x01", 2, word, 0x0201);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x04\x03\x02\x01", 4, dword, 0x04030201);
test_binary_generator_attr("\x08\x07\x06\x05\x04\x03\x02\x01", 8, qword, 0x0807060504030201LL);


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